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RE: When did you first time join TWC - Tuksi - 24-11-2019
T. Williams was a rugby union forward who played club rugby for Swansea and London Welsh and played international rugby for Wales.[1] Very little is known of Williams and he is often confused with his contemporary Tom Williams who also played for Wales around the same period, and who also had connections with London Welsh.Rugby career
Williams' first notable connection to rugby occurred on 24 October 1885, when he turned out for the very first match for the London exile team, London Welsh. The team contained six players who were, or would soon, be capped for Wales, Williams, Arthur 'Monkey' Gould, Martyn Jordan, Thomas Judson, Charles Taylor and Rowley Thomas.[2] Williams became a regular player for London Welsh, and was one of the team's players to be included in an 'exiles' team, along with players from London Scottish, to face a London XV in a charity match at The Oval, in the presence of the Prince of Wales.[3]
By 1888, Williams was playing for Swansea, and on 4 February he earns his first international cap when he is selected for the team to face Scotland, as part of the Home Nations Championship.[4] Under the captaincy of Tom Clapp, Williams came into a very inexperienced pack to face a team that Wales had yet to beat in a rugby international. Williams was one of seven new Welsh caps in the match, which included Swansea team mates John Meredith and William Howell. Wales won an historic match, beating Scotland for the first time, thanks to a debut try from Thomas Pryce-Jenkins, who was at the time playing club rugby for London Welsh. Williams was reselected for the very next match, his second and final international for Wales. Played away from home at Lansdowne Road, Wales were beaten by Ireland two goals to nil.
Towards the end of 1888, the world's first touring Southern Hempisphere rugby team, the New Zealand Natives, challenged several Welsh teams. The Māoris had already been beaten by Llanelli and Wales, and on 24 December, they faced Swansea in a match played in continuous heavy rain.[5] Williams lined up in the pack with his team captain William Towers, but the squad was missing two of their influential backs, Whapham and Gwynn.[5] Swansea had only lost one match that season before the game, and after a clear New Zealand victory, the Swansea team was criticised for its "Boundless complacency".[5]
RE: When did you first time join TWC - Number - 26-11-2019
The Ragdoll is a cat breed with a color point coat and blue eyes. They are large and muscular semi-longhair cats with a soft and silky coat. Developed by American breeder Ann Baker in the 1960s, they are best known for their docile and placid temperament and affectionate nature. The name "Ragdoll" is derived from the tendency of individuals from the original breeding stock to go limp and relaxed when picked up.[1]
Particularly popular in both the United Kingdom and the breed's native United States, ragdoll cats often are known as "dog-like cats" or "puppy-like cats" due to behaviors such as their tendency to follow people around, their ease when physically handled, and their relative lack of aggression toward other pets.[2]
RE: When did you first time join TWC - Tuksi - 26-11-2019
Jane Burston is Managing Director of the Clean Air Fund. She was previously Head of Energy and the Environment at the National Physical Laboratory. She led a team of 150 scientists and engineers researching new energy technologies, emission measurements, as well as monitoring the climate and air pollution.Research and career
After graduating, Burston spent a year in Zambia running a computer recycling company.[1] She worked on climate policy for Transport for London and the Mayor of London's office.[2] Burston founded Carbon Retirement in 2008, a social enterprise that reformed emissions trading and carbon offsetting.[1] Carbon Retirement put pressure on countries and companies to embrace clean technology, by allowing them to buy and use up credits. In 2009 she was selected as a Climate Change Ambassador for the British Council.[3] Carbon Retirement partnered with the New York Stock Exchange in September 2011.[2]
Burston joined the National Physical Laboratory in 2012, where she founded the Centre for Carbon Measurement.[4][5] In 2011 Burston was named as one of Management Today's High Flying Women Under 35 and the Square Mile Social Entrepreneur of the Year.[6][7] The Centre for Carbon Measurement lab at the National Physical Laboratory was established in 2012 and looks at: carbon markets, low carbon technologies and climate data.[8][9] She began In 2012 Burston was selected as a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader.[10][3][11] She won the 2012 Management Today Future Leaders Award.[12][1] She was a member of the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council for the Future of Real Estate and Urbanization.[13] In 2015 she gave evidence at the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.[14] At National Physical Laboratory she led a team of 150 scientists and engineers.[15] She was named as one of the Top 20 Young People Globally by the International Chamber of Commerce in 2015 and a Friends of Europe European Young Leader: 40 under 40.[16] In August 2017 Burston joined the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy as Deputy Director of Science for Climate and Energy. Burston became Managing Director at the Clean Air Fund in June 2018.[15]
Public engagement
Burston gave a TED talk in 2015 at the London School of Economics.[17][18] That years she spoke at X.[19] She has spoken at the 2016, 2017 and 2018 United Nations Climate Change conferences.[20][21] Burston delivered a lecture at the Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment in 2018.[22] She has contributed to HuffPost and Carbon Brief.[23][24]
RE: When did you first time join TWC - Number - 26-11-2019
Frank Theodore Levine (born May 29, 1957) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Buffalo Bill in the film The Silence of the Lambs (1991) and as Leland Stottlemeyer in the television series Monk (2002–2009). His other notable roles were in Wild Wild West (1999), American Gangster (2007) and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018).
