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Richard E. Pattis
2002 Golden Globe Awards
Motion picture awards
- Best Picture, Drama:
- Best Picture, Comedy or Musical:
- Best Actor, Drama:
- Best Actress, Drama:
- Best Actor, Comedy or Musical:
- Best Actress, Comedy or Musical:
- Best Supporting Actor:
- Best Supporting Actress:
- Best Director:
- Best Screenplay:
- Best Original Score:
- Best Original Song:
- "Father and Daughter" - The Wild Thornberrys Movie
- " Here I Am" - Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
- " Lose Yourself" - 8 Mile
- " The Hands That Built America " - Gangs of New York
- "Something To Talk About" - About a Boy
2001 Golden Globe Awards
Motion picture awards
- Best Picture, Drama:
- Best Picture, Comedy or Musical:
- Best Actor, Drama:
- Best Actress, Drama:
- Best Actor, Comedy or Musical:
- Best Actress, Comedy or Musical:
- Best Supporting Actor:
- Best Supporting Actress:
- Best Director:
- Best Screenplay:
- Best Original Score:
- Best Original Song:
- "Come What May" - Moulin Rouge
- "There You'Ll Be" - Pearl Harbor
- "May It Be" - The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
- "Until" - Kate & Leopold
- "Vanilla Sky" - Vanilla Sky
Ad Valorem
Studyfriends
Galitó-Cava, Javier
Ballet dancer turned actor. Born in Barcelona, Spain sometime during the 1970´s. He was raised in Lleida. He started Ballet training with Mercè Mor in Lleida and also studied with María de Ávila in Zaragoza and Víctor Ullate in Madrid. He moved to the United States in 1989 to continue his career as a Ballet dancer. In 1995 he retired from the stage as a dancer due to reasons he has kept private. He returned to the stage as an actor five years later and it is as such that he has made a name for himself. In 2001 he created Actors Anonymous SF Theatre Company and has produced and directed several plays. Javier also teaches Meisner Technique for actors around the world and is one of Rachael Steinberg-Adler's students. He is best know for his work as Molina in Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig, Father Jackson Master S.J in Crucifixion by Terrence McNally and Ed in Breakfast with Scot by Michael Downing. He is partnered with James and they have a son, Patrick. He resides in San Francisco, California.
Sources
http://www.marinij.com/lifestyles/ci_4234677 http://www.eastbayvoice.org/arts/theatrereviews/theatrearchives/breakfastwithscot.html http://www.talkinbroadway.com/regional/sanfran/s670.html http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/09/14/DD176315.DTL
67.188.32.12 09:37, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
Shawty
Shawty Shawty or simply Shawty is an African American comedian. He currently stars on Wild & Out as of Season 3.
He is known for his catchphrase "WHAT MY NAME IZ?!" to which the audience would reply "SHAWTY!" He has made many appearances on BET's ComicView. He has also appeared in music videos, mostly by Southern rappers.
Sources
http://comediandepot.com/testsite/bioShawty.php
72.235.104.168 09:46, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
Bla Pahinui
James Bla Pahinui is the second oldest son of the legendary Hawaiian slack-key guitar player Philip “Pops” “Gabby” Pahinui. He started playing music at the age of ten when his Dad bought him a Martin ukulele and learned how to play the instrument from watching his Dad. As he grew older he joined in the backyard jams at their Waimanalo home and eventually joined his Dad on stage during the Hawaiian Renaissance of the 1970s.
The early Doo-Wop bands of the 50s are his primary influence (besides his Dad of course): Shep and the Limelights, Bobby Day and the Hollywood Flames, The Penguins, The Cellos, The Heartbeats, The Skyliners, and early Elvis. Also local groups: The Mop Tops, and the Kasuals. These groups instilled in him a strong love of harmonies and simple melodic lines.
From his Dad, Bla learned about Hawaiian music, the importance of strong rhythms and an appreciation for Latin music.
Bla’s style ranges from rhythm and blues, good-time rock and roll to soulful renditions of traditional Hawaiian favorites. Many remember Bla playing at the Sand Castle or Betty Reilly’s and bringing down the house with his versions of classic rock and roll tunes. Even today, when jamming, the songs will eventually turn to the old classics.
His two best-known songs are Moonlight Lady written by Carlos Andrade and recorded with his Dad and Waimanalo Blues written by Liko Martin and performed with Cyril and Martin Pahinui, Ry Cooder, Jim Keltner and David Lindley.
Over the years, he has had several bands (Jimmy and the Playboys in the early 60s) and played with many of Hawaii’s best musicians: Peter Moon, Palani Vaughn and the Brothers Cazimero in Sunday Manoa, with his brothers Cyril and Martin in the early 90s, Ledward Kaapana, Bernard Kalua, Dennis Kamakahi, and Mike Kaawa.
Ry Cooder's June 2005 release, Chavez Ravine, Bla Pahinui can be heard doing vocals on "Third Base, Dodger Stadium". Bla also plays guitar and ukulele on the album.
Sources
Bla Pahinui Official Website http://www.pahinui.com 66.133.250.116 09:47, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
German National Merit Foundation
Tribler
Tribler is a social BitTorrent client developed by a research group from the Netherlands. It is based on the ABC BitTorrent client and distributed under the GPL licence. The goal of Tribler is to add a social community to file sharing networks. It has additional features so that people can identify eachother securely (permanent identifiers) and can help eachother with downloading (cooperative downloading). Furthermore, Tribler has a distributed recommender system (BuddyCast), that automatically selects torrent files that the user probably likes. BuddyCast selects peers with a similarity in download history, to recommend files that are probably your taste. Tribler also introduced merkle hash torrents. These torrent files do not have to include hash values of all pieces of a torrent file. Therefore, the size of merkle torrents are much smaller than original torrents.
Tribler has also additional software to distribute live video streams instead of files. The latest release of Tribler is version 3.3.6, which can be freely download from the website.
At 27 April 2006 the Tribler client project won the dutch Vosko Trophy for Business and Innovation. The technical details of Tribler are published in a paper, presented at the IPTPS conference.
Sources
- Tribler website
- Tribler Sourceforge page
- ABC BitTorrent client
- (dutch) Information on the Vosko Trophy
- BitTorrent measurement data
- Tribler paper for IPTPS 2006
84.35.70.245 12:02, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
Indian Linux User's Group, Chennai
Indian Linux Users' Group, Chennai (ILUGC)
ILUGC is a non-profit organization in the city of Chennai, India. They are one of the oldest and popular user groups for advocating Free/Libre/Open Source Software.
Their website is at http://chennailug.org .
The mailing list subscription page is: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
They work closely with National Resource Center-Free Open Source Software (NRC-FOSS), Chennai.
Sources
[2] http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/wiki
202.54.128.16 12:23, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
Undermountain
Undermountain is a vast labyrinth of caverns under the area of Waterdeep. At least nine levels deep and possibly more. These caverns' true creators are unknown. Currently Halaster Blackcloak is rumored to use Undermountain as his playground (307 DR - 1370 DR). The lower 3 levels were delved by dwarves. Below that not much is known of Undermountain.
The upper levels house many famous sites such as Skullport, also known as the Port of Shadows. Qilué and the Promenade of Eilistraee, a temple complex North-east of Skullport dedicated to the good aligned followers of Eilistraee. Both of which are on the third level.
Madgoth's Castle also lies below the depths of Undermountain.
Many gates lead into Undermountain from all over Faerûn.
Sources
Ruins Of Undermountain Boxed Set TSR 1060 ISBN:1-56076-061-3
71.71.79.235 13:03, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
W.G.Bench
W.G.Bench was a well know Archeologist working & collecting from around 1900-1945 who amassed a large collection of pottery etc from the Meditteranean area.
Sources
The Paraskevaides Museum, UK
82.70.117.238 13:07, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
David Wayne
David Wayne is the moniker of electronica artist Wayne Gulezian. He is best known as the dance\pop musician and songwriter who has had songs on hundreds of dj pool charts across America and in parts of Europe. He originally uploaded his music on mp3.com as a storage solution while transferring from Boston, MA to Rome, Italy. Shortly after, he started to gain a large following from dance and electronic music lovers around the world. Critics have often cited groups such as Depeche Mode and Joy Division when describing the catchy pop melodies, dance beats and deep alternative sounding vocals. Total internet downloads of his music have grown to well over 200,000. He has a very large GLBT following due to the many catchy disco tracks he has written and due to a particularly unique PR campaign where a "word of mouth" buzz was created.
