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[edit] The People's Republic of China's National Men's Ice Hockey Team

The People's Republic of China's National Men's Ice Hockey team represents the Chinese Ice Hockey Association. Following a 5 game undefeated streak (4 wins, 1 draw) in Group B of the 2006 Division 2 Men's World Ice Hockey Championship (which took place at Auckland, New Zealand, April 3-9, 2006) they were crowned champions of Group B and were promoted to Division 1 along with Romania, the winner of Division 2's Group A. China had been relegated to Division 2 from Division 1 following the 2005 Division 1 Men's World Ice Hockey Championship (which took place at Debrecen, Hungary April 17-23) after losing all 5 games, managing only 5 goals for, while allowing 61 goals against. According to the IIHF's World Rankings, China stands alone in 28th place of 45 nations.

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[edit] The National Book Foundation

The National Book Foundation, founded 1950, is a non-profit American literary foundation established "to raise the cultural appreciation of great writing in America."^[1] It achieves this through two ways.^[1] The first is sponsering the nation's preeminent literary prize the National Book Awards, including the medal of Distinguished Contribution to American Letters and the Literarian Award. The second is by outreach programs featuring National Book Award authors in which communities participate by reading and writing together.

The NBF board of trustees is composed of representatives from American literary institutions, for example in 2006 the board included the President of Penguin Press, the President of the New York Public Library and others.^[2]

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1. ^ ^{a b} "History of the National Book Foundation"
2. ^ "Board of Directors"

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[edit] Faris Glubb

Faris Yahya (Godfrey Peter Manley) Glubb, born 19. October 1939. He died under suspicious circumstances on 3. April 2004

Godfrey converted to Islam as a young man and took the name of Faris, becoming a prominent journalist and researcher into the Palestinian cause. He was killed in a hit and run accident in Kuwait.

He wrote Zionist Relations With Nazi Germany (Palestine essays January 1978, published June 1979) in which he quotes jewish authors to establish the bizarre case that anti-semitism was used by zionists.

He was the son of Glubb Pasha.

Zionist Relations With Nazi Germany http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0006XEKX4?v=glance

Zionist Relations With Nazi Germany full test in german http://www.principality-of-sealand.at/busclub/open/docs_open/zionisten.pdf

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,3604,1218158,00.html Guardian Obituary 202.150.121.202 01:35, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jarl Samuel Doveri Vesterbye

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[edit] Andrea Stewart-Cousins

Andrea Stewart-Cousins defeated 20 year incumbent State Senator Nicholas Spano on November 7th, 2006. She will take office as the new Senator from Yonkers on January 1, 2007.

Candidate for 35th New York Senate District:

Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Democratic State Senate Candidate for the 35th Senate District, is presently serving her 6th term as a Westchester County Legislator for the city of Yonkers. During her tenure on the County Legislature, she has served in numerous leadership positions, including Chair of the powerful Legislation Committee; Chair of the Family, Health and Human Services Committee; and Majority Whip. She was recently elected by her colleagues as Board Vice Chair for the County Legislature.

In 2004 she ran for State Senate as a progressive outsider and came within striking distance of beating one of Albany’s most entrenched incumbents. Among her endorsers in that campaign were EMILY’s List, the National Organization of Women (Westchester Chapter), National Association of Social Workers, Citizen Action and Tenants PAC. After a lengthy legal battle, the incumbent claimed a narrow and disputed victory with a mere 18 votes.

Westchester County Legislator:

Andrea Stewart-Cousins has lived in Yonkers for years. In 1995, Legislator Stewart-Cousins became the first African American woman to represent Yonkers' 16th District. As a result of her hard work and diligence, her colleagues on the Board of Legislators voted unanimously for her to serve as Board Vice Chair for the 2006-2007 legislative term.

A former AT&T marketing professional, journalist, teacher, and personnel manager, Stewart-Cousins began her career in government with her appointment in 1992 as Director of Community Affairs for the City of Yonkers, the first African-American to serve in this position. Her unique perspectives spawned a number of creative and novel initiatives including the first union/government internship programs for youth in NYS; Yonkers’ first internship program for the disabled; and, the Mayor’s annual toy and coat drive. Stewart-Cousins was a co-founder of SOYO (Southwest Yonkers Planning Association), Riverfest, and “Art on Main.”

In her six years as Chair of the County Board’s Legislation Committee, Stewart-Cousins led the effort to pass landmark legislative initiatives, including the County’s first Human Rights Laws; Smoke-Free Work Place laws; tougher gun laws; Living Wage legislation; and laws that prosecute “predatory lenders” and racial profiling.

Legislator Stewart-Cousins continues to be an active community volunteer and has received many awards for her service including leadership awards from The Westchester Arts Council, the NAACP, American Cancer Society, National Association of Social Workers, among others.

A state-certified mediator, Legislator Stewart-Cousins earned her B.S. from Pace University where she is currently pursuing a Masters in Public Administration. The mother of three, she resides in Yonkers with her husband Tom.

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24.90.225.211 05:13, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] David Thompson

David Thompson (sometimes referred to as David Thomson) was born c.1592 in Scotland. David was the first non-Native American settler of the state of New Hampshire, sailing to New England on the ship "Jonathan", and setting up a fishing colony at Odiome Point in 1623. Thompson Island off the shore of Boston, Massachusetts, was named for David Thompson.

Thompson was responsible for assisting the Pilgrim colonists in Plymouth, Massachusetts communicate with the Native Americans, and also provided Myles Standish with salted cod from his fishing colony to help the Plymouth colonists survive the harsh winter in 1623.

