Dell computer parts

August 27, 2008

Hoare

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Hoare may refer to:

  • C. A. R. Hoare (b. 1934), British computer scientist , creator of Hoare logic
  • Kelly Hoare (b. 1963), Australian politician
  • Mike Hoare (b. 1920), Irish mercenary leader
  • Prince Hoare (1755 – December 22, 1834), British painter and dramatist
  • Prince Hoare (c. 1711 - 5 November, 1769), British sculptor
  • Sir Richard Hoare (1648 – 6 January 1718), British goldsmith, banker and politician
  • Sir Richard Colt Hoare, 2nd Baronet, British antiquarian and archaeologist
  • Samuel Hoare (1880–1959), British Conservative politician
  • William Hoare (c. 1707 - 1792), British painter
  • William Hoare ( -1666),British, Original Fellow Royal Society 20/05/1663
  • A holder of one of the four Hoare baronetcies
  • Nicholas Hoare, Canadian bookstores
  • The Hoare-Laval Pact (1935)

Richard Barnes

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Richard Barnes could be

  • Richard Barnes, a London politician
  • Richard Barnes, an Australian journalist
  • Richard Barnes, a musician
  • Richard Barnes, a 16th-century Bishop of Durham
  • Richard Barnes (1805-1846), a Newfoundland businessman and politician
  • Richard Barnes, a stage name of American voice actor Milton James
  • Richard Barnes, a composer and teacher at Lady Manners School Bakewell

1802 in art

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List of years in Art


Events

  • The Journal of the Royal Institution records one of the first experiments in photography.


Works

  • Antonio Canova - statue of Napoleon Bonaparte
  • François Gerard - Madame Récamier


Births

  • June 17 - Hermann Mayer Salomon Goldschmidt, painter and astronomer
  • August 26 - Ludwig Michael Schwanthaler, sculptor
  • December 25 - Richard Parkes Bonington, landscape painter
  • date unknown - David Octavius Hill, painter and pioneer photographer


Deaths

  • October 16 - Joseph Strutt, engraver and antiquary
  • November 9 - Thomas Girtin, painter and etcher
  • November 15 - George Romney, painter
  • December 5 - Lemuel Francis Abbott, portrait painter
  • December 17 - Johannes Wiedewelt, sculptor

August 25, 2008

C. M. Murphy

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Christopher Matthew Murphy (born March 14 1973 in Long Island, New York) is the producer of the first 9/11 dramatization “Stairwell: Trapped In The World Trade Center.”

Murphy has been producing the films of Jonathan M. Parisen since 1999. Murphy attended Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York and St. John’s University in Queens, New York. He is vice president of Parivision Entertainment. Murphy is also a screen actor and goes under the name of Eddie Grayce. He is currently producing the disaster film “Crash Of The Barberi” based on the 2003 Staten Island Ferry Crash.

Nanci Kincaid

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Nanci Kincaid is an American novelist who wrote a short story collection titled Pretending the Bed Is a Raft (1987), as well as novels Crossing Blood (1991), Balls (1999), Verbena (2002), and As Hot As It Was You Ought to Thank Me (2005). The film My Life Without Me was based on the title story in Pretending the Bed Is a Raft.

She grew up in Florida [1] and now lives in Honolulu, Hawaii, and San Diego, California.

August 24, 2008

Baseboard management controller

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A baseboard management controller (BMC) is a specialized microcontroller embedded on the motherboard of many computers, especially servers. The BMC is the intelligence in the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) architecture. The BMC manages the interface between system management software and platform hardware.

Different types of sensors built into the computer system report to the BMC on parameters such as temperature, cooling fan speeds, power mode, operating system (OS) status, etc. The BMC monitors the sensors and can send alerts to a system administrator via the network if any of the parameters do not stay within preset limits, indicating a potential failure of the system. The administrator can also remotely communicate with the BMC to take some corrective action such as resetting or power cycling the system to get a hung OS running again. These abilities save on the total cost of ownership of a system.

Physical interfaces to the BMC include SMBus busses, an RS-232 serial console, address and data lines and an Intelligent Platform Management Bus (IPMB), that enables the BMC to accept IPMI request messages from other management controllers in the system.

The BMC communicates with a BMC management utility (BMU) on a remote client using IPMI protocols. The BMU is usually a command line interface (CLI) application. The BMU usually requires a password to gain access to the BMC. A direct serial connection to the BMC is not encrypted as the connection itself is secure. Connection to the BMC over LAN may or may not use encryption depending on the security concerns of the user.


References

  • Zhuo, Haihong, Yin, Jianwen, & Rao, Anil V. “Remote Management with the Baseboard Management Controller in Eighth-Generation Dell PowerEdge Servers”. Dell. Retrieved Jun. 20, 2005.


See also

  • Out-of-band management
  • Intel Active Management Technology (iAMT)

Dibden

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Dibden is a parish in Hampshire, England. The main settlement, Dibden Purlieu, (pronounced “pur-loo”} has a population of 3,300. It dates back to the Middle Ages but is nowadays chiefly a commuter village for Southampton. It is situated on the eastern edge of the New Forest in a valley, which runs into Southampton Water.

The name “Dibden” is from the Old English for deep-valley. It is mentoned in the Domesday Book as “Depedene”. Purlieu means “land on the edge of a forest”

Freemantle

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Freemantle is a suburb in Southampton, UK.

Origins of the name are uncertain, but there are similarly named places in Hampshire, notably a suburb of Hannington and Freemantle Common in Bitterne. The name of the Hannington suburb is thought to have come from “Frigidum Mantellum”, the Latinised form of a French name meaning “cold cloak”.Old Hampshire Gazetteer, Freemantle Park, Hannington, Hampshire


History

Freemantle was originally a large house and estate within the parish of Millbrook and before that was a farm house and land within that same parish. In 1851 it was deemed a separate parish, although some sources still refer to Freemantle as being part of Millbrook.Old Hampshire Gazetteer, Freemantle, Southampton The Freemantle House and Estate was sold by its last owner, Sir George Henry Hewett in 1852, and was bought by Sampson Payne, a local property developer. He disposed of the land in smaller parcels ranging in value from £20 to £100 to various property developers and building societies. Within a short time, he had also intersected the park by nearly twenty roads.

Freemantle began to be built up in the 1850s and is still mostly small Victorian semi detached and terraced houses. The school was built in 1857 and the Church was completed in 1865.


