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May 13, 2008

Sealtest Dairy

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Sealtest Dairy was a division of National Dairy Products Corporation of Delaware. The brand name was later acquired by Ault Foods of Toronto, Ontario and used in dairy products sold in Canada. Sealtest plant in Toronto took over operations of local dairy company Silverwood Dairy in the 1980s. Sealtest brand is now owned by Natrel.


Products

  • Milk
  • Cream


History

Sealtest used to have its own milk and Ice Cream (Parlour) but those 2 are now owned by Parmalat and Nestlé, respectively. Sealtest also sponsored an ice cream store at the Magic Kingdom named Sealtest Ice Cream Parlor and Sealtest Ice Cream Wagon.http://wdwhistory.com/FindFile.Ashx?/Magic_Kingdom/Main_Street_USA/Sealtest_Ice_Cream_Wagon/ At one time, agency of record, Young & Rubicam wanted to reintroduce the brand as “Now with Natural Vanilla.” Consumers responded they believed the brand to be “all natural” already and the effort to increase brand spending was deep sixed before it went to market.


See also

  • Parmalat Canada

    • Beatrice Foods Canada Ltd.
    • Ault Foods
    • Silverwood Dairy


References

  • Ault Foods

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List of asteroids/100001–101000

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May 12, 2008

Dmytro Yavornytsky

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Dmytro Yavornytsky (, , also known by his pen name as Evarnitsky), (November, 6 1855- August, 5 1940) was a noted Ukrainian historian, archeologist, ethnographer, folklorist, and lexicographer. He was one of the most prominent investigators of the Ukrainian Cossacks, especially the Zaporozhian Cossacks (see Zaporozhian Host), and the author of their first general history. In recognition of his manifold contributions to the preservation of Zaporozhian history and culture, he is widely known as “the Father of the Zaporozhians”.


Education and career

Yavornytsky was educated at Kharkiv, Kazan, and Warsaw universities but his academic career was repeatedly interrupted by the authorities for political reasons. Both as a student and later as a teacher he was accused of Ukrainian “separatism” and dismissed from his position. In the 1890s, he even was forced to go to Russian Turkestan to find employment. In 1897, the Russian historian Vasily Klyuchevsky helped him to obtain a position as lecturer on the Zaporozhian Cossacks at Moscow University, but in 1902, when he was offered a position as Director of the Yekaterinoslav Historical Museum in central Ukraine, he gladly accepted and remained there to the end of his life.


Historian

As a historian, Yavornytsky displayed a romantic-antiquarian approach to his subject and was a conscious follower of his predecessor, the Ukrainian historian, Mykola Kostomarov. He was an enthusiast who avidly sought out both documents and material artifacts, as well as stories and the songs of the elderly, concerning the Zaporozhian Cossacks, and he wrote his histories on the basis of this material. He was a true pioneer of Zaporozhian history and was the first to compile an extensive archive of materials on their entire history from their origins to their demise. He published much of this material in various collections, often at his own expense. His major work was undoubtedly his History of the Zaporozhian Cossacks which was published in Russian in three volumes between 1892 and 1897. He planned but never completed a fourth volume. In this and in his other works, he portrayed the Zaporozhians as representatives of Ukrainian liberty. Later Ukrainian historians criticized him as being uncritical and unsystematic in his collection of source materials (Mykhailo Hrushevsky) and lacking an appreciation for Ukrainian statehood (Dmytro Doroshenko), but Yavornytsky wrote at a time when political circumstances and the Imperial censors were extremely oppressive and any synthesis of Ukrainian history which displayed an enthusiasm for the subject, let alone political independence, was highly suspect. His History of the Zaporozhian Cossacks was a pioneering work which did, in fact, display such an enthusiasm.


Other scholarly interests

As an ethnographer, folklorist, and lexicographer, Yavornytsky was similarly pioneering. He made numerous contributions to the historical geography of the Zaporozhian lands, and mapped in detail the Dnieper Rapids with the locations of the various Zaporozhian Siches, or fortified headquarters. He published a large collection of Ukrainian folksongs (1906; partly reprinted, 1990) as soon as the censor would permit it, contributed to Borys Hrinchenko’s great Ukrainian dictionary, and after the revolution, began publication of one of his own (1920). He increased the holdings of the Yekaterinoslav Museum from 5,000 to 80,000 items. He commissioned the best Ukrainian and Russian artists of his time (O. H. Slastion, S.I. Vasylkivsky, N.S. Samokish, and I. Repin) to illustrate his various books, which were, in fact, sometimes works of art in themselves. Especially notable in this regard is his From Ukrainian Antiquity (1900; reprinted in Ukrainian translation, 1991) which was lavishly illustrated in full colour and contained parallel texts in Russian and French so that it could be read abroad.


Legacy

During the repressions of the 1930s, Yavornytsky was prevented from publishing and had to keep a very low profile. During the Great Ukrainian Famine of 1932-33 (see Holodomor) he actually felt compelled to give away artifacts from his collections to obtain food for starving local peasants and others. His death passed unnoticed both in the USSR and in the wider world. But the Yekaterinoslav (today Dnipropetrovsk) Museum was eventually renamed in his honour. He was partially rehabilitated during the Khrushchev and Shelest eras, materials about him began to appear, and in the early 1970s, a four volume collection of his works was prepared for publication. Political circumstances again prevented this from happening, but with the advent of the Perestroika reforms in the late 1980s, new materials began to appear and his major works were republished. At that time, his History of the Zaporozhian Cossacks was reprinted both in Russian and in Ukrainian (1990-91). The Ukrainian edition contains numerous additional illustrations. In 2004, the first volume of his Collected Works in Twenty Volumes was published. The first ten volumes of this collection will contain his historical, geographical, and archeological works, the second ten volumes, his works on folklore, ethnography, and language. Today , Yavornytsky is still widely revered as “the Father of the Zaporozhians”.


References

  • Dmytro Doroshenko, “Survey of Ukrainian Historiography,” Annals of the Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the US, V-VI (1957), 242-4.
  • Thomas M. Prymak, “Dmytro Yavornytsky and the Romance of Cossack History,” Forum: A Ukrainian Review, no. 82 (summer-fall, 1990), 17-23. This article is richly illustrated.


Trivia

  • Yavornytsky is pictured on the painting of Ilya Repin “The Satirical Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks to Sultan Mehmed IV of Turkey” as the scribe penning the letter to the Sultan. Repin consulted the historian during his work on the painting and made use of several artifacts from his collection in it.


External links

  • Detailed article by Andrij Makuch from the Encyclopedia of Ukraine on line listing sources in Ukrainian and Russian.
  • Contains illustrations from Yavornytsky’s From Ukrainian Antiquity.

