Bible Belt (song)
Bible Belt is a song written and recorded by Travis Tritt in 1991 with Little Feat on his second album It's All About To Change. A new version of "Bible Belt" was appeard on the soundtrack of the movie My Cousin Vinny in 1992. It reached #72 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks. The Dixie Chicks performed the song on their 2000 Fly tour.
Gray literature
Gray (or grey) literature can be defined as unpublished research findings, particularly in a scientific field.
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[Source: http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/crlnews/backissues2004/march04/graylit.htm] 69.254.204.209 02:30, 26 April 2006 (UTC) A link to the New York Academy of Medicine's Grey Literature Collection
Matt Selman is an executive producer for "The Simpsons." He has written various episodes such as "Natural Born Kissers", "They Saved Lisa's Brain", "Eight Misbehavin'," "Behind the Laughter" (w/ Tim Long, George Meyer and Mike Scully), "Lisa the Tree Hugger," "Trilogy of Error," "Jaws Wired Shut," and "The Dad Who Knew Too Little."
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http://www.snpp.com/guides/epsbywriter.html
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CARLOS ANDRÉS GÓMEZ is an award-winning poet and actor from New York City that has been described as “raw and intense...a rebel Don Juan with a sensitive edge” (Underrated Magazine). A former social worker and teacher, he has done over 100 college and university performances and toured across North America, Europe, the Caribbean, and Africa. He is a member of the legendary Nuyorican Poets’ Café's Slam Team that finished 2nd in the U.S. at the National Poetry Slam and has a lead role in Spike Lee’s number one box office smash hit film "Inside Man" (Universal Pictures) alongside Denzel Washington, Jodie Foster, and Clive Owen (www.insideman.net).
GÓMEZ recently won a Rocky Mountain Emmy® Award for his starring role in the groundbreaking "Respect Yourself" television spots and appeared on the third season of the popular Showtime series "The L Word." A burgeoning performer in the national spotlight, he is one of the headline acts on the critically acclaimed, MTV-U sponsored Fight Apathy National Tour (www.fightapathy.org). He has shared the stage and opened for a diverse range of well-known musical acts, such as Wyclef Jean, MC Lyte, Toots and the Maytals, Brook Valentine, Vaeda, Immortal Technique, The Slip, Pete Rock, Reel Big Fish, and Saul Williams.
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www.CarlosLive.com www.InsideMan.net
71.249.10.202 03:00, 26 April 2006 (UTC)Carlos Andrés Gómez
Dunson Twin Music is a music production and publishing company which is headed by John Dunson and Sean Dunson, producer/songwriters in the fields of Pop, R&B, Hip/Hop, Latin, and Pop/Rock. As renowned producer/songwriters with such major companies and labels such as EMI, Capitol Records, EMI/Latin records, and McDonalds Corp., Sean and John have directly contributed to albums and projects with over $30,000,000 million in revenue throughout their career. Their carefully crafted musical stylings present melodic verses and captivating hooks that catch the listeners ears immediately.
The Dunson Twins have been performing and writing since an early age, and have toured with the likes of Boys II men, and as choreographers and performers with the late Selena Quintanilla. They have produced and written songs that have appeared in the Billboard Top 10 albums and Billboard Top Ten singles chart. Their hit single U Dont Love Me, recorded by the Kumbia Kings, was selected to be included in a major campaign by McDonalds Restaurants.
Dunson Twin Music has an exceptional eye for talent and has formed a record label, Frame Of Mind Entertainment, aimed at bringing this talent to the world. Their roster encompasses many genres of music including Pop, R&B, hip-hop, Latin, and pop rock.
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www.frameofmindentertainment.com
TLA are not a traditional BTL adtervising agency, we are a niche agency who specialise in the development, implementation and management f programs that incentivise, influence and ultimately build brand loyalty.
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www.tlagency.com.au
58.163.48.80 03:29, 26 April 2006 (UTC)Corey Numa58.163.48.80 03:29, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
TLA are not a traditional BTL adtervising agency, we are a niche agency who specialise in the development, implementation and management f programs that incentivise, influence and ultimately build brand loyalty.
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www.tlagency.com.au
58.163.48.80 03:32, 26 April 2006 (UTC)Corey Numa58.163.48.80 03:32, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
Professor of Politics and Government at University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington.
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Heather Goldstein was born at a very young age on August 23 in the year of our Lord Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five. She loves to nash on Cranvanilla Crunch, a Kellog cereal. Heather Grew up in the small town of Saint Louis, MO, but she argues that it is not that small. Heather likes animals (but not like that). She attends a University in a state also with an M, but not the same state and she studies very hard, like a good little girl.
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--68.40.82.130 04:13, 26 April 2006 (UTC)David Chudnow
Zunil is a town of 8,000 people in the western highlands of Guatemala. It is approximately 8 kilometers from Quetzaltenango (Xela).
Zunil is dominated by a large cathedral, surrounded by volcanoes and has good views of Santa Maria, Guatemala's second highest. The people of Zunil are well known for their veneration of San Simon (or Maximon), who is a figure combining elements of Catholicism and pre-Columbian animist beliefs. 8 kilometers above town are the natural hotsprings of Fuentes Georginas.
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Lonely Planet Central America on a shoestring.
205.250.234.199 04:27, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
Adam Bagni (born November 16, 1984 in Taunton, MA) is an American sportscaster, known most notably for his coverage of La Salle University athletics on WEXP in Philadelphia. He has also worked for NBC Sports during the 2006 Winter Olympics and was the Executive Producer of "Controversial Opinion" on La Salle 56.
Awards
In April 2006, Bagni won an award for Excellence in Broadcasting, from the Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters, based on his work at WEXP. The station won in the category of Best Coverage of a Local Sporting Event: Major Market for a January 21, 2006 NCAA basketball game between La Salle and Saint Joseph's University. The award was also split with Merrill Reese and Mike Quick of Free FM for their coverage of the Philadelphia Eagles american football team.
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www.lasalle.edu, www.adambagni.com, www.pab.org
Jorge Mendoza Garza was born in Monterrey, Mexico in 1955. He holds a MA in public administration from the National Institute of Public Administration in Paris, France (1979) and a PhD in constitutional law and political institutions from the Université Paris-Sorbonne.
Currently, he is the Executive President of Public Affairs and Information for Grupo Salinas, where he is responsible for strategic relationships and oversees all communications policies for Grupo Salinas companies.
Before joining TV Azteca and the Grupo Salinas in 1994, he held several high-ranking public service positions. As to this date, Mr. Mendoza is still interested in pursuing his career in politicts, and for this reason plans to hold seat in Mexico's senate.
Jorge Mendoza was president of the National Chamber of the Industry of Radio and Television from 2002-2004.