Discography
David Wayne - 1999
Life Among The Waves - 2001
Destino - 2002
A Passage To Sunlight - 2004
Sources
http://www.turksheadreview.com/reviews/music/davidwayne.html
http://www.sortedmagazine.com/archive/magazine/albums/david_wayne.htm
http://www.turksheadreview.com/reviews/music/davidwayne.html
http://www.sortedmagazine.com/archive/magazine/albums/david_wayne.htm
Davidwayne 13:14, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
Dorian shainin - on of founding father of six sigma
Dorian Shainin, an engineer who left his quality and reliability stamp on a host of products from lunar landers to automobiles to light bulbs over a 60-year swath, died on January 7th at the age of 85 in Manchester, Connecticut. The cause of death was heart failure.
When managers at Fortune 500 corporations and up-and-coming small businesses were confronted by quality/reliability problems that stumped them, they sought the counsel of Dorian Shainin. He founded the technical-problem-solving company, Shainin® LLC, that is widely respected today.
Shainin developed more than 20 statistical engineering techniques that became the core of the Shainin Systems for quality and reliability improvement. These systems have helped manufacturers solve quality problems they thought unsolvable. The Shainin techniques helped Motorola win the first Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award in 1989. Of the more than 800 c
Petey Piranah
Flex your Fat
Tulsa Metropolitan Area
In 2002, the census bureau redefined the Tulsa area. It previously has been a five county metropolitan area and became a six county metropolitan area. Also, Washington county became a micropolitan area and a component of the new Tulsa Bartlesville Combined Statistical Area.
The Tulsa metropolitan area h
Zsuzsanna Sirokay
Zsuzsanna Sirokay (* 28. März 1941 in Ungvár) is a Hungarian pianist and live in Switzerland. She passed her education with Prof. Péter Solymos at the «Franz Liszt»-College of Music in Budapest with distinction. Besides studies with György Kurtág she attended master courses with Alfred Brendel, Paul Badura-Skoda, Jörg Demus and Géza Anda.
- Finalist at the Concours Clara Haskil in Lucerne 1967 and 1969
- Winner of competitions in Leeds and Vienna
- Concert tours to Hungary, Switzerland, Germany, England, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sveden, Austria, Italy, Czechoslovakia, Poland, the Sovyet Union and Spain.
- Radio broadcast at stations Basel, Berlin, Berne, Budapest, Geneva, Glasgow, Cologne, Lausanne, London, Lugano, Stuttgart, Vienna and Zurich
Recordings
- W. A. Mozart, Klavierkonzert A-Dur KV 488 and C-Dur KV 415, Hungaroton
- Béla Bartók, Klavierwerke (4 Klagelieder, Allegro barbaro, Suite op. 14 and others), Jecklin
Chamber music:
- «Romantische Klarinettenmusik»: Norbert Burgmüller, Niels Wilhelm Gade, Charles Villiers Stanford (with Lux Brahn), Jecklin
- «Musik aus der Blütezeit des Bassethorns»: Franz Danzi, Alois Beerhalter (with Hans Rudolf Stalder), Jecklin
- «The Virtuoso Flute»: F. Kuhlau, F. Ries, C. Czerny, B. Molique (with Peter-Lukas Graf), Jecklin
- «Virtuose Klarinettenmusik der Romantik II»: Boieldieu, Cavallini, Ponchielli, Rossini and others (with Hans Rudolf Stalder and Heinz Hofer), Jecklin
- Johannes Brahms, Sonatas Op. 120 F-Moll and Es-Dur (with András Tószeghi), Angelicum
- Friedrich Kuhlau, 2 Sonatas A-Moll Op. 85 and Es-Moll Op. 64 (with Peter-Lucas Graf), Claves
Sources
Self made translation from: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zsuzsanna_Sirokay
217.162.177.223 20:41, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
Tulsa Metropolitan Area
In 2002, the census bureau redefined the Tulsa area. It previously has been a five county metropolitan area and became a six county metropolitan area. Also, Washington county became a micropolitan area and a component of the new Tulsa Bartlesville Combined Statistical Area.
The Tulsa metropolitan area had 858,000 people in the 2000 census and 908,000 people in the combined area. In the 2005 census estimates, the Tulsa metropolitan area had 886,000 people and the combined area had 936,000 people.
Figures are rounded to '000.
Sources
United States Census Bureau
64.12.117.12 20:44, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
Ciidagale
Redirect to [Iidagale]
Sources
Alternate Name
129.97.76.206 20:51, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
Chuang Yen Monastery
Located in Carmel NY. Home to the largest Buddha in the Western Hemisphere.
Sources
65.86.71.194 20:56, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
Ghosting (Band)
Ghosting was a gothic band formed in 1989 in Germany. After the release of their seventh album, they split up in 2003. An unique element of their music was the usage of composition techniques known from classical music realised by the means of synthesizers rather than real musical instruments.
Over the years, they developed some clearly distinguishable styles:
- Their Ambient works (1989-1991) are extraordinary melancholic and monotone, comparable to early works of Coil, Dead Can Dance, and Fad Gadget. Not all of their early releases were solely Ambient. However, they released a gothic rock album called Romantic Death in 1992. This album was produced by Bruno Kramm from Das Ich.
- Their Neoclassical songs (1992-1994), in which classical composition techiques melt with the modern sound of synthesizers and an electric guitar, are compiled on their album Songs From Fairyland (1994), and their pure instrumental album Enter My Crypt (1995), resp. Their reinterpretation of some of Gustav Mahler's works (e.g. Revelge) stress their link to classical music.
- Their hits were released during their commercial time (1995-1996) on their albums Lips Like Red, and L'etat c'est moi, resp.
- Finally, in their Techno influenced songs (2000-2003) were released during the last years of their existence.
Discography
- 1989: Secret Books (Demo-Tape / Ghosting Office)
- 1990: Black Romantic I (Demo-Tape / No Control Torture)
- 1991: Black Romantic II (Demo-Tape / Glastnost Rec.)
- 1992: Enter My Crypt (Demo-Tape / Glastnost Rec.)
- 1992: Pure Romantic (Ghosting Office)
- 1992: Paranoia (Single / Glasnost Rec. / EFA)
- 1993: Romantic Death (Album / Glasnost Rec. / EFA)
- 1994: Songs From Fairyland (Album / Glasnost Rec. / EFA)
- 1995: Enter My Crypt (Album / Glasnost Rec. / EFA)
- 1995: Lips Like Red (Album / Synthetic Symphony / SPV)
- 1996: L'etat c'est moi (Album / Synthetic Symphony / SPV)
- 2001: Der Magische Puls (Album / Alice in... / Nova Media)
- 2002: Disguised In Black (Album / Alice in... / Nova Media)
Sources
84.58.200.184 21:22, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
Väinö Olavi Partanen
Väinö Olavi Partanen CV CD was a chief engine room artificer on board HMCS Kootenay on October 23, 1969 when an explosion and fire devastated the engine room.
Immediate orders were given to evacuate, but Chief Warrant Officer Partanen, in full knowledge that he was in mortal danger, remained behind in order to report the situation by telephone to the officer of the watch on the bridge.
He died moments after attempting to make a report on the situation. For his unselfish bravery he was awarded the Canadian Cross of Valour (CV). For his excellent service prior to the disaster on HMCS Kootenay, he was awarded the Canadian Defence Medal (CD).
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_of_Valour
84.230.104.63 21:20, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
Monsignor Scanlan High School
A Catholic coed highschool in Bronx, ny.
Kurmangazy Field
Located in the central part of the Caspian Sea near maritime border between Russia and Kazakhstan, the Kurmangazy field (formerly known as the Kulalinsky field) is the least developed of Kazakhstan's upcoming oil and gas developments. In July 2005, however, Russia and Kazakhstan signed a new $23 billion production sharing agreement for the Kurmangazy field. After some delay, the Russian and Kazakh state oil firms Rosneft and KazMunaiGaz signed the deal in the hopes that this would expedite the field's development. The agreement delineates the Kazakh and Russian sectors of the Caspian seabed and defines the development of Kurmangazy and two other disputed offshore fields that are situated near the Kazakh/Russian border.
The Kurmangazy field has an estimated area of 380 square kilometers. Geologists estimate that the Kurmangazy field contains up to 45.5 billion barrels of oil, of which 4 to 13 billion barrels will be recoverable. As a result, this field is expected to produce up to 600,000 barrels per day in the next decade. Production from the Kurmangazy field will be exported through the CPC and BTC pipelines. In addition to associated gas, geologists expect discoveries of gas lenses during development.