Rutledge

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Rutledge is the name of several communities in the United States:

  • Rutledge, Alabama
  • Rutledge, Georgia
  • Rutledge, Minnesota
  • Rutledge, Missouri
  • Rutledge, Pennsylvania
  • Rutledge, Tennessee

There is also:

  • Ben Rutledge (1980 - ), Canadian rower
  • Edward Rutledge (1749 - 1800), US politician and brother of John Rutledge, a signer of the Declaration of Independence
  • John Rutledge (1739 - 1800), US politician and brother of Edward Rutledge, a signer of the Constitution
  • Wiley Blount Rutledge (1894 - 1949), US Supreme Court justice
  • Routledge, a publishing imprint

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May 10, 2008

Paradise Valley

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Paradise Valley may refer to:

  • Paradise Valley, Alberta
  • Paradise Valley in Banff National Park, Canada
  • Paradise Valley, Arizona
  • A neighborhood in northeastern Phoenix, Arizona located several miles north of the town of Paradise Valley proper
  • A neighborhood in Detroit, Michigan also known as Black Bottom
  • Paradise Valley, Montana, a community between Gardiner and Livingston
  • Paradise Valley, Nevada
  • Paradise Valley, Pennsylvania
  • Paradise Valley, Wyoming

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May 9, 2008

Algebra of random variables

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In the algebraic axiomatization of probability theory, the primary concept is not that of probability of an event, but rather that of a random variable. Probability distributions are determined by assigning an expectation to each random variable. The measurable space and the probability measure arise from the random variables and expectations by means of well-known representation theorems of analysis. One of the important features of the algebraic approach is that apparently infinite-dimensional probability distributions are not harder to formalize than finite-dimensional ones.

Random variables are assumed to have the following properties:

  1. complex constants are random variables;
  2. the sum of two random variables is a random variable;
  3. the product of two random variables is a random variable;
  4. addition and multiplication of random variables are both commutative; and
  5. there is a notion of conjugation of random variables, satisfying (ab)* = b* a* and a** = a for all random variables a, b, and coinciding with complex conjugation if a is a constant.

This means that random variables form complex abelian *-algebras. If a = a*, the random variable a is called “real”.

An expectation E on an algebra A of random variables is a normalized, positive linear functional. What this means is that

  1. E(k) = k where k is a constant;
  2. E(a* a) ≥ 0 for all random variables a;
  3. E(a + b) = E(a) + E(b) for all random variables a and b; and
  4. E(za) = zE(a) if z is a constant.


References

  • Peter Whittle, Probability via Expectation, Fourth Edition, Springer, 2000

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Rock the House

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Rock the House” is a song from the Gorillaz self-titled debut album, Gorillaz. It was also the third single from that album, released in October 2001 (see 2001 in music). It peaked at the #18 position in the British charts.


Track listings

  • CD1 (CDR6565)
  1. “Rock the House”
  2. “The Sounder”
  3. “Faust”
  4. “Rock the House” (enhanced video)
  • CD2 (CDRS6565)
  1. “Rock the House”
  2. “Ghost Train”
  3. “19-2000″
  4. “19-2000″ (enhanced video)


Song

The song is one of the more hip hop-oriented songs on the album, along with Clint Eastwood. It features a horn section loop sampled from a track by British jazz musician John Dankworth and a sample of “How many of you ready to rock the house?” on the chorus. It can also be noted Del is the only one doing vocals in this song.


Music video

Directed by Jamie Hewlett and Pete Candeland.

It starts with a shot of the gate of Kong Studios. We then follow what appears to be Noodle riding on a tricycle through the hallways of the building, a reference to the horror film classic The Shining. It leads us past a door to a room where the Gorillaz are performing. A white mist appears among them and Russel passes out. Then we see the floor has turned into the ghost of Del, who rises up and throws the Gorillaz to the ground. Del is outfitted with protective gear including a helmet. In Rise Of The Ogre it explains he is dressed as Mr. Freedom. Del takes a few steps when from behind him a series of spring loaded guns shoot billiard balls at him, but he diverts them with his glove. A series of inflatable female gorillas appear and start to do cheerleading. 2-D is dodging the balls being shot at him by doing dance moves, but then he is hit by a few balls and knocked out. Murdoc then begins to divert the balls with specially padded (but only at the front) pair of briefs he’s wearing, hitting them away with his pelvic thrusts. He is successful a dozen times until a ball ricochets off the padded wall and hits his unprotected buttocks. The ball ricochets and hits Russel in the head, waking him up and making Del disappear. Russel looks around, noticing 2-D is unconscious, Murdoc is standing bandy legged, and Noodle is the only one in the original state. The final scene is a backwards shot of the first one.


Trivia

  • In the beginning, the undead gorillas from the Clint Eastwood music video can be seen at the right of the cemetery that Kong Studios is located in. However, they are clearly not chasing Murdoc, as he is seen inside of the building.
  • 2D’s shirt changes: at some points it’s a skull, at others it says “Spidey” with a picture of Spiderman’s head.
  • In the storyboard for this, 2-D is wearing a Spider-Man mask.
  • Murdoc himself has said that he hates this video.

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1965 in radio

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The year 1965 in radio involved some significant events.

Contents


Events

  • Marlene Dietrich appeared in “The Child” for BBC radio.


Debuts


Closings


Births


Deaths

  • M. R. DeHaan, 74. American Bible teacher, pastor, author. physician and the founder of Radio Bible Class.

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May 8, 2008

Hazel Dell, Washington

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Hazel Dell is a medium-sized unincorporated suburb of Vancouver, Washington. The United States Census Bureau collects data in two separate sections of the community:

  • Hazel Dell North
  • Hazel Dell South
  • In 2000, the Hazel Dell Little League team, managed by Tom Peavey, went to the Little League Baseball World Series in South Williamsport, PA. The team placed third in the United States pool with a 2-1 record. Their victories were against teams from Bellaire, Texas and Goffstown, New Hampshire. The team was eliminated from the tournament due to Little League’s complicated tie-breaker system.


Demographics

• Population: 6,605 residents
o Males: 3.,213 (46 percent)
o Females: 3,392 (51.4 percent)
• Median resident age: 37.4 years
• Median household income: $36,571
• Median house value: $153,800
• Unemployed: 8 percent
• Mean travel time to work: 23.2 minutes
• Race:
o White (Non-Hispanic): 86 percent,
o Hispanic: 5 percent
o Two or more races: 3.4 percent
o Black: 3.3 percent
o Other: 2.2 percent
o American Indian: 1.8 percent
o Foreign born: 3.6 percent
 Latin America: 1.4 percent
 Europe: 1.2 percent
 Asia: 0.8 percent
• Ancestry:
o German: 15.4 percent
o English: 12.5 percent
o Irish: 10.6 percent
o Norwegian: 7.6 percent
o United States: 7.1 percent
o Scottish: 5.8 percent
• Education Level:
o High school or higher: 84.9 percent
o Bachelor’s degree or higher: 16 percent
o Graduate or professional degree: 6.3 percent
• Marriage status (age 15 and over):
o Never married: 24.9 percent
o Married: 49.5 percent
o Separated: 1.6 percent
o Divorced: 16 percent

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BAPCo consortium

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BAPCo, the Business Application Performance Corporation, is an industry consortium based in San Mateo, California. Its members include Microsoft, Intel, AMD, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, NVIDIA, Lenovo, and Apple, and is a group dedicated to developing benchmarks for Windows personal computers.