Freemantle Common

Rather confusingly perhaps, there is also a Freemantle Common in Southampton, although this is a considerable distance from Freemantle itself, in the suburb of Bitterne.


References


External links

  • Freemantle Local History
  • A map of Freemantle

August 23, 2008

City Limits (TV series)

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City Limits was a Canadian television series, which aired on Citytv and later MuchMusic in the 1980s. Airing on Fridays at midnight, and on Saturdays, the program aired alternative music videos. An indispensable resource for fans of interesting music, this programme helped usher in the 90’s trend towards alternative music.

The program was originally hosted by Christopher Ward, and later by Kim Clarke Champniss. When the program was aired on CITY in the early 1980s, Mike Myers made several appearances, including performing as Wayne Campbell (see Wayne’s World).

After alternative rock’s commercial breakthrough in the early 1990s, the series was cancelled and replaced by the daily series The Wedge. The Wedge offered a much more commercially palatable set in accordance with its daytime scheduling and thus lacked the edge of its predecessor.

Del tha Funkee Homosapien

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Del tha Funkee Homosapien, also known as Del the Funky Homosapien and Deltron Zero is an alternative hip hop artist. Del was born Teren Delvon Jones on August 12, 1972 in Oakland, California . He currently lives in Richmond.


Biography

Cousin of renowned rapper Ice Cube, Del began his career writing lyrics for Cube’s backing band, Da Lench Mob . In 1991, with the help of cousin Ice Cube, Del released his first solo album, I Wish My Brother George Was Here . Although the album was a commercial success, it received mixed reviews from the hip-hop community. And ultimately Del, who was not pleased with the album himself, took matters into his own hands, and completely severed his relationship with cousin Ice Cube for his next album, No Need for Alarm. No Need for Alarm also saw the introduction of Del’s crew Hieroglyphics . No Need for Alarm was a bold move on Del’s part as it broke away from the model that had worked so successfully on his first album. Rather than the use of multiple P-Funk samples (like most hip-hop of the time), No Need for Alarm featured a more sophisticated, almost jazzy sound . No Need for Alarm was a commercial failure for Del, and it would be another five years before the release of his third album. About a month before the release of his third album Future Development Del received a letter from his label, Elektra, stating that his contract had been terminated .

1998 saw the release of Del’s third solo album Future Development, the album was only available on the Hieroglyphics website for download, and in tape form in Japan. Future Development was re-released in 2002 under the Heiroglyphics Imperium label. Del also released another collaborative work with the Hieroglyphics crew in 1998, 3rd Eye Vision, it was the Hieroglyphics crew’s first album. Two years later, Del released his fourth solo album, Both Sides of the Brain, as well as Deltron 3030 which was a collaborative work with artists Dan “the Automator” Nakamura and Kid Koala. Exposure from the 3030 project helped to expand Del’s fan base. The 3030 project was particularly interesting because the CD was a work of science fiction, telling stories about life and hip hop in the year 3030.

Del collaborated with Gorillaz for two songs on their debut album, both of which became singles: “Clint Eastwood” and “Rock the House”. In their videos he was portrayed as a ghost. Del later commented on the success of “Clint Eastwood” by saying that he actually wrote the song with the book “How to Write a Hit Song,” a book that he bought with a coupon his mother gave him. After the song went platinum he gave the plaque to his mother[1]. As part of Russel Hobbs’ backstory, the character of Del was one of Russel’s friends that was gunned down in a drive-by shooting, whose ghost possessed Russel. When Del was not invited to work on the Demon Days album, a story was written that Del and the other spirits that possessed Russel were exorcised in 2003.

2003 also saw the release of Full Circle, the second studio album from the Hieroglyphics crew.

In 2004 Elektra released The Best of Del The Funky Homosapien: The Elektra Years — without the approval of Del. The CD only includes songs from his first two albums, along with a handful of b-sides from that era. Del was not pleased and advised people to not buy the CD, saying it was just Elektra trying to make money off of him due to his newfound fame.

Together with his crew, Del has established his own independent record label, Hieroglyphics Imperium Recordings, which primarily consists of Hieroglyphics and a few other artists with whom the group collaborates regularly.

Del’s lyrics often reflect his interests, offering humor and themes that differ from mainstream hip hop. His songs have discussed video games, bad hygiene, intergalactic rap battles, and more. In 2000, the song “Jaw Gymnastics”, featuring Casual, was featured in the game Knockout Kings. In 2000, the song “Positive Contact” from Deltron 3030 was featured in the game Mat Hoffman’s Pro BMX. In 2001, the song “If You Must” was featured in the game Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3. In 2003, the song “Positive Contact” from Deltron 3030 was featured in the game Tony Hawk’s Underground. In 2005, the song “Burnt” featuring Hieroglyphics was featured in the game Tony Hawk’s American Wasteland. In 2006, the song “Catch A Bad One” was used in the game . Also in 2006 his song “Dr. Bombay” was used in the movie Beerfest and more recently a Hieroglyphics song “At the Helm” was featured in commercials for and is used in Tony Hawk’s Project 8. A Hieroglyphics song “Don’t Hate the Player” was also featured in NBA 2K7.

Del has also had many songs featured in snowboarding movies. ‘Press Rewind’ was the song for Eero Ettala’s Part in the film White Balance and ‘If You Must’ was in DC Mountain Lab.

Currently there is a DVD available called 11th Hour, which DVD contains some live footage, footage of him in the studio and around the house, as well as footage of him recording 11th Hour. The CD is scheduled to come out on October 2nd, 2007. It will be his first solo album in more than seven years.

According to an interview with Del on the latest edition of the Hierocast, Hiero’s official podcast, progress has been made on 11th Hour and the beats and the cuts for the sequel to Deltron 3030 are complete. He also did an Interview on The Breakdown a show on ItsHipHop.tv where he talked about his upcoming projects, his career, Ice Cube, and E40.

Current status on Del’s new albums is that 11th Hour will be released first, with the new Deltron album, Deltron Event II being released afterwards. Both albums are expected to be released in 2008.

As of summer 2007, rumors circulated around the internet that “11th Hour” will be released by underground hip hop label Def Jux as opposed to Hiero Imperium. CEO and MC El-P all but confirmed Del’s signing recently in a cryptic myspace blog post.


