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Vogel may refer to: Places *Vogel (lunar crater) *Vogel (Martian crater) *11762 Vogel, a main-belt asteroid *Vogel (mountain), a mountain of Slovenia **Vogel Ski Resort *Vogel State Park, Georgia, United States *Vogel Glacier, a glacier of Antarctica *Vogel Peak, a mountain of South Georgia Other uses *Vogel (surname) *Vogel Awards **The Australian/Vogel Literary Award **Sir Julius Vogel Award, for New Zealand science fiction and fantasy *Vogel, the main character in the 1959 novel ''The Last Valley'' by J.B. Pick *Vogel's, a brand of bread sold by Quality Bakers in New Zealand See also * *VOGL VOGL is a debugger for the OpenGL rendering API intended to be used in the development of video games. VOGL was originally written at RAD Game Tools and Valve. VOGL is free and open-source software subject to the terms of the MIT License. Desc ...
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Vogel (surname)
Vogel and De Vogel are surnames originating in German and Dutch-speaking countries. An alternate spelling is Fogel. ''Vogel'' is the German and Dutch word for "bird". Equivalent surnames are Bird or Byrd in English or L'Oiseau in French. Notable people with the surname include: Academics * Arthur Vogel (chemist) (1905–1966), British chemist * Betsy Vogel Boze (born 1953), American academic and higher education administrator * Cornelia Johanna de Vogel (1905–1986), Dutch classicist, philosopher and theologian * Dan Vogel (born 1955), historian of Mormonism * David Vogel (professor) (born 1949), American political scientist * Detlef Vogel (born 1942), German historian * Eduard Vogel (1829–1856), German astronomer and explorer in Central Africa * Ezra Vogel (1930–2020), American Japanologist and author * Friedrich Vogel (human geneticist) (1925–2006), German human geneticist * Hans Vogel (scientist) (1900–1980), German helminthologist * Hermann Carl Vogel (1841–1907) ...
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The Last Valley (novel)
''The Last Valley'' (1959), by J. B. Pick, is an historical novel about the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648). The story occurs from September 1637 to March 1638, and centres on two men – a mercenary soldier and an intellectual – who are fleeing the destruction and starvation wrought by religious war. In southern Germany, each man stumbles upon a fertile valley untouched by the war. Soldier and intellectual, man of arms and man of mind, must collaborate to preserve the peace and plenty of the last valley from the stress and strain of the religious bigotry that caused thirty years of war in Europe. In Britain, the novel originally was published as ''The Fat Valley''. James Clavell adapted and directed the novel as ''The Last Valley'' (1970), with Michael Caine and Omar Sharif, respectively the mercenary captain and the philosopher. Plot summary The story opens with a man named Vogel, starving and exhausted, running from a burnt-out, plague-ridden village. After several days, ...
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The Australian/Vogel Literary Award
''The Australian''/Vogel Literary Award was an Australian literary award for unpublished manuscripts by writers under the age of 35. The prize money AUD$20,000, was the richest and most prestigious award for an unpublished manuscript in Australia. Allen & Unwin guaranteed to publish the winning work. History The award had been initiated in 1979 by Niels Stevns and was a collaboration between ''The Australian'' newspaper, the publisher Allen & Unwin, and Stevns & Company Pty Ltd. Stevns, founder of the company which made Vogel bread, named the award in honour of Swiss naturopath Alfred Vogel. The Vogel was not awarded in 1985, 2013, and 2019. The last award was presented in June 2024. ''The Australian'' Fiction Prize The Vogel Prize was replaced by ''The Australian'' Fiction Prize by ''The Australian'' newspaper in partnership with publisher HarperCollins. The new prize is for an unpublished manuscript–excluding science fiction, young adult, poetry, plays, works for childr ...