David Thompson was in Devonshire, England as early as 1613, where he married Amias Cole. He disappeared mysteriously in 1628; it has been said that he drowned in Boston Harbor, but his body was never found.

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First Yankee, 1979

http://www.nh.gov/nhinfo/history.html

http://www.seacoastonline.com/2001news/11_22c.htm 24.56.250.108 06:29, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Taint Wipe

Taint wipe is a word, commonly used to describe a person of a disreputable nature. Much like the term "deuche bag" would be applied to a person who is acting out in an outlandish manner, a taint wipe, is someone whos actions are worthy of only one position in life, which is that of wiping the taint of large sweaty men, or commonly referred to in the homosexual community as "bears". The end.

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71.202.83.173 06:55, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

The Wise Directory is a human edited web directory categorized in topics. It went online in 2004 with travel related links only. The Business and Internet topics are already opened, but the majority of listings are still travel related. It is free to submit a link, but editors check every site manually, so there is no automatic approval.

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71.195.115.223 09:00, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Zvonko "Bill" Pavelic

Detective Bill Pavelic retired from the Los Angeles Police Department in December of 1992. During his nineteen year tenure with LAPD, Bill Pavelic earned a Master’s Degree from Pepperdine University and acquired an extensive background in administrative and criminal investigations. Pavelic has investigated every conceivable crime and he is considered an expert in police procedures, interrogations and case biopsies.

Detective Pavelic received over 200 commendations and letters of appreciation from private and governmental institutions, including the United States Department of Justice. Prior to his retirement, Pavelic was honored by the City of Los Angeles as the Detective Supervisor of the Year for his professional competency, unimpeachable integrity, and for serving the civilian community with distinction, courtesy, and honor.

Pavelic has been the subject of many articles nationally and internationally for speaking out against police corruption and police abuse which he personally witnessed mostly against minorities and non English speaking immigrants.

In 1991 and 1992, while a member of the Los Angeles Police Department, Det. Bill Pavelic openly challenged the LAPD leadership and called for the resignation of Chief, Daryl Gates. Det. Bill Pavelic met privately with several prominent Los Angeles “movers and shakers” to make certain that Chief Gates was held accountable and during this “meet and confer” process, Pavelic was told that Chief Gates days were numbered.

Chief Gates was forced into early retirement and on June 9, 1992, LA Councilman Zev Yaroslavky made the following comment to LA Times concerning LAPD Chief Daryl Gates; “....I have never dealt with a sicker mind, and a more outrageous personality, megalomaniacal personality, than this man, who has a problem recognizing what the truth is. He has left the Los Angeles Police Department in a total shambles. He has left this city in a total lurch.....”.

On July 20, 1994, as the lead defense investigator in the OJ Simpson case, Bill Pavelic(http://www.billpavelic.com) told the mainstream media, that LAPD Detective Mark Fuhrman was a racist and a pathological liar. Mark Fuhrman was vociferously defended by two of Las Angeles “finest”..... discredited LAPD Chief of Police, Daryl Gates and Private Investigator to the Stars, Anthony Pellicano.

The allegations against Mark Fuhrman by Bill Pavelic were made months before Fuhrman’s “celebrated” testimony in the OJ Simpson trial....and.....on January 29, 1996, Bill Pavelic spent hours and hours with California Department of Justice investigators Vickie Ward and George Fawrup, painstakingly going over Mark Fuhrman’s perjuries, Anthony Pellicano’s witness intimidations and myriad of other corruption related issues.

Bill Pavelic has consistently volunteered his pro bono services to indigent clients in the greater Los Angeles area and in 1998, he personally initiated multiple criminal misconduct complaints (which were sustained) against several LAPD Rampart police officers. The LAPD Rampart scandal closely mirrored Mark Fuhrman’s “fictional” audiotaped narrative that he provided to Laura Hart McKinny in February of 1985.

In 1999, in the matter of People v. Gordon Jones, Bill Pavelic ran into Anthony Pellicano, once again. After completing a biopsy of the Gordon Jones criminal case, Pavelic caused Pellicano and two defense attorneys to be fired. The client was being framed and milked as a “cash cow”. Pavelic informed the “authorities” that Private Investigator Anthony Pellicano was involved, in illegal wiretapping... and... that he was being “protected” by LAPD and LADA personnel. After six years, the “investigation” into Anthony Pellicano and his paid LAPD cronies resulted in the federal indictment of Anthony Pellicano and Pavelic’s police academy classmate, LAPD Detective Mark Arneson.

Since 1993, Bill Pavelic has intermittently worked as an investigative consultant, case manager, defense investigator and trial preparation specialist in Federal and State cases. Bill Pavelic continues to works for lawyers and clients as a consultant in the review and preparation of their civil-criminal cases. Bill has distinguished himself as an uncommonly effective defense advocate and strategist. His contribution to a 95% overall success rate in criminal defense cases is absolutely phenomenal and second to none.

Pavelic specializes in police corruption cases and he is equally as hard on passive, lazy and or back stabbing (pro prosecution) defense lawyers as he is against corrupt prosecutors and law enforcement personnel.

As a former LAPD detective supervisor, Bill Pavelic learned firsthand that “testalying” by cops is condoned by rogue prosecutors and pseudo defense lawyers who rely on “wussiest” positions rather than fight and defend their clients.