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www.tvazteca.com
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Kominform is the abbreviation for communist information office and/or. "information office of the communist ones and labour parties", as the organization with full name was called, which was from 1947 to 1956 a supra-national alliance of different communist parties, which was dominated by the CPSU under Josef Stalin. Since 1946 Stalin tried to combine the sphere of influence of the USSR in east and south Europe into a firm unit and to implement the claim to leadership of the CPSU in ideological and political regard. After mehrmonatigen consultations with exception of Albania , but under participation of the communist parties from France and Italy , the leaders of the Eastern European parties for 22 were finally invited until 27 September 1947 to the conference of establishment of the communist information office (Kominform) into the Polish city Szklarska Poreba. The Soviet side represented with the fact the view that the world had split into two large camps and the relations between the communist parties would have to be out-arranged still closer in the interest of the self statement. The establishment of the Kominform took place officially on 30 September 1947 , not least also as counterreaction of the USSR on the Mars resounding plan of the USA. The Kominform should organize the co-operation of all communist ones and labour parties world-wide. To that extent it formed the successor organization of the 1919 on initiative of Lenin created third international one ( communist international ones , in the contraction usually Komintern mentioned), the 1943 in the course 2. World war dissolved was. Members of the Kominform were the communist parties of the Soviet Union, from Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia (until 1948), Albania (starting from 1947), France and Italy. The SED received 1949 observer status after the establishment of the GDR. Seat of the Kominform was at the beginning of Belgrade, after which exclusion of Yugoslavia became 1948 the seat shifted to Bucharest. During the war the USSR was allied still with the opponents the USA and Great Britain ideological in the reason militarily in the so-called anti-Hitler coalition and formed together with them and other States of the allied war opponents of Germany. After the war again the economic, social and political clashes of interests were intensified in particular between the great powers the USA and the USSR, which flowed starting from 1946 into the cold war. The establishment of the Kominform was a Soviet reaction to this development. During the establishment debate Andrei Alexandrowitsch Schdanow gave its speech to before the opinion of the two-camps represented by US president Harry S. Truman (see two-camp theory ). When between-party institution was the Kominform in fact a command center of the CPSU by the one large conformity of the ten member portions (also Albania stepped on 28 October 1947 with) be achieved should, as this already in the third international one at the latest starting from 1924 / 1925 the case was, after Josef Stalin had transferred power in the USSR. The committee did not fulfill however expectations preserved in Moscow. After had not succeeded, Yugoslavia in the summer had not joined 1948 again the authority of the Soviet Union to subordinate and also the communist party of China under Mao Zedong, did not take place in the course of the Entstalinisierung after Stalins death under Nikita Khrushchev 1956 the dissolution of the Kominform. At the latest since the victory of the Chinese revolution 1949 under Mao Zedong and the establishment of the People's Republic of China the influence also different communist society drafts beside that had increased the USSR, and also in competition to it. The determining influence of the Kominform was not to be kept upright in the past form no more. In Eastern Europe and unite other communist aligned states formed other alliances between the communist states for the USSR more appropriate alternatives . So were already before dissolution of the Kominform 1949 the RGW ( advice for mutual economic aid ) and/or. COMECON as economic alliance and 1955 the Warsaw Pact as military alliance of the appropriate states developed. Also these establishments were reactions to similar developments and unions in the political west. There for instance in the economic connection the Western European Coal and Steel Community , from the late EEC ( European Economic Community ) hevorging, or - in the military connection - NATO .
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- Looks like a machine translation of the German Wikipedia entry [1], which is sourced. Needs proper translation, though. Tearlach 17:03, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
The internet has given birth to new markets, a plethora of ways for companies to make money totally online. It sometimes comes as a shock to me that I can make money in something this is totally virtual.
A new service that is being offered to webmasters nowadays is something referred to as "paid forum posting". If you know any thing about web forum communities, you will know that having one on your website if highly beneficial. The posts lead to higher web activity to your site meaning higher page ranking in search engines, and the community eventually takes a life of it's own, a place for people to exchange information and learn more about you and your products.
Already we have seen how people can benefit from this service. Anyone that has tried to start their own community knows the pains of finding users to write on their topic. For those looking for information, there is none to be found unless something is there, and for those that are looking for a community to join, they are more inticed if they see that the people that are already posting are passionate about the subject. This is something that can be compared to the "cool kids" syndrome you experience in elementary school, where posters only like to join clubs that seem reputable and have a following.
Some bigger names in the industry include ForumPosts, inb0x.com and forumboosting.com, only a few months old, but it seems the second generation forumbooster.net, forumboosting.com and others are the ones that are taking paid forum posting to the next level with features such as tracking the postings as they happen and other additional SEO services.
We are indeed moving into different commerce areas where something as simple as a web community is sprouting web ventures to help support them, and indeed there seems like there is an opportunity and demand for the service.
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Mordecai Ben Abraham Jaffe (c. 1535–1612)was a Jewish scholar and mystic. He was born in Prague, and moved to Poland when still young to study with Shlomo Luria and Moshe Isserles. He also studied Kabbalah with Mattathias b. Solomon Delacrut. In 1553 he returned to Prague and became the head of a yeshivah there. Later, he began a commentary to Joseph Karo's work Beit Yosef, but balked and finally ceased work on it when Moshe Isserles released his commentary. He then began to write Torah commentaries. He is the second person to mention the Jewish mourning custom of Yahrzeit (See Levush Tekhelet, no. 133). The first to mention this custom is said to be Isaac of Tyrnau in his Minhagim book (late 14th c.)
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Encyclopedia Judaica article on Jaffe, Levush Tekhelet, and Sefer Minhagim. 66.65.113.190 05:33, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
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Kumar Vikram (b. 1973) is gaining prominence as an Indian poet writing in English. He has been noticed for lyrical beauty, psychological probing and subtle understading of social changes sweeping the Indian society. Kumar Vikram's poetry in English belongs to that arena where few Indian poets writing in English has been able to achieve. Indian poetry in English, that has always been dominated by urbanity and artificial sophistication, gets another dimension by the intervention of Kumar Vikram's verses carrying ethereal charm, intellectual energy and sensitivity. His poems like 'The Night You Left', 'Ramni Mohan Garden', The Ragpickers' etc must be epecially mentioned. He has read his poems at Book Mark, Sahitya Akademi (both at New Delhi. His poetry collection is being eagerly awaited.
The Great Oracle is never wrong and never gets high off of shrooms.
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Worked on the forensic indentification of the physical remains of Lacey Peterson in the Scott Peterson trial.
Topher McFarlane [1] is a creative movie and television individual who has recieved much success in various aspects. He publishes ideas for movies and tv shows on his personal website regularly and hopes to create them if anyone is interested.
He also appeared on the show Canadian Idol for the Best of the Worst Episode. He was in the commerical for the show and also was commented on by Sass Jordan and Farley Flex. He sang the Spice Girls "Stop" and was asked to "Stop right now!" On top of the fan fare of this performance, McFarlane was interviewed by the Edmonton Journal and the University of Alberta Campus News for the activity.
As well as experience with Canadian Idol, McFarlane auditioned for the tv show "Much Music VJ Search 2006" although his auditions and banter with the host was excellent he never made it. But he did appear on the website advertising his stunt, where he dropped his pants in front of a whole cafeteria.