Discography


Solo

  • I Wish My Brother George Was Here (1991)
  • No Need for Alarm (1993)
  • Future Development (1998)
    • Future Development was originally available (in 1998) only in tape format in Japan and on the Hieroglyphics website. It was later released to CD in 2002.
  • Both Sides of the Brain (2000)
  • (2004)
  • 11th Hour (2007)


Hieroglyphics

  • 3rd Eye Vision (with Hieroglyphics) (1998)
  • Full Circle (with Hieroglyphics) (2003)
  • Over Time (with Hieroglyphics) (2007)


Gorillaz

  • “Clint Eastwood” (2001)
  • “Rock the House” (2001)


Deltron 3030

  • Deltron 3030 (2000)
  • Deltron 3030 Instrumental Version (2001)
  • Deltron Event II (2008)


Other projects and guest appearances

  • Judgment Night (movie soundtrack), Missing Link (with Dinosaur Jr.), 1993
  • The Coup, The Repo Man Sings For You, Steal This Album, 1998
  • Handsome Boy Modeling School, Magnetizing, So… How’s Your Girl?, 1999
  • Sunspot Jonz, Ice Pirates, The Child of the Storm, 2000
  • One Big Trip (movie soundtrack), One Big Trip, 2002
  • Handsome Boy Modeling School, White People, 2004
  • Opio of Souls of Mischief, What’s Wrong With This Picture?, from Triangulation Station, 2005
  • Think Differently Music, Fragments, and Preservation (with Aesop Rock), Wu-Tang Meets the Indie Culture, 2005
  • Zion I, What U Hear, True & Livin’, 2005
  • Molemen, Scarlet Letter, Killing Fields, 2006
  • Terracotta Troupe, Dynasty. Released on vinyl with Z-trip remix and Monster!


References


External links

  • Official Hieroglyphics website
  • Short biography of Del
  • ItsHipHop.tv Video Interview
  • Mesh Magazine (Bay Area) Interview

Louis Del Grande

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Louis Del Grande (born 1943 in the U.S.) is a Canadian television writer and actor.

He was the head writer of the 1970s sitcom King of Kensington, and subsequently created, wrote and starred in the 1980s dramedy Seeing Things.

Del Grande also played the ConSec scanner in the David Cronenberg movie Scanners whose head was exploded by fellow scanner Darryl Revok (Michael Ironside).


External links

Alan Walker

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There are several notable people named Alan Walker:

  • Alan Walker (theologian) (1911–2003), Australian theologian and evangelist
  • Alan Walker (Australian sportsman) (1925–2005), Australian cricketer and Rugby Union player
  • Alan Walker (musicologist) (b. 1930), English academic and writer on music
  • Alan Walker (anthropologist), the Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Biology at Pennsylvania State University
  • Alan Walker (footballer), English football (soccer) player

August 22, 2008

Kossak

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Kossak is a surname of several people:

  • Jerzy Kossak, a Polish painter
  • Juliusz Kossak, a Polish painter
  • Wojciech Kossak, a Polish painter
  • Zofia Kossak-Szczucka, Polish author and resistance fighter during the Second World War
  • maiden name of writers Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska and Magdalena Samozwaniec

Fernwood Publishing

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Fernwood Publishing is an independent publisher and book distributor that specialises in books dealing with social justice, and the natural environment.


Notable books published by Fernwood

  • Anthony Fenton and Yves Engler - Canada in Haiti: Waging War on the Poor Majority
  • Socialist Studies (series)


External links

  • Fernwood Publishing

Alan Shaxon

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Alan Shaxon is a professional magician and president of The Magic Circle. He specialises in cabaret performances and is billed as one of England’s foremost magicians.

The Magic Circle gave Shaxon its highest award, “The Maskelyne”, for services to British Magic. His television appearances have been seen by millions and he has cruised the world in cabaret on the finest luxury liners, and entertained on four occasions at Buckingham Palace.

Shaxon taught Tom Cruise the sleight of hand for “Mission Impossible”, and appeared in Rowan Atkinson’s “Mr. Bean”.


External links

Office Workstations

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Office Workstations Ltd was bought in 1989 by Matsushita Electric Industrial (MEI) of Japan and became Panasonic OWL.

Since then they have been developing software to support next generation consumer electronics. They are a key player in the development of DVD technology, Digital Television, next generation mobile communications, Internet delivery of multimedia and 3D car navigation systems.

On the 30th April 2005 Office Workstations Ltd was shut down.

Burgos, Surigao del Norte

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Burgos is a 6th class municipality in the province of Surigao del Norte, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 3,043 people in 636 households.


Barangays

Burgos is politically subdivided into 6 barangays.

  • Baybay
  • Bitaug
  • Matin-ao
  • Poblacion 1
  • Poblacion 2
  • San Mateo


External links

  • Philippine Standard Geographic Code
  • 2000 Philippine Census Information

Theodemir

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Theodemir was king of the Ostrogoths of the Amal Dynasty. He ruled jointly with his two brothers, and was a vassal of Attila the Hun. He was married to Erelieva, with whom he had two children: Theodoric (454-526) and Amalafrida. When Theodemir died in 474, Theodoric succeeded him as king.

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Boldrewood

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Boldrewood is the Biomedical Sciences campus of the University of Southampton, England. It is home to the School of Biological Sciences which encompasses the degree titles Biology, Zoology, Biochemistry, Biomedical sciences, Pharmacology, Physiology and Nutritional sciences among others. It is also the non-hospital base for the School of Medicine. This campus is also home to a large research facility for the Biological Sciences.

In April 2006, the University announced plans to develop a ‘professional campus’ on the Boldrewood site, relocating its present occupants to Highfield campus in 2007. The site is intended to house the Marine services division of Lloyd’s Register who have announced a strategic alliance with the University [1]. The campus will also be the new home of the School of Management.


External links

  • School of Biological Sciences website
  • Map from university website

August 20, 2008

Andrew Collins

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Andrew Collins may refer to:

  • Andrew B. Collins (analyst), a U.S. research analyst
  • Andrew Collins (broadcaster) (born 1965), British journalist, scriptwriter, and broadcaster
  • Andrew Collins (author) (born 1957), British writer on ancient history and civilisations
  • Andrew Collins (Australian rules footballer) (born 1965), former Australian rules player for Hawthorn

The Spit

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The Spit could be:

  • Southport Spit, Queensland A permanent sand spit that separates the Southport Broadwater from the Pacific Ocean.
  • The Spit, New South Wales An urban locality in the suburb of Mosman, New South Wales.
  • Leslie Street Spit A man-made peninsula in Toronto, Canada.
  • Spit (landform) A deposition landform found off coasts.
  • Revenge of the Spit A Ras Kass mixtape.
  • The Spits A Seattle based punk musical group.
  • Spitting The act of ejecting saliva from the mouth.