Law enforcement related corruption could not prosper without a tacit approval from the prosecutors and to some degree the judiciary. The prosecutorial misconduct that Pavelic has encountered in many of his cases involved;

Prosecutors, investigators and or agents who relentlessly, obsessively and injudiciously manipulate the print and electronic media so as to unfairly influence the outcome of a case;

Prosecutors, investigators and or agents who use the prestige of their office to intimidate, harass and spread propaganda about defense attorneys and defense consultants / investigators;

Prosecutors, investigators and or agents who suborn perjury so as to win at any cost;

Prosecutors, investigators and or agents who falsify search and arrest warrant affidavits;

Prosecutors, investigators and or agents who start out with a pseudo conclusion and "manufacture" facts to meet that conclusion;

Prosecutors, investigators and or agents who knowingly conceal exculpatory evidence at every level of the judicial process including the Grand Jury;

Prosecutors, investigators and or agents who tailor their "cherry-picked" evidence and remarks to the Grand Jury to fit their twisted logic or misguided perception;

Prosecutors, investigators and or agents who play fast and lose with evidence and rely on experts like Anthony Pellicano to “authenticate” transcripts from dubious - tampered audio and video tapes;

Prosecutors, investigators and agents who knowingly provide false evidence as true evidence;

Prosecutors, investigators and agents who play games with discovery;

Prosecutors, investigators and agents who under color of authority illegally detain and arrest people, so as to use them as bargaining chips;

The “legal system” is a multi billion dollar enterprise and knowing how “the system” operates does make a difference. During the past 13 years Pavelic has consulted on many high profile cases, including, but not limited to;

The L.A. Riots Case,

The O.J. Simpson Double Murder Case,

The Limousine Rapist (Gordon Jones) Sexual Assault Case,

The Max Factor (Andrew Luster) Rape Case,

The Scott Peterson Murder Case,

The Gregg Haidl Orange County Gang Rape Case,

The Phil Spector Murder Case,

The Robert Blake Murder Case,

The Michael Jackson Child Molestation Case,

The Murder at Chaka Khan’s Residence.

Zvonko “Bill” Pavelic - The Detective

Detective Pavelic left the Los Angeles Police Department on January 7, 1992, in part, because the LAPD Southwest Sexual Assault Unit knowingly framed the so called "USC serial rapist" (Richard Nichols) for crimes that he did not commit.

In the past, LAPD grudgingly “allowed” Bill Pavelic to exonerate citizens who were innocent, falsely arrested and or framed by LAPD, especially minorities and non English speaking immigrants. However, in this highly publicized case (involving an alleged African American “serial rapist” and a white USC student) the line in the sand was drawn and Pavelic was not about to let an innocent man languish in jail for the rest of his life ...and.... permit the actual serial rapist to pray on other women and children.

At every opportunity, Det. Bill Pavelic provoked the help of anyone (including the New York Times and The Los Angeles Times) and repeated the same message, over and over again, that the disciplinary system under the leadership of Chief Daryl Gates lacked legitimacy and sent a deplorable signal to others on the force that it was OK to frame people (especially African Americans and Latinos), falsify official investigations, violate the LAPD manual, discredit the Code of Ethics and be dishonest, as long it “benefits” the LAPD and a handful of LADA prosecutors, whose loyalty to USC was more important than their oath of office.

Over the ensuing weeks and months Det. Bill Pavelic met privately with several prominent Los Angeles “movers and shakers” to make sure that Chief Gates was held accountable. Pavelic was told in no uncertain terms to be patient and that Chief Gates days would be numbered.

In March of 2002, the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office quietly caused Richard Nichols to be released from custody....for crimes that he did not commit.

On June 9, 1992, Councilman Zev Yaroslavsky was quoted in the Los Angeles Times as making the following comment in regards to Chief Gates; "....I have never dealt with a sicker mind, and a more outrageous personality, megalomaniacal personality, than this man, who has a problem recognizing what the truth is...He has left the Los Angeles Police Department in a total shambles. He has left this city in a total lurch..."

On July 9, 1992, The Los Angeles Sentinel (local South Central LA Newspaper) published the following letter to the editor from Bill Pavelic;

As a 19-year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department, I am elated that Chief Daryl Gates was forced into retirement. His corrupt managerial style, coupled with his inflammatory and intemperate public comments, have done irreparable damage to the city of Los Angeles and its police department.

Daryl Gates and his close associates are suffering from a disease called megalomania...an exaggerated belief in their own greatness and that of the organization. In order to maintain a mythical status of being "the best law enforcement agency in the world," the LAPD management developed a bunker mentality and consciously impeded and retarded investigations or inquiries which reflected poorly on the organization. The "us against them" mentality required faulty analysis which was oftentimes based on pseudo reasoning, clever fallacies and distorted or manufactured evidence.

The disciplinary system under the leadership of Daryl Gates lacked consistency, uniformity and equality and sent a deplorable signal to others on the force that it is OK to falsify official investigations, violate the LAPD manual, discredit the Code of Ethics and be dishonest, as long as you are a member of management or have friends at the top who will protect you even when prima facie evidence of a crime is clearly evident.

Chief Gates has failed to hold accountable personnel under his control who were acting under the color of law and were exercising illegal direction under the guise of official authority. In no sphere of public life is this practice more repugnant than in law enforcement. Chief Gates, who morally bankrupted the Los Angeles Police Department, forgot, or never new, that true leadership can be gained only by an intolerance of wrong doing...and...unless we all abide by the highest standards among ourselves, we have no business enforcing the law upon others.

