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"Harry Gene Levine (born April 1, 1945) is an American sociologist known for his research on alcohol and illicit drugs in American society. He is a professor of sociology at Queens College and the Graduate Center, CUNY. His work has included studies on marijuana arrests in New York City, which have found that such arrests are more common there than in any other city in the world, and that they were much more common from 1998-2007 than from 1988-1997. He has also found that over the 15 years leading up to 2011, far more of those arrested in New York City for marijuana possession were black (54%) than were Latino (33%) or white (12%). Levine's research has also found that during the period from 2002 to 2010, under the mayoralty of Michael Bloomberg, marijuana arrests by the NYPD increased significantly, and 87% of those arrested for marijuana were black or Hispanic. ==References== ==External links== *Faculty page Category:1945 births Category:Living people Category:Brandeis University alumni Category:University of California, Berkeley alumni Category:Queens College, City University of New York faculty Category:Graduate Center, CUNY faculty Category:American sociologists "
"Ron Smith (January 28, 1944 – January 2, 2017) was a professional ice hockey coach in the American Hockey League (AHL) and the National Hockey League (NHL). Smith held various coaching roles including head coach of the Binghamton Rangers of the AHL from 1991 to 1993 and was the interim head coach for the New York Rangers of the NHL in 1993. Smith was inducted into the Cambridge Sports Hall of Fame in 2002. ==Early life and education== Smith was born on January 28, 1944, in Galt, Ontario. He was an athlete on multiple teams during his education at Glenview Park Secondary School. He completed additional schooling at the University of Waterloo. ==Career== As a baseball player in 1964, Smith signed with the San Francisco Giants and played in the minor leagues for the Magic Valley Cowboys and the Decatur Commodores. After leaving baseball, Smith began his hockey career playing for the Galt Hornets from 1968 to 1974. Following his time with the Hornets, Smith started his coaching career. He led the Guelph Platers from 1975 to 1978 and was an assistant coach for the Buffalo Sabres in 1980. Later on, Smith worked with the Vancouver Canucks from 1981 to 1985 and the New Jersey Devils from 1986 to 1988. Smith returned to the Guelph Platers as their coach from 1989 to 1991 before becoming the coach for the Binghamton Rangers from 1991 to 1993. Smith replaced Roger Neilson in January 1993 as an interim head coach for the New York Rangers during the 1992–93 NHL season. Smith was the Rangers coach for 44 games before being replaced by Mike Keenan in April 1993. Additional NHL teams that Smith was an assistant coach for include the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Carolina Hurricanes. With the Hurricanes, Smith was also a scout during the 2006 Stanley Cup and remained with the team until his retirement in 2014. Outside of the NHL, Smith coached the Cincinnati Cyclones from 1995 to 2001 and the Lowell Lock Monsters from 2001 to 2004. Other non-coaching positions Smith held include a director role for the Canadian Olympic team and the Ontario Hockey Association. ==Death== Smith died on January 2, 2017, in Hamilton, Ontario. ==Awards and honors== In 2002, Smith was inducted into the Cambridge Sports Hall of Fame. ==References== ==External links== * Category:1944 births Category:2017 deaths Category:American Hockey League coaches Category:ECHL coaches Category:Guelph Platers coaches Category:National Hockey League assistant coaches Category:New York Rangers coaches "
"The Ferrovia della Valtellina (Valtellina railway) is a railway line in Italy that runs from Lecco to Valtellina and Valchiavenna. It was opened in 1894 and electrified on the three-phase system in 1902. It is now electrified at 3 kV direct current and operated by Trenord. ==History== The line was built in stages between 1885 and 1894. Two large railway companies dominated the area at the time. They were the Rete Adriatica (Adriatic network) and the Rete Mediterranea (Mediterranean network). with the opening of the Colico-Bellano section, on 1 August 1894 a complete railway service started. ==Electrification== RA 34, later FS Class E.430 The Valtellina railway is notable for being an early user of electric traction. It was the first in Italy and the first in the world to use high-voltage three-phase alternating current for rail traction. On 15 October 1902 the electrification began on the Lecco-Colico-Chiavenna and Colico-Sondrio sections with overhead power lines at 3,000 V, 15 Hz. The frequency was later raised to 15.8 Hz for reasons unknown. Finally, the voltage and frequency were raised to 3,600 V, 16.7 Hz, which became an Italian standard. Power was supplied by the Campovico hydroelectric plant. The line is now electrified with 3 kV direct current. ==The route== The line was built with great technical daring but the Lecco- Colico-Chiavenna section now shows its age. Over the 40 kilometres to Colico there are 89 curves, 18 viaducts and 19 tunnels. However, the line, which runs along the eastern shore of Lake Como with its jagged coastline, offers passengers enchanting views of inlets in which can be seen patrician villas, lush vegetation and lake marinas. Tirano station is an interchange point for travellers who want to go to Switzerland on the Rhaetian Railway, a narrow- gauge line, departing from the aforementioned station that follows a route that reaches 2,253 metres in height and the famous tourist station St. Moritz. ==Traffic== The line is used by regional trains of Trenord which run along the Sondrio-Lecco and Sondrio-Tirano routes (stopping at all stations), and from Regio Express trains - until 2007 called Diretti - of Trenord, many of which travel the entire Tirano route to Milan Central. From December 2014, on public holidays and the month of August the Regional trains of Lecco-Sondrio terminate at Colico and are replaced by buses for the remaining section. ==Rolling stock== RA 361, later FS Class E.360 ===Historical=== Initially the rolling stock used, with three-phase alternating current, consisted of: * RA 34, later, FS Class E.430, Bo+Bo locomotive * RA 361, later FS Class E.360, 1′C1′ locomotive * Railcars ===Recent=== More recently, compositions have been used, between Milan and Tirano, of an FS Class E.464 electric locomotive with 7 MDVC carriages and MDVC pilot, while the festive trains consist of FS Class ALe 803 electric multiple units or E.464 locomotives and low-floor carriages. Sometimes FS Class ALe 582 or, rarely, compositions of FS Class ALn 668 diesel railcars are used. From 2015 on the Milano Centrale-Tirano route, ETR 425 trainsets are used. ==See also== * Lecco–Milan railway * Tirano–Lecco railway ==References== Category:Railway companies of Italy Category:Railway lines in Lombardy "