Sources
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/kazak.pdf#search=%22kurmangazy%22 http://newsfromrussia.com/world/2004/04/03/53186.html
12.37.61.2 21:39, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
Thomas James (explorer)
Thomas James was a sea captain and explorer from England. In the years 1631 to 1632 he sailed to Northeastern North America in search of the Northwest Passage. He wintered on Charlton Island, a small island in the south of James Bay in the south of the Hudson Bay. During the same year, Captain Luke Foxe, also of England, set out to find the same passage, but traveled back before Winter. After suffering hardships in the Canadian winter, James finds that there is no northwest passage south of 66 degrees, and argues that the ice, extreme cold, and unsuitable winds make such a passage useless compared to the traditional route to asia around South America. He tells his story in The Strange and Dangerous Voyage of Captain Thomas James, printed in 1933.
Sources
The Strange and Dangerous Voyage of Capt. Thomas James. Edited and Annotated by W.A. Kenyon. Royal Ontario Museum, 1975. ISBN 0-88854-171-6
24.65.217.165 22:04, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
Freestyles and Prank Calls Bootleg
Track Listing 01 Retard & Rake Freestyle 02 Bitch Hung Up 03 CKY4 Freestyle 04 Rake Freestyle 05 Broom 06 Country Freestyle 07 ROCK! ROCK! ROCK! 08 Gayfags 09 Geroge A. Cock 10 Mustard Man 11 Roast Beef 12 Guy & Rake Freestyle 13 Skeletor vs. Beastman 14 Van Damme & Rake Freestyle
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Freestyles and Prank Calls Bootleg
Track Listing
01 Retard & Rake Freestyle
02 Bitch Hung Up
03 CKY4 Freestyle
04 Rake Freestyle
05 Broom
06 Country Freestyle
07 ROCK! ROCK! ROCK!
08 Gayfags
09 Geroge A. Cock
10 Mustard Man
11 Roast Beef
12 Guy & Rake Freestyle
13 Skeletor vs. Beastman
14 Van Damme & Rake Freestyle
Sources
http://p095.ezboard.com/bbrandondicamilloforum
69.131.4.5 22:27, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
kavi faquiur (born may 29 2003) a soap star who plays on theo carver on days of our lives
Sources
4.18.224.162 22:32, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
Beefing
Robert Bax
the underground EP
the under ground EP is an album by D12. it is the only album where bugz appears , beacause of his death on 1999
track listing
1. 6 reasons 2.art of war 3.Derelict Theme 4. chance to advance (feat EYE-KYU) 5.activity as phuctivity 6. filthy 7.fuck battlein 8.cock and squeeze 9.bring our boys (feat EYE-KYU) 10.bad news 161.184.68.148 23:02, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
Film Festivals/Dubrovnik International Film Festival
The Dubrovnik International Film Festival has taken place inside the old city of Dubrovnik, Croatia since 2003.
Award recipients for the Libertas Award have included:
2003 Deborah Kara Unger 2004 Branko Lustig 2005 Christopher Walken
Recipients for the Argosy Award:
2003 Johnathan Tucker 2005 Emily Watson
www.DubrovnikFilmFestival.com
Sources
http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Dubrovnik_International_Film_Festival/
208.179.164.162 00:18, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
Stacey McClean
Stacey McClean (born on February 17, 1989 in Blackpool, Lancashire) is a former British musician and actress, mostly known as a former member of S Club 8. At the young age of 12, Stacey audition and was chosen to be part of S Club 7's support act on their S Club Carnival Tour and was to only perform on one of their concert shows. Stacey and the rest of the group soon found out that they would be appearing as support acts for the entire tour. Which lead to becoming an actual music group and releasing their own single.
In 2004, Stacey and the rest of S Club 8, starred in BBC's televison show I Dream. Unlike some of the other cast members, Stacey was shown in many scenes during episodes and was even fortunate enough to have her own storyline in one episode of I Dream, Together. This showed that not only could Stacey sing but has potential to be a fairly good actress.
Although the public hasn't heard much of Stacey since S Club 8 disbanded in 2005, Stacey is still being prised for her amazing vocals. Many even think she had the best vocals in the group, as well as being one of the better dancers. Stacey also still keeps in touch with the rest of the S Club 8 dispite being one of the two former members living the furthest from the rest of the band.
Facts
Best feature: Curly hair
Three words to describe herself: Mad, sensitive, thoughtful
Favourite singer: Whitney Houston and J.LO.
Most embarrassing moment: I was pulling funny faces and a coach of school kids spotted me
Favourite Celebrity: Whitney Houston
Worst Habit: Biting my Nails
Favourite Subject: PE - Art and Music
Worst Subject: Geography and History
Sources
Unofficial S Club 8 Forum
S Club 8 Fan Site
74.116.93.106 00:21, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
The Fatty McLards Show
Hodaka Yoshida
Hodaka Yoshida (1926-1995), artist, was a Japanese modernist who worked first in oils and then from 1950 in the woodblock print medium. He was the youngest son of artists Hiroshi and Fujio Yoshida.
Sometimes the Japanese order is used for Hodaka's name: Yoshida Hodaka. The main article for this artist in Wikipedia.org is found in this form. However, in Western literature his name is often found in the Western order: Hodaka Yoshida. His signature on works is usually in Western script and in the Western order. The same is true for other members of the Yoshida family.
This family and their art, from its first artist onward, was Western and Japanese in their life and in their artistic style.
Sources
Sources: For the Western order of the name, see for example, Oliver Statler, Modern Japanese Prints: An Art Reborn 1959. For the Japanese order of the name in an English language book, see Helen Merritt, Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints, the Early Years 1990.
Mitakadai 01:26, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
Plymouth Canton Educational park Marching band
We all know this it's said at every show by BOA or MCBA when the band enters the field ,from the man in the box,"The Plymouth-Canton Marching Band has consistently been a top contender in marching band competitions. The band has been flight one champion 18 times including the past 11 years. The band was named champion at the Fiesta Bowl National Championships in 1992 and 1996. Plymouth-Canton is a consistent finalist in Bands of America competitions. The band was named BOA grand National Champions in 1990, 1991, and 1999. The Plymouth Canton school district is located in Michigan and serves the communities of Plymouth, Canton, and Salem Township. PCMB 2006".
Our History
2005 - Performing Inside Out - 9th Place Bands of America Finalist, MCBA Flight 1 Champion, BOA Pontiac Regional Runner-up
2004 - The Trainman Commeth - 10th Place Bands of America Finalist, MCBA Flight 1 Champion
2003 - Souls of the Gypsy Caravan - MCBA Flight 1 Champion
2002 - Elasticity - 9th Place Bands of America Finalist, MCBA Flight 1 Champion
2001 - Programme One - 3rd Place Bands of America Finalist, MCBA Flight 1 Champion
2000 - Reflections on Obsessions - 2nd Place Bands of America Finalist, MCBA Flight 1 Champion, Bands of America Toledo Regional Runner-up
1999 - Thoughtcrime, Music for an Orwellian Era - Bands of America Grand National Champion, MCBA Flight 1 Champion, Bands of America Toledo Regional Runner-up
1998 - America, Land of the Free - 2nd Place Bands of America Finalist, MCBA Flight 1 Champion
1997 - Where the Wild Things Are - 5th Place Bands of America Finalist, MCBA Flight 1 Champion
1996 - Road to Oz - 8th Place Bands of America Finalist, MCBA Flight 1 Champion, Bands of America Toledo Regional Runner-up, Fiesta Bowl Grand Champion
1995 - Prophecy of the Earth - 5th Place Bands of America Finalist, MCBA Flight 1 Champion, Bands of America Toledo Regional Runner-up
1994 - Kiss of the Spider Woman - 6th Place Bands of America Finalist, MCBA Flight 1 Champion
1993 - Jesus Christ Superstar - 5th Place Bands of America Finalist
1992 - Sweeney Todd - 3rd Place Bands of America Finalist, MCBA Flight 1 Champion, Bands of Amaerica Toledo Regional Champion, Fiesta Bowl Grand Champion
1991 - Sunday In The Park With George - Bands of America Grand National Champion, MCBA Flight 1 Champion, Bands of America Toledo Regional Runner-up
1990 - Music From Stephen Sondheim - Bands of America Grand National Champion, MCBA Flight 1 Champion, Bands of America Toledo Regional Champion
1989 - Sweet Charity - 7th Place Bands of America Finalist, MCBA Flight 1 Champion
1988 - Singing in the Rain / The Music Man - 5th Place Bands of America Finalist, MCBA Flight 1 Champion
Plymouth-Canton Educational Park Marching Band
Staff for the 2006/2007 season include; Marc Whitlock (Director), Chris Rutt (Assistant Director), Johnathan Ovalle (Percussion Specalist), Andrew Ebert (Visual Caption Head), Jennifer Leseth (Color Guard Coordinator), Lorenzo Medrano (Programming), Michael Gaines (Drill Design), & Jay Bocook (Wind Arrangement).