Chief Gates used the Internal Affairs Division to intimidate those officers who dared to speak out against Los Angeles Police Department's institutionalized racism, corruption, sexism, mismanagement, promotional cronyism and other sensitive issues. If the Internal Affairs Division didn't get these "disloyal" police officers, like the Russian KGB, the organization could always count on the Medical Liaison Unit to send these officers to the department shrink...to certify them as functionally crazy.

Under the leadership of Chief Williams, respect for individual dignity will once again become an integral part of the Los Angeles Police Department's philosophy, a philosophy that will be based on the principles of professionalism, reverence for the law and harmony between the police and the community it serves."

NOTE: Chief Williams turned out to be a total disappointment.

Although financially and emotionally exhausted from a grueling fight with various LAPD and City of Los Angeles entities, in Dec. of 1992, Bill Pavelic was granted a medical pension for asthma, which Pavelic claimed was induced by LAPD corruption.

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http://www.amazon.com/phrase/Bill-Pavelic

Gelsey 09:15, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] David Murphy

[edit] Wollaton Village Tennis Club

Wollaton Village Tennis Club is situated in the heart of wollaton with 3 acrylic courts two of which are floodlit.

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Pazuno 11:50, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cha das Caldeiras

Chã das Caldeiras (“Plain of the Calderas”) is a community of roughly 1,000 inhabitants in the Conselho de Santa Catarina on the island of Fogo, one of eight inhabited islands comprising the west African nation of Cape Verde.

[edit] Background

Fogo was the second in the archipelago to be populated, after Santiago. Initially, the island's cash crop was cotton, picked by slaves from Angola. A fiery eruption in 1688 caused a majority of the inhabitants to leave for Brava, another of the Cape Verdean islands. From 1785 on, whaling ships from Brockton and New Bedford, Massachusetts and Rhode Island (USA) came to replenish their ships and recruit crews. The departure of these Americanos marks the beginning of the Cape Verdean diaspora. Not everyone left Fogo, however. In 1870, the eccentric Duke of Montrond (France) stopped on the island en route to Brazil, or so he thought. He stayed, and brought with him the vines that kicked off wine production on the slopes and in Chã das Caldeiras. Many of the inhabitants of Chã, with their light skin, blond hair, and blue eyes, trace their ancestry back to the biologically prolific Duke.

[edit] Natural Setting

A large crater rim with 800-m escarpments, called the Bordeira, encircles the village (elevation 1,629 m). On the plain is one large peak (2,829 m from sea level) and several smaller peaks and lava fields from recent eruptions, most notably 1951 and 1995. The entire caldera, some 67 km², is a protected area as part of the Parque Natural do Fogo, a cooperative effort between the German and Cape Verdean governments.

[edit] Agriculture

Chã does have a lot of vegetation (albeit not in the lava fields), which grows in the rich volcanic soils adjacent to the crater rim. This includes fruits (apples, grapes, quince, pomegranate, figs, peaches, and tomatoes) and vegetables (beans, corn, potatoes, manioc, and peppers) for local consumption and commercial production, as well as the indigenous and endemic plant species. The local agricultural cooperative, Associação dos Agricultores de Chã buys excess fruit from the local farmers and turns it into white, red, rosé, and passito (dry grape) wine (label “Chã”); grape (label “Espírito da Caldeira”), apple, quince, and peach spirits; apple, quince, and peach marmalade; and juice for commercial sale. The white wine is made from locally-grown Muscatel grapes, the red from the Portuguese tradicional preto variety. Also famous is house-made goat cheese, queijo de cabra, and Manecon, an unfiltered, semi-sweet local red wine.

[edit] Tourism

An average day can see up to twenty tourists, most of whom are European and come with operators from the islands of Sal and Boa Vista. Some come only for the day, to see the volcano, taste the wine, and tour the Associação (funded by the Italian NGO Cospe). Others spend the night to hike, with local hired guides, the final 1,200 m up the volcano and listen to live traditional music. Those spending the night do so in a small hotel, one of four locally-owned hostels, or with families.

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Else, David; Newton, Alex; Williams, Jeff; Fitzpatrick, Mary; and Roddis, Miles, 1999, West Africa. Lonely Planet: Hawthorn, Australia, 944 p.

Irwin, Aisling; and Wilson, Colum, 2001, Cape Verde Islands. Bradt: Bucks, UK, 278 p.

Ssweeks 11:52, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Manecon

Manecon is the traditional, semi-sweet or -dry, locally-made red wine of Chã das Caldeiras, a community in the Conselho de Santa Catarina on the island of Fogo, one of eight islands in the west African nation of Cape Verde. (It is not to be confused with “Chã” label red, white, and rosé wine, made by the Associação dos Agricultores de Chã.) Manecon is house-made by farmers in Chã from the Portuguese tradicional preto variety of grapes. It is an unfiltered, full-bodied wine, rich in color and extract. The percentage of alcohol in Manecon (14%) is greater than what is found in wines from the EU and the United States (usually between 11.5-12.5%). The majority of Manecon is sold in Chã, either to locals or to tourists. Some, however, is sold elsewhere in Cape Verde. Sweet Manecon is especially popular on the island of Santiago.

The wine is dark purple in color with shades of red. Flavors on the palate include small, dark fruits like the current or blackberry. This sensation is enriched with tones of pepper and Muscat nut. The wine's rich body, best when served at room temperature (20° C), combines well with the strength of the alcohol. The soft, velvet tannins of the wine can be appreciated when the wine is still young. Manecon is enjoyed best on a starry night at the Cooperativa in Chã, where Talaia Baixo, the traditional music of Fogo, is played on a nightly basis.

