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Riss
Riss or RISS may refer to: __NOTOC__ People * Riss (cartoonist), French cartoonist, author and publisher Laurent Sourisseau (born 1966), majority owner of the satirical newspaper ''Charlie Hebdo'' * Dan Riss (1910–1970), American actor * Erik Riss (born 1995), German speedway and grasstrack rider, son of Gerd and brother of Mark Riss * Gerd Riss (born 1965), German former motorcycle speedway rider, father of Erik and Mark Riss * Hermine Riss (1903–1980), Austrian honored as Righteous among the Nations for saving Jews from the Holocaust * Juan Carlos Riss (born 1955), Bolivian politician and economist * Mark Riss (born 1994), German speedway racer, son of Gerd and brother of Erik Riss * Iris or Riss Long, founder and member of The Lana Sisters British vocal group (1958–1961) Places * Riss (river), Germany * Riss Lake, Missouri, United States, a reservoir RISS * Regional Information Sharing Systems, an American information-sharing program for law enforcement See also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riss Glaciation
The Riss glaciation, Riss Glaciation, Riss ice age, Riss Ice Age, Riss glacial or Riss Glacial (, ', ' or (obsolete) ') is the second youngest glaciation of the Pleistocene epoch in the traditional, quadripartite glacial classification of the Alps. The literature variously dates it to between about 300,000 to 130,000 years ago and 347,000 to 128,000 years ago. It coincides with the glaciation of North Germany. The name goes back to and who named this cold period after the river in Upper Swabia in their three-volume work ' ("The Alps in the Ice Age") published between 1901 and 1909. Boundaries and division The Riss glaciation was defined by Penck and Brückner as the Lower (''Niedere'') or Younger Old Moraines and Old Terminal Moraines High Terraces (''Jüngere Altmoränen und Alt-Endmoränen-Hochterrassen''). The type locality lies near Biberach an der Riß where the end of the northeastern Rhine Glacier stood. Results gained from over a century of research show that in al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Riss
Erik Riss (born 13 September 1995) is a German speedway, longtrack and grasstrack rider, who won the World Longtrack Championship in 2014 and 2016, and was German speedway champion in 2016.2017 Rider Index , speedwaygb.co. Retrieved 4 March 2017 Career Born in , Germany, the son of former rider and younger brother of Mark Riss, Erik Riss began his speedway career in 2012 and rode in his home country for Automobilclub Landshut from 2013, also riding in Germany for MSV ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerd Riss
Gerd Riss (born 17 March 1965) is a German former speedway rider. He competed in motorcycle speedway and longtrack racing. He is an eight-times World longtrack champion. He also earned 22 international caps for the West German national speedway team and 12 international caps for the German national speedway team. Career Riss reached his first world longtrack final in 1984, finishing a creditable sixth behind Erik Gundersen, at the Sandbahn Rennen Herxheim in Herxheim bei Landau/Pfalz, Germany. He rode for MC Krumbach in 1983 and 1984 and started for the first time in the British leagues when he joined Poole Pirates for the 1984 British League season. Riss joined Wolverhampton Wolves in 1985 but left mid-way through the season. Riss consistently reached the World longtrack final every year from 1984 until 1997 and in 1987 also appeared in the 1987 Individual Speedway World Championship final at the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam. Riss represented his country in four co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riss (cartoonist)
Laurent "Riss" Sourisseau (; born 20 September 1966) is a French cartoonist, author and publisher. Since 1992, he has worked for the French satirical weekly newspaper ''Charlie Hebdo'' and is now its majority owner. Career Sourisseau is the author of several books printed in France and his political cartoons appear often on the cover of ''Charlie Hebdo'' ''Charlie Hebdo'' shooting On 7 January 2015 Sourisseau was shot and wounded in the shoulder during the terrorist attack on the Charlie Hebdo office. From the hospital, he drew four cartoons for the issue of ''Charlie Hebdo'' released on 14 January. Six months after the attack, Soursseau said he would no longer draw the Muslim Prophet Muhammad Muhammad (8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious and political leader and the founder of Islam. Muhammad in Islam, According to Islam, he was a prophet who was divinely inspired to preach and confirm the tawhid, monotheistic teachings of A ..., stating that "We've done our job ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Riss
Mark Riss (born 13 September 1994) is a speedway rider from Germany. Speedway career He rode in the top tier of British Speedway, riding for the Belle Vue Aces and Wolverhampton Wolves in the SGB Premiership 2018. He began his British career riding for Edinburgh Monarchs in 2016 and rode for them for three seasons. He also rode for Wolverhampton Wolves from 2017 to 2018. Family He is the son of Gerd Riss, one of the leading German riders of all time. His brother Erik Riss Erik Riss (born 13 September 1995) is a German speedway, longtrack and grasstrack rider, who won the World Longtrack Championship in 2014 and 2016, and was German speedway champion in 2016.1994 births L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riss Lake