RE: When did you first time join TWC - Tuksi - 26-11-2019
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RE: When did you first time join TWC - Number - 26-11-2019
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RE: When did you first time join TWC - Tuksi - 26-11-2019
Alf Tjersland (6 September 1881 – 12 June 1955) was a Norwegian engineer and businessperson.
He was born in Kristiania as a son of Abraham Tjersland (1844–1922) and Thora Didrichsen. In 1931 he married Ellen Messel, née Platou, a sister of Theodor Platou, but the marriage was later dissolved.[1]
He attended middle school in 1897 and Skiensfjorden Mechanical School in 1900 before graduating from Mittweida in 1903. He also studied at the Royal Technical College in Glasgow in 1904 and at New York Trade School for plumbers in 1907. He worked in Dayton, Ohio from 1904 to 1905, then in Chicago for one year, then in St. Louis for one year. In 1906 he was elected as a member of the American Society of Heating, Ventilating Engineers.[1][2] He was a chief engineer in E. Sunde & Co. from 1907 to 1911, and became a master plumber in 1912. He was the chief executive of E. Sunde & Co. from 1914. From 1922 he was also the chairman of the board.[1]
He chaired the employers' association Varme- og sanitærentreprenørenes forening from 1917 to 1918, then the Norwegian Association of Plumbing, Heating and Ventilating Contractors from 1919. From 1927 to 1928 he was an executive committee member in the Federation of Norwegian Industries, chairing its home industry group the last year. He chaired the trade group in Mekaniske Værksteders Landsforening from 1926 to 1932, and was then vice chairman for one year.[1]
He also chaired Norges Hypotekforening for Næringslivet from 1927 to 1929,[1] was a board member of Statens metalcentral from 1917 to 1919, Selskabet for Oslo Byes Vel from 1927 and the Norwegian Fire Protection Association from 1937, deputy board member of the Polytechnic Society from 1918 to 1922 and a council member of the Norway Travel Association from 1925. From 1927 to 1929 he was a member of the Conservative Party finance and control committee.[1][2] He died in 1955,[3] and was buried at Vår Frelsers gravlund.[4]
RE: When did you first time join TWC - Number - 26-11-2019
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RE: When did you first time join TWC - Tuksi - 26-11-2019
Vice Admiral Ariston V. Delos Reyes AFP (Ret.) (born February 16, 1950 in San Rafael, Bulacan) is a military officer in the Armed Forces of the Philippines.Education
Delos Reyes graduated salutatorian from Florentino Torres High School, Tondo, Manila in 1966. Thereafter, he went to study BS Mathematics at the University of the Philippines Diliman as a National Science Development Board (NSDB) scholar. However, after one year, he opted to enter the Philippine Military Academy[1] where he graduated No. 2 out of 108 cadets and received a special award for being number one in Mathematics in 1971. He also attended the Naval Staff Course at the Naval War College, New Port, Rhode Island, USA and General Staff Course at the Naval Command College, South Korea. He also earned a master's degree in National Security Administration, with honors, from the National Defense College of the Philippines.[2]
Key Positions in the AFP
Delos Reyes’ appointments to key positions in the Armed Forces of the Philippines highlighted his merit-laden and brilliant military career of almost 39 years. He served as Vice Chief of Staff from July 7, 2004 until his retirement on February 16, 2006. He was also designated as The Deputy Chief of Staff, AFP; Vice Commander, PN; the Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans, J5, GHQ; and Chief of Naval Staff, Headquarters, PN.
As Chief of the Office of Ethical Standards and Accountability (OESPA), Delos Reyes handled various cases on erring military officers and personnel. In 2004, he led the initial investigation against his classmate at the Philippine Military Academy Class 1971, then military comptroller Maj. Gen. Carlos F. Garcia.
Short Stint at DND
A day after his retirement from military service, Vice Admiral Delos Reyes was appointed as Presidential Assistant I, with the rank of Undersecretary.[3] He was given the opportunity to continue his career in public service through the Department of National Defense, where he was initially tasked to assist in defense acquisitions to implement the AFP Modernization Program. From January 2007 until March 15, 2010, he held the post of Undersecretary for Internal Affairs and served as key adviser of the Secretary of National Defense on matters pertaining to personnel administration, information management, and general administration.
During his three-year stint at the DND, VAdm Delos Reyes chaired the investigations of alleged anomalies in bidding of AFP equipment, including the Night Capable Attack Helicopters (NCAH)[4] and mortar acquisition projects. He also pushed for the adoption of comprehensive DND-wide Integrity Development Action Plan (IDAP) in cooperation with the Development Academy of the Philippines and the Office of the Ombudsman, as well as the ISO accreditation of selected DND bureaus and offices.
Awards
He earned 57 medals, including among others, seven Distinguished Service Stars, one Philippine Legion of Honor (Degree of Commander), two Philippine Legion of Honor (Degree of Officer), five Outstanding Achievement Medals, Distinguished Navy Cross, two Bronze Cross Medals, 19 Military Merit Medals, nine Military Commendation Medals.
RE: When did you first time join TWC - Number - 26-11-2019
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO; /ˈaɪsoʊ/) is an international standard-setting body composed of representatives from various national standards organizations.
Founded on 23 February 1947, the organization promotes worldwide proprietary, industrial and commercial standards. It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland,[3] and works in 164 countries.[1]
It was one of the first organizations granted general consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council.