Manecon gets its name, legend has it, from the dog of the first person to live in Chã, a man named Manuel. He and his dog, Manuel e cão in Portuguese, both took a liking to the strong red wine they made. Others noticed the pair of, eh, lushes and started called the wine they made Manecon. The name stuck.

The legacy of Manuel and his dog remains to this day. Most households make Manecon for commercial production and personal consumption. A 1.5 l water bottle costs 500 CVE (Cape Verdean escudos, about $6.00). A 750 ml bottle, with label, costs 400 CVE at the Cooperativa. The Talaia Baixo accompanying it is, of course, free.

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Irwin, Aisling; and Wilson, Colum, 2001, Cape Verde Islands. Bradt: Bucks, UK, 278 p.

"Wines of Chã das Caldeiras." Cospe Pamphlet, 1999. [In Italian]

Ssweeks 12:03, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wines of Cha Das Caldeiras

The wines of Chã das Caldeiras, made by the Associação dos Agricultores de Chã on the island of Fogo (Republic of Cape Verde, West Africa), are full-bodied, rich in color, and extract. Chã is the only community to grows grapes and makes wine in Cape Verde. The percentage of alcohol in the “Chã” label wines (14%) is greater than what is found in wines from the EU (usually between 11.5-12.5%).

[edit] Red Wine

The red wine, vinho tinto, made from the Portuguese tradicional preto variety of grapes, has a dark red color with shades of purple. Odors include tones and flavors of small, dark fruits like the current or blackberry. This sensation is enriched with shades of pepper and Muscat nut. The wine's rich body, best when served at room temperature (20° C, 68° F), combines well with the strength of the alcohol. The soft, velvet tannins of the wine can be appreciated when it is still young. (Market forces being such, Chã's reds have not yet been aged for any considerable time. The majority of the label is consumed within a year of production.) The red is perfect alone or to accompany any meat of strong taste.

[edit] White Wine

The white wine, vinho branco, made from locally-grown Muscatel grapes, has a fresh taste, unique clarity, and golden shades. Odors include semi-sweet citric fruits like the grapefruit. These characteristics are noticed visually and on the palate, where the wine combines harmoniously with the alcohol content. The white also has a subtle, residual sweetness to be enjoyed with appetizers or with fish, shellfish, white meats, or Chã's own goat cheese, queijo de cabra. This elegant wine is best served at a temperature of 10° C (45° F) and can be saved for 2-3 years, if stored correctly.

[edit] Rosé Wine

The rosé wine, vinho rosé, uses the same dark grapes as the red. It has an elegant rose color with flavors of small, sweet fruits like red currents and strawberries. Like the white, the rosé is fresh on the palate and is best savored alone or with light meals, again at 10° C (45° F). It too can be enjoyed up to three years.

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Else, David; Newton, Alex; Williams, Jeff; Fitzpatrick, Mary; and Roddis, Miles, 1999, West Africa. Lonely Planet: Hawthorn, Australia, 944 p.

Irwin, Aisling; and Wilson, Colum, 2001, Cape Verde Islands. Bradt: Bucks, UK, 278 p.

"Wines of Chã das Caldeiras." Cospe Pamphlet, 1999. [In Italian]

[edit] Jordan International Police Training Center

The Jordan International Police Training Center (JIPTC) was created in November, 2003 by the Coalition Provisional Authority, Baghdad, to train 32,000 Iraqi police and border guards on a 560-acre site in Muwaqqar, about 30 miles southwest of Amman, Jordan. It is said to be the largest international police training center in the world, on the strength of the participation of police instructors from more than 15 countries, including Belgium, Sweden, Finland and Poland. As of November, 2006, the center had graduated more than 43,000 cadets. The Center is scheduled to graduate it last class of Iraqi cadets on December 20, 2006, but it may continue on a smaller scale, providing mid-career instruction of Iraqi security personnel. www.jiptc.org

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IRAQI COP ACADEMY TO SHUT DESPITE SURGE IN VIOLENCE [SPORTS FINAL Edition]

New York Daily News - New York, N.Y. Author: JAMES GORDON MEEK DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU Date: Oct 12, 2006 Start Page: 24 Section: NEWS Text Word Count: 452

213.186.168.70 13:32, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Kurtag

1. REDIRECT György Kurtág

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same REDIRECT as in de.wikipedia.org

[edit] Prix Europa

Prix Europa is an annual workshop-style European Television-, Radio- and Internet festival and competition with an open jury system. It takes place in the third week of October in Berlin and Potsdam and is hosted by the German broadcaster RBB (Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg).

The competition is held in six television categories (fiction, documentary, current affairs, IRIS multicultural programme, SPOT one-minute films and tv fiction script), two radio categories (drama and documentary) and one Internet category. The festival's main concern is to promote the trademark "Made in Europe" and to reflect the complete spectrum of European productions, to show cross-border programme developments and to be a forum for quality programmes. The winner in each category gets a taurus trophy, a certificate and 5000 Euros.

Set up in 1987 by the Council of Europe and the European Cultural Foundation it now has the backing of 20 partners, including institutions like the European Parliament, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the European Alliance for Television and Culture and national broadcasters like Radio France, YLE Finnish Broadcasting, Telwizja Polska or Österreichischer Rundfunk.