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Vogel State Park
Vogel State Park is a or 94 hectares state park located at the base of Blood Mountain in the Chattahoochee National Forest. It became one of the first two parks in Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia when it founded a state park system in 1931. Much of the park was constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the 1930s. The park features streams, a waterfall, and Lake Trahlyta. At elevation it is one of Georgia's highest altitude state parks. The mountainous habitats surrounding the lake support a wide assortment of plants and animals. Within the park are a series of hiking trails. These include the Bear Hair Gap Trail and the more strenuous Coosa Backcountry Trail, which leads up toward Blood Mountain and the Appalachian Trail near Neel Gap. Vogel Park features camping sites, cabins, swimming, boating and other recreational activities. Description and history Vogel State Park is located south of Blairsville, Georgia, Blairsville on US Highway 19 in the north Georgia ...
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Sir Julius Vogel Award
The Sir Julius Vogel Awards are awarded each year at the New Zealand National Science Fiction Convention to recognise achievement in New Zealand science fiction, fantasy, horror, and science fiction fandom. They are commonly referred to as the ''Vogels''. Name The awards are named for Sir Julius Vogel, a prominent New Zealand journalist and politician, who was Premier of New Zealand twice during the 1870s. He also, in 1889, wrote what is widely regarded as New Zealand's first science fiction novel, ''Anno Domini 2000, or, Woman's Destiny''. The book, written and published in Great Britain after Vogel had moved from New Zealand, pictured a New Zealand in the year 2000 where most positions of authority were held by women—at the time of writing, a radical proposition. In 2000, New Zealand's Head of State, Governor General, Prime Minister, Chief Justice and Attorney General ''were'' all women, as was the CEO of one of the country's largest companies, Telecom. History Nationa ...
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Vogel Ski Resort
Vogel Ski Resort is a Slovenian ski resort located above Bohinj next to Lake Bohinj. The nearest city is Bled. Ljubljana is about an hour away. The resort was opened in 1964. It has a total of of ski slopes, tracks for cross country skiing and a snowboard park. The ski resort is located on the outskirts of Triglav National Park, therefore all snowmaking activities are forbidden on the area. The ski resort is named after nearby Mount Vogel. History The first cargo funifor started operating in 1961, but it was broken down because of a lightning strike A lightning strike or lightning bolt is a lightning event in which an electric discharge takes place between the atmosphere and the ground. Most originate in a cumulonimbus cloud and terminate on the ground, called cloud-to-ground (CG) lightning .... In 1964 the first passenger funifor was built with capacity of 15 passengers. In the fall of 1964, the first surface lift, '''Križ started operating. In the following 3 years, ne ...
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Vogel (lunar Crater)
Vogel is a small lunar impact crater located to the southeast of Albategnius. It was named after the German astronomer Hermann Carl Vogel. It is the smallest member of a trio of craters that increase in size from north to south, consisting of Vogel, Argelander and Airy. To the west is the remnant of the crater Parrot Parrots (Psittaciformes), also known as psittacines (), are birds with a strong curved beak, upright stance, and clawed feet. They are classified in four families that contain roughly 410 species in 101 genus (biology), genera, found mostly in .... Both the northern and southern ends of Vogel's rim are interrupted by smaller craters. Vogel B to the north is overlain in turn along its northern rim by an even smaller crater, thus forming a cluster of interconnected craters with Vogel being the largest. The rim of Vogel is otherwise relatively intact and not significantly worn. Satellite craters By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by ...
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Vogel (Martian Crater)
Vogel may refer to: Places *Vogel (lunar crater) * Vogel (Martian crater) * 11762 Vogel, a main-belt asteroid * Vogel (mountain), a mountain of Slovenia ** Vogel Ski Resort *Vogel State Park, Georgia, United States * Vogel Glacier, a glacier of Antarctica * Vogel Peak, a mountain of South Georgia Other uses * Vogel (surname) *Vogel Awards **The Australian/Vogel Literary Award ** Sir Julius Vogel Award, for New Zealand science fiction and fantasy *Vogel, the main character in the 1959 novel ''The Last Valley'' by J.B. Pick *Vogel's, a brand of bread sold by Quality Bakers in New Zealand See also * *VOGL VOGL is a debugger for the OpenGL rendering API intended to be used in the development of video games. VOGL was originally written at RAD Game Tools and Valve. VOGL is free and open-source software subject to the terms of the MIT License. Desc ...