McFarlane currently attends the University of Alberta taking a Bachelor of Arts with a Sociology Major and Film Studies Minor. He went into Sociology because of Jana Grekul one of the top researchers on the Alberta Eugenics movement. He graduates in 2007.
In his 4 years McFarlane was Siderite coordinator, which is the GLBT residence support group and had articles in the Lister Lighthouse, Edmonton Journal and U of A Gateway about his events and activities. He was instrumental in bringing the Campus Wide Drag Show to the Powerplant where it fills a capacity house every year. As well he was responsible for organizing the 2nd Annaul Day of Silence at the U of A, making it the only knowing campus in Canada that participates. He is still involved and the event is strong.
In 2004-2005 McFarlane was Floor Coordinator in Lister Centre on 4th Mackenzie. He acted as Lister Idol Host, Appeared in 2 Lister Hall Movies, Recieved Floor Coordinator of the Month and Year, created the sell out event Let's Skit it on! and created .44 Calibre. In the end he left with pride and dignity. Truly loving the building.
McFarlane is a creative and unique individual worth keeping your eye on.
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[2] An Article on Topher McFarlane [3] An Article on Topher and the Day of Silence
Tophermcfarlane 08:29, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
This website is about women who are attracted to girls. It is similar to NAMBLA except that it is about women-girl relationships. The site contains many articles about girl love including news stories and personal stories.
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24.77.167.82 10:12, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
The Covenant assualt carriers are commonly treated as flagships in the Covenant fleet. They are around 5 km long and have weapons superior to the normal cruisers and destroyers. The assualt carrier plays a role in the destruction of Reach. Reach's main defense force was being sniped by a powerful new weapon mounted on an assualt cruiser, before it was destroyed by the UNSC Pillar of Autumn.
There are many other examples of assualt carriers throughout Halo 2. They mainly occur in the First Battle of Earth, with the Prophet of Regret's fleet. Within the fleet were two assualt carriers - one was destroyed by Master Chief with the Cairo station bomb, and the other one fled to Delta Halo and destroyed New Mombasa. It is theorized that the names "Command cruiser," "Flagship," and "Assualt carrier" all mean the same.
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Halo.Bungie.Org (website), Halo: The Fall of Reach (book), Halo: First Strike (book).
Briefing: Xu Shan, Male, Born in 1955. Professor, Dept. of Chinese, Suzhou University, Suzhou 215006, P.R.China. M.A. 1987, Nanjing Teachers’ Univ; Ph.D. 2002, Shanghai Teachers’ Univ.
Books: (1)Thunder God Worship: The Origin of the Chinese Culture, Shanghai Joint Publishing House, Shanghai, 1992; (2)The Origin of the Chinese Language, Sichuan People’s Publishing House, Sichuan, 1998; (3)Xushan’s Selected Papers on Chinese Language, New Star Publishing House, Seoul,2002; (4)Memories of Prenatal Period : The discovery of a Spiritual and Cultural Prototype of Human Beings, New Star Publishing House, Seoul,2002; (5)Research Papers on Chinese Ancient Characters, Chinese Literature and History Publishing House, 2003; (6) Xushan’s 1000 Short Poems, Cozy House Publisher, New York,2004; (7)Zhouyi’s Structure and Words Analysis, China Bookstore, 2005.
Selected Papers: Xu Shan's Blog (in Chinese) http://blog.sina.com.cn/u/1224750074
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http://www.acidplanet.com/artist.asp?AID=346263&T=575950
Dreambeat Records was established in Canberra by four school kids in 2005. The orginal record artists were: DJ Bricksta Chowderhawk Inquisitor DJ Flamin' Stars.
All of the original members went to Radford College.
Since Dreambeat Records was established it has grown in popularity due to a podcast (Dreambeat Records Podcast) which as of 25 April 2006 has 4822 downloads.
Currently Dreambeat Records have the following artists signed to it: DJ Bricksta Chowderhawk Myle High Inquisitor Psylovibe
Dreambeat Records is gaining popularity with several EPs being released in the near future.
St James’s church dominates the village of High Melton, near Doncaster, in South Yorkshire. Originally built by Avice-de-Tania, (who also founded the Priory at Hampole) in 1153AD, it has been extensively extended.
Until at least the reign of Richard II (1377-1400), the church was known as the "Church of All Saints". About this time, a tower was added and a Lady Chapel to the south-east.
The ground plan is rather unusual, having two aisles - oen through a short nave within the chancel and the Western Tower, and also a continuous south aisle to the whole length of the church.
It has had several generous benefactors over the years, including the Fountayne family and its descendants, the Wilson family, which changed its name to Montagu following an inheritance. There are substantial memorials to members of these families in the Church.
Benefactors helped to improve the state of the Church in the early 20th Century. In particular, there is a spectacular rood screen and 'Corpus Christi' set of figures (1905) and a reredos and altar frontals (1907) which are the work of Sir William Ninian Comper, who also did much work for York Minster.
St James' is also known for its beautiful windows. John Fontayne, DD Dean of York, is stated to have installed several pieces of mediaeval stained glass obtained throughout the county, and also introduced quite a lot of painted glass (by Peckett of York), giving the church a rich inheritance.
The parish registers of High Melton begin in 1538 (this is unusual as in many other parishes the Registers only date back to the beginning of the reign of Elizabeth I, 1558).
It is part of the Diocese of Sheffield, now under the joint Benefice of St Peter's, Barnburgh, with St. James, Melton-on-the-Hill, and holds morning worship every Sunday starting at 9.30am.
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Some information from "The History of St James' Church, Melton-on-the Hill", F Galloway (April 1969).
Registers - http://www.doncasterfhs.co.uk/churches/highmelton.htm
Tattered Virtue is an Alliance Guild on the Realm of Mannoroth that is found in the MMORPG World of Warcraft. The guild began in December of 2004, only about a month after WoW was released and thrived ever since doing such instances as Molten Core, Blackwing Lair, Onyxia's Lair, Zul'Gurub and Ahn'Qiraj (20-man).
The guild leaders of Tattered Virtue include Romance (Night Elf Hunter), Tristanz (Gnome Warlock) and Machonna (Human Paladin}. Further ranks include Knight Templars, Virtue Knights, Veterans of Virtue, Guardians of Virtue, Followers of the Light and Acolytes. Knight Templars who have served the guild include Aequitas (Night Elf Rogue - now retired), Schmalkald (Gnome Rogue) and Laadeeda (Gnome Warrior).
Tattered Virtue holds meetings nearly every two weeks in the Park District of Stormwind. At meetings promotions are completed, guild news is announced and many fun items are given away in guild raffles. Real life meetings (ie. parties) have occured as well in the Ohio area and future in-game and real-life meetings are planned as well.
More information can be found about Tattered Virtue at the following address: [4]
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Austin White
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Roller furling refers to systems that furl a headsail by rolling it around the forestay, or around its own luff wire. These systems, which range from very simple to very sophisticated, usually have a revolving drum at the base, worked by means of a line run aft to the cockpit. All systems have a swivel at the head of the sail, which allows the luff (and forestay, if part of the system) to rotate freely under load, although twisting of the luff or forestay can be a problem on simple systems.