BAPCo has developed standard benchmarks such as SYSmark 2004SE, MobileMark 2005 and WebMark 2004 as well as standardized protocols for measuring application performance, for example 3D Studio Max, Microsoft Office, and Adobe Creative Suite.

The latest BAPCo benchmark, SYSmark 2007 Preview, was released in April 2007 and supports both Windows XP and Windows Vista operating systems.


See also

  • Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation
  • Benchmark (computing)
  • Futuremark


External links

  • BAPCo.com

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Richard Cox

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Richard Cox may refer to:

  • Richard Cox, American actor
  • Richard Threlkeld Cox (1898-1991), American physicist
  • Richard Cox (c.1500-1581), English clergyman, Dean of Westminster and Bishop of Ely
  • Richard Cox, Lord Chancellor of Ireland 1703-1707
  • Richard Cox (1930-1994), birth name of American actor Dick Sargent
  • Richard Henry Cox, academic
  • Richard Ian Cox (born 1973), Welsh-born anime voice actor
  • Richard Cox, British horticulturist, created Cox’s Orange Pippin apple
  • Richard Cox, American author
  • Richard Calvin Cox, a American West Point cadet who disappeared in 1950

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Old Hokie

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Old Hokie is a spirited cheer, often uttered by fans of Virginia Tech’s athletic teams. It was coined by O.M. Stull (Class of 1896) in a winning student body contest entry to mark the changing of the university’s name from Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (VAMC) to Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI) in 1896. According to Stull, “Hokie” is a nonsensical word he made up purely as an attention-getter.


Old Hokie

In Stull’s original version of Old Hokie, several words were spelled differently including “Hokie” itself:

Hoki, Hoki, Hoki, Hy.
Techs, Techs, V.P.I.
Sola-Rex, Sola-Rah.
Polytechs - Vir-gin-ia.
Rae, Ri, V.P.I.

The current version adds the ‘e’ to Hokie, takes off the ‘S’ from Tech and Polytech, and also adds “Team! Team! Team!”

Hokie, Hokie, Hokie, Hi
Tech, Tech, V-P-I
Sol-A-Rex, Sol-A-Rah
Poly-tech Virgin-i-a
Ray, Rah, V-P-I
Team! Team! Team!


See also

  • Hokies
  • Tech Triumph

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Billy Joe

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Billy Joe can refer to:

  • Billy Joe (athlete), American football player and coach
  • Billie Joe Armstrong, American rock musician
  • Billy Crawford, Filipino musician and actor
  • Billy Joe Cuthbert, fictional basketball player
  • Billy Joe Daugherty, American Christian pastor
  • Billy Joe Dupree, American football player
  • Billy Joe Hobert, American football player
  • Red McCombs, American basketball player
  • Billy Joe Royal, American singer
  • Billy Joe Shaver, American country singer-songwriter
  • Billy Joe Tolliver, American football player
  • Billy Joel, American rock musician
  • Billy Joe, American rock musician, née Louis Bideu, best known for performing with The Checkmates
  • a wee Southworth bairn

John Inigo Richards

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John Inigo Richards (1731 - 1810) was an English landscape painter who became one of the founding members of the Royal Academy in 1768, and was secretary to the Academy from 1788 until his death.

He studied art at the St Martin’s Lane Academy in London, where he was a noted pupil of George Lambert (1700-1765), sometimes regarded as the ‘Father of English Landscape Oil Painting’.

Like his contemporary Francis Hayman, Richards worked as a scene painter in London’s theatres (1777-1803). He retained a life-long interest in theatre design and is credited with the 1792 design of Philadelphia’s Chestnut Street Theatre (America’s first purpose-built professional theatre), which it is said he based on London’s Covent Garden Theatre (the original building on a site today occupied by the Royal Opera House).

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Dell/EMC

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The Dell/EMC brand is reserved for products that result from Dell’s partnership with EMC Corporation. In some cases these are products that are jointly designed by Dell and EMC, while in other cases these are EMC products for which Dell will provide support. These products are generally midrange storage systems, such as fibre channel and iSCSI storage area networks.


Sources

  • Dell Storage
  • Dell/EMC Guide


See also

  • Dell, Inc.
  • Dell PowerVault

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May 7, 2008

DJ Large

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DJ Large is a Swedish hip-hop DJ. He is best known for his feature performances with the Swedish hip-hop group Looptroop. Along with Pst/Q and Organism 12, he is a member of Mobbade Barn Med Automatvapen (MBMA).


Assorted discography

  • Sound From Sweden vol. 1 (2004)
  • Garotta Di Ansjovis (with Organism 12, 2005)


See also

  • Swedish hip hop


External links

  • Website of MMBA

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Downtown Science

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Downtown Science was a 1990’s hip hop group. It was one of the first successful rap groups to feature black and white rappers paired together. The group was signed to Def Jam.


Members

  • Bosco Money - Rapper, Producer
  • Sam Sever - Producer

Their album Downtown Science was released in 1991. Two music videos were made. One for Radioactive and the other for Room to Breathe.

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May 6, 2008

Direct import

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Direct-import refers to a type of business importation involving a major retailer (eg. Wal-Mart) and an overseas manufacturer often located in Asia. A retailer typically purchases products designed by local companies that can be manufactured overseas.

In a direct-import program, the retailer cuts out the local supplier (colloquial middle-man) and buys the final product directly from the manufacturer, possibly saving 50% or more in added costs. This type of business is fairly recent and follows the trends of the global economy.

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May 5, 2008

Alan Smythe

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Alan Smythe is a fictional character in the BBC TV series Monarch of the Glen. Alan is played by Scottish actor Paul Goodwin.

Alan arrives at ex-girlfriend Katrina Finlay’s house in order to win back her heart, but she has already taken a fancy to Laird Archie MacDonald. Paul took care of Katrina’s case about her father - ‘H’. But he became too formal and Katrina dealt with the matter herself. In order to ruin her chances with Archie, Alan ruins the annual Glenbogle Ball. However after this Katrina chucks Alan out. Alan returned to Glenbogle and helped Katrina with her local election campaign, and whilst in a drunken state her proposed to her.


Episode Details

Series 1, Episodes 3-4, 7-8.