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www.prix-europa.de http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prix_Europa http://www.mabb.de/start.cfm?content=Prix_Europa http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Prix_Europa/

62.220.2.3 14:23, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Meredith Wooldridge Thring

Attention, reviewers: A previous reviewer could not decide whether this article is appropriate for creation. The prior reviewer left the following comment: I get the impression that this is mainly original research by members of the family. In that case, all the material that is not supported by the two obituaries needs to be removed. Certainly the parenthesised source is not valid. The material that needs deleting also seems to me to be copyrighted by other than the submitter, although, given the context, it might be likely that permission has been granted, but it needs to go anyway, as it is from an unsuitable source. As a general principle, I would suggest that someone in the family should not be submitting an article at all. -- David Woolley 17:44, 20 November 2006 (UTC) . Please review the article carefully and, if possible, render a decision on it. If you do render a decision, please remove this tag.

Meredith Wooldridge Thring (1915-2006).

Born in Melbourne, Victoria 17 December 1915; Assistant Scientific Officer, British Coal Utilisation Research Association 1937-44, Senior Scientific Officer and Head of Combustion Research Laboratory 1944-46; Head of Physics Department, British Iron and Steel Research Association 1946-53, Superintendent 1950-53, Assistant Director 1953; Professor of Fuel Technology and Chemical Engineering, Sheffield University 1953-64; President, Institute of Fuel 1962-63; Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Queen Mary College, London University 1964-81 (Emeritus); married 1940 Margaret Hooley (died 1986; two sons, one daughter); died Exmouth, Devon 15 September 2006.

Med Thring's father, Walter H.C.S. Thring joined the Royal Navy as a Midshipman in 1888 and rose to be a Captain. When he was a Gunnery Lieutenant, he developed a rate of change of range calulatorwhich was subsequently made in the Royal Naval dockyards in Malta. He was seconded to the Imperial Japanese Navy as as a Gunnery Advisor before the Battle of Port Arthur, 1904 (q.v.). His advice was so beneficial that the smaller, lighter-gunned Japanese fleet outmanoevered the heavier-gunned Russian navy and W.H.C.S. Thring was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun (Second Class) by the Japanese, who considered that they had won the battle. In 1911 he left the Royal Navy to serve in the Royal Australian Navy where he established the Naval Inteligence service. One major result achieved by this service was the tracking by the first instance of directional trigonometry of radio transmissions of the German Cruiser the Emden (q.v.), which was subsequently sunk by the Royal Autralian Navy in 1914.

Meredith Thring's grandfather, John Charles Thring (q.v.) was instrumental in the codifying of the rules for what became Association Football. One of his granduncles was Godfrey Thring (q.v.) the hymn writer, another was Edward Thring of Uppingham (q.v.) who founded the Headmasters' and Mistresses Conference (q.v.), and yet another was Henry Thring who was a founder of the Parliamentary draftsman service and was elevated to be Baron Thring (q.v.) of Alderhurst.

Meredith Thring was a visionary engineer who loved nothing better than a heated debate (sometimes even over breakfast) about his predictions of the future. A physicist by training, he switched to engineering because he wanted to make the world a better place to live in, not just for the next 10 years, but for his great-grandsons when they reach the age of 90. He was a polymath and highly intellectual, yet passionate about the future of the world and its people, and firm in his view that engineers must have a conscience to help make sustainable development possible - and so he looked to today's engineers for renewable energy technology that could be shared throughout the world. He maintained a positive disposition, in spite of his knowledge of the dangers of the consumption by Western countries of so much more than their share of the world's resources.

Meredith Wooldridge Thring, known to his friends as "Med", was born in Australia in 1915. Returning to England when he was four, his mother died when he was just 6, and his father married again in 1927. He was sent away to Malvern College where he excelled academically. When he left the Headmaster wrote:

“Med Thring was a genius mathematical He could argue, that bloke, The hind leg off a moke, But his wisdom was highly problematical”.

He went up from Malvern College to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he attained a double First in Maths and Physics in 1937. He declined an offer to stay on for a PhD in the Rutherford lab, being keen to "get out into the world to help people", a decision which may have saved him - a staunch pacifist - from being involved in early work developing the nuclear bomb.

On graduation Med Thring joined the British Coal Utilisation Research Association, becoming head of the combustion laboratory, where one of his projects included converting vehicles to run on producer gas made from wood, to save petrol in wartime. In 1946 he moved to become the Head of the Physics Department at the British Iron and Steel Research Association, in London.

Turning to academia in 1953, he was appointed Head of the Department of Fuel Technology and Chemical Engineering at Sheffield University. His interests there included magneto hydrodynamics, robot fire-fighters and the domestic robot, a topic of enduring interest to the popular media. In 1964 he moved to Queen Mary College, London, to become Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, working on subjects as varied as aids for thalidomide children to novel methods of low-drag ship propulsion.

He was a founder of the International Flame Research Foundation and a founder fellow of the Fellowship of Engineering, which became the Royal Academy of Engineering, London. He was also a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, the Institution of Electrical Engineers, the Institution of Chemical Engineers, and a Senior Fellow of the Institute of Fuel (now the Institute of Energy), serving as its President in 1962-63.

His numerous books include The Science of Flames and Furnaces (1952), Man, Machines and Tomorrow (1973) and How to Invent (1977), the last of these with Eric Laithwaite. He was consultant to a number of companies including Shell Oil Co, ICI and Montecatini Edison in Italy.