The Man in the Box
We all know this, it's said at every show by BOA or MCBA when the band enters the field ,it’s from the man in the box,"The Plymouth-Canton Marching Band has consistently been a top contender in marching band competitions. The band has been flight one champion 18 times including the past 11 years. The band was named champion at the Fiesta Bowl National Championships in 1992 and 1996. Plymouth-Canton is a consistent finalist in Bands of America competitions. The band was named BOA grand National Champions in 1990, 1991, and 1999. The Plymouth Canton school district is located in Michigan and serves the communities of Plymouth, Canton, and Salem Township. PCMB 2006".
Our History
2005 - Performing Inside Out - 9th Place 1. Bands of America Finalist, MCBA Flight 1 Champion, BOA Pontiac Regional Runner-up 2004 - The Trainman Commeth - 10th Place Bands of America Finalist, MCBA Flight 1 Champion 2003 - Souls of the Gypsy Caravan - MCBA Flight 1 Champion 2002 - Elasticity - 9th Place Bands of America Finalist, MCBA Flight 1 Champion 2001 - Programme One - 3rd Place Bands of America Finalist, MCBA Flight 1 Champion 2000 - Reflections on Obsessions - 2nd Place Bands of America Finalist, MCBA Flight 1 Champion, Bands of America Toledo Regional Runner-up 1999 - Thoughtcrime, Music for an Orwellian Era - Bands of America Grand National Champion, MCBA Flight 1 Champion, Bands of America Toledo Regional Runner-up 1998 - America, Land of the Free - 2nd Place Bands of America Finalist, MCBA Flight 1 Champion 1997 - Where the Wild Things Are - 5th Place Bands of America Finalist, MCBA Flight 1 Champion 1996 - Road to Oz - 8th Place Bands of America Finalist, MCBA Flight 1 Champion, Bands of America Toledo Regional Runner-up, Fiesta Bowl Grand Champion 1995 - Prophecy of the Earth - 5th Place Bands of America Finalist, MCBA Flight 1 Champion, Bands of America Toledo Regional Runner-up 1994 - Kiss of the Spider Woman - 6th Place Bands of America Finalist, MCBA Flight 1 Champion 1993 - Jesus Christ Superstar - 5th Place Bands of America Finalist 1992 - Sweeney Todd - 3rd Place Bands of America Finalist, MCBA Flight 1 Champion, Bands of Amaerica Toledo Regional Champion, Fiesta Bowl Grand Champion 1991 - Sunday In The Park With George - Bands of America Grand National Champion, MCBA Flight 1 Champion, Bands of America Toledo Regional Runner-up 1990 - Music From Stephen Sondheim - Bands of America Grand National Champion, MCBA Flight 1 Champion, Bands of America Toledo Regional Champion 1989 - Sweet Charity - 7th Place Bands of America Finalist, MCBA Flight 1 Champion 1988 - Singing in the Rain / The Music Man - 5th Place Bands of America Finalist, MCBA Flight 1 Champion
Our Legend
The Legend of the Moon and Stars... and what they mean to PCMB Once upon a time, not so long ago , in a mystical Park, there lived a Marching Band struggling to compete at a National level. Suddenly, their Director (Glen Adsit)noticed that the Marching Band always performed better at night. The Director began telling the Marching Band ,”Look for the moon ;reach for the moon and stars.” The Director contacted one of the talented parents (Annette Smigell) a few days before their next National’s Competition ,and asked the parent to create a “banner” that the Marching Band could “reach for”inside the dome(since they wouldn’t be able to see the real thing).the parent, using a black king-size bed sheet, added a sparkling moon and stars to create the banner. The parent completed the task in time to inspire the Marching Band.That year (1990) was the first year that the Marching Band won Nationals. The banner is clasely guarded by another parent and is hung every year (only at States and Nationals, when the Marching Band can’t see the reak thing), and helps inspire the marching Band to always “reach for the moon and the stars”.
Reference
the official PCMB wedsite www.pcmb.net
Deregulation in Australian Markets
What is Regulation? Regulation simply is the Governments involvement in different markets and in the tax system. If all markets were ‘free markets’ (working on the basis of supply and demand), some people would be considered to be disadvantaged. Therefore the Government intervenes to ensure there is a reasonable level of equality between all those within the country. The Government regulates and intervenes in a range of markets and systems including: • The Labour Market • The Financial Market, and • Australian Tax System
All these area have benefited with a certain level of regulation and has allowed a reasonable amount of equality. This ‘equality’ concept is evident within the “Revenue Law: Cases and Materials” text book, this book states that “Political power is used to override economic power in order to distribute the products of society in a way which is considered ‘fair’ or ‘just’, according to the value system which is used in making the decisions.” This tells us that with a certain level of regulation a ‘fairness’ between all people is created.
Deregulation This occurs when governments slowly remove their level of control on the different markets and the tax system. As their level of intervention lessens the markets become more dependant on themselves to remain sufficiently equitable for all within the country.
Labour Market
Centralised and Decentralised Wage Systems Essentially the difference between a centralised and decentralised wage system is the level of government control. Centralised: Within a centralised wage system the government and its industrial tribune (The Australian Industrial Relation Commission) determines award wages and working conditions for the employee. With this system employees doing the same jobs will receive the same wages. There is no variation to wages to anyone doing the same job. A centralised wage system has the following advantages: • Lessens disputes over wages between employer and employee, • Reduces unemployment by • Lower levels of inflation • Allows fairer distribution of income and profits between shareholders and employees.
Decentralised: In a decentralised wage system an employees wages and working conditions are determined through direct negotiations between the employer and employee. This process involves minimum government intervention. The current “Work Choices” economic reforms rely heavily on a decentralised system with anything but basic standards (eg. long service leave, annual leave) and is at the core of John Howard’s economic reforms.
The potential danger within a decentralised wage system is inequality between employees. Employee conditions of work is solely determined by their level of negotioation skills. For example two men doing exactly the same job for the same period of time may have different condition as one may have had previous experience in setteling agrements. It is also imortant to consider the relvant strengths of the parties to the negotiationms. A large enterprise negotiating with an individual, without Union support (illegal under “Work Choices”), is in a very strong bargaining postion from the start.
Moving Towards a Decentralised Wage System with each Successive Accord
From 1983 to the present a number of Accords (an agreement between trade unions, the government, and employers to restrict wage demands, inflation and price rises respectively) have been passed which have affected the Australian worker and the wage system which they work under.
Stage 1 • Accord Mark I (1983) this Accord noted that wage rises were directly linked to increases in the Consumer Price Index (CPI). • Accord Mark II (1985) focused on superannuation and that wage rises were discounted by 2% of the CPI of the time. • Accord Mark III (1987) a two tier system was developed a flat rate and second rate which was to be negotiated with the employer based on productivity. Negotiations for family allowance supplement began. • Accord Mark IV (1988) award reforms, awards were reviewed and any wage increases were linked to efficiency and productivity. • Accord Mark V (1989) built flexibility into awards and protected weaker groups by raising low rates of pay and also included tax cuts and welfare benefits for improvements in work practices.
Stage 2
• Accord Mark VI (1990) beginning of enterprise bargaining (negotiations between employer and employee on pay and work conditions at the level of the individual firm) and the move to a more decentralised wage system and also reforms in training and education system.
Stage 3 • Accord Mark VII (1993) enterprise agreements were used to determine wage increases. Employer and union agreements had to be accepted by the AIRC.
With each successive Accord the Australian wage system has become more and more decentralised. This shift has enable enterprise bargaining between employer and employee to take place.
Workplace Relations Act 1996 In 1996 the Howard Government introduced the Workplace Relations Act erasing the Industrial Relations Act established by the Labour Government in 1988. The Workplace Relations Act entailed a number of new ideas some which included:
• The introduction of Australian Workplace Agreements (AWA’s) • The wider use of enterprise bargaining agreements • Restrictions on union activity, and • Making it illegal to force employees to join the union (which was often used as a precondition to employment), With the passing of this act unions have had a smaller impact on employee awards and the move towards enterprise bargining agreements for all people through AWA’s has increased.
Benefits of Deregulating Labour Market Deregulating the labour market and filtering the level of government intervention has a number of benefits to the economy and employer: • Wages can be determined by supply and demand leading to proper allocation of labour resources in different industries. • Wage rates reflect the capacity of each industry and their ablity to pay and gain a resonable return. • Any increases in wage must be linked to productivity. • Inflation is reduced which reduces costs in the industry allowing exporting and importing industries to become more competitive in the international market, and • Allows market to find appropirate level of minimum wage.