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Michael Hafftka

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Michael Hafftka (1953 - ) is an American figurative expressionist painter living in New York City.
Hafftka’s art has been shown in group exhibitions and collected by several University and National Museums.

  • “Conscious/Unconscious” (Short stories, spring 2007 [1])

“Conscious/Unconscious” is a collection of short stories and illustrations

  • A Heaven of Others (Novel, forthcoming 2008, Starcherone Books)

A Heaven of Others was written by Joshua Cohen and illustrated by Michael Hafftka illustrations.


External links

  • Official website
  • Essay by Michael Brodsky

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May 4, 2008

Committee for Support to the Reconstruction of the Party (Marxist-Leninist)

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Committee for Support to the Reconstruction of the Party (Marxist-Leninist) (in Portuguese: Comité de Apoio à Reconstrução do Partido (Marxista-Leninista)) was a communist group in Portugal, founded in 1974, before the Carnation Revolution. CARP(ML) intended to unify various small marxist-leninist groups into one party.

CARP(ML) joined hands with Marxist-Leninist Revolutionary Unity (URML) and Revolutionary Communist Committees (Marxist-Leninist) (CCR(ML)) to form a common front, the People’s Democratic Union (UDP).

CARP(ML) published Longa Marcha.

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Romantic realism

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Romantic Realism is an aesthetic term that usually refers to art that deals with the themes of volition and value while also acknowledging objective reality and the importance of technique.

Though the term was used earlier (by Joseph Conrad), it was very much popularized by writer/philosopher Ayn Rand. Many Objectivists who consider themselves artists apply this term to themselves. Rand defined Romantic realism as a portrayal of things and people “as they might and ought to be.” “Might be” implied realism, as contrasted with mere fantasy. “Ought to be” implied a moral vision and a standard of beauty and virtue. This combination is based on the idea that heroic values, and similar themes, are rational and ‘realistic,’ as a Romantic Realist wouldn’t believe in a necessary dichotomy between ‘romanticism’ and ‘realism.’

As far as both their personal interests as well as objective comparisons go, a majority of romantic realist artists are more similar to romanticism than realism in what they produce. Romantic realism is often considered, more or less, a branch of romanticism.

Artists of Romantic Realism include:

  • Bob Pejman
  • Aleksandr Petrov (animator)
  • Michael Newberry
  • Ayn Rand (novelist)


Quote

“I am a Romantic in the sense that I present men as they ought to be. I am Realistic in the sense that I place them here and now and on this earth.”

–Ayn Rand, quoted in “The Essentials of Objectivism,” included in Signet’s 1992 edition of her novel Atlas Shrugged


External links

  • Crabel Gallery of Romantic Realism - Toby Crabel’s
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Dell (landform)

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This article is about the landform. For the computer company, see Dell.

In physical geography, a dell is a small wooded valley. Like “dale”, the word “dell” is derived from the Old English language dæl.


See also

  • Cirque
  • Combe (or coombe — a West Country word meaning a steep-sided valley)
  • Coulee
  • Dells of the Wisconsin River
  • Glen, glaciated valley, U-shaped
  • Gully, Gorge
  • Vale, Valley

Type 2 encryption

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In cryptography, Type 2 products are unclassified cryptographic equipment, assemblies, or components, endorsed by the National Security Agency (NSA), for use in telecommunications and automated information systems for the protection of national security information.

Note: The term refers only to products, and not to information, key, services, or controls. Type 2 products may not be used for classified information, but contain classified NSA algorithms (e.g. CORDOBA) that distinguish them from products containing unclassified algorithms like DES. Type 2 products are subject to export restrictions in accordance with the International Traffic in Arms Regulations.


See also

  • Type 1 encryption
  • Type 3 encryption
  • Type 4 encryption
Parts of this article have been derived from Federal Standard 1037C and from the National Information Systems Security Glossary

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May 3, 2008

Donald J. Carty

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Donald J. Carty, O.C., M.B.A., LL.D. (born 1946) is a Canadian businessman who serves as chairman of Virgin America and Porter Airlines. He was previously chairman and CEO of AMR Corporation, the parent company of American Airlines, from 1998 to 2003. Most recently, Carty has become the CFO of Dell Inc..


Biography

Born in Toronto, Canada in 1946, he attended Queen’s University and Harvard Business School. He worked for Air Canada and the Canadian Pacific Railway before joining American, although he moved to Canadian Pacific Airlines from 1985 to 1987. At American, he served as controller, and later as executive vice president for finance and planning under CEO Robert Crandall.

In April of 2003, Carty and his executive board struck a cost-cutting deal with American’s labor unions, intended to mitigate AMR’s upcoming $1 billion first-quarter loss. The deal unraveled several days later, when unions learned that AMR executives were keeping $41 million in retention bonuses. Several AMR board members, most notably University of Oklahoma president David Boren, called for Carty’s resignation.

Carty resigned on April 24, 2003. He was replaced as CEO by Gerard Arpey, and as chairman by Edward A. Brennan.

Carty was appointed as Chairman of Virgin America on February 6, 2006.”Virgin America Appoints Donald J. Carty Chairman of its Board of Directors,” Virgin America press release, February 6, 2006. On February 2 of that year, Toronto-based Porter Airlines, in the process of starting up a small regional service out of the downtown Toronto City Centre Airport, announced that Carty would simultaneously serve as its chairman. He is also a director of Sears, Roebuck and Dell Computer, becoming the latter’s chief financial officer on 1 January, 2007.Dell Names Carty Finance Chief to Replace Schneider (Update2). Bloomberg. Retrieved on 19 December, 2006.

In 2002, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.


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May 2, 2008

1918 in art

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Events

  • June 18 - Pablo Picasso marries Olga Khoklova.
  • December 3 - Founding of the November Group of expressionist artists.


Works

Sophie Dreier - Abstract Portrait of Marcel Duchamp

  • José Malhoa - Autumn
  • Amedeo Modigliani - Portrait of Blaise Cendrars

  • Births

    • February 7 - Markey Robinson, Northern Irish painter (d. 1999)
    • November 8 - Hermann Zapf, typeface designer
    • December 14 - Jack Cole, comic book artist
    • date unknown - Henry Hill, psychedelic artist
    • July 25 - Jane Frank (Jane Schenthal Frank, born Jane Babette Schenthal), American artist (d. 1986)


    Deaths

    • February 6 - Gustav Klimt, Symbolist painter
    • April 1 - Isaac Rosenberg, painter and poet
    • May 19 - Ferdinand Hodler, painter
    • October 9 - Raymond Duchamp-Villon, sculptor
    • October 30 - Egon Schiele, painter
    • date unknown - Albert Henry Munsell, inventor of the Munsell color system
    • date unknown - Niko Pirosmanashvili, painter

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    Dell International Services

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    Dell International Services is the support and services division of Dell Inc., the large American computer hardware company.

