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March 31, 2008

Donald Thomas

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This article is about the British author. For the American astronaut, see Donald A. Thomas. There is also a British poet, novelist and translator called D. M. Thomas. For the Bahamian athlete, see Donald Thomas (athlete).

Donald Thomas is an author who lives in England and has written more than twenty books, among which are biographies of Robert Browning, the Marquis de Sade, Henry Fielding, and Lewis Carroll. He has also written novels, some of them about Sherlock Holmes.

Fiction by Donald Thomas :

  • Dancing in the Dark
  • Dead Giveaway
  • Jekyll, Alias Hyde
  • The Ripper Apprentice
  • The Secret Cases of Sherlock Holmes ISBN 0-7867-0636-8}
  • Sherlock Holmes and the Voice from the Crypt
  • Belladonna

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March 30, 2008

William Swainson

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William John Swainson FLS, FRS (October 8, 1789 - December 6, 1855), was an English ornithologist, malacologist, conchologist, entomologist and artist.

Swainson was born in Dover Place, St. Mary Newington, London, the eldest son of John Timothy Swainson, an original fellow of the Linnean Society. Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. L He was cousin of the amateur botanist Isaac Swainson. Etymologisches Worterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen by H. Genaust. Review by Paul A. Fryxell Taxon, Vol. 38(2), 245-246 (1989). doi:10.2307/1220844 His father’s family originated in Lancashire, and both grandfather and father held high posts in Her Majesty’s Customs, the father becoming Collector at Liverpool. William, whose formal education was curtailed because of an impediment in his speech, joined the Liverpool Customs as a junior clerk at the age of 14. “William Swainson F.R.S, F.L.S., Naturalist and Artist: DIaries 1808-1838:Sicily, Malta, Greece, Italy and Brazil.” G.M. Swainson, Palmerston, NZ 1989. He joined the Army Comissariat and toured Malta and Sicily ‘SWAINSON, William, 1789-1855′, In: An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock, originally published in 1966. Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 26-Sep-2006 He studied the ichthyology of western Sicily and in 1815, he was forced by ill health to return to England where he subsequently retired on half pay. William followed in his father’s footsteps to become a fellow of the Linnean Society in 1815.

In 1816 he went with Henry Koster to Brazil. Henry Koster had travelled to Brazil once before and became famous for his book Travels in Brazil.Some Biogeographers, Evolutionists and Ecologists-Chrono-Biographical Sketches: Swainson, William (England-New Zealand 1789-1855) There he met Dr Grigori Ivanovitch Langsdorff, a Consul General of Russia and explorer of Brazil. However, while they did not spend a long time on shore because of a revolution, he returned in 1818 to London with a collection of over 20,000 insects, 1,200 species of plants, drawings of 120 species of fishes, and about 760 bird skins.

As with many Victorian scientists, Swainson was also a member of many learned societies, including the Wernerian Society of Edinburgh. He was elected a fellow to the Royal Society after his return from Brazil in December 14, 1820,Election of William Swainson as a Fellow of the Royal Society and married his first wife Mary Parkes in 1823, with whom he had four sons and a daughter. Mary died in 1835. Swainson was at times quite critical of the works of others, and later in life others in turn became quite critical of his. .


Works on Natural History

Apart from the common and scientific names of many species, it is the quality of his illustrations that he is best remembered for. His friend William Elford Leach, head of zoology at the British Museum encouraged him to experiment with lithography for his book Zoological Illustrations (1820-23). Swainson became the first illustrator and naturalist to use lithography, which was a relatively cheap means of production and did not require an engraver. He began publishing many illustrated works, mostly serially. Subscribers received and paid for small sections of the books as they came out, so that the cash flow was constant and could be reinvested in the preparation of subsequent parts. As book orders arrived, the monochrome lithography prints were hand-coloured, according to colour reference images, known as ‘pattern plates’, which were produced by Swainson himself. It was his early adoption of this new technology and his natural skill of illustration that in large part led to his fame. William Swainson: Naturalist, author and illustrator by David M Knight. Archives of Natural History (1986) 13:275-290

When Leach was forced to resign from the British Museum due to ill health, Swainson applied to replace him, but the post was given to John George Children. Swainson continued with his writing, the most influential of which was the second volume of Fauna Boreali-Americana (1831) which he co-authored with John Richardson. This series (1829-1837) was the first illustrated zoological study to be in-part funded by the British government.Contemporaries and rivals of Audubon He also produced a second series of Zoological Illustrations (1832-33), three volumes of Jardine’s Naturalist’s Library, and eleven volumes of Lardner’s Cabinet Cyclopedia; he had signed a contract with Longman to produce fourteen illustrated volumes of 300 pages in this series, one to be produced quarterly.


Classification of Natural History

In 1819 William Sharp MacLeay had published his ideas of the Quinarian system of biological classification, and Swainson soon became a noted and outspoken proponent. Representations of the Natural System in the Nineteenth Century . O’Hara, Robert J. 1991. Biology and Philosophy, 6: 255-274. Reprinted 1996 as pp. 164-183 in: Picturing Knowledge: Historical and Philosophical Problems Concerning the Use of Art in Science (B.S. Baigrie, ed.). Toronto: University of Toronto Press The Quinarian System later fell out of favour in favour of the mapmaking theory of Hugh Edwin Strickland. Swainson was overworked by Lardner, High Church Science: William Swainson and William Kirby, by DM Knight and both Swainson and MacLeay became derided for their support of the Quinarian system. Both proponents left England; Swainson emigrated to New Zealand and MacLeay to Australia. Decimating Birds: Episode II - Namesakes An American visiting Australasia in the 1850s heard to his surprise that both MacLeay and Swainson were living there, and imagined that they had been exiled to the Antipodes

‘for the great crime of burdening zoology with a false though much laboured theory which has thrown so much confusion into the subject of its classification and philosophical study’. Swainson’s What?D. Knight (1986) Ordering the World: A History of Classifying Man. Burnett Books. London.


New Zealand Estate

In 1839 he became a member of the committee of the New Zealand Company and of the Church of England committee for the appointment of a bishop to New Zealand, bought land in Wellington, and gave up scientific literary work. He married his second wife Anne Grasby (housekeeper) in 1840.Biographies of Zoologists He was apparently the first Fellow of the Royal Society to move to New Zealand. See note on correspondence from Cockayne to Halcombe Mrs Blanche Stuart Halcombe, granddaughter of William Swainson He was later made an honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Tasmania.R.M. Barker & W.R. Barker (1990), ‘Botanical Contributions Overlooked…’ in ‘History of Systematic Botany in Australasia’ ed: P.S. Short, ASBSAustralian National Botanical Gardens Biography: William Swainson (1789-1855)

Together with most of his children from his first marriage, they sailed for New Zealand in the Jane, Life and descendants of William Swainson reaching Wellington, in the summer of 1841. The trip was not without incident, as the boat suffered damage en route and was in such a poor state that there was legal action on arrival.Passenger Lists into Wellington (Port Nicholson)Jane 1841 Passenger List He purchased in the Hutt Valley from the New Zealand Company, and established his estate of “Hawkshead”. Not coincidentally, this name was shared by an ancestral home in Hawkshead, Lancashire of the Swainson family, which was the birthplace of Isaac Swainson. After a few months, this estate was claimed by a Maori chief Taringakuri, which led to years of uncertainty and threat. He was an officer in a militia against in the Maoris in 1846. During these times he was largely dependent on his half pay.


Botanical Studies in Australia

In 1851 Swainson sailed to Sydney and he took the post of Botanical Surveyor in 1852 with the Victoria Government, after being invited by the Lieutenant-Governor Charles La Trobe to study local trees. He finished his report in 1853 in which he claimed a grand total of 1520 species and varieties of Eucalyptidae. He identified so many species of Casuarina that he ran out of names for them.