The most recent step in the move towards deregulation is Howards “Workchoice’s” legislation which was passed in 2005. Within this legislation Howard claims a number of benefits are available to employee.
Employees are protected under “Workchoices” by: • The Australian Fair Pay and Conditions Standard • The terms of their workplace agreement • Their awards And gain the benefits of: • Meal break entitlements • Public holiday entitlements, and • Extended parental leave entitlements Financial Markets
Financial Deregulation: When did it Occur?
Sir Keith Campbell established a committee in 1979 to examine the Australian financial system, and to recommend certain changes. It was the first such inquiry since the 1936 and covered a range of issues. His suggestions helped Australian economics. These changes were necessary in the increasingly complex nature of the financial system. This committee was named “Campbell’s committee of inquiry.”
Financial deregulation began in the early 1980’s under a Labor Government of Bob Hawke as Prime Minster and Paul Keating as Treasurer. This partnership used the ideas brought up by Campbell to help Australian economics.
Its main objective was to move away from regulating a range of financial activities to allow greater freedom to banks to respond to global competitive market signals.
Changes that occurred with Financial Deregulation
Since Federation Australia was a country that relied heavily on protectionist policies (tariffs, government regulations etc) as the basis for its economic and social development. This policy, while often questioned, was shown to be no longer effective in the more global environment of the eighties. As Bob Hawke states in his memoirs “Australia lay closed at its borders, the arteries of its financial life suffering from a sclerosis of regulation……..The world was kicking at Australia’s door; to stand there with our hands pressed against it was folly.”
Australia needed to change economically as to compete with the new global markets. One of the major changes that occurred during the financial deregulation was the floating of the Australian dollar in 1983. Before this Australia had a fixed exchange rate (fixed currency.) Floating the Australian dollar ment the movements in the dollar changed and reflected the strengths of trade at the time. There were those who were wary of losing total control of the Australian dollar. When these concerns were put to Bob Hawke he famously addresed them by saying “When you float the dollar, you float the bloody dollar!”
Other important reforms that were finacally deregualted in the 1980’s include: • Deregulation of the stock market and incorporation of broking firms • Entry of foreign banks, and • Removal of controls on the interest rates banks could pay and charge, on the terms for which they could lend
Wallis Inquiry and Report
In May 1996 one of the first acts of the Liberal party’s Treasurer Peter Costello was to establish an enquiry to review the Australian financial system (latter known as the Wallis inquiry.) This inquiry led to some changes within the financial system these changes were implemented in April 1997 in the Wallis report.
The areas that were addressed in the Wallis report fell into three categories: the establishment of new regulators, mergers and acquisitions and dealing with electronic security.
New Regulators A number of new government commissions were suggested by the Wallis inquiry to allow the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to focus on monetary policy and dealing with the banks. The new regulatory commissions established were the: • Australian Prudential Regulation Commission (APRC) – dealing with superannuation, insurance and prudential regulation (reducing the possibility of risk) • Corporations and Financial Services Commission (CFSC) - responsible for protection of the consumer, and • Payments System Board (PSB) - focusing on systems of payment.
Merging and Acquisition The Wallis report stated that there should be certain limits in relation to the levels of ownership of financial institutions. Its states that a shareholder should not be able to own more then 15% of banking or insurance company./ This would have the effect of allowing a wide spread of ownership. This limitation would ensure that one person could not have too large a say in the running of a financial institution.
Electronic Security As technology is becoming more advanced new potential for security breaches could occur during financial transactions. One of the suggestions put forward by the report was to recommend the acceptance of digital signatures. These digital signatures would allow major institutions to verify authenticity in messages sent electronically.
Benefits of Financial Deregulation
As the financial market has been deregulated two major benefits have become evident:
• The levels of competition have increased. As foreign banks are now allowed into Australia as well as the introduction of specialist providers more competition is found in the banking sector. This increase in competition has forced the lowering of interest rates from 1990 to today. This can be seen in the graph below taken from Reserve Bank of Australia Bulletin (2003), 'Banking fees in Australia'.
• Growth of Economy. After deregulating the financial market the growth in the Australian economy was large. This included 13 consecutive quarters of growth above 4 per cent “the longest run of such growth recorded in the history of the quarterly National Accounts.”
This growth in the economy can be related to improvements in productivity and income growth, which are byproducts of the financial reforms.
Government in the Economy
Functions of a Tax System Although the main aim of taxation is to provide revenue to fund government expenditure. There are also some important socio-economic purposes for taxation some which include are: • The provision of merit and public goods – As private companies conclude these goods to be non-profitable. The government steps in to provide them with this goods i.e. education. The government pays for these goods via the money gained through taxation. • The need for the government to support those for whom a free market would not provide for – For example the poor would not be able to pay the market price for many necessities such as food. The government therefore steps in and provides people with cash grants who cannot pay for basic goods and services. These grants come from the collection of tax. • Correction of free market imperfections – Within a free market imperfection may occur such as a monopoly power or wasteful competition. However accelerating the rate of economic growth or maximizing economic stability through varying levels of taxation may help thwart these market imperfections allowing consumers better choice of products at reasonable prices.
Current Problems with our Tax System
Australia’s current tax system can be considered to have one major problem, its complexity. Within our system the public pay tax over all three levels of government for a variety of reasons both directly and indirectly. The major taxes collected over the different tiers of the government are:
Local Government - Rates
State Government - Land Tax - Stamp Duty - Payroll Tax - Motor vehicle registration
Federal Government - Income Tax - Customs Duty - Passport fees, and - Goods and Services Tax (GST)
This three tiered government taxes system is considered too complex and may lead to confusion to the general public.
Tax Reform
In 1999 under Howard’s Liberal Government, legislation was passed which was intended to simply the Australian tax system. A cornerstone of this legislation was the GST. This was a tax aimed at taxing most goods and services. (an example of an indirect tax).
Howard claimed when the GST was introduced, the Australian Tax system would become simpler. He claimed that the state governments would remove their Stamp Duty and Payroll Taxes (both direct taxes) and allow GST to take its place. The Federal Government would ensure that, net of administration costs, the full amount of GST collected would be provided to the States.
However the State Governments did not remove all their direct taxes. This meant that when the GST was introduced the ideal goal of Parliament was not achieved. In a real sense, the tax system became even more complex, adding to the confusion of the tax payer.
Social Problem with Tax Systems in General Using tax to help maintain government policy and to help gain revenue also has some problems that relate to the social engineering side. There are three major problems in tax that affect social engineering:
1. The general categorisation – Tax rule is created under general terms and applies to broad groups of people who are all treated the same way. However the tax system is not well suited to deal with unique individuals i.e. an individual employee. This inadequacy to deal with uniqueness may lead unfair levels of taxation for different people. 2. Unpredictability of taxes effectiveness – As tax is an indirect instrument it is often difficult to determine how effective a tax will be at achieving its goals. If it cannot achieve its goal it is simply draining money away from the consumer and weakens the economy. 3. Side Effects of Tax - Tax is also said to create some unintentional side effects. For example high levels of income tax may lower the incentive to work as the money gained from working would be lost through tax. It is also suggested that excessive amounts of tax may impact on the amount of babies being born. As parents hold off on children until they have more money.
Changes in Recent Years to Tax System
Most post-war Governments have made an attempt to “reform” their tax system. The main reform in Australian tax of recent was the GST legislation as mentioned above. As I believe I have covered GST effectively I will move on.
In 1985 Bob Hawke and Paul Keating introduced the Capital Gains Tax (CGT) this tax was aimed at taxing the capital gain made on the disposal of any asset (e.g. the selling of a rental property), except those with specific exempt status. This tax stoped people avioding tax through a specific loophole.
Benefits of Changes in Tax System
GST as a tax has a number of benefits. As it is an indirect tax through the purchasing of goods and services it creates a horizontal equity (everyone is treated the same) e.g. if two people buy an apple each for $1 they both pay the same amount of tax on it and it is not dependant on the different monetary or social factors of the payer. Economically speaking GST is also a benefit to the government. If the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rises the cost of goods rise as well, this in turn gives the governments more revenue through the increased prices.
CGT as a tax system change also created some benefits. The main benefit gained was that people could no longer avoid paying tax by changing their income stream into capital. As the disposal of capital was not taxed up to this point. This system allowed a more fair system of taxation with fewer loopholes for people to avoid paying tax. This gave a social equity among the tax payers.
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220.239.8.73 04:11, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
GREEN SCREEN HEROES !