    Dell moved its major support divisions overseas to India, Philippines and other countries. The company is now present in Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Bratislava, Dalian, Panama City, Morocco, San Salvador, Edmonton, Ottawa and Metro Manila (Pasay City & Quezon City).

    Dell International Services in Bangalore, India also houses the IT Global Development Center.


    External links

    • Dell Manila

    Information

    • Discount Electronics Dell PC Package Includes Computer Monitor, KB & Mouse. Dell Parts. We Stock parts for Inspiron and Latitude notebooks as well as Optiplex and Dimension

    May 1, 2008

    O’Dell

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    O’Dell is the surname of several interesting people:

    • Cricket O’Dell, fictional character from Archie Comics
    • Dick O’Dell, UK record label owner
    • Hunter Pitts O’Dell, American civil rights activist
    • Kelly O’Dell, an adult film star
    • Nancy O’Dell, the co-host of Access Hollywood
    • Rick O’Dell, American racing driver
    • Scott O’Dell, children’s author.
    • Tom O’Dell, the host of Cutlery Corner
    • Walden “Wally” O’Dell, former CEO of Diebold
    • Jack O’Dell, Matchbox Toys
    • Dennis O’Dell, the only person to win 1st place twice in the “[International Haircutting Competition]” at the IBS 1974 and 1978


    See also

    • Dell (disambiguation)

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    List of asteroids/102001–103000

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    Texas U-turn

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    A Texas U-turn, or Texas Turnaround, is a lane allowing cars traveling on one side of a one-way frontage road to U-turn into the opposite frontage road (typically crossing over or under a freeway or expressway) without being stopped by traffic lights or crossing the highway traffic at-grade. This particular highway configuration originates (and is particularly common) in Texas (especially in the Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio areas), but can also be found in Jackson, Mississippi; Atlanta, Georgia; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and North Little Rock, Arkansas. This is also common in Michigan and Florida, where frontage roads travel along freeways. In some cases these are controlled by signals, and are similar to the Michigan left. They are also used less frequently in other areas of the world.


    See also

    • Turnaround (road)


    External links

    • Texas Highwayman’s Primer on Texas Highways has a diagram of Texas U-turn.

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    Ibex Valley

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    The Ibex Valley (named for the Ibex Mountain) is located approximately 16 kilometres (10 miles) west of the City of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. The valley, and surrounding area, is governed by five elected councilors from the Ibex Valley Hamlet. The population is rural with a mixture of farms and country residential.

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    April 30, 2008

    106.9 Silk FM

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    106.9 Silk FM is an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting to the town of Macclesfield as well as eastern parts of the county of Cheshire, northern England. Towns in the Silk FM region include Congleton, Sandbach, Northwich and Winsford. It is part of The Local Radio Company.

    The station went on air on 26 May 1998 with guest Sammy McIlroy, then manager of the Macclesfield Town football club. It broadcasts a mix of current and classic hits and carries networked programmes provided by the Local Radio Company.

    Past presenters have included Jeff Cooper, Guy Morris, Paul Allen and Trevor Thomas.


    External links

    • Silk FM official site

    Current presenter line up

    Breakfast - Andy Bailey

    Mid Mornings - Andy Clewes

    Afternoons - Mark Blackman

    Drivetime - Rachel Haughton

    Evenings - Networked from The Local Radio Company

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    QLogic

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    QLogic Corporation is a California-based manufacturer of storage and system networking infrastructure solutions. Products include host bus adapters (HBAs), host channel adapters (HCAs) and SAN storage switches, storage routers.


    History

    QLogic was created in 1994 after being spun off by Emulex; the two are now competitors for the Fibre Channel HBA market. QLogic has acquired many companies over the years including Ancor, Little Mountain Group, PathScale, and SilverStorm. QLogic’s original business was disk controllers, this business was sold to Marvell in 2005.


    Fibre Channel SAN products

    • Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters
    • Fibre Channel Switches:
      • SANbox2-64
      • Stackable switches
        • SANbox 5200/5202 - 2Gb and 10Gb fibre
        • SANbox 5600/5202 - 4Gb and 10Gb fibre
      • Sanbox 3050
      • SANbox Express 1400
      • Blade server switches
    • SAN connectivity kits
    • Storage Services Platforms/SAN Virtualisation:
      • SANbox 8200
      • SANbox 8202
    • Core Switches:
      • SANbox 9000


    iSCSI SAN products

    • iSCSI HBAs


    Multiprotocol products

    • SANbox 6140/6142 - iSCSI/FC router


    InfiniBand products

    • InfiniPath InfiniBand HCAs
    • InfiniBand HCAs, switches, and gateways


    Embedded products

    • iSCSI and TOE
    • Fibre Channel
    • Parallel SCSI


    Software products

    • SANsurfer Management Suite:

      • SANsurfer FC HBA Manager
      • SANsurfer iSCSI HBA Manager
      • SANsurfer Switch Manager
      • SANsurfer Command Line Interface
    • PathScale Compiler Suite (C, C++, and Fortran95)
    • InfiniPath MPI


    See also

    • List of Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters


    External links

    • QLogic corporate web site

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    List of contemporary classical ensembles

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    This page lists ensembles that specialise in contemporary classical music.

    • Accessible Contemporary Music
    • Alarm Will Sound
    • American Modern Ensemble
    • Arditti Quartet
    • Armadillo String Quartet
    • Arraymusic
    • Asko
    • AXIOM Ensemble
    • Bang on a Can All-Stars
    • The California EAR Unit
    • Concorde
    • The Corigliano Quartet
    • Da Capo Chamber Players
    • Dynamis Ensemble
    • eighth blackbird
    • Elision Contemporary Music Ensemble (based at the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, Brisbane, Australia)
    • Ensemble InterContemporain
    • Ensemble Modern
    • Ethel
    • the f (x)
    • Flexible Music [1]
    • Gamelan Son of Lion
    • Group 180
    • Hyperion Ensemble
    • Ives Ensemble
    • Icebreaker
    • International Contemporary Ensemble
    • Kronos Quartet
    • Libra
    • Motion Ensemble
    • Newband
    • Offerta Musicale Ensemble
    • Orchestra 2001
    • Oslo Sinfonietta
    • Philip Glass Ensemble
    • pianocircus
    • RenegadeEnsemble
    • Relâche
    • Schoenberg ensemble
    • S.E.M. Ensemble
    • Stony Brook Contemporary Chamber Players
    • Thelema Trio
    • The Silesian String Quartet
    • Steve Reich and Musicians (Steve Reich Ensemble)
    • Topology
    • Threnody Ensemble
    • The University of Chicago Contemporary Chamber Players
    • Xenakis Ensemble

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    Parmalat Canada

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    Parmalat Canada is a Toronto, Ontario based company that sells dairy products. It is owned by Paramalat SpA of Italy.