While having quite some expertise in zoology, his untrained foray into botany was not well received. William Jackson Hooker wrote to Ferdinand von Mueller:

In my life I think I never read such a series of trash and nonsense. There is a man who left this country with the character of a first rate naturalist (though with many eccentricities) and of a very first-rate Natural History artist and he goes to Australia and takes up the subject of Botany, of which he is as ignorant as a goose.

Joseph Maiden described Swainson’s efforts as

an exhibition of reckless species-making that, as far as I know stands unparalleled in the annals of botanical literature.

He had studied the flora of New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania before his return to New Zealand in 1854 to live at Fern Grove in the Hutt, where he died the following year. In 1856, a poem was written by the New Zealand poet William Golder in his memory.Stanzas To the Memory of Wm. Swainson, Esq., F.R.S. &c., Departed hence, December 7, 1855. William Golder: The New Zealand Survey (Wellington: J. Stoddard and Co. 1867), pp. 137-43


Common Confusions of William Swainson

  • William Swainson is frequently credited with having the genus Swainsona named after him, and specifically Sturt’s Desert Pea the official floral emblem of South Australia. Although he did botanical work in this region, Swainsona is named after his cousin Isaac Swainson (1746-1812), who never travelled to this region.
  • William Swainson is frequently confused with William Swainson (lawyer) (1809-1884). They are almost certainly related, both travelled to New Zealand in 1841 and ultimately died there, and both published books. However, the latter had a legal background, was the second Attorney-General of the Crown Colony of New Zealand, and his publications were limited to books concerning Auckland and the early colonization of New Zealand.


Common Names of Species named after William Swainson

Many birds retain a common name after Swainson, several of which were named by famous naturalists of the period. Many species or subspecies retain his name, although many of his own species were later discredited or merged with others.

  • John James Audubon named Swainson’s Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
  • Charles Lucien Bonaparte named Swainson’s Hawk Buteo swainsoni
  • Thomas Nuttall named Swainson’s Thrush Catharus ustulatus
  • Swainson’s Francolin Francolinus swainsonii
  • Swainson’s Sparrow Passer swainsonii
  • Swainson’s Antcatcher Myrmeciza longipes
  • Swainson’s Fire-eye Pyriglena atra
  • Swainson’s Flycatcher Myiarchus swainsoni
  • Swainson’s Toucan Ramphastos Swainsonii


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Partial Bibilography of William Swainson

Many of these works were reprinted, or present in serial publication.

  • Swainson, W. 1820. Zoological illustrations, Baldwin, Cradock, & Joy , London.
  • Swainson, W. 1824. An inquiry into the natural affinities of the Lanidae or shrikes; preceded by some observations on the present state of ornithology in this country. Zool. J. 1(Art. 42): 289- 307.
  • Swainson, W. 1825. The characters and descriptions of several birds belonging to the genus Thamnophilus. Zool. J. 2(Art. 11): 84-93. 1826.
  • Swainson, W. 1827. A synopsis of the birds discovered in Mexico by W. Bullock, F. L. S., and H. S., Mr. William Bullock. Philos. Mag. (New Series) 1: 364-369, 433-442.
  • Swainson, W. 1827. On the tyrant shrikes of America. Q. J. Sci. Lit. Arts. Inst. 20 (Art. 40): 267-285.
  • Swainson, W. 1831-1832 On several groups and forms in ornithology, not hitherto defined. Zool. J. 3(Art. 15): 158-175; 343-363.
  • Swainson, W., & J. Richardson: 1831. Fauna boreali-Americana: part second, the birds, John Murray, London.
  • Swainson W. 1832-1833. Zoological illustrations, Second Ser., Vol. 2. London, Baldwin, Cradrock, and R. Havell.
  • Swainson, W.: 1834. A preliminary discourse on the study of natural history, Longmans, London.
  • Swainson, W., 1835. The elements of modern conchology briefly and plainly stated, for the use of students and travelers. Baldwin and Cracock. London.
  • Swainson, W. 1835. A Treatise on the Geography and Classification of Animals. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Greene and Longman, and John Taylor, London.
  • Swainson, W. 1835. On the Natural History and Classification of Quadrupeds.
  • Swainson, W. 1836. On the natural history and classification of birds. Vol 1. Lardner’s Cabinet Cyclopedia. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, London.
  • Swainson, W. 1836. On the natural history and classification of birds. Vol 2. Lardner’s Cabinet Cyclopedia. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, London.
  • Swainson, W. 1837. Zoological illustrations… Second Ser., Vol. 3. London, Baldwin, Cradrock, and R. Havell.
  • Swainson W. 1837. The natural history of the birds of Western Africa. Vol. VII of Jardine’s Naturalist’s Library.
  • Swainson W. 1837. The natural history of the birds of Western Africa. Vol. VIII of Jardine’s Naturalist’s Library.
  • Swainson, W. 1838. The natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. A. Spottiswoode, London. Nat. Hist. & Class. i-vi + 1-368
  • Swainson, W. 1838. Animals in menageries. Lardner’s Cabinet Cyclopedia. London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, Longman, and J. Taylor.
  • Swainson, W. 1840. A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shellfish. Lardner’s Cabinet Cyclopedia. London.
  • Swainson, W. 1840. Taxidermy with the Biography of Zoologists Longman, London.
  • Swainson, W. 1841. Exotic Conchology, Henry G Bohn, London.
  • Swainson, W. 1841. A selection of the birds of Brazil and Mexico. Henry G. Bohn, London,
  • Wallace H, Jameson W., Hooker, R W.J., Swainson, W. 1841. An Encyclopaedia of Geography. Thomas G. Bradford (ed). Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard.
  • Swainson, W. 1843. Flycatchers. Ornithology. Volume XIII, Jardine’s Naturalist’s Library [xvi], t.e.g. Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars.
  • Swainson W. Ornithology Birds of Western Africa- Part 1 1862. The Naturalists Library, W Jardine (ed) Vol XI. (A reprint of 1837)


Other References

  • An excellent set of references of Swainson’s life, and his work in malachology and conchology is maintained by The American Malacological Society under their review : 2,400 Years of Malacology (3rd edition) http://www.malacological.org/pdfs/2400years06/Biblio-Bio-p-s.pdf
  • Calhoun, J. (2007). John Abbot’s butterfly drawings for William Swainson, including general comments about Abbot’s artistic methods and written observations. Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society. 61:1-20.
  • Natusch, S. & G. Swainson. (1987). William Swainson, F.R.S., F.L.S. &c: anatomy of a nineteenth-century naturalist. S. Natusch, Wellington, New Zealand. 184pp.

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Serafino dell’ Aquila

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Serafino dell’Aquila (1466-1500), Italian poet and improvisatore, was born in 1466 at the town of Aquila, from which he took his name, and died in the year 1500. He spent several years at the courts of Cardinal Sforza and Ferdinand, duke of Calabria; but his principal patrons were the Borgias at Rome, from whom he received many favors. Aquila seems to have aimed at an imitation of Dante and Petrarch; and his poems, which were extravagantly praised during the author’s lifetime, are occasionally of considerable merit. His reputation was in great measure due to his remarkable skill as an improvisatore and musician. His works were printed at Venice in 1502, and there have been several subsequent editions.


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March 29, 2008

Volterra operator

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In mathematics, in the area of functional analysis and operator theory, the Volterra operator represents the operation of indefinite integration, viewed as a bounded linear operator on the space L2(0,1) of complex-valued square integrable functions on the interval (0,1). It is the operator corresponding to the Volterra integral equations.