The simplest systems consist solely of the drum and swivel. More sophisticated systems have a luff foil, a long hollow fitting that goes around the forestay. The sail is raised in a groove in the foil, and the foil is attached to the drum. When the drum rotates, the foil rotates around the forestay without putting any twisting stress on it. Recently, some vendors have offered continuous loop furlers, where the line runs once around the drum and exits, and is spliced into a continuous loop.
Fred Goss is the star and producer of Sons and Daughters, a television show on ABC. He also was the creator of Significant Others.
He keeps a blog dealing with his current show, and is known for his humor, being a Grateful Dead fan, and being very accesible by fans.
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- ABC's Sons & Daughters website
- Fred Goss' Sons & Daughters Blog
- [5] Ryan's petition to bring back the show!
- Official website
- Sons & Daughters at IMDb
- Template:Tvtome show
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Unitube is the name of a character created by Ed Labetski. This lovable confused character and surrealistic happenings in his post-nuclear surroundings became accessible to the public in 2004 as a webcomic. It became quite popular right away and many people kept coming back daily even during several months while there were no additions.
The distinguishing features of Unitube include monochromatic palettes and organic variations in style. Many panels are drawn only after a long period of time spent brain-storming and are packed with several political and social subtexts wich may together result if not always in something "comic", as it were, then at least crafty. The author didn't set for himself a target audience and therefore is not restricted in what might be drawn.
Origins
Ed Labetski (born in 1982) first drew Unitube in 1997, while in high school. It's hard to say what factors exactly made Unitube come to be, but a character is born through the author and here comes his brief biography.
Ed's parents have lived in Estonia for years. It was then a border-state of the Soviet Union. It's likely that there the fear of nuclear disaster was driven into subconscious particularily firmly during the Cold War and was passed on to the children. When Ed was a child, the Soviet Union collapsed, which was accompanied by rapid money devalvation voiding everyone's lifetime's savings. Bread had to be aquired for food stamps. Shops were rather empty, though it wasn't much different from Soviet Union era.
A turbulent time came along with Ed's turbulent teen years. His little sister has been sent to mental institution. People had to learn to value simple things, though many chose to drown their sorrow in alcohol, which happened also in his family. Estonia regained its independence and Soviet version of history was replaced by a contradicting account. This shook many people's world views. Some met it with angry defiance, others learnt to be healthily sceptical.
Things were going well for Estonia -- it could be proclaimed a part of Europe now and become a very fast developing country embracing Western world. Computerisation became a high priority and schools have been provided with computers so people could get comfortable with them at an early age. Ed took interest in art and seized an opportunity of using the Internet to self-teach different aspects of art -- from oil to 3D.
Ed tried to enter an art university, but was rejected. He went to work as a computer designer instead and kept drawing in his spare time developing a recognisable style. He has held exhibitions (Overdose in 2002) and received several offers to buy his paintings. In 2003, he went to Spain on a whim and after some time was hired to paint over the entire bar's interior, then worked as a computer designer. In 2005, he returned to Estonia and became an art director of an advertising company. He still draws in his spare time.
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194.126.102.98 14:42, 26 April 2006 (UTC)Anton Masik, a friend
Adam Backman is responsible for the database performance tuning & administration division of White Star Software. White Star Software is a leading Progress OpenEdge service and training provider. His responsibility includes providing training, consulting services for a worldwide client base. Adam brings a wealth of knowledge and experience (and off-the-cuff jokes) to each of his client's business issues and uses a logical approach in his work.
Adam Backman specializes in Database Administration Training, Performance Tuning, UNIX/Linux Administration Training, Hardware Configuration, Disaster Recovery Planning, Database and System Administration, Administrator Mentoring, and System Migration.
Adam is the author of a book on creating a comprehensive recovery strategy for users of Progress Software's RDBMS called "Who cares if you have a good Backup if you can't Recover?". He also authored a book for Progress Software's Expert Series called "OpenEdge Revealed".
Adam presented on topics of database system performance tuning and high availability at the Progress Software User's conference from 1996 - 2006. Adam has given presentations on the internals of the Progress database at User Group meetings and conferences internationally.
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http://wss.com/about/who_adam.htm http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0923562028/103-8404818-5882208?v=glance&n=283155
Ashbury is approx. 1 mile from the town centre of Bangor, Northern Ireland and has transformed from a disarable place to live to a bit of a ghetto.
Originally not considered as an estate, it has come to be known as one as young ruthless youths occupy areas of the estate as their own ganglands. From the leafy (now leafless) Linear Park to the run down Ashbury shops the smell of cannibis and cheap cider fill the air with the distant cries of teens in in ecstasy, this is the familiar sounds and smells that the older population have gotten used to over the past few years.
An Ashbury Insider claims " My house sits near the entrance to the Albany road Linear Park and I get nothing but abuse from the wee sh*ts!" This informant also claims,"This has absolutley nothing to do with the way I choose to dress."
Ashbury does have some tourist prospects. Young hoods in the summer are known to dander as far away as the Ranch to enjoy cider in the sun in the "dome" in Linear Park on those long sunny days.
A young girl claims she is up in Ashbury tonight to "Get her hole", and I'm in doubt that she will.
Cisco StackWise is a technology offered by Cisco that allows for up to nine Cisco Catalyst 3750 series switches to operate as though one 32-Gbps switch. This allows for greater resiliency, and performance.
One switch from the stack will act as the master switch. The master switch will maintain the stack and allow you to configure and monitor the whole stack as though one via a single console.
If one switch fails the remaining switches will continue to operate by looping back any information that would normally traverse the failed switch, effectively bypassing it. If the master switch fails, the next switch in the stack will automatically take over as master. This feature means greater redundancy, as one switch's failure will not bring about a failure of the entire stack.
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http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps5023/index.html http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps5023/prod_presentation09186a00801800fb.html
135.214.40.162 15:06, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
Galerías Preciados was a Spanish department store chain, founded in 1943 by Pepín Fernandez and that disappeared on 24 july 1995 when it was taken over by its competitor El Corte Inglés, when Galerías was in a deep crisis.
The company took its name from Preciados street in Madrid, where the first unit of the company was established. This first unit was an enlargement of “Sederías Carretas”, founded by Pepín Fernandez when he came back from Cuba in 1934, following the style of El Encanto Department Stores in Havana. Later on it started to open new branches in the main Spanish towns and cities.
It was part of Rumasa Holding until it was nationalized in 1983. Later in time it was privatized and given to a Venezuelan group that sold it to an English group. In 1995 it was taken over by El Corte Inglés; some of the branches were closed down but most of them were refurbished and became part of El Corte Ingles’s network.
The original building, the one which gave name to the company is nowadays (from 1993) occupied by the French company FNAC, devoted to books, videos, dvd’s, music and electronics
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Translation from the Spanish wikipedia
Project Starscream was a secret project designed and tested by an Imperial scientist. The plan featured several stages, all of which were accidentally foiled by Tash Arranda, her younger brother Zak Arranda, and their gaurdian Uncle Hoole. The Rebellion also foiled a stage of Project Starscream on the planet Kiva.