    The Canadian unit was established in 1997 and was not impacted by financial problems of the parent company and continues to operate in Canada


    Retailers

    A list of retailers selling Beatrice products:

    • Dominion Stores (Ontario)
    • Pharmacy 1


    Products

    Product lines of Parmalat Canada:

    • Astro Yogurt
    • Parkay Margarine
    • Lactaid
    • Sargento cheese
    • Olivinia spreads
    • Lactantia Butter
    • Sensational Soy
    • Beatrice Milk products
    • Black Diamond cheese
    • Balderson cheese


    See also

    • Beatrice Foods Canada Ltd.
    • Ault Foods
      • Sealtest Dairy
      • Silverwood Dairy


    Reference

    • Parmalat Canada Dairy and Bakery Inc.

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    April 29, 2008

    Southport Spit, Queensland

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    For other uses of the term, see The Spit

    The Southport Spit (also referred to as The Spit) lies opposite Southport to the north of Main Beach, Gold Coast. It is a permanent sand spit that separates the Southport Broadwater from the Pacific Ocean. As a product of longshore drift, its growth and establishment as a landform saw demand for private leasehold title of land, along with applications for dredging rights of mineral sands. The Spit was later stabilised in 1986 by the construction of the Gold Coast Seaway, thus preventing it from becoming a baymouth bar connecting to South Stradbroke Island. The Gold Coast Seaway was the first entrance in the world to include the construction and operation of a permanent sand bypassing system at the same time that the entrance was trained. The new entrance and sand bypassing system opened in 1986 and pumps about 500,000 cubic meters of sand from the spit to South Stradbroke Island each year.

    Today the Southport Spit is home to Sea World, Sea World Nara Resort, the Sheraton Mirage Resort and Spa, as well as Palazzo Versace. Adjacent to The Spit is the Gold Coast Sand Pumping Jetty, a popular destination for fishermen and part of the Gold Coast Seaway’s Sand Bypassing System. The Sand Pumping Jetty will be closed for six months for refurbishment, commencing June 2006.

    The Gold Coast Oceanway and the Federation Walk provide opportunities for pedestrians and cyclists to explore the Spit’s environments.


    Proposed development

    There is a proposed marine development of the Southport Spit which includes the provision of recreational facilities for the construction of a marina facility for superyachts, recreational and commercial boats. The US Navy has also been approved for the ability to dock military vessels in the terminal.

    The State Government’s vision for the Southport Spit includes:

    • A preservation program for Doug Jennings Park and the western section of The Spit known as the Marine Stadium that people go to play football in.
    • The provision of recreational facilities for public use.
    • A protection and enhancement program for the 93ha Federation Walk and Nature Reserve areas east of Seaworld Drive.
    • Construction of a marina for recreational and commercial vessels at either the Marine Stadium or adjacent to Sea World.
    • The development of 6.2ha of State land south of Sea World.

    This proposal has strong local support from some parts of the community and vehement criticism from others due to the effects the development will have upon the landform, seascape and environment of the location.

    The Government has withdrawn a proposed cruise ship terminal on the basis of the EIS but is encouraging the public to participate in the consultation process.


    See also

    • Spit (landform)
    • Gold Coast Seaway
    • South Stradbroke Island


    External links

    • Heritage Tour - The Spit
    • Gold Coast City Council - Federation Walk
    • Save Our Spit website
    • Queensland Government - Gold Coast Marine Development Project
    • GHD - Notional Seaway Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement
    • GHD - View the Notional Seaway Project - Concept Design (pdf)

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    Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court

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    A Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court, in Virginia, handles all cases involving juvenile crime, child abuse or child neglect, disputes involving custody and visitation, and other family-related matters, as well as cases in which a child or family member is an alleged victim (it can try misdemeanors, but only preliminary hearings in adult felonies). A judge hears all cases. Appeals from J&DR court go to Circuit Court.

    The court also has authority to allow minors, under certain circumstances, to seek abortions. It may also emancipate a child.


    References

    The Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court.

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    April 28, 2008

    Marxist-Leninist Students League

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    Marxist-Leninist Students League (in Dutch: Marxistisch-Leninistische Studentenbond) was the students wing of the Communist Unity Movement of the Netherlands (marxist-leninist) (KEN-ml). MLS was founded in 1970.

    In 1971 the name of the organization was changed to Communist Students League (Kommunistiese Studenten Bond). The central organ of KSB was Rode Studentenpers:

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    John Gregg Fee

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    John Gregg Fee was the founder of Berea College.

    Fee was born in Germantown, Kentucky in Bracken County, Kentucky on September 9, 1816, the son of slaveholders. Following a conversion to the Christian faith, Fee became a stauch abolitionist. He received an education at Augusta College in Bracken County, Kentucky, Miami University of Ohio, and Lane Theological Seminary in Cincinnati, Ohio. Fee returned to Kentucky, preaching against slavery, and with a land donation from Cassius M. Clay, founded Berea, Kentucky. He then founded Berea College, which became the first interracial college in the state. [1] In 1859, a band of armed men raided Berea while Fee was away, and the town was deserted. Fee lived in exile until 1864. The school then became increasingly integrated until a new president, William Goodell Frost, shifted focus toward white Appalachian students. [2] Fee died in 1901.


    External links

    • Berea College’s official site
    • http://docsouth.unc.edu/fee/menu.html University Library, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]’s biography of John Gregg Fee.

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    Hip hop in the Dominican Republic

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    Dominican hip hop has its own style of hip hop music by mixing its native music and rapping to it like in the genres Merenrap or Merenhouse where they just take a blend of their native dance music called Merengue and rap to it. New York Dominican Merenrap group Proyecto Uno is an example of an artist in this genre and is one of the most popular groups in the merengue and merenrap genre. The two popular types of music from the Dominican Republic, Merengue and Bachata are also known for being mixed into another subgenre of hip hop known as Reggaeton where they take their melodies and blend it in with the reggaeton sound called Bachateo. The Luny Tunes are a famous duo of reggaeton producers of Dominican Republic, who are by one of the best and most popular producers in reggaeton, have with worked with almost every one in the genre and are similar to The Neptunes of hip hop are also known a lot for blending Dominican merengue and bachata in reggaeton. A few Domincan artists in reggaeton include Noztra, Don Miguelo, Gemstar and Big Mato, OG Black and La Fabrica.After that have appeared a new generetion of Dominican Hip Hop some of the hip hop singer are Lapiz Conciente, Joa, Toxic Crow, Vakero, Microway, Danny Punto Rojo, Nico Some American rappers come from Dominican descent such as rappers Fabolous, Juelz Santana, J. R. Writer, Triple Seis, Ju Ju of The Beatnuts and Gemstar.