Created in 2002, 88MPH (http://www.88mph.tv) are two french video makers (from Bordeaux, city of wine and old stones). They make strange cheap videos inspired from the 80's pop culture. It talks about metal-heroes, magical asian girls, deloreans, nasty muppets, zombies, "magic fingers", broken synthetisers from outter space, dirty rap, NASA etc. They only work with green screens and toys. They even created their own (fake) cereals brand ! Their empire strikes black to the future, they are two dead fonzies like Nixon & Elvis gone fishing in heaven. So if you're fat and curious, get ready like freddy and watch the work of Ayrton Sega & Stabilo Boss ! Slurp !
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http://dabble.com/tag/marionette?from=45
http://www.fousdanim.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3041&sid=a463aff02ddde6b79e34765ba84e2ec8
http://ttcrew.free.fr/index.php?2005/09/22/364-www88mphtv
http://g.u.s.t.o.free.fr/index.php?2005/11/23/9-88mphtv
82.226.123.251 04:38, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
Kevin Abrams is a retired America Football conerback who played for the lions. He was drafted in the second round out of Syracuse in the 1997 draft.
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http://www.detroitlions.com/document_display.cfm?cont_id=100090 24.127.6.33 04:44, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
FORT WILLIAM
FORT WILLIAM is the name of a well known Scottish town situated in the Highlands of Scotland, an area of Scotland renowned throughout the world for its production of Scottish Whisky 1
The town of FORT WILLIAM is situated in the highland of Scotland an area of Scotland renowned throughout the world for its production of Scotch Whisky. FORT WILLIAM itself is renowned for its own Scottish Whisky Distillery.
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Source - Encyclopedia of Scotland & Official website of Scottish Tourist Board
203.122.56.50 05:36, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
Julie Staley
Julie Staley is a television News Anchor, originally from the St. Louis area. Currently she is forging new ground, anchoring nightly newscasts for two different television affiliates. She is the anchor for the 9pm newscast for Fox news on WRSP-TV in Springfield, IL, and WCCU-TV in Champaign, IL. It is being produced through a partnership with the station she is employed at, WICS-TV, the ABC affiliate in Springfield, IL, owned by Sinclair Broadcasting. Julie came to Sinclair's WICS station after working at their St. Louis affiliate, KDNL-TV, as the Morning News Anchor. She left there when the entire news staff was let go and the news operation was dissolved in October of 2001. Julie was a reporter for WAND-TV in Decatur, IL, and also the Overnight News Anchor for KSDK-TV in St. Louis. She also worked as an assistant producer for The All News Channel/CONUS Communications, owned by Hubbard Broadcasting in Minneapolis, MN. Julie was also a talk show host for "Kansas City Alive", produced by American Cablevision in Kansas City, MO on their KCCP-TV. While in undergraduate school, Julie worked as a production assistant at CNN in Atlanta, GA, and studied broadcasting through a study abroad program in London, England. She got her undergraduate degree in Radio-Television from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale in 1988, graduating as a University Scholar, and as the 1988 Broadcast News Student of the Year. She was also the News Director and and Anchor/Reporter for the student-run newscast on WSIU-TV. Julie's graduate work was at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. In 1997 she recieved a Master's degree with honors in Mass Communications. She was the only student to be honored from the College of Communications with the University Symposium Award for her thesis titled Violence in Television News in the St. Louis and Central Illinois Markets. She has won numerous awards for her work in television, and in the community for helping to change lives. Julie's father is Bob Heil, founder/owner of Heil Sound Ltd, in Fairview Heights, IL, and Los Angeles, CA. The company has a permanent display in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum for Bob's contributions to the industry. Julie's husband is Mark Staley, heir to the Staley Manufacturing Company and Mueller Company of Decatur, IL. The Chicago Bears were started at Staley Manufacturing by his great-grandfather, A.E. Staley.
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Mikeforyou 05:36, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
Golden Handshake: A boon or bane
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202.56.224.122 05:50, 21 September 2006 (UTC) GOLDEN HANDSHAKE: A BOON OR A BANE
Reshma Shrivastava Lecturer MBA Department Disha Institute of Management And Technology,Raipur Email: prasadreshma@yahoo.com .
This is not a new management buzz but it is a term associated with a valuable commodity Gold so how golden is Golden Handshake we need to understand that and also its intricacies. We can Define Golden handshake is a large payment made by a company to a senior executive upon termination of employment before his/her contract ends It is also associated with the term "Downsize" meaning - reduce the manpower. Now a days every company is chanting only one 'mantra' - reform - restructure – downsize “ Don't recruit fresh employees in cases of retirement, throw the casual or contract workers our of job and even if that is not sufficient - lure the employees to leave the job give them some extra money in their hands – This is Golden Handshake!
We can also define golden handshake as a clause in an executive employment contract that provides the executive with a significant severance package in the case that the executive loses their job through firing, restructuring or even scheduled retirement. This can be in the form of cash , equity and other benefits, and is often accompanied by an accelerated vesting of stock options.
Typically, "golden handshakes" are offered only to high-ranking executives by major corporations and may entail a value measured in millions of dollars. Golden handshakes are given to encounter the risk inherent in taking the new job, since high-ranking executives have a high likelihood of being fired and since a company requiring an outsider to come in at such a high level may be in a precarious financial position. This business term dates from the mid-1900s and is closely associated to golden parachute- a generous severance agreement for an executive in the event of sudden dismissal owing to a merger or similar circumstance. In the changed scenario of globalisation, cost cutting by public sector undertakings and Government departments has become the order of the day. The first victims of the economy measures are the employees, who are being made to pay with their jobs.
Be it any sector Railways, banks, textile industry, Aluminium plants, Steel Plants, you name any industry - Thousands of employees are going out of employment everyday. If we ask the companies one question - who is going to buy the products, if everybody is thrown out of jobs a vast majority become burden of an employed few? We know nobody will answer it. The facts prove that there are no buyers even after unbelievable gifts are offered with some products. Go through newspaper ads on any day the industry itself is getting a handshake - not so golden. Let us see what happens to the employees who receives "Golden Hand Shake" .
1.Those employees either starts his own venture 2.The money gets spend on their children’s education 3.The money also gets spend on their daughter’s marriage 4. Some money or amount is used for saving 5.Most of the time it is found that the money results into expenditure affairs
There are very few people who gets another opportunity in other comparable jobs. Now the question is why will any company recruit such non trained employees and spend money on training them so . Now if we see various issues how many people can get success in their own venture if they get started with business very few so result is loss. Only exception is perhaps if you start the business at very small level where you think there is less investment and income is guaranteed like having a general Store or you turn out to be vendors. Otherwise you are totally bankrupt. The result is trauma all around. Spending days in utter frustration jobless seen as a spent force an outcast an object of pity. Those who kept some money in savings schemes discovered in 4/5 years time that the good amount of interest earned in yesteryears is nothing today due to inflation. If things go by the same rate what will be left over is only horror. There is no government at the centre worth the name. Is there anybody to review it to retrace the steps? Most unlikely. So "downsizing" will continue. Market will further shrink. Industry will face a fresh bout of crisis. The employees will still feel deprived . They would find themselves in a helpless position and their future appears bleak. Most of the times they cannot even decide what to do with the few lakhs of rupees they get in by way of compensation package. Many of them end up burning their fingers by starting business ventures without proper planning . There are several instances of employees, who had taken VRS, being harassed by their kith and kin and family members for money, Some VRS people have utilized the money to discharge their duty by their family. However, many of them who have been used to a busy life do not find it easy to sit back and relax at home. There is also a chance of some of them going into depression due to constant nagging by their `near and dear' ones that they are sitting idle at a time when they should have been working. So Golden Handshake can never be a golden opportunity. www.answers.com/topic/golden-handshake www.investorwords.com/2200/golden_handshake–202.56.224.122 05:50, 21 September 2006 (UTC) Reshma Shrivastava
Peter Michael Lacy
PETER LACY
Peter Lacy is currently the Executive Director of the European Academy of Business in Society (http://www.eabis.org/about/WhoWeAre/PresExecCoord/). EABIS is a European think tank and learning network on the role of business in society. It was established as a not-for-profit by a group of multinational companies, leading business schools and the EU Commission to develop knowledge, insight and learning for leaders and managers on the strategic management of business in society risk and opportunity.
Peter has led EABIS’ operations and activities since 2003 when he became the organisation’s first Executive Director. He is responsible for implementing its strategy and its multi-million Euro programmes on research, education and training as well as its relations with 70 members in 19 countries and its affiliate outreach of more than 2000 organisations.
Peter manages a diverse international team in Brussels, Copenhagen and London, as well as a network of EABIS project teams in 10 countries. He leads EABIS work with leaders from multinational companies, EU institutions, business schools and civil society organisations. Examples include Shell, IBM, J&J, Microsoft, London Business School, INSEAD, IMD, Amnesty International, WWF etc.