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Vogel (mountain)
Vogel is a 1922 m high mountain in Slovenia, part of southern Julian Alps and Triglav National Park. There is a cable car from Lake Bohinj to a height of 1537 m. Vogel Ski Resort is one of the biggest of its kind in Slovenia. Routes * 2½h from Ski hotel Vogel * 2¾h from Planina Kuk * 3½h Planina Kuk via Globoko * 3¾h from Planina Storeča raven * 4½h from Ukanc via planina Zadnji Vogel Gallery File:Vogel2.jpg, Ski resort Vogel with Triglav in the background File:Triglav-izVogla.jpg, View of Triglav File:Vogel4.jpg, View of Lake Bohinj Lake Bohinj (), covering , is the largest permanent lake in Slovenia. It is located within the Bohinj Valley of the Julian Alps, in the northwestern Upper Carniola region, and part of Triglav National Park. Geography Lake Bohinj is long and a ... File:Vogel3.JPG, Panoramic restaurant References * Slovenska planinska pot, Planinski vodnik, PZS, 2012, Milenko Arnejšek - Prle, Andraž Poljanec {{Reflist External links Vogel ...
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Vogel Peak
Vogel Peak () is a peak, 1,350 m, rising 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) southeast of Ross Pass in the Salvesen Range of South Georgia. The name Matterhorn was given by the German group of the International Polar Year Investigations, 1882–83. This name has never gained currency, and since many peaks in South Georgia resemble the Swiss Matterhorn, a new name was proposed by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) and ... (UK-APC) in 1957. Vogel Peak is named for Dr. P. Vogel, second-in-command, physicist and meteorologist on the 1882-83 German expedition who made the first glaciological studies in South Georgia. Mountains and hills of South Georgia {{SouthGeorgia-geo-stub ...
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Quality Bakers
Goodman Fielder is an Australian manufacturer, marketer and distributor of bread, smallgoods, dairy products, margarine, oil, dressings and various food ingredients. Its main operations are in New Zealand, Australia, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, and New Caledonia, with over 40 manufacturing sites. The company employs over 5,000 people, and has more than 120 brands. History Goodman Group was founded as A.S. Paterson & Co. ltd in Dunedin in 1886 as a general importing firm by Scottish-born businessman and philanthropist Alexander Stronach Paterson. It was listed on the New Zealand Stock Exchange in 1949 and would come to focus mainly on the grocery business. The firm was renamed as Goodman Group in 1979 after Paterson's grandson Alex was ousted as chairman in 1976 by "dissatisfied baking interests". Goodman Fielder was founded in 1986 after the merger of Allied Mills Ltd and Goodman Group Ltd. Since the merger in 1986, the company has purchased a further 13 companies. The company was ...
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Vogel Glacier
Flandres Bay () is a large bay lying between Cape Renard and Cape Willems, along the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. Location Flandres Bay is at the west end of the Danco Coast on the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula. It is southwest of Kershaw Peaks, Bryde Island and Paradise Harbour, northeast of the south end of Forbidden Plateau and the north end of Bruce Plateau, east of Booth Island and the Wauwermans Islands and south of Wiencke Island, which separates Bismarck Strait to the west from Gerlache Strait to the east. The Talbot Glacier and Niepce Glacier feed the bay from the south. Sailing directions The US Defense Mapping Agency's ''Sailing Directions for Antarctica'' (1976) describes Flandres Bay as follows: Exploration and name Flandres Bay was explored in 1898 by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (BelgAE) under Adrien de Gerlache, who named it, probably after the historical area of Flanders, now constituting part of France, Belgium and the Netherlands. . ...
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