Hugo Conwentz

Hugo Wilhelm Conwentz (20 January 1855, Sankt Albrecht near Danzig - 12 May 1922) was a German botanist. He is best known for his paleobotany studies of Baltic amber.

He studied in Wrocław and Göttingen. Beginning in 1876 he conducted paleobotanical studies as an assistant to Heinrich Göppert in Breslau. In 1879 he was appointed director of the Westpreußischen Provinzialmuseums (West Prussian Provincial Museum) in Danzig, a position he held for thirty years. In 1906 he became state commissioner of the newly founded Staatliche Stelle für Naturdenkmalpflege in Preußen, a regulatory body for natural heritage conservation in Prussia.

Selected works

Cadillac Escalade

The Cadillac Escalade is a full-size luxury SUV engineered and manufactured by Cadillac. It was Cadillac's first major entry into the popular SUV market. The Escalade was introduced for the 1999 model year in response to German and Japanese competitors and to Ford's 1998 release of the Lincoln Navigator. The Escalade project went into production only ten months after it was approved. The Escalade is built in Arlington, Texas. The name Escalade refers to a siege warfare tactic of scaling defensive walls or ramparts with the aid of ladders or siege towers.

The 1999 Escalade was identical to the 1999 GMC Denali, but was redesigned for the 2002 model year to make its appearance fall more in line with Cadillac's "art and science" design theme. Escalade production went on hiatus for the 2001 model year. The Escalade ESV (based on the Chevrolet Suburban) and its former sibling the Escalade EXT (based on the Avalanche sport utility truck) were made in Silao, Mexico, before the 2007 redesign; the new Escalade ESV is sourced from Arlington, Texas.

List of Walt Disney and Buena Vista video releases

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has released several hundred titles to home video since 1978, as well as direct-to-video features. They have been released on VHS, Betamax, Laserdisc, CED Videodisc, CD Video, DVD, Universal Media Disc, and Blu-ray Disc. These are most of the notable releases that Disney put out on home video.

MCA DiscoVision

These were the titles licensed by Disney to MCA DiscoVision for their new videodisc format.

Fotomat titles

The first 13 titles put out for rental on March 4, 1980, when Disney was working with Fotomat to get into the video business. These titles were later made for sale along with rental in October 1980.

(The number at the beginning of each line is Disney's stock number for the VHS/Beta release. The VS and BS indicated retail sale (VF and BF in Canada), while issues with just a V or a B after the number were rental.)

1980-1983

In addition to the 13 Fotomat titles being made for sale in late 1980, this is the release chart of Disney features from 1980 to 1983.