See also

  • Spit

August 19, 2008

Sheriff of Bullet Valley

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Sheriff of Bullet Valley is a Donald Duck comic story from October 1948, written and illustrated by Carl Barks.

In this story Donald applies for a job as the Sheriff of Bullet Valley and his nephews plan on helping him despite how dangerous he tells them it is. They investigate the mysterious cattle theft from the Diamond Brand Ranch and find out that the thief is none other than Blacksnake McSquirt.

It’s a fight to the finish when Donald finally defeats Blacksnake.

This story is probably the longest western story that Carl Barks has ever written.

Donald quotes classical western movies throughout the story, as being his source of knowledge to guide his actions.

List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Luxembourg

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The Ambassador from the United Kingdom to Luxembourg is the United Kingdom’s foremost diplomatic representative in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, and in charge of the UK’s diplomatic mission in Luxembourg. The official title is Her Britannic Majesty’s Ambassador to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Although diplomatic relations were established in the 19th century, the United Kingdom’s Ambassador to Belgium was concurrently accredited to Luxembourg as a non-resident Envoy until 1940, when Belgium was over-run by Nazi Germany. Upon liberation of Luxembourg, in 1944, the United Kingdom appointed its first resident head of a diplomatic mission to Luxembourg. Upon the end of the war, the head of the mission to Luxembourg reverted back to Brussels, with the resident structure being predominantly replaced by the military mission, but a resident head of mission was soon restored, in 1949.


List of Heads of Mission


Chargé d’affaires per interim in Luxembourg

  • Nigel Watson (1944 - 1945)

No resident diplomatic mission (1945 - 1949)


Minister Resident in Luxembourg

  • Geoffrey Alchin (1949 - 1955)


Ambassadors to Luxembourg

  • Malcolm Henderson (1955 - 1957)
  • Harold Fresse-Pennyfather (1957 - 1961)
  • Geoffrey Aldington (1961 - 1966)
  • Dugald Malcolm (1966 - 1970)
  • John Roper (1970 - 1975)
  • Sir Antony Arthur Acland (1975 - 1977)
  • Patrick Wright (1977 - 1979)
  • Jeremy Thomas (1979 - 1982)
  • Humphrey Maud (1982 - 1985)
  • Oliver Miles (1985 - 1988)
  • Juliet Campbell (1988 - 1991)
  • Michael Pakenham (1991 - 1994)
  • Nick Elam (1994 - 1998)
  • William Ehrman (1998 - 2000)
  • Gordon Weatherell (2000 - 2004)
  • James Clark (2004 - )

Daniel Taylor

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Daniel Taylor is the name of:

  • Daniel Taylor (countertenor), Canadian countertenor
  • Daniel Taylor (painter), Canadian painter
  • Stereodan, Australian Music producer
  • Daniel Taylor (cricketer), South-African cricketer
  • Daniel Taylor (Sierra leon footballer)
  • Daniel Taylor (athlete), American shot putter
  • Daniel Taylor (software developer, free-thinker)

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

August 18, 2008

The Revenge of the Shadow King

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The Revenge of the Shadow King is the first volume of the Grey Griffins series written by American authors Derek Benz and J.S. Lewis, and published by Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. The book centers upon the adventures of the Grey Griffins: a secret club of four best friends living in Avalon, Minnesota.


Plot summary

This first novel tells the story of four friends who find themselves caught up in a dangerous quest to save their town when the twisted creatures from their card game come to life.

Max Sumner and his three best friends, Natalia Romanov, Ernie Tweeny, and Harley Eisenstein - who form a secret club called the Grey Griffins - seem to be the only people in their very normal Minnesota town to notice that strange things have started to happen. When dark creatures from Arthurian legend - grisled goblins and trickster spriggans - begin to appear in the Olde Woods behind the Sumner Estate, Max and his friends know something is terribly wrong. Finding unexpected allies in the Knights Templar, and unforgettable enemies such as Oberon and Morgan LaFey, the Black Witch, it’s up to the Grey Griffins to stop the wicked creatures before all of mankind is enslaved by the vile Shadow King, Oberon.


External Links

  • Official website of the Grey Griffins Books
  • Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.

Blu-ray Disc Founders

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The Blu-ray Disc Founders (BDF) group was a collection of technology firms working together to develop and support the Blu-ray Disc. The Blu-ray bandwagon grew progressively; announcements in 2004 included Hewlett Packard and Dell, which declared support for the standard on January 12, 2004, and TDK on March 19, 2004. In mid-2004, the BDF group was incorporated into the new Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA).

The group included:

  • 20th Century Fox
  • Dell
  • Hewlett Packard
  • Hitachi
  • LG Electronics
  • Matsushita Electric Industrial (Panasonic)
  • Mitsubishi Electric
  • Philips
  • Pioneer
  • Samsung Electronics
  • Sharp
  • Sony
  • TDK
  • Thomson


See also

Blu-ray Disc Association


External links

  • Blu-ray Disc Association
  • The Authoritative Blu-ray Disc (BD) FAQ by Hugh Bennett

Natas (band)

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This article describes the rap group “Natas”. For the Argentine band, see Los Natas.

Natas is a Detroit horrorcore/acid rap group. It is composed of three members, Esham, TnT, and Mastamind. Since their inception in 1992, the group have created a cult following and achieved legendary status in Detroit. The group temporarily disbanded in 2002, only to return for a reunion album (N Of Tha World) in 2006. There are currently no plans for future albums.

Natas Stands for ‘Nation Ahead of Time and Space’ and is sometimes mistaken for Satan backwards.


Discography

  • 1992 - Life After Death
  • 1994 - Blaz4me
  • 1995 - Doubelievengod
  • 1997 -
  • 1999 - Wicked World Wide
  • 2002 - Godlike
  • 2006 - N Of Tha World

Tagoloan, Lanao del Norte

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Tagoloan is a 5th class municipality in the province of Lanao del Norte, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 8,233 people in 1,482 households.


Barangays

Tagoloan is politically subdivided into 7 barangays.

  • Dalamas
  • Darimbang
  • Dimayon (poblacion)
  • Inagongan
  • Kiazar
  • Malimbato
  • Panalawan


External links

  • Philippine Standard Geographic Code
  • 2000 Philippine Census Information

August 17, 2008

Tagoloan, Lanao del Norte

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Tagoloan is a 5th class municipality in the province of Lanao del Norte, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 8,233 people in 1,482 households.