Definition

The Volterra operator V may be defined at a function x(s) ∈ L2(0, 1) and a value t ∈ (0, 1) by

<math>V(x)(t) = \int_0^t{x(s)\, ds}.</math>


Properties

  • V is a bounded linear operator between Hilbert spaces, with Hermitian adjoint
<math>V^*(x)(t) = \int_t^1{x(s)\, ds}.</math>
  • V is a Hilbert-Schmidt operator, hence in particular is compact.
  • V has no eigenvalues and therefore, by the spectral theory of compact operators, its spectrum σ(V) = {0}.
  • V is a quasinilpotent operator (that is, the spectral radius, ρ(V), is zero), but it is not nilpotent.
  • The operator norm of V is exactly ||V|| = 2π.

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Flashing Swords!

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Flashing Swords! was a series of fantasy anthologies published by Dell Books from 1973 to 1981 under the editorship of Lin Carter. It showcased the heroic fantasy work of the members of the Swordsmen and Sorcerers’ Guild of America (SAGA), a somewhat informal literary group active from the 1960s to the 1980s, of which Carter was the guiding force. Most of the important sword and sorcery writers at the time of the group’s founding were members; later, membership was extended to other fantasy authors.

The Flashing Swords! series provides a cross-section of the heroic fantasy of the period. Carter and SAGA also sponsored The Gandalf Award from 1974-1981. With the collapse of Carter’s health in the 1980s the anthology series, the Gandalf award, and likely SAGA itself all went into abeyance.


The series

Flashing Swords #1 (ed. .Lin Carter, Dell 2640, July 1973, 266 pp.)

Contents:

  1. Introduction: Of Swordsmen and Sorcerers by Lin Carter
  2. The Sadness of the Executioner (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser) by Fritz Leiber
  3. Morreion (Dying Earth) by Jack Vance
  4. The Merman’s Children by Poul Anderson
  5. The Higher Heresies of Oolimar (Amalric the Mangod) by Lin Carter

Flashing Swords! #2 (ed. Lin Carter, Dell 3123, February 1974, 268 pp.

Contents:

  1. Introduction: Flashing Swords and Black Magicians by Lin Carter
  2. The Rug and the Bull (Pusad) by L. Sprague de Camp
  3. The Jade Man’s Eyes (Elric of Melniboné) by Michael Moorcock
  4. Toads of Grimmerdale (Witch World) by Andre Norton
  5. Ghoul’s Garden (Brak the Barbarian) by John Jakes

Flashing Swords! #3: Warriors and Wizards (ed. Lin Carter, Dell 2579, August 1976, 272 pp.)

Contents:

  1. Introduction: Warriors and Wizards by Lin Carter
  2. Two Yards of Dragon (Eudoric Dambertson) by L. Sprague de Camp
  3. The Frost Monstreme (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser) by Fritz Leiber
  4. Spider Silk (Witch World) by Andre Norton
  5. The Curious Custom of the Turjan Seraad (Amalrik the Mangod) by Lin Carter
  6. Caravan to Illiel by Avram Davidson

Flashing Swords! #4: Barbarians and Black Magicians (ed. Lin Carter, Dell 0-440-12627-4, November 1977, 272 pp.)

Contents:

  1. Introduction: Of Warriors and Wizards by Lin Carter
  2. The Bagful of Dreams (Dying Earth) by Jack Vance
  3. The Tupilak by Poul Anderson
  4. Storm in a Bottle (Brak the Barbarian) by John Jakes
  5. Swords Against the Marluk (Deryni) by Katherine Kurtz
  6. The Lands Beyond the World (Elric of Melniboné) by Michael Moorcock

Flashing Swords! #5: Demons and Daggers (ed. Lin Carter, Dell 0-440-12590-1, December 1981, 250 pp.)

Contents:

  1. Introduction: Where Magic Reigns by Lin Carter
  2. Tower of Ice (Dilvish) by Roger Zelazny
  3. A Thief in Korianth by C. J. Cherryh
  4. Parting Gifts by Diane Duane
  5. A Dealing with Demons (Ebenezum) by Craig Shaw Gardner
  6. The Dry Season by Tanith Lee

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Henry Howard may refer to:


Nobles

  • Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517–1547), English aristocrat and poet
  • Henry Howard, 1st Viscount Howard of Bindon (d. 1590)
  • Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton (1540–1614), son of the Earl of Surrey
  • Henry Howard, 2nd Earl of Norfolk (1608–1652)
  • Henry Howard, 5th Earl of Suffolk (1627–1709)
  • Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk (1628–1684)
  • Henry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk (1655–1701)
  • Henry Howard, 6th Earl of Suffolk (1670–1718)
  • Henry Howard, 4th Earl of Carlisle (1684–1758)
  • Henry Howard, 11th Earl of Suffolk (1686–1757)
  • Henry Howard, 10th Earl of Suffolk (1706–1745)
  • Henry Howard, 12th Earl of Suffolk (1739–1779)
  • Henry Howard, 13th Earl of Suffolk (1779)
  • Henry Howard, 13th Duke of Norfolk (1791–1856)
  • Henry Howard, 2nd Earl of Effingham (1806–1889)
  • Henry Howard, 18th Earl of Suffolk (1833–1898)
  • Henry Howard, 3rd Earl of Effingham (1837–1898)
  • Henry Howard, 4th Earl of Effingham (1866–1927)
  • Henry Howard, 19th Earl of Suffolk (1877–1917)


Others

  • Henry Howard (Australia) (1859–1933) Methodist preacher
  • Henry Howard (Rhode Island), Republican Governor of Rhode Island
  • Henry Howard (Detroit), mayor of Detroit

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Nathaniel Deutsch

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Nathaniel Deutsch is an American religious scholar. He is a specialist in Judaism, Gnosticism, and early Christianity and is on the faculty of Swarthmore College.


Career

Deutsch attended the University of Chicago, where he received his Ph.D. as well as his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees.

Deutsch has taught religion at Swarthmore since 1995, and is currently an associate professor. He serves as chair of the college’s humanities division and the interpretation theory program, and co-founded the Beit Midrash Center for the Study of Classical Jewish Texts. Deutsch was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2006 to support his research on the Jewish ethnographer S. Ansky for his forthcoming book, The People’s Torah: Ansky and the Invention of Jewish Ethnography.


Works

  • The Maiden of Ludmir: A Jewish Holy Woman and Her World (2003)

    • Maiden of Ludmir
    • National Jewish Book Award finalist
  • Black Zion: African American Religious Encounters with Judaism (2000, co-editor with Yvonne Chireau)
    • Black Jews and black-Jewish relations in the United States
  • The Gnostic Imagination: Gnosticism, Mandaeism, and Merkabah Mysticism (1995)
    • Gnosticism, Mandaeism, and merkabah (early Jewish mystic beliefs)
  • Guardians of the Gate: Angelic Vice Regency in Late Antiquity (1999)
    • Vice-regency of angels in late antiquity


External

links

  • “Swarthmore Professor Named 2006 Guggenheim Fellow” (Swarthmore press release)

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March 28, 2008

Chris Smith

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Chris Smith is the name of:

In politics:

  • Chris Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury (born 1951), former British Member of Parliament and government minister
  • Chris Smith (US politician) (born 1953), member of Congress from New Jersey

In sports:

  • Chris Smith (cricketer) (born 1958), English cricketer
  • Chris Smith (basketball) (born 1970), American basketball player
  • Chris Smith (baseball) (born 1954), American major league baseball player
  • Chris Smith (minor league baseball), American minor league baseball player
  • Chris Smith (golfer) (born 1969), American PGA Tour golfer
  • Chris Smith (footballer born 1966) (born 1966), English footballer
  • Chris Smith (footballer born 1977) (born 1977), English footballer
  • Chris Smith (footballer born 1981) (born 1981), English footballer
  • Chris Smith (footballer) (born 1986), Scottish footballer
  • Chris Smith (Australian rules footballer) (born 1988), Fremantle Football Club player