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Star Wars: Galaxy of Fear series
his mighty robot is a 3 piece alternative rock band based in NY, New York formed in 2003.
The lineup consists of Soda (lead vocals and guitars), H-Rocker/Heather (backup vocals and guitars), and Barrett (drums & programming). They were formed in 2003 by Soda,(who also performs solo under the moniker The Ghost Of Me) and saw a few lineup changes early on. When Barrett joined in 2004 their current lineup was cemented.
After heavy touring in the tri-state area, the band independantly released their debut 4 song EP, Open Your Mind, in March of 2005.
There is an obvious heavy influence from early nineties alternative music. A complete definition of the term "do it yourself", they have promoted, recorded, created their website, artwork, and merch, all on their own. Their live show, considering this 3 piece plays acoustic guitars primarily, is very intense. Acoustic guitars never sounded so aggressive.
In 2006 the band has begun to record their debut LP at Sony Studios in NYC. Changing their style from the programmed drums to live drums for this effort adds to their intense sound that they previously only displayed live.
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Official Site http://www.hismightyrobot.com
Buying, selling, remodeling, or simply staying in the property you own, a home inspection just makes sense! Knowing the exact condition and current status of a home’s systems and components allows you to make better decisions when buying/selling property or simply making home improvements.
A home inspection is performed by a home inspector. The home inspector checks all exterior components including roofing (ground inspection), foundation, walls, windows, fireplaces, patios, and all other visible exteriors. All interior
components, including walls, flooring, ceilings, electrical system, plumbing system, built-in appliances, cooling and heating systems, and all visible interior components, are also thoroughly inspected for defects or hidden problems. Along with the above mentioned home inspection services, home inspectors also inspector your home’s garage and/or car port.
Specific Inspection Areas Often Include:
- Building Interior: walls, floors, ceilings, doorways, etc
- Kitchen & Laundry Areas and Fixtures
- Bathroom Interiors and Fixtures
- Fireplaces & Chimneys
- Garages & Carports
- Building Exterior: walls, foundation, windows, etc.
- Roof, Attic and Gutters
- General Foundation
- General Drainage
- Fences & Gates, Driveway, Patios and Covers, Decks & Balconies, Exterior Stairs
- Plumbing
- Electrical
- Heating and Air Conditioning Systems
After the inspection, you'll receive a report of the inspection with the defects and problem areas found. However, a home inspection is not a guarantee; rather, it’s a professional inspection of your home's visible interiors and exteriors. A home inspection is intended to help you make an informed decision about buying your home or discovering areas of your existing home that need to be repaired. Do not mistake a home inspection as a warranty on the house.
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Source = Waterman Inspection Services
Waterman Inspection Services is a privately owned home inspection company owned and operated by Orange County home inspector Lee Waterman. Lee Waterman is a member of the National Association of California Home Inspectors (NACHI), a licensed real estate agent, and experienced construction and maintenance professional.
John J Muccio worked for the Foreign Service from 1926 till 1961 in a variety of capacities. In particular he was the United States ambassador to Korea in bewteen World War II and the Korean War. Recorded in the "Foreign Relation of the United States" he reassured President Syngman Rhee about U.S. intents to support South Korea with aid.
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Foreign Relations of the United States." May 2, 1949. Vol. VII Part II. U.S. Printing Office: Washington D.C. 1976. 1003-1004. http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mozer-mullarky.html
The resident set size (RSS) is the amount of used physical memory in a virtual memory system. in other words: the resident set is the adress space of a process which is currently in main memory
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man top e.g. on a linux system man prstat e.g. on a solaris system e.g. online manpage.wilempen.org
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Popo Zau is a song that was released early in 2006 onto the internet. Written by notorious backup dancer and Britney Spears-empregnator Kevin Federline, this song, part of the little-known genre "Brazilian ass-shaker" has become a smash hit and has even been featured on such reputable websites as collegehumor.com.
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http://www.collegehumor.com
156.143.134.114 17:01, 26 April 2006 (UTC)Krunk Tonic Deluxe The Krons
Rick Walston is a retired pastor from both Assemblies of God churches and independent churches. He is a member of the Evangelical Theological Society, American Association of Christian Counselors, Association of Christian Continuing Education Schools and Seminaries (ACCESS), the Evangelical Philosophical Society, and the Society for Pentecostal Studies. Dr. Walston is currently a mentor for and president of Columbia Evangelical Seminary.
Dr. Walston holds a Ph.D. from North-West University; D.Min. from Bakke Graduate University; M.Div. from Korea Reformed Theological Seminary; M.A.R. from Warner Pacific College; B.A. from Warner Pacific College; associate of practical theology from Christ for the Nations Institute.
Dr. Walston is an author with many articles on education and Christian studies, and four published books: Something Happened on the Way to Happily Ever After (Wipf and Stock Publishers); The Speaking in Tongues Controversy (Xulon Press, 2003); Unraveling the Mystery of the Motivational Gifts (Xulon Press, 2002); Walston’s Guide to Christian Distance Learning (Persuasion Press, 1999); Divorce and Remarriage (Gospel Publishing House, 1991). He has also written numerous articles for magazines and newspapers on various topics.
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Columbia Evangelical Seminary[6]
Kathmandu Durbar square, also known as Hanuman Dhoka Durbar, used to be the residence of the Nepali royal family and administrators. This ancient palace lies in the heart of the city. It consists of huge Royal Palace with different temples, inside as well as outside the temple, dating from the 15th to the 18th century. This palace is named after Hanuman, the monkey god, as a stone statue of Hanuman is placed right next to the main entrance protecting the whole palace.
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<a href="http://www.nepalexpress.com.np">NepalExpress</a> 202.70.64.15 17:53, 26 April 2006 (UTC)Sangam17:53, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
Steve Malpass is credited as a game designer and voice actor for world-famous UK videogame developers, Rare Ltd.
Design credits include Banjo-Tooie (N64), Perfect Dark (N64) & Grabbed By The Ghoulies (Xbox).
Voice credits include Banjo-Tooie (N64), Perfect Dark (N64), Starfox Adventures (as Fox McCloud)(GameCube), Super Smash Bros. Melee (as Fox McCloud)(GameCube), Grabbed By The Ghoulies (Xbox), Perfect Dark Zero (Xbox 360) & Kameo: Elements Of Power (Xbox 360).
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http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,67232/ Starfox Adventures (manual)(Nintendo Gamecube) Grabbed By The Ghoulies (manual)(Xbox) Grabbed By The Ghoulies (Prima Strategy Guide) Perfect Dark Zero (manual)(Xbox 360) Kameo: Elements Of Power (manual)(Xbox 360)
81.168.92.80 17:58, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
High School pals from Texas (Jerry James and David Dewese) who've been churning out indie-rock gems for over ten years. Known for their contrasting personalities, infrequnet touring and glowing critical praise.