Barangays

Tagoloan is politically subdivided into 7 barangays.

  • Dalamas
  • Darimbang
  • Dimayon (poblacion)
  • Inagongan
  • Kiazar
  • Malimbato
  • Panalawan


External links

  • Philippine Standard Geographic Code
  • 2000 Philippine Census Information

August 16, 2008

Figueiredo’s Video and DVD

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Figueiredo’s Video and DVD is a local movie rental business located in Northern California. It was opened in 1983 and currently has seven locations within Humboldt and Mendocino County: Arcata, two locations in Eureka, Fort Bragg, Fortuna, McKinleyville, and Rio Dell.


External links

  • Figsvideo

August 15, 2008

Hitachi Disk Array Management Program

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Hitachi Disk Array Management Program (DAMP) is a multiplatform (Windows, SUN, SGI, Red Hat, HP-UX) software for managing disk storage array devices form Hitachi.

Major releases:

  • Hitachi DAMP 10.00, August 2004
  • Hitachi DAMP 10.20

See also: Hitachi software products

High Plains Journal

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The High Plains Journal is a weekly agricultural news magazine published in Dodge City, Kansas with a circulation reaching ten states in the Great Plains region. It covers farming and ranching topics, including wheat, corn soybeans, sorghum, hay, cotton, as well as cattle and hogs. The magazine also features articles on farm and ranch management, equipment, and agribusiness.


External links

  • High Plains Journal

August 14, 2008

Mensch Computer

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The Mensch Computer is a computer system based on the WDC 65C265 microcontroller (which implements both the 16-bit instruction set of the W65C816/65816 microprocessor, as well as the 8-bit instruction set of the 6502 microprocessor) and produced by the Western Design Center. The computer system is named after Bill Mensch, designer of the 6502 and subsequent series of microprocessor.

Designed as a computer system for hobbyists and people who enjoy computer programming, especially programming at the assembly language level, the Mensch Computer includes a basic set of peripherals which can be expanded by the owner. Much software originally written for other computer systems which use the 65816 or 6502 instruction sets (such as the Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo, or Apple IIgs, among others) can be run on the Mensch Computer (either directly as binary object code or through recompiling the source code of the software), to the extent that such software does not rely on hardware configurations which differ from the Mensch Computer.

The Mensch Computer includes a ROM monitor (a type of firmware), and numerous software routines are available to programmers by calling subroutines in the ROM. Typically, the Mensch Computer runs Mensch Works, a software suite also named after Bill Mensch.


External links

  • The Mensch Computer page at Western Design Center’s website

August 13, 2008

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

Coherence (statistics)

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In probability theory and statistics, coherence, like correlation, gives a measure of the dependence of two random variables. The coherence of random variables X and Y is defined as

<math>\gamma^2 = { \mathrm{E} (\left| XY \right|^2 ) \over \mathrm{E}(\left|X\right|^2) \mathrm{E}(\left|Y\right|^2)}\,</math>

where |X| indicates absolute magnitude and E(X) denotes the expected value of a random variable X.

Antonín Slavíček

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Antonín Slavíček (1870–1910) was a renowned Czech painter.
He was a part of the Czech impressionist movement. One of his most famous works is “Garden Wall,” which hangs in the National Gallery in Prague.


External links

  • Biographical Information and Artwork

Czech painter. Following a stroke he was unable to continue painting and committed suicide.

Antonin Slavicek was a Czech Impressionist painter. He painted Garden Wall.

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.


References

August 12, 2008

1936 in comics

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See also:
1935 in comics,
other events of 1936,
1937 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

  • More Fun Comics (previously New Fun Comics) (1935 series) #7 - National Periodical Publications
  • New Comics (1935 series) #2 - National Periodical Publications
  • 1936 10th of Juneto11th of June 1936


February

  • More Fun Comics (1935 series) #8 - National Periodical Publications
  • New Comics (1935 series) #3 - National Periodical Publications


March

  • Big Book Of Fun Comics (1936 series) #1 - National Periodical Publications
  • More Fun Comics (1935 series) #9 - National Periodical Publications
  • New Comics (1935 series) #4 - National Periodical Publications


April


May

  • More Fun Comics (1935 series) #10 - National Periodical Publications


June

  • New Comics (1935 series) #5 - National Periodical Publications


July

  • More Fun Comics (1935 series) #11 - National Periodical Publications
  • New Comics (1935 series) #6 - National Periodical Publications


August

  • More Fun Comics (1935 series) #12 - National Periodical Publications
  • New Comics (1935 series) #7 - National Periodical Publications


September

  • More Fun Comics (1935 series) #13 - National Periodical Publications
  • New Comics (1935 series) #8 - National Periodical Publications


October

  • The Funnies #1 - Dell Comics
  • More Fun Comics (1935 series) #14 - National Periodical Publications
  • New Comics (1935 series) #9 - National Periodical Publications


November

  • The Funnies #2 - Dell Comics
  • More Fun Comics (1935 series) #15 - National Periodical Publications
  • New Comics) (1935 series) #10 - National Periodical Publications


December

  • The Funnies #3 - Dell Comics
  • More Fun Comics (1935 series) #16 - National Periodical Publications
  • New Comics) (1935 series) #11 - National Periodical Publications

Cameron Potts

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Cameron Potts is a rock and roll musician based in Melbourne, Australia. He is originally from Perth, and from a hip hop background. He played in the band Sandro prior to joining Ninetynine, with whom he has played for many years. He is also a founding member of Baseball, a band which, more than anything, fuses his obsessions with old-school hip hop, travel and the Middle East. He is also a photographer, and has exhibited and sold photographs from his travels.
He also played in Melbourne bands Peachfuzz and Crank [1]. He is a graduate of Claremont art school.

Sad Clown Bad Dub 3

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Track listing

  1. Aspiring Sociopath (Live)
  2. Woman with the Tattooed Hands (Live)
  3. Between the Lines (Live)
  4. Like Today (Live)
  5. 3.2 Red Dog 2.28.96 (Live)
  6. It Goes (Live)
  7. Abusing of the Rib (Live)
  8. Party for the Fight to Write (Live)
  9. Don’t Ever Fucking Question That (Live)
  10. The River (Live)
  11. Scapegoat (Live)
  12. Shrapnel (Live)

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

August 10, 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

Texas Academy for Leadership in the Humanities

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The Texas Academy of Leadership in the Humanities (TALH) is a residential high school supported by disciplines of the humanities. The Academy is one of only two residential programs for gifted and talented high school students recognized by the Texas State Legislature. The dual-credit program was established by the Texas Legislature in 1994. Texas Academy for Leadership in the Humanities is an unit of Lamar University who is a member of The Texas State University System.