In music:

  • Chris Smith (composer) (1879 – 1949), American composer and performer
  • Chris Smith, lead guitarist/vocalist in the band Keelhaul
  • Chris Smith, founder of electronic dance music label Om Records
  • Chris Smith, member of rap music duo Kris Kross

In entertainment:

  • Chris Smith, broadcaster 2GB
  • Christopher Smith (performer) (born 1959), American actor and improviser
  • Chris B. Smith (artist), English film director, writer, musician, artist, photographer, graphic designer
  • Chris Smith (filmmaker), maker of documentary films
  • Chris Smith, Breakfast newsreader formerly of Virgin Radio, XFM and BBC Radio 6 Music.
  • Christopher Corey Smith, voice actor
  • Christopher A. Smith, game designer
  • Christopher Smith (born 1985), English television actor, plays Robert Sugden in Emmerdale

Other Chris Smiths:

  • Christopher J. Smith, engineer and radio ham contesting enthusiast
  • Christian Smith (sociologist), professor of sociology at UNC-Chapel Hill and Notre Dame Universities
  • Chris Smith, writer for the Battletech game universe
  • Christopher William Smith (born 1980), convicted spammer A.K.A “Rizler”
  • Chris Smith (driver), race car driver, Atlantic Series Champion 1992

Fictional Chris Smiths:

  • Chris Smith (Left Behind), fictional character in the Left Behind series
  • Chris Smith (EastEnders), fictional character in EastEnders

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Dorothy Dell (January 30, 1915 – June 8, 1934) was an American film actress.

Born Dorothy Dell Goff in Hattiesburg, Mississippi to entertainers, she spent much of her childhood in New Orleans, Louisiana. She began entering and winning beauty pageants and at the age of fifteen won the title of “Miss New Orleans”. With this success she established a successful vaudeville act.

In 1931 she moved to New York to appear on Broadway in the Ziegfeld Follies, and followed this success with her role in the production of Tattle Tales in 1933. During this time she was closely associated with Russ Colombo and her celebrity status was elevated by the media attention she received while denying rumours of an impending marriage.

She moved to Hollywood in 1933 and was signed to a contract by Paramount Pictures. She won her first film role over such established contenders as Mae Clarke and Isabel Jewell and made her debut in Wharf Angel (1934). The film was a success and the reviews for Dell were favourable; Paramount began to consider her as a potential star. Her most important and substantial role followed in the Shirley Temple film Little Miss Marker.

Her next film Shoot the Works led to comparisons with Mae West, and her rendition of the ballad “With My Eyes Wide Open, I’m Dreaming” in the film became a hit record. Paramount scheduled her to play opposite Gary Cooper and Shirley Temple in Now and Forever (film) in what was to have been her first major starring role as a romantic lead.

On June 8, 1934, Dell left an all-night party at an inn in Altadena, California and was going to Pasadena in the wee hours when the car left the highway, hit a telephone pole, bounced off a palm tree and hit a boulder. Dell was killed instantly. Her date (and reported fiancé), Dr. Carl Wagner, who was driving, died several hours later.

Dell was interred in Metairie Cemetery, in New Orleans, Louisiana.


Trivia

  • Her final role inNow and Forever was taken by Carole Lombard, and provided Lombard with one of her earliest significant successes.
  • Dorothy Lamour, a childhood friend of Dell, credited Dell as the person responsible for the beginning of her own film career. Lamour also won the title of “Miss New Orleans” in 1931, succeeding her friend Dell who had won the title the previous year.


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March 26, 2008

Peace Orchestra

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Peace Orchestra is a musical solo project from Viennese trip-hop-dub producer Peter Kruder, best known as one half of Kruder & Dorfmeister.

Peace Orchestra is also the title of an album recorded by Kruder under the Peace Orchestra banner. The album’s most well-known track “Who Am I” received a great deal of exposure through its use throughout The Wachowski brothers’ project The Animatrix.


Track listing

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Alan Sandow

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Alan Sandow (born 28 February, 1952 in Adelaide, Australia), was the drummer with the Australian rock band, Sherbet.

After the break-up of Sherbet, he joined The Willie Winter Band with guitarist Ian “Willie” Winter and bass player Barry McCulloch. Alan Sandow opted out of the professional music scene, and now works for a regional airline in New South Wales.

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March 25, 2008

HP OpenView Storage Area Manager

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HP OpenView Storage Area Manager (OVSAM) is a Hewlett Packard software suite for management of storage resources and infrastructure.

HP OpenView Storage Area Manager provides comprehensive, centralized management across distributed, heterogeneous storage networks. The HP OpenView Storage Area Manager suite includes the following applications that share a common core services, GUI, host agent, and repository:
Storage Node Manager (Device Management, Health/Status),
Storage Optimizer (Performance),
Storage Builder (Capacity),
Storage Accountant (Chargeback/Metering),
Storage Allocater (LUN Access Control)

HP Storage Essentials Enterprise Edition has effectively replaced HP OpenView Storage Area Manager in the HP Storage Management Software portfolio.


Major Releases

  • HP OpenView Storage Area Manager 3.2, July 2004
  • HP OpenView Storage Area Manager 3.1
  • HP OpenView Storage Area Manager 3.0
  • HP OpenView Storage Area Manager 2.2, February 2002


Current Release

  • SANMGR_00017 Patch (aka HP OVSAM v3.2.5), December 2005


External Product Links

  • HP OpenView Storage Area Manager (OVSAM) QuickSpecs
  • HP OpenView Storage Area Manager (OVSAM) Device Plug-Ins (DPI) Download
  • HP OVSAM Software Patches - passport login required
  • HP Product Manuals Search Page - Select “Storage Area Manager”


Related Product External Links

  • HP Systems Insight Manager
  • HP Storage Essentials Software
  • HP Storage Essentials Enterprise Edition


See also

  • List of SAN Network Management Systems

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A Rainbow in Curved Air

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A Rainbow in Curved Air is the second album by experimental music and Classical minimalism pioneer Terry Riley.

Some of the music on this album was used as the background accompaniment of The Guide in the original BBC Radio 4 series of the Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.

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Alan Levin

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Alan Levin can refer to a number of notable people including:

  • Alan Levin (business) is the former CFO of Pfizer;
  • Alan Levin (filmmaker) was a filmmaker who three Emmys for his documentaries.
  • Alan Levin is also a journalist with USA Today.
  • Alan Levin (internet governance) is a policy, research and development specialist involved in global Internet Governance
  • Brother Wease a radio personality from Rochester, NY.

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March 24, 2008

Sulphur Dell

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Sulphur Dell is the name of a former Minor League Baseball park in Nashville, Tennessee. It was used for baseball for nearly 100 years, from the 1870s until the early 1960s. From 1901 until 1963, it was the home of the Nashville Vols minor league team.

It acquired its unique name from being the site of a sulphur spring in the pioneer days. And that unique historical fact was only the beginning. Sulphur Dell was best known for having one of the most significant “terraces” or sloping outfields in baseball history, a steep incline that ran along the entire outfield wall, most dramatically in right and center fields. With a very short right field fence (262 feet down the right field line), right fielders were usually positioned about halfway up the slope. The area was subject to flooding when the Cumberland River exceeded its banks.

In his book, Ballparks of North America, Michael Benson expounds at length on the lovable eccentricities of this place. In general, outfielders who had to negotiate this terrain tended not to use the term “lovable”. According to many sources, they were more apt to call the ballpark “Suffer Hell”.

In 1969, the ballpark was demolished. Today it is the site of a number of parking lots north of the state capitol building.