Peter has also worked with various governments and political parties on corporate responsibility. In 2003 he was appointed by Minister Stephen Timms and Clive Mather, then Chair of Shell UK, to the Department of Trade and Industry Government Steering Group on the establishment of a CSR Academy. He is currently part of David Cameron and the UK Conservative Party policy advisory group on corporate responsibility.
He is a non-executive director or member of a number of boards and advisory groups for organisations such as the EU Commission, AccountAbility (http://www.accountability21.net/aboutus/default.asp?pageid=20), INSEAD, The Corporate Governance Journal, Tomorrow’s Company, AIESEC and Somerset International Consulting. He has participated in stakeholder reviews with companies such as BP, Exxon, Vodafone, Unilever etc. Peter is also the youngest Project Director in the European Union’s 20 Billion EUR 6th Research Framework Programme - leading EABIS’ 750k EUR CSR Platform initiative.
Peter has written articles in mainstream and specialist media and spoken at conferences in more than 15 countries across Europe on the role of business in society. His most recent co-edited publication was supported by the EU Commission and explores the links between corporate responsibility and competitiveness (http://www.emeraldinsight.com/info/journals/cg/cg.jsp). He was recently nominated by EABIS Supervisory Board of Senior Business Leaders and Deans as a World Economic Forum ‘Global Leader of the Future’.
Before joining EABIS Peter worked in management consultancy with Accenture's strategy division in London where he worked with oil industry clients on brand and marketing, corporate restructuring, post-merger integration and organisational development. Before that whilst still at University Peter worked in marketing and brand management with Lastminute.com and Lastorders.com in parallel with his studies and completed a summer internship in marketing with Ford Motor Company.
Peter graduated from the University of Nottingham with First-class Honours in Politics where he received the ‘Elizabeth and David Marsden Prize’ - the University’s highest individual award - as well as the ‘Department of Politics Prize’ and the University’s ‘Student Union Prize’ for his contribution to the Athletic Union.
In his spare time Peter is a keen sportsman and plays rugby, golf and squash. However, his real passion is cricket, which he played at a professional level for Somerset County Cricket Club for a short spell as a teenager. He also has a strong interest in Latin America and has spent 18 months travelling and working on development activities in Costa Rica, Venezuela and Ecuador.
Alec Wiesenfeld
Earthquake in Zipland
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62.90.10.137 08:13, 21 September 2006 (UTC) Earthquake in Zipland was the first computer psychological computer game designed to help children. It was developed by an international team of psychologists and therapists to help children deal with issues of separation and divorce in an indirect way which desensitizes pain while enhances communication.
http://www.rnews.com/Story_2004.cfm?ID=39812&rnews_story_type=60&category=10 http://seriousgamessource.com/features/feature_072106_games_for_change_wrap.php http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1535474/20060629/index.jhtml?headlines=true http://www.haaretz.co.il/captain/pages/ShArtCaptain.jhtml?contrassID=11&subContrassID=0&itemNo=738651
Rani Chandresh Kumari
HH Raj Rajeshwar Maharajadhiraj Shri HANWANT SINGH 1947/1952, born 16th June 1923, succeeded to the gadi on the death of his father, married 1stly in 1943, HH Maharani Krishna Kumari Ba Sahiba of Dhrangadhra (now the Rajmata of Jodhpur), born 10th February 1926, and had issue (by first wife).
Rani Chandresh Kumari, born the eldest princess of the house of Jodhpur, 1st Feb 1944 in Jodhpur.Elder sister of Maharaja Gaj Singh of Jodhpur, Marwar. Educated at St. Hildas School, Ooty and Jodhpur University. Member of the Himachal Pradesh State Assembly 1972/77 [The youngest women in any state assembly in India] and 1982/84 and the 8th Lok Sabha 1984/89, Member of the Committee on Communications, Joint Committee on Empowerment of Women, Business Advisory Committee and Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Communications; Deputy Minister, Himachal Pradesh, 1977 and Minister of State, Himachal Pradesh, 1984; Deputy Chief Whip, Congress (I) Party in Rajya Sabha [only lady in India, to have been elected in all the 3 forms of parliament in India]; elected to the Rajya Sabha in April, 1996. Appointed All India Mahila Congress President, currently Member of the Himachal State Assembly. Was the Cabinet Minister for Health & Social welfare in Himachal. Interests include Indian classical music, reading (History) and animal welfare, married 4th December 1968, Raja ADITYA DEV CHAND KATOCH of Kangra-Lambagraon and has issue, one son.
For more information please see www.royalkangra.com
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Indian National Congress, Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha, Royal Famalies of India, Himachal State Assembly, Rajput Sabha
202.54.102.114 08:53, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
Bargi
During 1750, Bengal was faced with invasions from Bargis from Maharashtra. These bargis will loot the people and destroy the crops. This was done to weaken the enemy morals before raising full fledged attacks by the kings who will support the groups of Bargis. Bargies were essentially different armed force units than regular soldiers and will raise occassional attacks in the enemy territory to creat havocs.
Famous couplet of a Bengali cradle song, created by Oriya and Bengali people while making their babies sleep at night.
"Chhele ghumalo para juralo Bargi elo deshe
Bulbulite dhan kheyechhe khajna debo kise?"
'Hushed the child sleeps and quiet is the neighbourhood now, for the Bargis (Maratha raiders) have descended on our land; the bulbulis have eaten away our crops, how shall we pay our land tax?'
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http://pib.nic.in/feature/feyr2002/fjul2002/f250720021.html
One large canon made of 63 hoops of wrought iron cylinders welded together and with a length of twelve and a half feet, still bears testimony to the military prowess of the Malla kings. One legend says that this canon named Dal-Madal or Dal-Mardan was fired by the family deity of the Malla kings, Madan Mohan, to repulse the Maratha invaders or Bargis.
http://clayimage.co.uk/history.html
The earliest mention of a group of artists being commissioned to make clay images is perhaps in the Maharastha Purana a Bengali poem by Gangarama about the effects of the invasions of the Maratha Bargis in the 18th century. Between 1740 and 1750 Bengal was faced with invasions from these Bargis from Maharashtra who caused widespread damage in the Nadia district and parts of Murshidabad in western Bengal. In the poem there is a confrontation between the forces of Nawab Alivardi Khan and those of the Marathas under its general Bhaskara. Bhaskara decides to perform Durga puja to ensure victory and he summons all the zemindars to tell them of his intentions.
http://www.chinahistoryforum.com/index.php?showtopic=3248&st=15
www.holisticfoundation.com/features/article.php3?fl=020726101002
1741 -The Bargis (Marathas from Berar) under Bhaskar Pandit pillaged Bengal, a campaign that lasted for 10 years.
www.boloji.com/society/0041.htm
"Chhele ghumalo para juralo Bargi elo deshe Bulbulite dhan kheyechhe khajna debo kise?"
202.67.5.18 09:20, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
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202.56.224.122 09:39, 21 September 2006 (UTC) What is a Smart Card? What is a smart card? The term Smart Card is loosely used to describe any card with a capability to relate information to a particular application such as magnetic stripe, optical, memory, and microprocessor cards. It is more precise, however to refer to memory and microprocessor cards as smart cards. · A magnetic stripe card has a strip of magnetic tape material attached to its surface. This is the standard technology used for bank cards. · Optical cards are bank card-size, plastic cards that use some form of laser to write and read the card. · Memory cards can store a variety of data, including financial, personal, and specialized information; but cannot process information. · Smart cards with a microprocessor look like standard plastic cards, but are equipped with an embedded Integrated Circuit (IC) chip. Microprocessor cards can store information, carry out local processing on the data stored, and perform complex calculations. These cards take the form of either "contact" cards which require a card reader or "contact less" cards which use radio frequency signals to operate. Key Features and Characteristics Shown below are some of the key features and characteristics of smart cards.
Cost
Typical costs range from $2.00 to $10.00. Per card cost increases with chips providing higher capacity and more complex capabilities; per card cost decreases as higher volume of cards are ordered.
Reliability Vendors guarantee 10,000 read/write cycles. Cards claiming to meet International Standards Organization (ISO) specifications must achieve set test results covering drop, flexing, abrasion, concentrated load, temperature, humidity, static electricity, chemical attack, ultra-violet, X-ray, and magnetic field tests.
Error Correction Current Chip Operating Systems (COS) perform their own error checking. The terminal operating system must check the two-byte status codes returned by the COS (as defined by both and the proprietary commands) after the command issued by the terminal to the card. The terminal then takes any necessary corrective action.