External links

  • Texas Academy for Leadership in the Humanities
  • Lamar University
  • The Texas State University System

Duke of Cleveland

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Duke of Cleveland is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The dukedoms were named after Cleveland in northern England.

The first creation in 1670 (along with the barony of Nonsuch and the earldom of Southampton) was for Barbara Palmer, a mistress of King Charles II. The dukedom was created with a special remainder allowing it to be inherited by Charles FitzRoy, her illegitimate son by Charles II. Being illegitimate, he would not normally have inherited the peerage. He was made Duke of Southampton, Earl of Chichester and Baron Newbury in 1675 and inherited the dukedom of Cleveland in 1709.

His son William inherited both dukedoms, but he had no issue, and since his uncles (Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Grafton (died 1690) and George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland (died 1716)) had not been made eligible to inherit the peerage, the title could not pass to one of their descendants and became extinct upon his death.

The dukedom of Cleveland was created again in 1833 for William Vane, 3rd Earl of Darlington, along with the title Baron Raby. He was a great-grandson of Charles FitzRoy, the second Duke of the first creation, and had already been created Marquess of Cleveland in 1827. For more information on this creation, which became extinct in 1891, and the Vane family, see the Baron Barnard.


Dukes of Cleveland, First Creation (1670)

  • Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland (1641-1709)
  • Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Cleveland, 1st Duke of Southampton (1662-1730)
  • William FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Cleveland, 2nd Duke of Southampton (1698-1774)


Dukes of Cleveland, Second Creation (1833)

see the Baron Barnard

Wrather Arch

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Wrather Arch is the name of a natural arch in north Arizona. It is located in the eponymous Wrather Canyon, a small tributary of the Paria Canyon, which is itself an important tributary of the Colorado River. With a span of 75 meters (246 feet), Wrather Arch is the longest natural arch outside of the state of Utah (although this claim may be superseded by Aloba Arch in Chad, whose unverified span may be slightly longer), making it the 6th longest natural span according to the Natural Arch and Bridge Society. Wrather Arch is distinguished among the great natural bridges in the USA as being the least accessible. Located in the heart of the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness area, it can only be accessed on foot. Being located almost at the midway point of the Paria Canyon trail, potential visitors must hike nearly 32 kilometers (20 miles), frequently walking in the shallow river, to witness this remote landform.

August 9, 2008

Guide to Available Mathematical Software

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The Guide to Available Mathematical Software (GAMS) is a project of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to classify mathematical software by the type of problem that it solves.
GAMS indexes Netlib, and also some proprietary software packages.


External links

  • Guide to Available Mathematical Software (GAMS project home page.)

Mark Gillespie

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Mark Gillespie may refer to

  • Mark Gillespie (English singer), an English musician living in Germany
  • Mark Gillespie (Scottish singer), a Scottish musician
  • Mark Gillespie (cricketer), a New Zealand cricketer
  • Mark Gillespie (Irish cricketer), an Irish cricketer
  • Mark Gillespie (Australian singer/songwriter),

August 6, 2008

Fly (American football)

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A Fly Route (streak) is a pattern run by a receiver in American Football, where the receiver runs straight upfield towards the endzone. The goal of the pattern is to outrun any defensive backs and get behind them, catching an undefended pass while running untouched for a touchdown. Generally, the fastest receiver on the team or any receiver faster than the man covering him would be the one to run these routes.

Fly patterns can also be used to clear out space for other receivers. Generally, a fly pattern will draw the attention of both the cornerback assigned to the receiver as well as “over the top” help from a safety. This can create a large gap in coverage, allowing another receiver to run a shorter route, but then gain many yards after the catch because the safety committed to the deep man.

The famed “Hail Mary” play generally involves between three and five receivers all running fly routes in order to have the most chance of one of them catching the ball and scoring or at least gaining significant yardage.

The first Hail Mary was when Dallas Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach threw it to wide receiver Drew Pearson in the NFC championship game against the Minnesota Vikings in 1975.


See also

  • Football strategy

D:tour 1997 Live at Southampton

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d:tour 1997 Live At Southampton is a live album by the band Delirious?.


Track listing

  1. “Game Over?”
  2. “Sanctify”
  3. “Come Like You Promise”
  4. “Promise”
  5. “Summer Of Love”
  6. “Hands Of Kindness”
  7. “King Or Cripple”
  8. “I’m Not Ashamed”
  9. “King of Fools”
  10. “Obsession”
  11. “History Maker”
  12. “All The Way”
  13. “Deeper”

Anghellic: Reparation

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Anghellic: Reparation is a re-release of Kansas City based rapper Tech N9ne’s third album, Anghellic. It includes three new tracks not included on the original release from 2001 as well as a slightly altered play order.


Track listing

  1. “Devil Boy” – 4:32
  2. “Hellevator” – 0:18
  3. “Tormented” (ft. Grant Rice) – 4:24
  4. “Stamina” – 0:16
  5. “Sinister Tech” – 3:27
  6. “Psycho Messages” – 1:04
  7. “Psycho Bitch” – 4:33
  8. “Real Killer” – 2:40
  9. “Cursed” – 4:38
  10. “Suicide Letters” – 4:08
  11. “Purgatory” – 0:23
  12. “It’s Alive” – 5:03
  13. “Einstein” – 3:59
  14. “Breathe” – 4:24
  15. “Who You Came To See” – 4:20
  16. “Wake Up Call” – 0:44
  17. “This Ring” – 5:57
  18. “God Complex” – 4:57
  19. “F.T.I.” (ft. Big Krizz Kaliko, Greed, Kutt Calhoun, Skatterman & Snug Brim) – 5:25
  20. “Going Bad” – 5:47
  21. “Heaven” – 0:38
  22. “Twisted” (ft. Roger Troutman) – 6:16

August 5, 2008

Alienware

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Alienware is an American computer hardware company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dell Computer Corporation. It mainly produces desktops and laptops that are specialized for video editing, audio editing, and especially gaming. Alienware is also a producer of computer peripherals, such as headsets and keyboards. Alienware has also released an approximately 4 terabyte hard drive, the largest offered on a PC. The company is based in Miami, Florida, and was founded in 1996 by its current CEO, Nelson Gonzalez, and COO, Alex Aguila.