External link

  • Sulphur Dell home page
  • How did Sulphur Dell ballpark get its name and fame?
  • Sulpher Dell pictures

Lokomotiv Stadium

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Lokomotiv Stadium may refer to the following stadia:

  • In Bulgaria:

    • Lokomotiv Stadium (Plovdiv)
    • Lokomotiv Stadium (Ruse)
    • Lokomotiv Stadium (Sofia)
  • In Georgia:
    • Locomotive Stadium (Tbilisi)
  • In Russia:
    • Lokomotiv Stadium (Moscow)
    • Lokomotiv Stadium (Nizhny Novgorod)
    • Lokomotiv Stadium (Chita)
  • In Ukraine:
    • Lokomotiv Stadium (Donetsk)

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The 1890 Southampton Dock Strike took place in Southampton, England, September, 1890.

The closing years of the 1880s saw a resurgence of trade unionism amongst merchant seamen, dockers and other unskilled workers. A notable victory was scored by London dockers during the famous London dock strike in 1889, in which the dockers were able to win a rate of 6d, known colloquially as the ‘dockers’ tanner’. Later that year, a branch of the Dockers’ Union was formed in Southampton. In part this was an effort by the union to prevent Southampton men being used to break strikes in London, as had occurred on a limited basis during the 1889 strike. However, as the local branch grew, pressure mounted to improve wages in Southampton itself and to win the dockers’ tanner for Southampton men.

Towards the end of August, the Southampton Dock Company and the various shipping firms agreed to grant wage increases of 1d an hour. However, the Royal Mail Steampacket Company, which paid lower rates than the other principal firms, refused to bring its rates into line with the other companies. All of the employers, meanwhile, refused to grant official recognition to the Dockers’ Union and the National Union of Seamen. Because of these two issues, a strike was declared on 7 September. Unlike the London Dock Strike, the strike in Southampton was marked by a certain amount of public disorder. Blacklegs arriving at the railway station were attacked and large crowds gathered daily in the streets around the docks and, leading to fears of rioting. In response the Mayor requested assistance from the Home Office. The Royal Yorkshire Regiment was called in from Portsmouth, and the Mayor read the riot act. In the event, however, troops were not deployed, and streets such as Canute Road were instead cleared with the aid of the local fire-brigade, who opened their hoses on the crowds.

The strike was called off on 15 September after the London-based executives of the Dockers and Seamen’s Unions announced that they would not make the strike official or release union funds for strike pay. This decision caused enormous bitterness and resulted in the collapse of the Dockers’ Union in the town. One lasting impact of the strike was that it led to the formation of a Southampton Trades Council to coordinate union action in disputes.

The last word must be with one dock striker of the time, tired and without means to live other than returning to work:

” I had to face the police one day, and the soldiers the next, but on Saturday night I had to face the old woman, and that was the worst of all!”


References

  • The Southampton Times, 1889, 1890
  • A. Temple-Patterson, A History of Southampton, Vol 3:Setbacks and Recoveries, 1868-1914 (Southampton University Press, 1975)


External links

  • Southampton dock strike

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Frankenstein (Dell Comics)

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A character based on the literary and movie monster Frankenstein was the star of a short-lived attempt by Dell Comics to publish superhero comic books based on the Universal Pictures monsters. The other two characters used were Dracula and the Werewolf.

Frankenstein lasted three issues, numbered 2-4 (Sept. 1966- March 1967). Issue #1 had been a 1964 adaptation of the 1931 movie. Art was by Tony Tallarico.

Frankenstein is Frankenstein’s Monster, who has been lying dormant under a castle (while a large modern city has grown around it). Upon awakening, he makes a rubber mask to hide the fact his skin in green (or at least his head), and takes the name “Frank N. Stone”. Befriending a billionaire, who dies and leaves Frank his fortune, he now devotes his life to being a superhero.

The series was lampooned by Big Bang Comics with their own superhero character, Super Frankenstein.


Cover Gallery


External links

  • Frankenstein’s entry at International Catalog of Superheroes
  • Frankenstein’s entry at Toonopedia

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1937 in comics

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See also:
1936 in comics,
other events of 1937,
1938 in comics,
1930s in comics and the
list of years in comics

Publications: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December


Publications


January

  • The Funnies #4 - Dell Comics
  • More Fun Comics (1936 series) #17 - National Periodical Publications
  • New Adventure Comics (previously New Comics) (1936 series) #12 - National Periodical Publications


February

  • The Funnies #5 - Dell Comics
  • More Fun Comics (1936 series) #18 - National Periodical Publications
  • New Adventure Comics (1936 series) #13 - National Periodical Publications


March

  • Detective Comics (1937 series) #1 - DC Comics
  • The Funnies #6 - Dell Comics
  • More Fun Comics (1936 series) #19 - National Periodical Publications
  • New Adventure Comics (1936 series) #14 - National Periodical Publications


April

  • Ace Comics (1937 series) #1 - David McKay Publications
  • Detective Comics (1937 series) #2 - DC Comics
  • The Funnies #7 - Dell Comics


May

  • Ace Comics (1937 series) #2 - David McKay Publications
  • Detective Comics (1937 series) #3 - DC Comics
  • The Funnies #8 - Dell Comics
  • More Fun Comics (1936 series) #20 - National Periodical Publications
  • New Adventure Comics (1936 series) #15 - National Periodical Publications


June

  • Ace Comics (1937 series) #3 - David McKay Publications
  • Detective Comics (1937 series) #4 - DC Comics
  • The Funnies #9 - Dell Comics
  • More Fun Comics (1936 series) #21 - National Periodical Publications
  • New Adventure Comics (1936 series) #16 - National Periodical Publications


July

  • Ace Comics (1937 series) #4 - David McKay Publications
  • Detective Comics (1937 series) #5 - DC Comics
  • The Funnies #10 - Dell Comics
  • More Fun Comics (1936 series) #22 - National Periodical Publications
  • New Adventure Comics (1936 series) #17 - National Periodical Publications


August

  • Ace Comics (1937 series) #5 - David McKay Publications
  • Detective Comics (1937 series) #6 - DC Comics
  • Feature Funnies (1937 series) #1 - Harry A. Chesler Comics
  • The Funnies #11 - Dell Comics
  • More Fun Comics (1936 series) #23 - National Periodical Publications
  • New Adventure Comics (1936 series) #18 - National Periodical Publications


September

  • Ace Comics (1937 series) #6 - David McKay Publications
  • Detective Comics (1937 series) #7 - DC Comics
  • The Funnies #12 - Dell Comics
  • More Fun Comics (1936 series) #24 - National Periodical Publications
  • New Adventure Comics (1936 series) #19 - National Periodical Publications


October

  • Ace Comics (1937 series) #7 - David McKay Publications
  • Detective Comics (1937 series) #8 - DC Comics
  • Feature Funnies (1937 series) #1 - Harry A. Chesler Comics
  • The Funnies #13 - Dell Comics
  • More Fun Comics (1936 series) #25 - National Periodical Publications
  • New Adventure Comics (1936 series) #20 - National Periodical Publications


November

  • Ace Comics (1937 series) #8 - David McKay Publications
  • Detective Comics (1937 series) #9 - DC Comics
  • Feature Funnies (1937 series) #2 - Harry A. Chesler Comics
  • The Funnies #14 - Dell Comics
  • More Fun Comics (1936 series) #26 - National Periodical Publications
  • New Adventure Comics) (1936 series) #21 - National Periodical Publications


December

  • Ace Comics (1937 series) #9 - David McKay Publications
  • Detective Comics (1937 series) #10 - DC Comics
  • Feature Funnies (1937 series) #3 - Harry A. Chesler Comics
  • The Funnies #15 - Dell Comics
  • More Fun Comics (1936 series) #27 - National Periodical Publications
  • New Adventure Comics) (1936 series) #22 - National Periodical Publications


Specials

  • New Book Of Comics (1937 series) #1 - National Periodical Publications

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March 23, 2008

Alice Pruvot-Fol

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Alice Pruvot-Fol (1873-1972) was a French opisthobranch malacologist.