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    • Trip-hop Artists | Music For America Trip-hop Artists. (jump to artist), A Perfect Circle, Addison Groove Project, Alex Walsh, Allison Moorer, Amsterband, An-shu, Analog Birds, Andrew Thompson

    April 27, 2008

    Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India

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    Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India was formed in 1988 through the merger of the Anand and Harbhajan Sohi factions of UCCRI(ML), CPI(ML) Chandrashekar group, Revolutionary Communist Party and Organizing Committee, CPI(ML). The initiative was taken by the two UCCRI(ML) splinter groups.

    In August 1994 CCRI merged together with the Punjab section of CPI(ML) Central Team, Communist Unity Centre of India and Marxist-Leninist Organising Centre to form the Communist Party Reorganization Centre of India (Marxist-Leninist).

    April 26, 2008

    List of people from Oakland, California

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    This is a listing of famous people who were either born in, or have lived in, Oakland, California.


    Actors and directors

    • Shemar Moore – actor, model
    • Eddie Anderson – actor
    • Max Baer, Jr. – actor, film director
    • Buster Crabbe – actor
    • Robert Culp – actor
    • Mark Curry – actor
    • Clint Eastwood – actor, film director
    • Mark Hamill – actor
    • Tom Hanks – actor, raised in Oakland
    • Susan Seaforth Hayes – actor
    • Joseph Jackson – talent manager
    • Ted Lange – actor
    • Brandon Lee – actor, born in Oakland
    • Bruce Lee – actor
    • Russ Meyer – film director
    • Mitch Mullany –actor
    • Foamy the Squirrel – main character in Neurotically Yours
    • George Stevens – film director
    • Jo Van Fleet – actor


    Artists and designers

    • Julia Morgan – architect, raised and buried in Oakland
    • Willis O’Brien – animator
    • Lisa Quinn – artist, author, designer
    • Galen Rowell – photographer
    • Flo Oy Wong – installation artist
    • Wendy Yoshimura – artist


    Athletes

    • Will Blackwell – football player
    • Jeff Botticher ST. Joe High School South Bend, Indiana Financial Advisor and Defensive Coordinator for football team
    • John Brodie – football player, sportscaster
    • Don Budge – tennis player
    • Glenn Burke – baseball player
    • Dennis Eckersley – baseball player
    • Greg Foster – basketball player, born and raised in Oakland
    • Brad Gilbert, former tennis player and tennis coach
    • Rickey Henderson – baseball player
    • Jason Kidd – basketball player
    • Terrell Lowery – baseball player
    • Marshawn Lynch – football player
    • Joe Morgan – baseball player
    • Gary Payton – basketball player, born and raised in Oakland
    • Paul Pierce – basketball player
    • Isiah Rider – basketball player
    • Chris Roberson – baseball player
    • Jimmy Rollins – baseball player
    • Bill Russell – basketball player
    • Dave Stewart – baseball player
    • Andre Ward – boxer
    • George Wells – professional wrestler
    • Archie Williams – runner
    • Dontrelle Willis – baseball player
    • Frank Robinson – baseball player
    • Drew Gooden – basketball player


    Leaders - activists and politicians

    • Richard Aoki – activist
    • Sonny Barger – founder of the Hells Angels motorcycle club
    • Frank Chu – activist
    • Angela Davis – activist
    • Ron Dellums – politician
    • Marcus Foster – educator
    • Barbara Lee – United States Representative
    • Edwin Meese III – former United States Attorney General
    • Huey P. Newton – activist
    • Bobby Seale – activist


    Musicians, composers and dancers

    • Billie Joe Armstrong – musician
    • Tim Armstrong – musician
    • Gaylord Birch – musician
    • Carla Bley – composer, musician
    • Peter Buck – musician
    • Emilio Castillo – musician, founding member of Tower of Power
    • Mike Clark – musician
    • Keyshia Cole – singer
    • Del tha Funkee Homosapien – musician
    • Mike Dirnt – musician
    • Isadora Duncan – dancer
    • Pete Escovedo – musician, born in Oakland
    • Sheila E. – musician, born in Oakland
    • Robb Flynn – musician
    • Michael Franti – musician
    • David Garibaldi – musician, member of Tower of Power
    • Mic Gillette – musician, founding member of Tower of Power
    • Goapele – soul and R&B singer
    • Jeff Hanneman Guitarist for SLAYER!
    • MC Hammer – musician, born in Oakland
    • Andre Hicks (aka Mac Dre) – rapper
    • Henry Kaiser – musician
    • Keak da Sneak – musician
    • Kid 606 – musician
    • Stephen “Doc” Kupka – musician, founding member of Tower of Power
    • Michael Manring – bassist, born in D.C, lives in Oakland
    • Tony Martin – singer, actor
    • Mary Mary – gospel duo
    • David Murray – musician
    • Andy Narell musician, lived in Oakland in the 60s
    • Holly Near – singer, teacher, activist
    • Numskull, Rapper
    • Harry Partch – composer
    • The Pointer Sisters – singing group
    • Francis Rocco Prestia – musician
    • Cynthia Robinson – musician
    • Raphael Saadiq – musician
    • Pharoah Sanders – musician
    • Too $hort – entertainer, lived in Oakland 1980-1994
    • Freddie Stone – musician
    • Rose Stone – musician
    • Sly Stone – musician
    • Bill Summers – musician
    • Tower of Power – band; formed and based in Oakland
    • Tre Cool – drummer/musician
    • Lenny Williams – musician, early member of Tower of Power
    • Yukmouth – rapper


    Scientists and inventors

    • Fernando J. Corbató – computer scientist
    • Frederick Cottrell – inventor
    • Kim Eric Drexler – engineer, molecular nanotechnology theorist
    • Frank Epperson Popsicle Inventor
    • Stanley Miller – chemist


    Writers and poets

    • Catherine Asaro – writer
    • Anthony Boucher – writer
    • Frank Chin – writer
    • Daniel Clowes – comic book writer, screenwriter, currently resides in Oakland
    • Robert Duncan – poet
    • Maxine Hong Kingston – writer, currently resides in Oakland
    • Sidney Howard – playwright, screenwriter
    • Jack London – writer
    • Rod McKuen – poet, composer, singer
    • Joaquin Miller – poet, lived in Oakland 1886-1913
    • Stephen Morse – poet, publisher,
    • Ishmael Reed – writer, currently resides in Oakland
    • Alex Steffen – writer, born in Oakland
    • Gertrude Stein – writer
    • Amy Tan – writer, born in Oakland
    • Li Keng Wong – writer
    • Nellie Wong – poet and activist, born in Oakland
    • William Wong – writer, columnist, born in Oakland
    • Helen Zia – writer, journalist, and activist, currently resides in Oakland

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    Constructive eviction

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    Constructive eviction is a term used in the law of real property to describe a circumstance in which a landlord either does something or fails to do something that he has a legal duty to provide (e.g. the landlord refuses to provide heat or water to the apartment). The landlord’s action (or failure to act) renders the property uninhabitable and the tenant may terminate the lease and seek damages.