History

Established in 1996, Alienware manufactures desktop, notebook, media center, and enterprise systems. According to employees, the Alienware name was chosen because of the founders’ fondness for the hit television series The X-Files, hence the theme to their products, with names such as Area-51 and Aurora. Alienware was originally established to tap a niche in the high performance game market, which back then was not on the radar of the major PC manufacturers such as Dell. Since high-end game hardware was not widely distributed, the company’s founders formed an OEM that sold personal computers with the highest performing hardware and settings according to benchmarks.
Alienware is first to mark blu-ray punch in late august. it is also the first manufacture to offer 4x drives in its desktops


Operations

Alienware established its EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) headquarters in Athlone, Ireland in October 2002. As of FY 2005, Alienware brought in upwards of $170 million USD in annual sales, while undertaking an international expansion initiative launched in 2003 to maintain a presence in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, United Kingdom and Costa Rica. Alienware has had a call center in Costa Rica to handle all sales and support calls for a number of years.


Competitors

Alienware has traditionally competed with companies such as Falcon Northwest, Velocity Micro and VoodooPC which is now part of Dell’s largest competitor, Hewlett-Packard. Alienware also formerly competed against Dell XPS gaming systems before their acquisition.


Acquisition

On March 22, 2006, Dell agreed to purchase Alienware.Dell Press Release This is noticeable in many regards including the similar looking homepages. Alienware continues to operate under its own brand name.


References


See also

  • List of Computer System Manufacturers
  • Dell


External links

  • Official Alienware Website
  • Alienware Europe
  • Reseller Ratings Store Ratings

Hack job

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August 4, 2008

1 E-6 m²

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To help compare different orders of magnitude this page lists areas between 10-6 m² and 10-5 m² (1 to 10 mm²).
See also areas of other orders of magnitude.

  • Areas smaller than 10-6
  • 1 mm² is equal to:
    • 1 E-6 m²
  • 2 mm² — Area of the head of a pin
  • 8 mm² — Surface area of the ball in a ballpoint pen
  • Areas larger than 10-5

The New Zealand Institute

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The New Zealand Institute is a privately funded think tank based in Auckland, New Zealand.

It was set up in July of 2004 and is “committed to generating debate, ideas, and solutions that contribute to building a better and more prosperous New Zealand for all New Zealanders”. The current chief executive is David Skilling, a former Treasury advisor.

In comparison with longer-established think-tanks like the New Zealand Business Roundtable, the Institute is generally regarded as politically non-partisan.


See also

  • List of think tanks in New Zealand


External links

  • The New Zealand Institute website.

Combat service support

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In the United States Army, Combat Service Support is a military term. It is defined as the essential capabilities, functions, activities, and tasks necessary to sustain all elements of operating forces in theater at all levels of war. Within the national and theater logistic systems, it includes but is not limited to that support rendered by service forces in ensuring the aspects of supply, maintenance, transportation, health services, and other services required by aviation and ground combat troops to permit those units to accomplish their missions in combat. Combat Service Support encompasses those activities at all levels of war that produce sustainment to all operating forces on the battlefield.

Within the U.S. Army, the traditional Combat Service Support branches are the:

  • Quartermaster Corps
  • Ordnance Corps
  • Transportation Corps
  • Adjutant General’s Corps
  • Finance Corps
  • Chaplain’s Corps
  • Judge Advocate General’s Corps
  • Medical Corps

Combat Service Support is a subset of military logistics. Combat Service Support is more limited than logistics in depth as it primarily addresses those factors directly influencing combat operations.


See also

  • Combat Arms
  • Combat Support

Dorothy Round Little

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Date of birth July 13, 1908
Country United Kingdom
Grand Slam singles championships (3)
Australian Championships 1935
Wimbledon 1934, 1937

Dorothy Edith Round Little (July 13, 1908 – November 12, 1982 in Kidderminster, England) was a British female tennis player. She was born in Dudley, Worcestershire, England.

Little was a rival of Helen Wills Moody and won the singles title at Wimbledon in 1934 and 1937, when Moody was absent, and the Australian Championships in 1935, which Moody never played.


Grand Slam record

  • Australian Championships

    • Singles champion: 1935
  • Wimbledon

    • Singles champion: 1934, 1937
    • Singles finalist: 1933
    • Mixed Doubles champion: 1934, 1935, 1936
  • U.S. Championships

    • Women’s Doubles finalist: 1931


Grand Slam singles finals


Wins (3)

Year Championship Opponent in Final Score in Final
1934 Wimbledon Helen Hull Jacobs 6-2, 5-7, 6-3
1935 Australian Championships Nancy Lyle Glover 1-6, 6-1, 6-3
1937 Wimbledon Jadwiga Jedrzejowska 6-2, 2-6, 7-5


Runner-up (1)

Year Championship Opponent in Final Score in Final
1933 Wimbledon Helen Wills Moody 6-4, 6-8, 6-3


Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Tournament 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 Career SR
Australian Championships A A A A A A A W A A A A 1 / 1
French Championships A A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0
Wimbledon 1R 2R 3R QF QF F W QF QF W A 4R 2 / 11
U.S. Championships A A A 3R A SF A A A A A A 0 / 2
SR 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 2 1 / 1 1 / 2 0 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 3 / 14

A = did not participate in the tournament.

SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.


See also

  • Performance timelines for all female tennis players who reached at least one Grand Slam final


External links

  • International Tennis Hall of Fame profile

Southampton Parish, Bermuda

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Southampton Parish is one of the nine parishes of Bermuda. It is named for Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton (1573-1624).

It is located in the southwest of the island chain, occupying all of the western part of the main island, except for the westernmost tip (which is part of Sandys Parish). It includes the chain’s southernmost point, and its north coast comprises much of the coast of the Little Sound (an arm of the Great Sound, the large expanse of water which dominates the geography of western Bermuda). in the east it is joined to Warwick Parish. As with most of Bermuda’s parishes, it covers just over 2.3 square miles (about 6.0 km² or 1500 acres).

Natural features in Southampton include Whale Bay, Church Bay, Horseshoe Bay, and Riddell’s Bay.

Other notable features of Southampton include the Whale Bay Fort, and Gibb’s Hill Lighthouse, which stands on the chain’s highest point.


External links

  • Bermuda Online

August 3, 2008

Blood on Our Hands

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Blood on Our Hands” was the second single from Death from Above 1979’s album You’re a Woman, I’m a Machine.It reached number 33 on the Uk single chart.