She was the author of many new species, mostly described on the basis of preserved animals.

She even described a new species (Nembrotha rutilans, Pruvot-Fol, 1931) on the basis of a painted illustration in a book by William Saville-Kent, (1893) entitled “The Great Barrier Reef of Australia”.

She continued working and naming new species till late in her life. Even in 1962, when she was 89 years old, she named Phyllidia pulitzeri.

Some of the species described by her :

  • Aldisa banyulensis Pruvot-Fol, 1951
  • Aplysiopsis formosa Pruvot-Fol
  • Atagema gibba Pruvot-Fol
  • Atagema rugosa Pruvot-Fol, 1951
  • Chelidonura africana Pruvot-Fol
  • Chromodoris kuniei Pruvot-Fol, 1930
  • Cumanotus cuenoti Pruvot-Fol, (1948);
  • Doriopsilla rarispinosa Pruvot-Fol, 1951
  • Elysia babai Pruvot-Fol, 1945
  • Elysia mercieri Pruvot-Fol, 1930
  • Facelina dubia Pruvot-Fol, 1949
  • Glossodoris hikuerensis (Pruvot-Fol, 1954)
  • Goniodoridella savignyi Pruvot-Fol, 1933
  • Hermaea paucicirra Pruvot-Fol, 1953
  • Hypselodoris dollfusi (Pruvot-Fol, 1933
  • Hypselodoris fontandraui Pruvot-Fol, 1951.
  • Marianina rosea (Pruvot-Fol, 1930)
  • Nembrotha rutilans, Pruvot-Fol, 1931;
  • Phyllidia bataviae Pruvot-Fol, 1957
  • Phyllidia pulitzeri Pruvot-Fol, 1962
  • Phyllidiopsis krempfi Pruvot-Fol, 1957
  • Trapania Pruvot-Fol, 1931
  • Thecacera darwini, Pruvot-Fol, 1950
  • Thordisa filix Pruvot-Fol, 1951

Several genera and species were named in her honor :

  • Aegires pruvotfolae Fahey & Gosliner, 2004
  • Elysia pruvotfolae Ernst Marcus, 1957
  • Hallaxa apefae Marcus & Marcus, (using just the initials APF)
  • Pruvotaplysia Engel, 1936
  • Pruvotfolia Tardy, 1970
  • Pruvotfolia pselliotes
  • Pruvotfolia longicirrha n.comb.


Selected works

  • Pruvot, A., 1922. Sur un type nouveau et remarquable de gymnosomes (Laginiopsis n.g.). — Compt. Rend. hebdom. Séanc. Acad. Sci, 174: 696-698.
  • Pruvot-Fol, A., 1924. Étude de quelques gymnosomes méditerranéens des pêches de ‘l’Orvet’ en 1921 et 1922. — Arch. Zool. Exp. Gén., 62(6): 345-400, 32 figs, pls 15-16.
  • Pruvot-Fol, A., 1925. Contributions à l’étude du genre Janthina Bolten. — C.R. hebd. Séances Acad. Sci., 181: ….
  • Pruvot-Fol, A., 1926. Mollusques ptéropodes gymnosomes provenant des campagnes du *Prince Albert 1er de Monaco. — Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques accomplies sur son yacht par Albert 1er, Prince souverain de Monaco, publiés sous sa direction avec le concours de M. Jules Richard, Docteur ès-sciences, chargé des traveaux zoologiques à bord, 70: 1-60, 3 tabs, 102 figs. ISBN 2-7260-0083-5
  • Pruvot-Fol, A., 1930. Sur l’identité réelle et la valeur systématique de Micrella dubia Bgh.. — Bull. Soc. zool. France, 55: 210-213.
  • Pruvot-Fol, A., 1932. Note sur quelques gymnosomes de provenances diverses et diagnose d’un genre nouveau. — Arch. Zool. expér. gén., 74 (vol. jub.): 507-529, 18 figs, pl. 3.
  • Pruvot-Fol, A., 1934. Les opisthobranches de Quoy & Gaimard. Appendum 2. Les gymnosomes de Quoy & Gaimard. — Arch. Mus. Nat. Hist. nat., (6)11: 81.
  • Pruvot-Fol, A., 1934. Note malacologique. A propos du tubercle médian du pied des gymnosomes. — Bull. Soc. zool. France, 59(4): 291-293.
  • Pruvot-Fol, A., 1934. Faune et flore de la Méditerranée. Gastropoda-Opisthobranchia-Gymnosomata. — Comm. Intern. Expl. Sc. Mer Méditerr., …..
  • Pruvot-Fol, A., 1936. Morphologie du pied des mollusques. Ses homologies. — Verh. schweiz. Naturf. Gesellsch., 117: 327-328.
  • Pruvot-Fol, A., 1938. Sur les apparences trompeuses de quelques échantillons de gymnosomnes à l’état conservé. — Journal de Conchyliologie, 82(3): 256-258, figs A-B, pl. 4.
  • Pruvot-Fol, A., 1942. Les gymnosomes. — Dana Rep., 4(20): 1-54, 77 figs.
  • Pruvot-Fol A. 1954 Faune de France n°58 Mollusques Opisthobranches P. Lechevalier Paris France 460p
  • Pruvot-Fol, A., 1954. Mollusques opisthobranches. Paris, Lechevalier: 1-457, 173 figs, 1 pl.
  • Pruvot-Fol, A., 1960. Les organes génitaux des opisthobranches. — Arch. Zool. expér. gén., 99(2): 135-223, 33 figs.
  • Pruvot-Fol, A., 1963. Les ventouses chez les mollusques gastéropodes et plus spécialement chez les gymnosomes. — Journal de Conchyliologie, 103(1): 3-20, 11 figs.


References

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List of asteroids/89001–90000

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Dells

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Dells may refer to:

  • The Dells, an influential R&B group formed in 1952
  • Wisconsin Dells, a Midwestern tourist destination known for water recreation that centers on:
    • The city of Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
    • The Dells of the Wisconsin River
  • Dells, an older name for the Kurdish people


See also

  • Dell
  • O’Dell

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Shepperd’s Dell

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Shepperd’s Dell is a small canyon in the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon, located at
which is less than one-third mile (500 m) southeast of Rooster Rock State Park.

The Columbia River Highway runs over the dell on a bridge that was the answer to one of the engineering challenges of the highway’s construction. The dell was carved by a creek that includes two fairly substantial tumbling waterfalls. Due to the topography of the area, it is difficult to photograph the falls. As such, the bridge is what is normally pictured, and thus is arguably better known than the dell itself.

The spelling of the dell’s name tends to vary depending on the source. The official Oregon State Park site [1] spells it with the apostrophe, however the GNIS entry omits the apostrophe.

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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


See also

  • Dell, Inc.
  • Dell PowerVault

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March 22, 2008

Ben Curtis (actor)

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For other people named Ben Curtis, see Benjamin Curtis.

Benjamin Bowmar Curtis (born November 2, 1980 in Chattanooga, Tennessee), also known as the Dell Dude, is an American actor and former spokesman for Dell Computers. Curtis was prominently featured in the popular “Dell Dude” ads from 2000 to 2003.


Early life and education

Curtis is the second of two children, and has an older sister named Polly Elise Curtis. He attended and graduated from the McCallie School, an all boys school in Chattanooga, Tennessee, after completing elementary school at Saint Nicholas School, also in Chattanooga.

At four years old, Curtis met illusionist David Copperfield. Inspired by Copperfield’s performance, Curtis started his own magic business at the age of thirteen. Curtis went on to compete in and win a few national stage contests. Curtis later attended Tannen’s Magic School in New York City. While at the school, Ben created, produced, directed, and starred in his first full-scale illusion show. The show consisted of his skills in music, acting, magic, and mime.