In retirement Med Thring worked as hard as ever, getting up at 6am and going to bed at 11.30pm; he just stopped having to go to the office and was able to focus more on his favourite areas. By this time he had become very interested in helping the people of Africa feed themselves. He founded a charity, Poweraid, sponsored a village in Tanzania and was also very active in Nigeria, making a number of visits to Lagos.

One of his favourite technologies was that used to extract edible protein from leaves. He worked out ways to harvest the weed water hyacinth from Lake Victoria and turn it into food, acting as a personal consultant to President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda on this subject. His passion remained - science and engineering making a difference to the people of the world.

His wife, Margaret, gave him tremendous support, with activities ranging from entertaining students at their home in Sheffield to accompanying him to meet the Duke of Edinburgh. They married quickly during the Blitz in 1940 because, as they said, they could be dead next week. They both survived and were married for 46 years.

(Prof. R H Thring and J M Thring)

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(Prof. R H Thring and J M Thring)

“The Times” Obituary 24th October 2006

"The Guardian" Obituary November 10, 2006

jthring 15:37, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Improvisational Studies

[edit] Jessie Quintanilla

This is a case about a sergeant of Marines who shot his commanding officer (CO) and executive officer (XO) while they were in their command office suite, killing the XO and seriously wounding the CO. The appellant’s sentence included the death penalty. Because the military judge committed an error that materially prejudiced a substantial right of the appellant by granting a prosecution challenge for cause, we must set aside the findings and the sentence and order a rehearing.

Contrary to his pleas, the appellant was convicted of attempted unpremeditated murder (two specifications), violation of a general order by carrying and concealing a .45 caliber pistol, premeditated murder, aggravated assault by pointing a dangerous weapon (two specifications), carrying a concealed weapon, communicating a threat, and obstructing justice. The appellant’s offenses violated Articles 80, 92, 118, 128, and 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. §§ 880, 892, 918, 928, and 934. A general court-martial comprised of 12 members unanimously sentenced the appellant to death, reduction to pay grade E-1, and total forfeiture of pay and allowances. The convening authority approved the sentence as adjudged.

We have carefully considered the record of trial, the appellant’s 49 briefed assignments of error and 83 summary assignments of error, the amici curiae brief, the Government’s response, the appellant’s Reply, the Petition for New Trial, the Motion for Summary Disposition, the Supplemental Assignment of Error, all other appellate pleadings, and the parties’ excellent oral arguments. Arts. 59(a) and 66(c), UCMJ. The Petition for New Trial and the Motion for Summary Disposition are denied. While our decision as to a challenge for cause renders moot all other assignments of error, four of the additional issues warrant discussion.

I. Background

In March of 1996, the appellant was assigned to Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 39 at Camp Pendleton, California. He worked on the night crew at the squadron, meaning that he routinely reported for work in mid-afternoon. The squadron CO was Lieutenant Colonel (LtCol) Thomas A. Heffner, United States Marine Corps (USMC). The XO was LtCol Daniel W. Kidd, USMC.

On the morning of 5 March 1996, the appellant consumed an undetermined quantity of alcohol, then left his home to drive to work. When he left his car parked in the squadron parking lot, he had a .45 caliber pistol tucked into his clothing. The appellant entered the squadron spaces, walked upstairs to the command office suite, then waited outside the XO’s office until other Marines left.

A uniform inspection was scheduled for the night crew at 1500. In preparation for the inspection, LtCol Heffner was changing into his dress uniform, in a changing room located next to LtCol Kidd’s office, where LtCol Kidd was working at his desk.

The appellant walked into LtCol Kidd’s office, pulled out his pistol, asked him, “Remember me, f---er?” and then shot the XO as he tried to exit the office through the door into the changing room. The bullet entered the right side of his lower back, exited the right front side of his abdomen, and then amputated his right ring finger. LtCol Kidd managed to stagger into the changing room, with the appellant close behind him.

LtCol Heffner was changing uniforms when the door to the changing room burst open and LtCol Kidd rushed in. LtCol Heffner first glanced at his XO, and then noticed the appellant in the doorway. The appellant raised his pistol and shot LtCol Heffner in the chest, at which point LtCol Heffner ran out of the office suite. The appellant then shot LtCol Kidd again, the bullet entering his upper back. LtCol Kidd collapsed to the floor and bled to death within a matter of minutes.

After the third and fatal shot was fired, the appellant left the office suite and followed the bloody trail left by LtCol Heffner. As he moved down the passageway, he confronted Gunnery Sergeant (GySgt) W.J. Till and Staff Sergeant (SSgt) A.L. Karr. The appellant pointed the pistol at both Marines but did not fire.

By this time, LtCol Heffner was lying just outside one of the ground floor entrances to the building. Various Marines were providing first aid to their CO. GySgt W.E. Tiller was there and heard someone ask where the XO was. He then went up to the second floor to find the XO. As he proceeded down the passageway toward the command office suite, he saw the appellant a few feet away. GySgt Tiller stepped toward the appellant and reached for the gun. The appellant raised the gun toward GySgt Tiller and fired. GySgt Tiller avoided the shot and struggled with the appellant, eventually disarming him.

The appellant broke away from GySgt Tiller and went down the stairs to the ground floor to the Production Control Office. A number of senior enlisted Marines were in the office at the time. When the appellant entered the office, none of them knew what had just happened. The appellant said, “Gunnery Sergeant, apprehend me, I just shot the CO and XO,” or words to that effect. GySgt P.T. Sullivan asked the appellant to sit down, and he did so.