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http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/f/foxymorons/hesitation-eyes.shtml http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:6aq7g4fxtvoz http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/mesquite/stories/032405dnmesfoxymorons.46d84.html
65.162.107.189 18:29, 26 April 2006 (UTC)David Dewese
Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Corp. 429 U.S. 252 (1977) In this case the city of Arlington Heights refused to rezone property so that low-income housing could be built. The developers seeking zoning changes sued, saying that the decision not to rezone violated the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. The theory of the case was one of discriminatory impact. The plaintiffs relied on Yick Wo and Gomillion v. Lightfoot, in which plaintiffs succeeded in challenging laws that were written in racially neutral terms, but that severely detrimented one racial group. The court has never recognize racial impact as an adequate basis for a constitutional violation all by itself, but has always required that the plaintiffs prove a discriminatory intent. However, in Yick Wo and Gomillion, the court accepted an extremely disproportionate impact as evidence proving a discriminatory intent. The plaintiffs in this case asserted that the disparate racial impact of the zoning proved that the city intended to discriminate against racial minorities.
The SCOTUS dealt with two significant issues: First, whether the plaintiffs had standing. Second, whether the zoning was in violation of equal protection. Regarding the second issue, the court stated that in order to use disparate impact alone to prove discrimination, they plaintiffs must show a "clear pattern, unexplainable on grounds other than race." Ultimately the court ruled against the plaintiffs. This case reaffirmed the principle articulated in Washington v. Davis, that discriminatory impact was not a per se violation of equal protection, but merely evidence of discriminatory intent. While appearing to allow considerable latitude for the use of statitstical evidence of discrimination, in application Arlington Heights and similar cases almost entirely foreclose using discriminatory impact to prove intent. Ironically, many of the most fervent opponents of the use of statistics to prove racial discrimination end up using those statistics themselves to support overturning affirmative action. See Grutter, Rehnquist J dissenting.
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Sullivan, Constitutional law, 15th ed. http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/1030/
Alfred Herbert, 1866 - 1957. Founded Herbert Machine Tools Ltd which became what was once the world's largest machine toolmaking company. The firm collapsed in 1983, the end of an era.
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Colonel Robert L. Howard U.S. Army Special Forces is one of America's most decorated soldiers. He served five tours in Vietnam. Colonel Howard is the only soldier to be nominated for the Congressional Medal of Honor three times for three separate actions within a thirteen month period. He received a direct appointment from Master Sergeant to 1st Lieutenant in 1969, and was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Richard M. Nixon at the White House in 1971. His other awards for valor include the Distinguished Service Cross, the Silver Star and eight Purple Hearts. He received his decorations for valor for actions while serving as an NCO (Sergeant First Class).
Robert L. Howard grew up in Opelika, Alabama and enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1956 at age seventeen. He retired as a full Colonel in 1992 after 36 years service. During Vietnam, Howard was a veteran long-range reconnaissance team leader when he served in the U.S. Army Special Forces (Green Berets) and spent most of his five tours in the super-secret MACV-SOG (Military Assistance Command Vietnam Studies and Observations Group) also known as Special Operations Group, which ran classified cross-border operations into Laos, Cambodia, and North Vietnam during the war.
The sixty-man recon company at Kontum, in which he served, was the Vietnam War's most highly decorated unit of its size awarded five Medals of Honor. It was for his actions while serving on a mission to rescue a fellow soldier in Cambodia, that he was submitted for the Medal of Honor the third time for his extraordinary heroism.
In later years, he served as chief of the Special Forces Qualification Course at Fort Bragg, N.C.; and his last command was chief of the Special Operations Command in Korea. The Medal of Honor was awarded to 17 Special Forces soldiers during the Vietnam War eight of them posthumously. Howard was the last Special Forces recipient still on active duty when he retired on Sept. 29, 1992.
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John Plaster MACV-SOG
- REDIRECT Leeds Bradford International Airport
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English Name: Lawrence Chou
Chinese Name: 周俊偉 (Pinyin: Zhou Jun Wei or Chow Jun Wai)
Date of Birth : April 19, 1979
Chinese Zodiac: Sheep (白羊座)
Horoscope: Aries
Place of Birth : Hong Kong
Nationality: Canada
Height: 178 cm (5' 8")
Weight: 65 kg (143 lb)
Waistline: 28 inch
Family order: Youngest one (has an older sister)
Languages: Cantonese, English, Mandarin
School History: Grade 11, Prince of Wales Secondary School
Religious Belief: None
Likes: Listen to CD
Favorite Sport: Play basketball, ski
Favorite Collection: CD
Favorite Season: Winter
Favorite Animal: Dog (Golden Retriever)
Favorite Movie Category: Art film (藝術片), Other type (另類)
Most Dislike: Interfere my private life
Favorite Publication: Relating to movies and music
Favorite Food: Hong Kong style Pineapple bun
Most Dislike Food: Sweetmeats
Personal Most Confident Area: Singing voice, Dancing
Most Admired Female Singer: Vivian Hsu (徐若萱)
Lawrence Chou was born in Hong Kong on April 19, 1979. He has one older sister and grew up in Vancouver, Canada. Around the young age of 15, little Lawrence started participating in Karaoke contests and even won a few championships. Around the age of 16, from 1995 to 1997, he joined a Canada dance troupe and publicly performed about 250 times a year. Around the age of 19, he launched his singing career when he released his first Mandarin single "Don't Be A Fool", and then his first Mandarin album "I LOVe YOU".
Eventually, he ventured into the movie industry after releasing his last compilation album "People Says" in 2000. His debut movie "Merry Go Round" had him nominated as Best New Artist in the 21st Annual Hong Kong Film Awards. Since his debut in the movie industry from 2001 to now, he has appeared in Asian movies like "The Eye", "If u care...", "Truth or Dare: 6th Floor Rear Flat", "The Death Curse", and "Dragon Squad" alongside big name stars.
During his entertainment industry career, he was also better known as Mavis Fan's (范晓萱) boyfriend. She was a Taiwanese pop singer that was two years older than Lawrence. Their romance began around the time Lawrence launched his singing career in 1998 and eventually ended in 2003. The reason they broke up was because there was some disagreements in lifestyle after living apart in two places for a long time. Lawrence and Mavis both first met on stage in Vancouver. Mavis met Lawrence through Lawrence's mother (who was handling the staging activities). It was a girl-after-boy and older-girl-younger-boy kind of love relationship.