Curtis attended New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. While at NYU, Ben has attended the Atlantic Theater Company as well as studying the techniques of Grotowski and Brecht at Tisch’s Experimental Theater Wing (both in America and Amsterdam).


The Dell Dude

As part of a commercial advertising campaign, Curtis portrayed the character Steven. This advertising campaign popularized the phrase “Dude, you’re getting a Dell.” The commercials would usually feature chipper Steven informing prospective buyers of all the perks of owning a Dell. When the party was sold on the idea he would close with the catchphrase “Dude, you’re getting a Dell”. The campaign was a huge success and not only helped bring prominence to Dell, but to Curtis as well. [1]


Arrest

On February 9, 2003, Curtis was caught attempting to buy a small bag of marijuana on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Curtis was arrested and charged with criminal possession of marijuana. Word of the arrest of the Dell dude spread quickly through the media.

Since the bag Curtis possessed contained a very small amount of marijuana, the judge in his case was lenient. The case was adjourned in contemplation of dismissal, meaning it would be dismissed and Curtis’s record expunged if he stayed out of trouble for the next year. Despite the incident, Dell spokesman Venancio Figueroa maintained that Curtis’ relationship with the company was “still in place.” However, Dell, Inc. fired Curtis as a result of his arrest due to company policy. It ended Curtis’s relationship with them. [2] However, it is believed that Curtis was already in the process of being phased-out in favor of a new pitch for Dell. In early 2003, the Dude ad campaign was dropped in favor of a new set of commercials about three Dell interns.


Life after Dell

Curtis’ career seems to have survived both the Dell campaign and the marijuana arrest incident. In the spring of 2004, Boca Raton, Florida-based AdSouth Partners hired Curtis to lead its marketing campaign for the launch of Gameznflix, an Internet video game and movie rental service. Regarding the marijuana incident, Curtis told an interviewer for the South Florida Business Journal, “I learned a lesson and that was the thing,” said Curtis, then 23, and a senior at New York University. “I’ve been through that experience and I’ve come out of that a better person. I’ve learned what it means to be a role model and I have a second chance.”

In February 2005, Curtis played the role of Christian, in an off-Broadway 16-show production of John Fisher’s comedy Joy. [3] [4][5] The play and his performance both received generally favorable reviews.


External links

  • Dell Dude’ released after marijuana arrest from CNN
  • ‘Hey Dude, It’s Ben Curtis!’ - A visit with one of the stars of Off-Broadway’s JOY from Broadway World
  • Boy’s Life Article
  • Did Curtis’ career as a pitchman for Dell computers end because he was arrested for possession of marijuana? from Snopes

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James Henry

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James Henry is the name of:

  • James Henry (delegate) (1731-1804), US lawyer, Continental Congressman for Virginia
  • James Henry (poet) (1798-1876), Irish poet and scholar
  • James Henry (writer), British comedy writer
  • James Henry (footballer) (born 1989), English footballer

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  • Dell Recycling Dell is a direct partner to businesses and consumers that delivers innovative impact of old computers, computer parts and other electronic products.
  • Dell Recycling As personal computers have become common in most homes, there is a growing concern about the environmental impact of old computers, computer parts and other

Carat UK

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Carat UK is a leading independent British media agency based in Covent Garden, London. It handles major blue chip clients including Renault, Abbey and Dell. With billings in excess of £600M annually (2005), it is in the top four UK agencies in terms of client spending. It is a wholly owned agency of Aegis Group PLC. It is part of the worlds largest independent media agency network, Carat


See also

Carat UK website

Taylor Range, Queensland

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The Taylor Range is the closest mountain range to Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was first named “The Glenmorrison Range” in 1823.

Mount Coot-tha (on which there is a lookout, botanical gardens, a planetarium and television towers) is part of the Taylor Range.

Enoggera Hill is also part of the Taylor Range.

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March 21, 2008

A Day in the Life of Donald Duck

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A Day in the Life of Donald Duck is a 1956 episode of the Disneyland TV show. As the name of the episode implies, viewers experience Donald Duck himself as he struggles through a typical day at the Walt Disney Studios. In the process, he meets up with Jimmie Dodd, Roy Williams, the Mouseketeers and even his own voice and alter ego, Clarence Nash himself. This episode introduces a catchy new song about Donald, “Quack, Quack, Quack, Donald Duck.” This episode was released on DVD in 2005 as a bonus feature in the Walt Disney Treasures line.

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  • Congo Watch: December 2004 A senior US diplomat, Donald Yamamoto, is travelling to the region in the next few days in an effort to persuade the two sides to solve the crisis

March 19, 2008

John Edmund Commerell

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Admiral Sir John Edmund Commerell VC, GCB (January 13, 1829 - May 21, 1901), was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.


Details

He was 26 years old, and a Commander in the Royal Navy during the Crimean War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

On 11 October 1855 in the Sea of Azov, Crimea, Commander Commerell of HMS Weser, with the Quartermaster (William Thomas Rickard) and a seaman, went to destroy large quantities of forage on the shore of the Putrid Sea. After a difficult and dangerous journey they reached their objective - a magazine of corn - and managed to ignite the stacks, but the guards were alerted and immediately opened fire and gave chase. The pursuit was so hot that the men had difficulty in escaping, but they finally reached their ship and the lookouts later reported that the fodder store had burned to the ground.


Further information

  • He later achieved the rank of Admiral.
  • Note:Prior to 1918 Naval VC’s had a purple ribbon, crimson was for the army, today all VC’s are worn with a crimson ribbon
  • He was Member of Parliament for Southampton from 1885 to 1888


External links

  • Location of grave and VC medal (Kent)
  • Find-A-Grave profile for John Edmund Commerell

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EmperorLinux

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EmperorLinux, Inc.[1], was founded in 1999 on the premise that Linux users needed a source for fully out-of-the-box supported laptops. EmperorLinux was started by Lincoln Durey, a EE Ph.D. from Tulane University. The company’s first product was the BlackPerl Linux laptop, based on a Sony VAIO 505TR with a highly modified Linux kernel. Since 1999 the company has added a range of IBM ThinkPads, Dell Latitudes, and Sharp laptops to its lineup.

These laptops are available with most major Linux distributions[2], including Fedora, RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, and SuSE. Significant improvements to stock Linux distributions come from the empkernel[3], and a carefully configured /etc directory. Supported features include APM and ACPI suspend and hibernate support, CPU throttling, LCD backlight brightness control, wireless, and generally full support of the hardware under Linux.

The company is privately held and based in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.


External links

  • Company Website

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  • Dell Alliance - Altiris, Inc. "When we learned that there was a partnership between Dell and Altiris, the choice was obvious. Now we have a standard hardware platform,

March 18, 2008

Benjamin Curtis

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Benjamin or Ben Curtis can refer to several people:

  • Benjamin Robbins Curtis (1809—1874), an American jurist
  • Ben Curtis (golfer) (1977— ), an American golfer who won the British Open in 2003
  • Ben Curtis (actor) (1980— ), an American actor best known for his performance as “The Dell Dude”
  • Benjamin Curtis, an American musician with rock band The Secret Machines

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Random number

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Random number may refer to:

  • A number generated for or part of a set exhibiting statistical randomness.
  • A random sequence obtained from a stochastic process.
  • An algorithmically random sequence in algorithmic information theory.
  • The output of a random number generator.

March 16, 2008

Civic Stadium

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Civic Stadium has been the name of numerous stadiums over the years.

  • Civic Stadium - Eugene, Oregon
  • Oshawa Civic Auditorium - Oshawa, Ontario was formerly named Civic Stadium
  • Ivor Wynne Stadium in Hamilton, Ontario was formerly named Civic Stadium.
  • PGE Park in Portland, Oregon was formerly named Civic Stadium.