Soon other Marines entered the office. The appellant talked about why he shot the CO and XO, complaining that he wasn’t treated well in the squadron and that he did it for his “brown brothers,” or words to that effect. At one point, the appellant stood up, pulled down his coveralls, took off his undershirt, and displayed the tattoos that covered his upper body. One of the large tattoos read “Sureno,” which the Government argued was a reference to Southern California gangs. Shortly thereafter, a military policeman arrived and took the appellant into custody.

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9910590/ http://www.jag.navy.mil/NMCCA/9801632.PUB.doc

Desimal 22:29, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Childrin R Skary

Childrin R Skary is a website by graphic designer Katy Towell which features various childrin doing evil little things. The site contains pictures and flash cartoons and there are often contests hosted by Katy. She plans to publish the cartoons and some of the pictures into books, one of which has already been published.

Trivia

• Katy started as a preschool teacher and a lot of the stories are based on her time there.

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Links: www.skary.net http://www.skary.net/skwiki/index.php/Main_Page

69.253.48.40 22:29, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani

Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani (November 4, 1658 in Tandzia, Georgien; † January 26, 1725 in Moskau) was a famous Georgian sovereign, writer, monk and religious zealot.

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Sulkhan Orbeliani derives from dinasty of princes. Before he became monk 1698 with the name Saba of David-Garedja Monastery, he converts to the Catholic Church(1692). He practiced his new belief in private. From 1703 he had his belief an agenda of politics of the new king Vakhtang VI who was his pupil. In 1713-1714he did political voyage in Vatican and in France. He visited Pope Clement XI and Louis XIV and requested them the aid for the king Vakhtang and the Catholic Faith in Kartli (East-Georgian Kingdom). After his comeback in Kartli he got religious zealot for the Catholic Church. Therefore was Georgian Orthodox Church very hostile to him and persecuted him. In 1724 he emigrated with king Vakhtang in Russia.

Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani is the creator a new georgian literary language, his dictionary for Georgian Lunguage is still topically for each other will learn the georgian today.

[edit] Selected bibliography

• Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani: Lexikoni Kartuli (With Kommentary from I. Abuladse). 1-2 Bd. Tbilisi: Merani 1991/1993.
• Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani: Opera. 5 Bd. Tiflis: 1959/1966 (geo.).

[edit] About Orbeliani, Sulkhan-Saba

• A. Baramidse, Sulxan-Saba Orbeliani : c'xovreba da literaturli mogvaceoba ; nark'vevi. Tbilisi: Sabtschota Saqartvelo 1959(geo).
• M. Tarchnisvili, J. Assfalg: Geschichte der kirchlichen georgischen Literatur: Auf Grund des ersten Bandes der Georgischen Literaturgeschichte von K. Kekelidze. Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Città del Vaticano 1955 (ger).
• M. Tamaraschwili: Geschichte des Katholizismus unter den Georgiern. Tbilisi 1902, passim (geo.).

[edit] Daniel Asher Alexander, Architect of Dartmoor Prison

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Son of Daniel Alexander, born about 1768, entered St Paul's School, London, aged 9 on 6 Oct 1777, and the Royal Acadamy from October 1782, when he was 14. Became an architect in 1788 based in Southwark, London. Exhibitor at the RA from 1788.

Early in his career, he was chosen by Mr William Vaughen and Mr Joseph Huddart to be chief Surveyor to the London Dock Company, which he remained from 1796 to 1831. During this time he laid ot London Dock and designed most of the surrounding warehouse buildings.The Plans were published in 1797, and (Sir) Charles Rennie was the engineer.

As an engineer, Alexander was responsible for the widening of old Rochester Bridge over the Medway, (which included making two arches into one) and the construction of the lower bridge, Tonbridge, 1814.

As an Architect his main works include:

              "The Mote", Maidstone 1793-1802 for the Earl of Romney.
              Dartmoor Prison, Dartmoor 1805-9, built for French and later American prisoners of war.
              Kent County Prison, Maidstone 1812 - 18
              Lighthouses for Trinity House at Harwich, Lundy, Heligoland, Holyhead, the Farne Islands and others.
              From 1807, he designed the flanking colonades and wings to Inigo Jones' "Queens House", Greenwhich to accomodate the Royal Naval Asylum. The sculptor was Sir Francis Chantrey who carved busts of Howe, St Vincent, Duncan and Nelson for the Building, and who became a personal friend.      
              He designed additions to Downton Church, Wilts, and the castellated Longford Castle, Wilts for the Earl of Radnor, Combe Bank, Kent and Beddington House, Surrey (since demolished) and supervised the restoration of Coleshill House (also by Inigo Jones) and Farrington, Berks (Destroyed by fire in 1952).
              He raised the height of Yarmouth Church, Isle of Wight, at his own expense, in order that the tower should be a better sea mark for ships in the Solent.

His pupils include James Savage and John Whichcord.

His Portrait is in the collection of the Port of London Authority. He was a long time member of the Architect's club, meeting at the Old Thatched House Tavern in St James' Street, and he was possibly traeasurer of the Architect's Benevolant Fund.

He died at Baring Crescent, Exeter on 2 March 1846 and was buried at Yarmouth Church, Isle of Wight. His eldest son also Daniel, became an architect but later left to join the church, becoming Vicar of Bickleigh, only a few miles from Dartmoor Prison. He, and three other sons predecesaed him.

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Gentlemans Magazine, August 1846 Pages 210-3

Letter to me from St Pauls School by the Librarian, AH Mead, in July 1974

82.155.7.50 23:21, 20 November 2006 (UTC)