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"is a railway station in Niihama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Shikoku and has the station number "Y29". Lines The station is served by the JR Shikoku Yosan Line and is located 103.1 km from the beginning of the line at Takamatsu. Yosan line local trains which serve this station ply the - sector. Passengers on local services continuing eastwards or westwards have to change trains. The Rapid Sunport, and Nanpū Relay local trains serve this station and provide a through service to . In addition, the following JR Shikoku limited express services also serve the station: *Shiokaze - from to and *Ishizuchi - from to and *Midnight Express Takamatsu - in one direction only, from to *Morning Express Takamatsu - in one direction only, from to *Midnight Express Matsuyama - in one direction only, from and ends here *Morning Express Matsuyama - in one direction only, starts here for Layout The station consists of an island and a side platform serving three tracks. The station building houses a waiting room, shops, a JR ticket window (with a Midori no Madoguchi facility) and a JR Travel Centre (Warp Plaza). Car parking and rental are available. The island platform is reached by means of a bridge equipped with elevators for barrier-free access. Numerous sidings and passing loops branch off on the south side of the station serving a freight container platform and freight yard. File:Niihama station home.JPGA view of the side and island platform in 2011. To the right is a freight train on a passing siding. File:Niihama Goods Station.jpgTo the left is the island platform with a freight train. Next to it can be seen two passing sidings, the rightmost one served by the container platform. This photo was taken in 2012. File:JR Niihama Station 20150503 (17304120469).jpgNiihama Station in 2015. To the right can be seen the North-South free passage, an elevator equipped bridge which allows pedestrians to cross the tracks. Adjacent stations History The station opened on 21 June 1921 as an intermediate stop when the then Sanuki Line was extended westwards from to . At that time the station was operated by Japanese Government Railways, later becoming Japanese National Railways (JNR). With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, control of the station passed to JR Shikoku and JR Freight. On 25 September 2017, JR Shikoku completed a barrier-free upgrade project for the station. The existing footbridge linking the platforms was replaced by a new bridge equipped with elevators. See images of new bridge. Surrounding area * - a bridge equipped with elevators which crosses the tracks, allowing access to parts of the town north and south of the station. The bridge opened on 1 February 2014 and was part of a municipal project to upgrade the area surrounding the station with plazas and parking lots. See also * List of Railway Stations in Japan References External links *Niihama Station (JR Shikoku) Railway stations in Ehime Prefecture Railway stations in Japan opened in 1921 "
"The Price Creek Lighthouse, also known as the Price's Creek Lighthouse, is a structure located near Southport, North Carolina. It was one of two range lights at Price Creek in a series of lights to guide ships from Cape Fear to Wilmington, North Carolina.Bansemer, Roger, Bansemer's Book of Carolina & Georgia Lighthouses, Pineapple Press, Sarasota, FL, 2000, pp. 50-53, .Harrison, Tom, and Jones, Ray, Endangered Lighthouses, Globe Pequot Press, Guildord, CT, 2001, p. 40, .Roberts, Bruce, and Jones, Ray, Southern Lighthouses: Outer Banks to Cape Florida, 3rd ed., Globe Pequot Press, Guildord, CT, 2002, p. 27, .Zepke, Terrance, Lighthouse of the Carolinas, Pineapple Press, Sarasota, FL, 2002, pp. 57-60, . History In 1849, a two- story, brick lightkeeper's house with a wooden lantern was built as one of the lights. During the American Civil War, this served the Confederacy as a signal house to communicate between Fort Fisher and Fort Caswell. This house was destroyed by storms. The second range light is a conical brick tower originally tall with a base diameter of . The light was approximately above sea level. The bricks had been imported from England. It originally had eight lamps with reflectors measuring in diameter. The tower was later extended to a height of , but suffered damage from shells during the Civil War. The lantern has been removed. The surviving range light is located at the edge of Archer Daniels Midland's industrial site on the bank of the Cape Fear River. It is currently in private hands, but can be best viewed from the Southport-Fort Fisher ferry or from the ferryboat landing at Southport. Also was built in the 1850s. Pictures * Rare 1939 Postcard Showing Price's Creek Front-Range Light * Rare 1908 Postcard Showing Price's Creek Rear-Range Light and Keeper's House References Lighthouses completed in 1849 Buildings and structures in Brunswick County, North Carolina Lighthouses in North Carolina 1849 establishments in North Carolina "