Riss Lake is a small reservoir in the center of the neighborhood Riss Lake, in Parkville, Platte County, Missouri. Forests surround it, and it is bordered on one side by a highway, two sides by the neighborhood Riss Lake and on the last side by the Parkville Nature Reservation. The neighborhood Riss Lake has several pools, a park, a basketball court, a volleyball court and tennis courts. The lake was originally much smaller until a dam was built. White Aloe Branch, also known as White Branch, flows southwest about one mile before entering the reservoir, and also travels another mile southward through Parkville before reaching the Missouri River The Missouri River is a river in the Central United States, Central and Mountain states, Mountain West regions of the United States. The nation's longest, it rises in the eastern Centennial Mountains of the Bitterroot Range of the Rocky Moun .... External links * Reservoirs in Missouri Protected areas of Platte County, Misso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Riss
Frederic Daniel Riss (March 22, 1910 – August 28, 1970) was an American actor who had a career from 1949 to 1965. Filmography References External links * 1910 births 1970 deaths 20th-century American male actors American male film actors People from Streator, Illinois {{US-screen-actor-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermine Riss
Hermine Riss (1903 in Vienna – 1980) was an Austrian Righteous among the Nations. From 1942 until 1945, Riss hid in her apartment Regina Heinrich, who was threatened with deportation as a Jew under Nazi Germany's Nuremberg Laws. She also hid two other Jews, Stefanie Zach (née Rosenstadt) and Otto Breichenstein, at various places, including her own home, to escape deportation. By doing so, Hermine Riss risked her own life. On 15 May 2005, Yad Vashem recognized Hermine Riss as Righteous Among the Nations. References External links Hermine Riss– her activity to save Jews' lives during the Holocaust, at Yad Vashem Yad Vashem (; ) is Israel's official memorial institution to the victims of Holocaust, the Holocaust known in Hebrew language, Hebrew as the (). It is dedicated to preserving the memory of the Jews who were murdered; echoing the stories of the ... website Austrian Righteous Among the Nations People from Vienna 1903 births Year of death missing {{Aus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riss (river)
The Riss (, ) is a small river in Baden-Württemberg, south-western Germany, right tributary of the Danube. Its source is in Upper Swabia, between Bad Waldsee and Bad Schussenried. It flows north, through the town of Biberach an der Riss. It then flows into the Danube one mile north of Rißtissen between Ehingen and Erbach an der Donau, Erbach, approximately 20 km upstream from Ulm. Its total length is approximately 50 km. The Riss gave its name to the Riss glaciation, an ice age. See also * List of rivers of Baden-Württemberg References Rivers of Baden-Württemberg Rivers of Germany {{BadenWürttemberg-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Carlos Riss
Juan Carlos Riss Cecin (born April 14, 1955, in Cobija) is a Bolivian politician. An economist by profession, Riss Cecin served as a parliamentarian in the Chamber of Deputies 1989–1993, Senator 1993–1997 and again in the Chamber of Deputies (elected from Pando Department, Pando through proportional representation on the list of the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement). Furthermore, he served as the prefect of Pando 1995–1996. As of 2002, Riss Cecin was the president of the "Pando" mutual aid scheme, General Manager of CORDEPANDO (Pando Development Corporation) and Manager of ''Teléfonos Automáticos de Cobija''. He served as president of CORDEPANDO 1984–1985 and 1985–1988.''Directorio: 1997–2002''. La Paz: Centro de Investigación del Congreso Nacional (CICON), 2002. p. 194 References 1955 births Living people Bolivian senators from Pando Members of the Bolivian Chamber of Deputies from Pando People from Cobija Revolutionary Nationalist M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lana Sisters
The Lana Sisters were a British vocal group formed by Iris Long in 1958, with Lynne Abrams. They put an advert in ''The Stage'' for a third member and got a reply from Mary O'Brien, who would go on to solo success a few years later as Dusty Springfield. They were managed by Evelyn Taylor, and toured around England. Initial publicity for the group claimed they were three actual sisters with the surname Lana: Iris (or Riss), Lynne, and Shann (or Shan). (Iris Long and Lynne Abrams were Riss and Lynne Lana, Mary O'Brien was Shann Lana.) They appeared on the BBC's ''Six-Five Special'' and ''Drumbeat'' with Adam Faith and John Barry, and later took part in a Christmas special "Tommy Steele’s Spectacular" with the song "Seven Little Girls Sitting in the Backseat". They appeared twice at the Royal Albert Hall and toured with Cliff Richard, Adam Faith, and Morecambe & Wise. Their cover of the Marv Johnson song "You Got What It Takes" became a Top 10 hit in Ireland in 1960. Mary O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regional Information Sharing Systems
Regional Information Sharing Systems (RISS) is an information-sharing program funded by the U.S. Federal government whose purpose is to connect databases from local and regional law enforcement so that they can use each other's data for criminal investigations. In 1997, RISS created RISSNET, a network to interconnect many local, state, regional, and tribal law enforcement databases. In 2002, RISSNET was connected with the FBI's Law Enforcement Online system. In 2003, the National Criminal Intelligence Sharing Plan (NCISP) declared that RISSNET would be the official "backbone" for all unclassified, but sensitive criminal intelligence data traffic. Later that year, members were also given access to the Automated Trusted Information Exchange (ATIX) database, which contains information on homeland security and terrorist threats. See also * Automated Trusted Information Exchange * Joint Regional Information Exchange System * Multistate Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange The Mul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