Storage Capacity EEPROM: 8K - 128K bit. (Note that in smart card terminology, 1K means one thousand bits, not one thousand 8-bit characters. One thousand bits will normally store 128 characters, the rough equivalent of one sentence of text. However, with modern data compression techniques, the amount of data stored on the smart card can be significantly expanded beyond this base data translation.)
Ease of Use Smart cards are user-friendly for easy interface with the intended application; handled like the familiar magnetic stripe bankcard.
Susceptibility Susceptible to chip damage from physical abuse, but more difficult to disrupt or damage than the magnetic stripe card.
Security
Smart cards are highly secure. Information stored on the chip is difficult to duplicate or disrupt, unlike the outside storage used on magnetic stripe cards that can be easily copied. Chip microprocessor and Co-processor supports DES, 3-DES, RSA or ECC standards for encryption, authentication, and digital signature for non-repudiation.
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61.10.12.89 09:49, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
in the search for edible substance facts
it is often surprising what ingredients with e nos etc. are made of both good and bad and although it is not so often prime time discussion as it was a few years ago (some of the bits in pringles (di-sodium ribo-nucleotides, produced largely from sardine and found in stacks of stuff) and insect bits in skittles (shellac, produced by indian lac insects for a special shine!) in skittles really i still like to check all the labels that arent straight forward without first eating the product as you please but the interesting thing is that searching turns out the end result of these products use (especially on mice and rats if you read google!) or its chemical formula (just try additives on wikipedia) but the original basic thing that additive was called and made of is often hard to find. i eat lots of food but search that ingredient and it might say "ox tail is usually a cows bumpiece". if you do not list at least one source your article will be rejected. http://www.google.com and search for "shellac" and go to the shops to check the skittles ingredients. or search for "di-sodium ribonucleotides" which sounds like a chinese vitamin and turns out to be salt of sardine(miniature fishes)and is found in a stack of products including pringles.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/shellac http://www.vnv.org.au/FoodAdditives.htm http://forums.spacebattles.com/showthread.php?t=96452&page=6 Roygordon 11:02, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
in the search for edible substance facts
it is often surprising what ingredients with e nos etc. are made of both good and bad and although it is not so often prime time discussion as it was a few years ago (some of the bits in pringles (di-sodium ribo-nucleotides, produced largely from sardine and found in stacks of stuff) and insect bits in skittles (shellac, produced by indian lac insects for a special shine!) in skittles really i still like to check all the labels that arent straight forward without first eating the product as you please but the interesting thing is that searching turns out the end result of these products use (especially on mice and rats if you read google!) or its chemical formula (just try additives on wikipedia) but the original basic thing that additive was called and made of is often hard to find. i eat lots of food but search that ingredient and it might say "ox tail is usually a cows bumpiece". if you do not list at least one source your article will be rejected. http://www.google.com and search for "shellac" and go to the shops to check the skittles ingredients. or search for "di-sodium ribonucleotides" which sounds like a chinese vitamin and turns out to be salt of sardine(miniature fishes)and is found in a stack of products including pringles.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/shellac http://www.vnv.org.au/FoodAdditives.htm http://forums.spacebattles.com/showthread.php?t=96452&page=6 Roygordon 11:04, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
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- REDIRECT Rakhine State
89.51.56.214 11:57, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
Rakhine state
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- REDIRECT Rakhine State
89.51.56.214 11:58, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
Christian Konrad Sprengel
Christian Konrad Sprengel (* 22. September 1750, Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany; † 7. April 1816, Berlin, Germany) was a german theologist, teacher and, most important, a naturalist. He discovered sexuality in the plant kingdom.
Sprengel studied theology in Halle, Germany. In 1774 he became teacher in Berlin. Since about 1787, Sprengel did considerable research on the pollination of plants and the interaction between flowers and their insect visitors. With his work "Das entdeckte Geheimnis der Natur im Bau und in der Befruchtung der Blumen" (Berlin 1793), he was one of the founders of pollination ecology as a scientific discipline. Together with one of his predecessors, Köhlreuter, he is still the most classic author in this field.
During his lifetime, his work was neglected, not only becuse it seemed to a lot of his contemporaries as obscene that flowers had something to do with sexual functions, but also because the immanent importance of his findings on the aspects of of selection and evolution was not recognised. Until Charles Darwins book "On the various contrivances by which British and foreign orchids are fertilised by insects, and on the good effects of intercrossing." (London 1862), floral ecology was not considered a 'proper science'.
Important successors like Paul Knuth, Fritz Knoll and Hans Kugler were inspired by Sprengel and brought great advance to the field of pollination ecology. After the second World War, their work was continued by and Stefan Vogel, Knut Faegri, Leendert van der Pijl, Amos Dafni, G. Ledyard Stebbins as well as Herbert and Irene Baker.
The ideas and terms inherited out of Sprengel's fundamental work last forth.
Sprengel is buried at the Invalidenfriedhof in Berlin, Germany. A small monument designed after the frontispice of his fundamental work can be seen in Berlin Botanical Gardens.
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VOGEL, S. (1996): Christian Konrad Sprengel's Theory of the Flower: The Cradle of Floral Ecology. In: LLOYD, D. G. & BARRET, S. C. H. (Eds.). Floral Biology: Studies on Floral Evolution in animal-Pollinated Plants. Chapman & Hall, New York.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Konrad_Sprengel
Zepernick, B. & Meretz, W. 2001: Christian Konrad Sprengel’s life in relation to his family and his time. On the occasion of his 250th birthday. – Willdenowia 31: 141-152.
http://www.bgbm.org/bgbm/pr/zurzeit/papers/sprengel.htm
81.173.238.222 11:59, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
Steve Herman
Steve Herman = The New Jesus DOB: 4/4/90 Height: 5'11" Weight: 205lbs Favorite Color: Purple How many ways he can kill you: 174 Favorite Food: Bats Job: Lord and Master (Weekdays) Stripper (Weekends) Religion: Jewish Hair Length: 11 1/2 Inches Penis Size: ~22cm Shoe Size: 11US Sock of Choice: Tube Sock Style: Gothic Sexual Preference: Unknown Hair Color: Dark Red Vehicle: 101 Dalmations Tricycle Favorite Drink: Wawa Tea Lives In: Really Dark Cave With Batman
Brendan McCreary
Brendan McCreary
The Intrepid Fox Pub
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213.86.122.5 13:23, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
website of winston churchill public school
http://winstonchurchill.limestone.on.ca/
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limestone district school board
199.71.120.67 13:27, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
Christopher Hubert
Apex (Pro Wrestler)
Apex is a pro wrestler working on the independant circuit in the United Kingdom. He currently wrestles for the British Amateur Wrestling Federation (BAWF) and is a top ranking Heel (professional wrestling).
He currently weighs in at 233lbs and is 6 feet tall. His finishing moves include the Apex Drive (Pedigree) and the Dead End (Spear). He has currently held no titles as yet. He was trained partly by the FWA (Frontier Wrestling Alliance) and mostly by the BAWF.
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[1] BAWF Profile on Apex [2] BAWF RAGE Stevenapex 14:06, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
Hollywood Suicide
Hollywood Suicide are a pretty young punk & roll (considered gothabilly by many) based in Kent (UK). They recorded their first demo in 2006, and signed for Crazy Love Records (D) just after a few months. They're now about to record their first full lenght "Sunglasses after Midnight". Hollywood Suicide could be considered the first punk & roll band from Kent, combining catchy punk tunes with upright bass fury and horror b-movies lyrics.
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www.ffruk.co.uk
195.224.178.130 14:18, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
Jennifer Convertibles
Jennifer Convertibles, Inc. (AMEX: JEN) operates and licenses a chain of specialty furniture stores in 19 states plus the District of Columbia. It addition to being the largest specialty retailer of sofabeds in the country, it is also Americas largest leather specialist.
Jennifer Convertibles, Inc., was incorporated in 1986 and began operations with a single retail store in Paramus, NJ. It currently operates almost 200 stores coast to coast.
Their marketing strategy is to highlight the multi-functionality of a sofabed, which acts as a sofa for seating comfort in the daytime and converting into a bed, for overnight guests. As America’s largest sofabed specialist they are able to offer all this to the consumer for unbelievable value. A great example of this is their Microfiber sofabed with an innerspring mattress for only $299. To expand their livingroom offerings they recently began selling motion furniture, which include dual reclining sofas and reclining chairs, all at similar promotional prices.
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Jennifer Convertibles Annual Report for 2005 at http://biz.yahoo.com/e/051125/jen10-k.html
Key statistics on Jennifer Convertibles at http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=JEN
Official Jennifer Convertibles Web Site at http://www.jenniferfurniture.com/
More financial details at http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=JEN