Filmography
- 2006 Dragon Boys (CBC TV mini-series) .... as a gangster
- 2006 Re-cycle (鬼域)
- 2006 Without Words (地老天荒) .... as Kit
- 2005 AV
- 2005 Dragon Squad (猛龍) .... as James
- 2004 Itchy Heart (七年很癢) .... cameo appearance as Chi-Man's cousin
- 2004 Leave Me Alone (阿孖有難) .... cameo appearance
- 2003 The Death Curse (古宅心慌慌) .... as Keith
- 2003 Truth or Dare: 6th Floor Rear Flat (六樓后座) .... as Wing
- 2002 If u care... (賤精先生) .... cameo appearance
- 2002 The Eye (見鬼) .... as Dr. Wah Lo
- 2001 Heroes in Love (戀愛起義) .... as Lawrence
- 2001 Merry Go Round (初戀嗱喳面) .... as Fung
Discography
- 1998
- 你別傻了 (Don't Be A Fool)
- 我愛你 (I LOVe YOU)
- 1999
- 搶救愛情 (Saving Your Love)
- 了不起 (Great)
- 2000
- 別人都在傳 (People Says)
Awards
- 2001 21st Annual Hong Kong Film Awards Nomination - Best New Artist
- 1996 Champion in Dragon Seed Connection Echoes Karaoke Contest
- 1995 Champion in Melody Shake Karaoke Contest
- 1994 Youth Team Champion in Vancouver Miho Second Karaoke Contest
- 1994 Youth Team Champion in Second Annual Vancouver Talent Night Karaoke Contest
- 1994 Typhoon award in Second Annual Vancouver Talent Night Karaoke Contest
Timeline
- 1994
- Participated in Vancouver Miho Second Karaoke Contest -- Youth Team Champion.
- Participated in Second Annual Vancouver Talent Night Karaoke Contest -- Youth Team Champion.
- Participated in Second Annual Vancouver Talent Night Karaoke Contest -- Typhoon award.
- 1995
- Participated in Melody Shake Karaoke Contest -- Champion.
- To 1997, participated in Canada Shadow Dance Troupe (加拿大影舞者舞團); publicly performing about 250 times each year.
- 1996
- Participated in Dragon Seed Connection Echoes Karaoke Contest -- Champion.
- 1997
- Participated in BMG 10th Anniversary Concert.
- Participated in Julia Peng's School Campus Tour Concert (彭佳慧校園巡迴演唱會) for 10 shows.
- 1998
- Published own Mandarin single "Don't Be A Fool".
- July, published personal first Mandarin album "I LOVe YOU".
- July, duet with Andy Lau in single "Don't Be A Fool", won IFPI Singles Billboard Champion.
- September, invited to become new type shopping store Galaxy's spokesperson.
- December, published second single "MARRY CHRISTMAS I LOVE YOU".
- 1999
- Honored with Channel [V]'s 華語榜中榜 Best New Male Singer Award.
- January, published second big Mandarin album "Saving Your Love".
- January, shooted KOBAYASHI OPTICAL (小林眼鏡) CF, became product's spokesperson.
- November, published third album "Great" and took charge as Producer.
- 2000
- May, invited to shoot electronic dictionary "酷譯典" advertisement.
- June, published own first new compilation album "People Says".
Trivia
- Took Ella Koon's (官恩娜) first screen kiss in the 2006 movie "Without Words".
- A romantic kind of guy, he declared his love to Mavis when she came out with a new album: "Mavis, I want us to be together!" and even wearing couple outfits while holding their pet dog as they walked the red carpet for the Taiwan Great Hit Award.
- Mavis once had a thought of breaking up with Lawrence because she said he was too good to her. She had a melancholy disease (有憂鬱症) and got depressed over little things. Lawrence would help her by being her psychologist and even read alot of psychology books. Mavis said, "Because feeling he was too good, always allowing me to torture him, I get worried about him, that's why I would have this thought."
- The first time Lawrence saw Mavis was at KTV, "that is because a friend had picked her song, that's when I knew of this person, started liking her from that moment on, felt she was exactly the type I liked."
- All his albums were in Mandarin, but all his movies are in Cantonese.
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- 周俊伟 (首页) - Muzi.com Profile
- Lawrence Chou Chun-Wai Filmography
- Lawrence Chou Filmography
- 周俊偉 Lawrence Chou's lyric page
- ©P«T°¶ Hitoradio | 周俊偉 / Lawrence Chou Profile
- ©P«T°¶ Boxup Media - 周俊偉(Chow, Lawrence) Profile
72.144.83.138 20:47, 26 April 2006 (UTC) 72.144.83.138 20:50, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
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James Hodgson is a legend and is very very sexy
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Nina Neckerly
Nina Neckerly is a scholary giraffe who likes to read science fiction books and learns Judo. She has a personality of a librarian.
Gender:Female Scout:Squirrel Scout Pesornality:librarian Friends:
An album by the Punk/Ska band Authority Zero. The band is based in Mesa, AZ. Rhythm and Booze was released in 2006. The album was recorded live at a show. It is completely unplugged with some jazz unfluence thrown in for good measure.
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[www.AuthorityZero.com]
1952-Present: Surfing Expertise 25 years Surfing Instructor Waikiki Beach, HI Former Pro Big Wave Competitor 1996-Present: Head Surfing Instructor/Coach/Consultant Island Water Sports, Deerfield Bch, FL Director, National Surf Schools & Instructors Association -NSSIA Certified Master Surf Instructor - NSSIA American Red Cross Professional Rescuer CPR/AED/First Aid Certified
Kali Montero was born raised in Hawaiian surf and learned to surf the ancient Hawaiian style by first studying the nuances of waves from his "Kupuna".
Raised and first learning to surf on the West side with some of the 'first families' of surfing Kali later came under the tutelage of the legendary Duke Paoa Kahanamoku "father of modern day surfing" who instilled in him the perpetuation of surfing as a Hawaiian heritage and gift to the world. Kali continued to learn and honed his craft from some of the legendary 'beach boys' of Hawaii and spent a quarter of a century teaching thousands this ancient Sport of Kings.
Hungry to learn as much as he could about the sport he loved. Kali also studied under the Hawaiian masters of surfboard design and shaping. Not satisfied he competed for many years specializing in big wave competition which brought him to the international arenas of Hawaii, Australia, and California. Kali has also traveled extensively into Bali, Polynesia, Philippines, Viet Nam, Japan, Costa Rica, West Coast and East Coast "soul" surfing long before it became the thing to do.
Realizing the importance of a formal education Kali attended and graduated from the University of Hawaii with a degree in Business and worked in the banking industry for a number of years before settling on a real estate career in 1985. Kali is licensed in Hawaii, Florida and New Jersey and currently practices real estate in Boca Raton, FL.
Arriving in Florida in 1996 as the East Coast rep for Blue Hawaii Surfboards and later Aloha Surfboards, Kali is currently the "Kumu O He'e Nalu" (surfing instructor) for Island Water Sports, Deerfield Bch, FL., Free Surf Lessons, which is the largest of its kind in the United States and surfing consultant on everything from surfing, instruction, surfboards, travel, and accessories.
Understanding the need for a more formalized course of instruction with individualized attention and from numerous requests. Kali established Big Kahuna Surf School to satisfy this need. Big Kahuna Surf School provides each student the impetus to shorten the learning curve while increasing each student's confidence, knowledge and expectations.
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cut and pasted from http://www.bigkahunasurf.com/about.asp
West-Mont Christian Academy is a private school at Pottstown, Pennsylvania. It has done many notable things like Missions trips to St. Vincent, New Jersey, New Orleans to help rebuild after Katrina.
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http://www.west-mont.org/ http://west-mont.com/home/MPG.html
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Peter Urie has over 28 years experience in Television Production and related senior management roles, and has worked across a huge range of television programmes.