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March 15, 2008

Dorothy Walker (critic)

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Dorothy Walker (January 16, 1929 - December 8, 2002) was an Irish art critic and a vocal champion of abstract modernism in Ireland. She was a co-founder of the occasion modern art exhibition Rosc and a board member and even an interim director of the Irish Museum of Modern Art. After her death the museum held an exhibition in her honour, featuring work by artists, such as Patrick Scott and Sean Scully who she particularly favoured. Her books include a rare but much admired discussion of contemporary Irish art.


References

  • Princess Grace Library short biography
  • Caoimhín Mac Giolla Léith (2003) Dorothy Walker 1929-2002. CIRCA 103.
  • Dorothy Walker (1997) Modern art in Ireland. Dublin: Liliput, ISBN 1-874675-96-1.
  • (14 December 2002). A huge influence on Irish art. Irish Times (Obituaries)

William Henry Hunt (painter)

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William Henry Hunt (March 28, 1790 - February 10, 1864), was an English water-color painter.

He was born near Long Acre, London, and was apprenticed in about 1805 to John Varley, the landscape-painter, with whom he remained five or six years. He exhibited three oil pictures at the Royal Academy in 1807. He became connected with the Society of Painters in Water Colours at its beginning, and was elected an associate in 1824 and a full member in 1827. Until the year of his death, he was one of the most prolific contributors to the Society’s exhibitions. Many years of Hunt’s uneventful but industrious life were spent at Hastings. He died of apoplexy.

Hunt was one of the creators of the English school of water-color painting. His subjects, especially those of his later life, are extremely simple; but, by the delicacy, humor and fine power of their treatment, they rank second to works of the highest art only. Considered technically, his works exhibit all the resources of the water-color painter’s craft, from the purest transparent tinting to the boldest use of gouache, rough paper and scraping for texture. His sense of color is perhaps as true as that of any English artist. He was, says John Ruskin, all in all, the finest ever painter of still life. Several characteristic examples of Hunt’s work, as the “Boy and Goat,” “Brown Study and Plums,” “Primroses and Birds’ Nests” are in the Victoria and Albert Museum.

In his lifetime, Hunt earned special notice for the accuracy and fine detail of his still-lifes with birds’ nests, as with the aforementioned “Primroses and Birds’ Nests”—so much so that he acquired the nickname “Bird’s Nest” Hunt.[1] [2]

A patron of his was Dr Thomas Monro, the Principal Physician of Bedlam.


References


External links

Tata Gallery, London

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March 14, 2008

Richard Russell

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Richard Russell can refer to several people:

  • Richard Russell, Sr., a noted United States judge and chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court
  • Richard Russell, Jr., his son, a governor and U.S. Senator from Georgia
  • Richard Russell (doctor), an English doctor from the 18th century
  • Richard Russell (tennis), Jamaican tennis player of the 1960s
  • Richard A. Russell, Deputy Associate Director of National Intelligence for Information Technology Programs

March 12, 2008

Shawn Christopher

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Shawn Christopher is a female African American dance music singer from Chicago Illinois. She was a touring backup vocalist for Chaka Khan from 1982-1985 and had a string of hits on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play charts in the nineties. Three of these songs went to #1: “Another Sleepless Night” (1991, Hot 100 #67), “Don’t Lose the Magic” (1992, Hot 100 #71) Night For Love ( 1997 ) and “Sweet Freedom” (1998)

One of her most memorable vocal performances was on Lil Louis’s classic track “French Kiss,” which was a #1 dance hit in 1989.

She is the sister of R&B singer Gavin Christopher.


See also

  • List of number-one dance hits (United States)
  • List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart

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The Farmer in the Dell

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The Farmer in the Dell is a children’s song, or nursery rhyme. It tells the story of a farmer in a dell who takes a wife, who takes a child, who takes a nurse, etc, until finally a rat takes a cheese, and the cheese “stands alone”.


Lyrics

The farmer in the dell
The farmer in the dell
Hi-ho, the derry-o
The farmer in the dell
The farmer takes a wife
The farmer takes a wife
Hi-ho, the derry-o
The farmer takes a wife
The wife takes a child
The wife takes a child
Hi-ho, the derry-o
The wife takes a child
The child takes a nurse
The child takes a nurse
Hi-ho, the derry-o
The child takes a nurse
The nurse takes a cow
The nurse takes a cow
Hi-ho, the derry-o
The nurse takes a cow
The cow takes a dog
The cow takes a dog
Hi-ho, the derry-o
The cow takes a dog
The dog takes a cat
The dog takes a cat
Hi-ho, the derry-o
The dog takes a cat
The cat takes a rat
The cat takes a rat
Hi-ho, the derry-o
The cat takes a rat
The rat takes the cheese
The rat takes the cheese
Hi-ho, the derry-o
The rat takes the cheese
The cheese stands alone
The cheese stands alone
Hi-ho, the derry-o
The cheese stands alone


Variations

Like most children’s songs, there are geographic variations, and in the United Kingdom this is known as The Farmer’s In His Den. The ‘Hi-Ho, the derry-o’ is variously replaced with ‘Ee-i, tiddly-i’ in London, ‘Ee-i, the addio’ (for instance in Northern England), and ‘Ee-i, ee-i’ (for instance in the West Country). In the UK, the rat is replaced with a dog and in the final verse, all other players pat the dog or alternatively its bone.


Circle game

Ten children (or more) join hands and dance around the FARMER, who stands in the center of the circle as they sing. At the end of the first verse,the FARMER chooses his WIFE, who joins him inside the circle. At the end of the next verse, the WIFE takes a CHILD, and so on, until the last verse when everyone is in the circle except the CHEESE, who stands alone. Whoever ends up being the CHEESE becomes the FARMER for the next round.


Trivia

  • On the HBO original television series The Wire, the Robin Hood-like thief Omar Little, who routinely robs Baltimore drug dealers at gunpoint, fearlessly whistles The Farmer in the Dell as he approaches, often punctuated with “The cheese stands alone.”
  • The book I Am the Cheese takes its name from the song.
  • In the book “The Secret History” by Donna Tartt, the character Bunny sings The Famer in the Dale to taunt the other characters who have accidentally killed a farmer.
  • The Cheese Stands Alone is the name of a card in the Unglued set of Wizards of the Coast’s Magic: The Gathering trading card game. It also appears as a goal in the Fluxx card game–to win when it is in play, one must have the ‘Cheese’ card as the only keeper in possession.
  • There is a French language version called “Le fermier dans son pré”. In the end “le fromage est battu” (”the cheese is beaten”)
  • There is a Swedish language version called “En bonde i vår by” (A farmer in our village).

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Keyboard buffer

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A keyboard buffer is a section of computer memory used to hold keystrokes before they are processed.

Keyboard buffers have long been used in command-line processing. As a user enters a command, he sees it echoed on his terminal and can edit it before it is processed by the computer.

In time-sharing systems, the location of the buffer depends on whether communications is full duplex or half duplex. In full-duplex systems, keystrokes are transmitted one by one. As the main computer receives each keystroke, it ordinarily appends the character which it represents to the end of the keyboard buffer. The exception is control characters, such as “rub out” or “backspace” which correct typing mistakes by deleting the character at the end of the buffer.

In half duplex systems, keystrokes are echoed locally on a computer terminal. The user can see the command line on his terminal and edit it before it is transmitted to the main computer. Thus the buffer is local.

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March 11, 2008

Susan Sheskey

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Susan E. Sheskey was senior vice president and chief information officer for Dell Inc., where she was responsible for Dell’s global information systems and technology infrastructure. Susan Sheskey has been replaced by Steve Schuckenbrock who is both the CIO and