"Enrico Gennari (born 21 January 1977) is a marine biologist who specialises in the study of the great white shark. Early life and education Gennari was born in Rome (Italy) 21 January 1977. At 6 years of age he had proclaimed he was going to study the great white shark. His university career in Rome culminated in a master's degree in Natural Science at the university of Rome "La Sapienza" in February 2004 (magna cum laude). His degree thesis was on a vertebral ageing study in Etmopterus spinax, a bottom-dwelling shark typical of the Mediterranean sea, creating a new technique to "read" for the first time ever very difficult vertebra. Gennari decided to have a year break in order to dedicate time to his other passion: scuba diving. So he spent a summer in Ustica, near Sicily (Italy), working as a dive master. He then worked with Ryan Johnson for 9 months during 2005, when they got insights into many white shark characteristics, some of them unknown till then, like the night time predatory behaviour of the white shark, as can be watched on the National Geographic documentary "Sharkville". In 2005 they conducted the longest ever manual track of a single white shark: 103 hours, almost 5 days. He then enrolled at Rhodes University for his PhD study on the thermo physio- ecology of the white shark under the supervision of Dr. Paul Cowley from SAIAB and Ryan Johnson. At the same time he and three other marine researchers (Johnson, Stephen Swanson and Toby Keswick) decided to create a private marine research institute focused on marine top predator called the Oceans Research. At present Gennari is researching for his PhD in Mossel Bay trying to disclose the secrets behind the endothermic ability of the great white shark to elevate parts of its body warmer than the external water temperature. In 2008 Gennari, as a member of Oceans Research, initiated a great white shark research internship program that allows students from around the world to gain practical research skills. Television appearances * 2006 Discovery Channel: After the Attack * 2007 Discovery Channel: Shark Tribe * 2007 National Geographic Channel: Sharkville * 2010 Channel Four: Inside Nature's Giants Scientific articles * Johnson, R., Bester, M.N., Dudley, S.F.J., Oosthuizen, W.H., Meÿer, M.A., Hancke, S. & Gennari, E. (2009) Coastal swimming patterns of white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) at Mossel Bay, South Africa. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 85(3):189-200 * Gubili, C., Johnson, R., Gennari, E., Oosthuizen, w.H., Kotze, P.G.H., Meÿer, M.A., Sims, D.W., Jones, C.S. & Noble, L.R. (2009) Concordance of genetic and fin photo identification in the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias, of Mossel Bay, South Africa. Marine Biology Published on-line first. * Gennari E. and Scacco U., 2007. First age and growth estimates in the deep water shark, Etmopterus spinax (Linnaeus, 1758), by deep coned vertebral analysis. Marine Biology 152 (5): 1207-1214 * Kock A., Johnson R.L., Bester M.N., Compagno L., Cliff G., Dudley S., Gennari E., Griffiths C.L., Kotze D., Laroche K., Meyer M.A., Oosthuizen W.H. and Swanson S., 2006. White shark abundance: not a causative factor in numbers of shark bite incidents. In: Finding a balance: white shark conservation and recreational safety in the Inshore waters of Cape Town, South Africa. D.C. Nel and T.P. Peschak Eds. WWF South Africa Report Series - 2006/Marine/001. References * Oceans Research - Researcher * Oceans Aware - Director * SAIAB Research institute - Scientists * SHARK - The Great White * How to measure a Great White's bite External links * Oceans Research * Oceans Campus 1977 births Living people People from Rome Italian marine biologists "