He joined the BBC in July 1976 as a graduate-engineering trainee, involved in the design and building of broadcast transmitters in the UK, gaining an invaluable technical knowledge of broadcast systems.
He moved into television production in 1978, as a floor manager at the BBC’s London television studios, television centre. In 1979 he became a Producer / Director for the BBC working on a range of ___location and studio based programmes including “Top of The Pops”, “The Two Ronnies” and it’s a “Knockout” as well as factual documentaries and series, both live and pre-recorded.
In 1981 he moved to BBC Bristol, as the Senior Production Executive of the prestigious Natural History Unit. His responsibilities included the overall control and management of the unit’s creative development, programmes, staff, budgets and resources (around £26m). He was also involved in the negotiation of International Co-productions including the writing of business / finance plans for the unit’s foreign partners.
In 1985 he was asked to move to BBC Pebble Mill in Birmingham, to help set up Daytime television for the BBC. As Head of Daytime Television, he was responsible for the overall management of all output including both original and acquired programming, some 30 hours of original production per week, some 80 staff and P&L responsibility for the annual budget of £120m. He was also involved in the commission of the first Independent production for the BBC outside London.
In August 1988 he left the BBC to join TVS as, Head of Factual Programmes. Working to the Director of Programmes, he was responsible for the overall programme output, management of staff, cash and resources (a budget of around £61m).
In 1990 he became the Independent Commissioning Executive for TVS, and was responsible for the development, negotiation and commissioning of all Network and Local Independent programme for the company. He was asked to stay with TVS until February of 1993 (two months after the franchise ended) in order to continue to manage the Independent output to completion.
In August 1992, during the last year of TVS he also formed TSS Ltd (a production management company), and The Media Merchants TV Co. Ltd (with two other partners). A specialist children’s production company making network children’s programmes for both ITV and BBC. The company quickly grew into one of the largest Independent Producers of Children’s programmes in the UK and has won 17 national and international awards including two BAFTA awards and a further 6 BAFTA nominations. Under Peter’s control, the company was one of the fastest growing independent production companies in the UK and at the time he decided to sell, it had a turnover of over £6m including a successful merchandising division with a net profit before tax of around 46%.
In April of 2000, Peter led both TSS and The Media Merchants to a successful sale, worth in excess of £14m when both companies were 100% acquired by the then Britt Allcroft Group (later to become Gullane ENT. PLC), Peter, along with his two partners were locked into the company for a five year period as part of the terms of the sale. HIT Entertainment PLC subsequently acquired Gullane in August of 2002.
In addition to his responsibilities as MD of Media Merchants Ltd and TSS Ltd. Peter was appointed as, Senior Vice President, Group Head of Production (Europe) for the group shortly after the acquisition. He was responsible for all of the group’s European production activities including, such classic brands as Art Attack, Thomas the Tank Engine, Fireman Sam, Bob the Builder and Sooty as well as overall control of all programme development for Europe and P&L responsibility for the division.
Peter decided to leave his various roles at HIT Entertainment at the end of his 5 year contractual lock in period in January 2005, and worked as a consultant for a number of media companies. He also formed Pure Investments, a partnership that invests in property and media related companies in the UK, Spain and America and Star TV Ltd. a rights ownership and TV Production Company.
In August of 2005 Peter was asked to join the board of TV Loonland PLC as the Chief Corporate Development Officer, tasked with developing the business as a whole by expanding the company via acquisitions and organic growth. He was also appointed as Managing Director of Metrodome PLC, a separate AIM listed company that is approximately 83% owned by TV Loonland
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e emrit Kasem vjen nga fjala heleno-romake "Kas" qe don me thene kasaforte. Nderrsa mbiemri Gazari, sic mund te dallohet lehtesisht nga folesit e gjuheve indo-europiane rrjedh nga fjala e bukur shqipe "Gas" gaztor, i gazuar, gazplot...pra njeri me humor te mire.
Kasem Gazari eshte nje figure e njohur e rilindjes djaloshare te Shqiperise se jugut.U lind ne nje familje mikroborgjeze ne Fier me 23.09.1975. Qe ne femijeri u shqua per aftesite e tij organizative duke mbajtur pozicione te rendesishe si kujdestar klase, kapiteni i ekipit te lagjies apo babai ne lojen popullore "me shpira". Si pasoje e ketij "fati" ai u brumos qysh ne femijeri me kompleksin e supermacise.
Shkollen fillore e kreu ne vendlindje ne institutin kulturor shkolla 8 vjecare "Liri Gero". Faza e adoleshences do ta gjente te riun 15 vjecar nen diktaturen e rrepte te gjimnazit privat "Dertliu". Gjate kesaj periudhe mesjetare ne personalitetin e tij do te formoheshin ishuj pasigurie dhe ndrojtjeje. Fale rezultateve te shgkelqyera te arritura pas nje pune relativisht jo shume te lodhshme, Atdheu dhe vulat te ministria e Arsimit do ti jepnin te drejten te ndiqte studimet jashte vendit. (per arsye siguri nuk mund te permendim vendodhjen aktuale) Aktiviteti i tij exr\tar-kurrikular ka vazhduar dhe eshte profilizuar ne fushen femororo-politiko-ekonomike. Studimet e detajuara ne kete fushe do ta shnderrojne ne nje figure adapte pr sfidat e medha qe e presin vendin.
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Fjalori Enciklopedik Albanologjik
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George Cox (Cincinnati Politician)
George Cox (1853-1916) was a powerful member of the Hamilton County, Ohio, Ohio Republican party who controlled a political machine in that county's main city, Cincinnati.
Cox began as a barkeeper in the 1870s, but was soon furnishing illigal and fictitious voters for local candidates he favored, most of whom were Republicans resentful of the Democratic party's control of the city government. Cox ran for and was elected to the Cincinnati city council in 1879. Almost immediately he became a hugely influential member of Hamilton County's Republican party.
With the city council later falling into Republican hands, Cox built his political machine on the types of typical election fraud, graft, and bribery that typically accompany such machines. His control of Cincinnati's politics was so complete that by the 1890s, a Republican essentially had to have Cox's blessing to be elected. To neutralize the Democrats, Cox arranged for 40% of the city's appointed jobs to be held by the opposition party, preventing true opposition from coalescing in a Democratic candidate. As Cox himself one said: "The people do the voting. I simply see that the right candidates are selected."
But Cox's control of the city began to fall apart after he encouraged the city to annex some of the nearby independent parts of Hamilton County. Many residents of these areas were middle-class, and saw Cox's political machine as seedy and undesirable. Cox found he had much greater difficulty controlling this newer, larger group of voters, and in 1911 Cox's candidate for mayor lost the election. Cox, who had always promised more favors than he cpuld realistically deliver, never regained his power.
Cox suffered a stroke in 1916, and died in May of that year when he had another, fatal stroke.
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http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=74
70.108.237.159 22:35, 26 April 2006 (UTC)Harkov311
Minkie is another name used to describe the Vagina.