    To maintain an action for damages the tenant must show that the uninhabitable conditions were a result of the landlord’s actions (not the actions of some third party), and that the tenant vacated the premises in a reasonable time.

    A tenant who suffers from a constructive eviction can claim all of the legal remedies available to a tenant who was actually told to leave.


    See also

    Implied warranty of habitability

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    Lorri Neilsen Glenn

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    Lorri Neilsen Glenn is a Canadian poet, ethnographer and essayist. Born and raised on the Prairies, she moved to Nova Scotia in 1983.

    Neilsen Glenn is the author and editor of several books on literacy and ethnography, scholarly and freelance articles on women and literacy, and book reviews in national and international journals and newspapers.

    Her first book of poetry, All the Perfect Disguises, was published in 2003. In 2007, a chapbook, “Saved String” (Rubicon Press) and the collection “Combustion” (Brick Books) were published.

    Neilsen Glenn was appointed poet laureate for the Halifax Regional Municipality in 2005. She lives in Halifax, and teaches at Mount Saint Vincent University. Neilsen Glenn is the recipient of several awards for her scholarship; her poetry has won or has been shortlisted for the National Magazine Awards, Short Grain Contest, Event Magazine’s Creative Nonfiction contest, CBC Literary Awards, Bliss Carmen Poetry Award, CV2 Poetry Contest, among others.

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    April 25, 2008

    Autoloader (data storage device)

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    An autoloader, or autochanger, is a data storage device consisting of at least one tape drive (the drive), a method of loading tapes into the drive (the robot), and a storage area for tapes (the magazine).

    Larger autoloaders with multiple drives, robots, and magazines are known as tape libraries.

    Other types of autoloaders may operate with floppy disks and compact disks.

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    Dell International Services

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    Dell International Services is the support and services division of Dell Inc., the large American computer hardware company.

    Dell moved its major support divisions overseas to India, Philippines and other countries. The company is now present in Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Bratislava, Dalian, Panama City, Morocco, San Salvador, Edmonton, Ottawa and Metro Manila (Pasay City & Quezon City).

    Dell International Services in Bangalore, India also houses the IT Global Development Center.


    External links

    • Dell Manila

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    Michael Dell

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    Michael Saul Dell (born February 23, 1965, in Houston, Texas) is the founder and CEO of Dell, Inc.


    Biography


    Early life and education

    The son of an orthodontist, Dell was born in to an upper-class Jewish family and attended Herod Elementary School in Houston, Texas. Dell had his first encounter with a computer at the age of 15 when he broke down a brand new Apple II computer and rebuilt it, just to see if he could. Dell attended Memorial High School in Houston where he did not excel scholastically.
    After graduating high school, he attended the University of Texas at Austin but abandoned that idea when he experienced early success in the area of computers and technology.


    Career

    While at the University of Texas at Austin, he started a computer company called PC’s Limited in his room in Dobie Center [1]. The company became successful enough that, with the help of an additional loan from his grandparents, Dell dropped out of college at the age of 19 to run PC’s Limited, which later became Dell Computer Corporation, then ultimately Dell Inc.

    Over time, and despite a number of setbacks (including laptops that caught on fire in 1993, temporarily losing the consumer market to Gateway in the mid 1990s, and others), Dell survived the race to become the most profitable PC manufacturer in the world, with sales of $49 billion and profits of $3 billion in 2004. As Dell expanded its product line to more than computers, shareholders voted to rename the corporation Dell, Inc. in 2003.

    On March 4, 2004, he stepped down as CEO of Dell but stayed as chairman of the board, while Kevin B. Rollins, then president and COO, became president and CEO.
    On January 31, 2007, Michael Dell was reinstalled as CEO of Dell, replacing Kevin Rollins (who resigned earlier in the day).http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/01/technology/01dell.html?ex=1327986000&en=51d4bc242b1c6e8f&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss]

    Accolades for Dell include: “Entrepreneur of the Year” from Inc. magazine; “Man of the Year” from PC Magazine; “Top CEO in American Business” from Worth Magazine; “CEO of the Year” from Financial World and Industry Week magazines. At a speech before the Detroit Economic Club in November, 1999, Dell defined the “3 C’s” of e-commerce (content, commerce, and community) while articulating his strategy for offering a superior customer experience online.

    In 2002 he received an Honorary Doctorate in Economic Science from the University of Limerick, in honor of his investment in Ireland and the local community along with his support for educational initiatives.http://www.ul.ie/main/news/dell.doc University of Limerick Press Release, 29 May 2002


    Dell’s investment company

    In 1998 Michael Dell founded MSD Capital LP, a private investment firm, to invest in various small companies on Dell’s behalf. According to reports, the firm tends to invest in “late stage” investments rather than early in a company’s startup.


    “Shut Down Apple”

    Dell had a public war of words with Apple CEO Steve Jobs, starting when Jobs first criticized Dell for making “un-innovative beige boxes”. On October 6, 1997, when Dell was asked what he would do if he owned then-troubled Apple Computer, he said “I’d shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders.”CNet Dell would regret these words after Jobs returned as Apple CEO in 1998. By early 2006 Apple was worth more (based on market valuation) than Dell. By October 2007 Apple was worth more than twice Dell’s value (AAPL:$160B - DELL:$62B). Dell resumed the CEO duties (replacing Kevin Rollins) at his troubled company in January 2007, and market value increased 11% in 9 months. During that same time Jobs’ Apple increased its market value 92%.


    Philanthropy

    On May 15, 2006, The University of Texas at Austin announced a $50 million grant from the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation to “bring excellence in children’s health and education to Austin”. The grant will enable the construction of 3 new facilities at the university. The first is the Dell Pediatric Research Institute which is expected to complement the new Dell Children’s Medical Center nearby. The second is a new computer science building on the UT campus named Dell Computer Science Hall. The third is the Michael and Susan Dell Center for Advancement of Healthy Living, which is intended to address issues that affect healthy childhood development.


    Wealth and Personal Life

    As of 2007, Forbes estimates Michael Dell’s net worth at $15.8 billion, making him the 30th richest person in the world and the 9th richest American http://www.statesman.com/business/content/business/stories/technology/03/09/9billionaires.html statesman.com.

    Dell currently resides in Austin, Texas with his wife, Susan, and their four children.Biographical details and interview He has three daughters: Kira (15), Alexa (13), Juliette (10) and a son, Zachary (10).http://philanthropy.com/free/articles/v18/i12/12000901.htm


    References

    Information

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