Track listing

  1. “Blood on Our Hands” – 2:59
  2. “Blood on Our Hands” (Justice Remix) – 3:52


External links

  • Press reviews of Death from Above 1979

Steven Taylor

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Steven Taylor may refer to:

  • Steve Taylor (boxer), a bare-knuckle boxer
  • Steven Taylor (footballer) the Newcastle United footballer
  • Steven Taylor (Doctor Who) one of the companions of the First Doctor from the television series Doctor Who
  • Steve P Taylor (writer) a UK writer and campaigner on prisons
  • Steven W. Taylor the Oklahoma Supreme Court justice
  • Steven V. Taylor, an American music arranger.
  • Steve Taylor, an American singer, songwriter, and film director
  • Steve Taylor (sociologist), a British Sociologist, book compiler and video producer

Edward Moylan

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Edward Moylan (born September 14, 1923 in Trenton, New Jersey) was an outstanding American tennis player in the mid-20th century.

Moylan won the bronze medal the 1955 Pan American Games in doubles, and the singles title at the Cincinnati Masters tournament in 1956, defeating Bernard “Tut” Bartzen in the final.

After his playing career, Moylan taught tennis and was the head tennis and squash coach at Cornell University from 1962 to 1972.

Mathematical Bridge

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The Mathematical Bridge is the popular name of a wooden bridge across the River Cam, between two parts of Queens’ College, Cambridge. Its official name is merely the Wooden Bridge.

The bridge was designed by William Etheridge, and built by James Essex in 1749. It has been rebuilt on two occasions — 1866 and 1905 — but has kept the same overall design.

The title of ‘Mathematical Bridge’ was also given to one of the former bridges of the Cam between Trinity and Trinity Hall, also designed by James Essex, where Garret Hostel Bridge now stands.


Myths

There are several myths surrounding the construction of the bridge:

  • That the bridge is of Chinese origin and that its design incorporates some form of special mathematical technique from which it derives its name.
  • That the bridge was designed and built by students. It was so perfect that the planks were laid one on top of the other and held together by their weight and the angles by which they were put together. The professors were so intrigued and in awe of its architecture that they took it apart to see how it was built. Their downfall was that they could not piece it back together again and therefore the bridge is now held together by nuts, bolts and screws.
  • That the bridge was designed by Isaac Newton, but that he did so without the need for bolts to hold the wood together - the story of college members then dismantling it and being unable to reassemble it is also part of this version of the myth. This version is unlikely to be true because Newton died in 1727, 22 years before the bridge was constructed.

Tellers of these myths rarely elaborate on what these mysterious mathematical techniques might have been.


See also

  • List of bridges in Cambridge


External link

  • Queens’ College’s history of the bridge

August 2, 2008

Dynamic Kernel Module Support

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Dynamic Kernel Module Support (DKMS) is a framework used to generate Linux kernel modules whose sources do not generally reside in the Linux kernel source tree.

DKMS was written by the Linux Engineering Team at Dell.


Sources

Dell DKMS site

Ethel Soliven Timbol

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Ethel Soliven Timbol is a journalist and lifestyle editor of the Manila Bulletin, published in the Philippines.

She finished High School at St. Theresa’s College in Manila. After two years of college, she left to study at the College of Mount Saint Vincent in Riverdale, New York, USA. majoring in English and Child Psychology.

Timbol joined the Manila Bulletin in 1964, handling the police beat at the Western Police District, which at that time included then patrolman, now Philippine Senator Alfredo Lim. Aside from her reportorial beat, she was tapped to edit the Youth section, “The Page for the Young at Heart.”

She has also been assigned to the beats covering the Department of Education, Trade and Industry, and the Commission on Elections, often meriting front page stories in the tumultuous ’60s and ’70s.

In 1976, she was appointed editor of the “Life & Leisure” and “Sunday Leisure” sections of the same newspaper. Apart from her editorial duties, she is a respected columnist, writing the twice weekly society column “Pacesetters,” and the once weekly “Consumers’ Observation Post,” a consumer advocacy column, which she started with Deedee Sytangco.

In 1991, she received a special citation from the Manila Rotary Club for her consumer advocacy work.

She is the youngest sister of journalist Maximo V. Soliven.


Quotes:

When asked about the difference between young people today and young people before, she replied: “The young people before called me Ethel, today they call me Ma’am.”

“I always mean what I say when I say it. That may change later.”


Trivia

She is the widely acknowledged “Dean of Philippine Lifestyle Editors.”

The original caricature for her Pacesetters column included a cigarette in a long stemmed holder. When she stopped smoking in 1995, she asked that the cigarette be removed from the caricature.

The Life and Leisure and Sunday Leisure sections of Timbol generate the most advertising revenue for the Manila Bulletin.

John Marriott (actor)

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John Marriott (September 30, 1893—April 5, 1977) was an American film and television actor.

Marriott was born in Boley, Indian Territory which is now a part of Oklahoma. He died in Jamaica, Queens, New York City.


Selected filmography

  • Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
  • Badge 373 (1973)
  • Black Like Me (1964)
  • The Little Foxes (1941)


External links

August 1, 2008

TVN

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TVN may be:

  • TVN (Chile) (Televisión Nacional de Chile); public broadcaster
  • TVNORGE; a Norwegian commercial television channel
  • TVN (Poland); commercial broadcaster
  • TVN (Panama) (Televisora Nacional, S.A.); commercial broadcaster
  • TVN Entertainment Corporation; a US cable television company
  • TVN (Australia); the only thorougbred horse racing channel in Australia
  • TVN (Venezuela); First Venezuelan television station. Defunct as of 1989.

Wireless Valley

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The term “Wireless Valley” has several competing uses.

It seems to have been coined around 1990 by Ted Rappaport while he was a professor at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, alluding to his research program in wireless communications and the location of Blacksburg between the Appalachians and the Blue Ridge Mountains. He later founded Wireless Valley Communications, which trademarked the phrase “Wireless Valley” in the United States.

Wireless Valley is also a nickname and an attempt to describe the cluster of companies in the information technology industry that are located in northern Stockholm, Sweden. This also included a number of companies that saw themselves as belonging to the new information based economy. The nickname was based on an analogy to California’s Silicon Valley and reflected the hopes of trying to mimic that success.

Ericsson, the world’s leading supplier in telecommunications has one of its main design centers in the Stockholm suburb of Kista.

Finland also has a high-tech area in Espoo, sometimes called “Wireless Valley”, based around Nokia.

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