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Contents 1 Theories of the Press 2 Authoritarian Theory 3 Libertarian Theory 4 Social Responsibility Theory 5 Communist Theory 5.1 Sources 6 iButton 6.1 Sources 7 Meike/Maike origin of name 7.1 Sources 8 Paul Lindquist 8.1 External links 8.2 Sources 9 SS California 9.1 Sources 10 List of mayors from Lidingö 10.1 Mayors from 1926 until present 10.2 External links 10.3 Sources 11 Downunder Wrestling Xtreme (DWX) 11.1 Sources 12 skulltag a doom source port 13 Tawar2touch Tawanda Muchemedzi 13.1 Sources 13.2 Sources 14 Oasis Leisure Center Pools and Spas 15 Ablazing Faith 15.1 Sources 16 La Crosse Central High School 17 Sinthyia Darkness 18 Fapop 19 About Fapop 20 What Is Frisnig? 20.1 Sources 21 Robosoft Technologies Private Limited 21.1 Sources 22 Uzi Nissan (business owner) 22.1 Sources 22.2 Sources 23 Degsy 23.1 Sources 24 Juan Watterson BA(Hons.) ACA MHK 24.1 Sources 25 تاریخچه هنر رزمی نیرو 25.1 Sources 26 Robosoft Technologies Private Limited 26.1 Sources 27 Wild old Bunch 27.1 Sources 28 Understanding Cholesterol 28.1 Sources 29 Missle defence 29.1 Sources 30 Dr. Lowell Taubman MD 30.1 Sources 31 Fotogenique 32 Larry C. Glasscock 33 Chasing Pandora 33.1 Sources 34 Wtvcrew1 AKA Kenneth Dennis 35 United Nations Staff Recreational Council 36 The Society for Enlightenment and Transformation 36.1 Sources 37 Michael Kashalos 37.1 Sources 38 The Hon. Robert Arthur Riversdale Waldegrave 38.1 Sources 39 Michael Kashalos 39.1 Sources 40 MUGEN NoE 40.1 Sources 41 External links 42 Kurzweil Educational Systems 42.1 Sources 43 Papal Monarchy 43.1 Sources 44 xentertainment.org 44.1 Sources 45 The Mighty Kinkle 46 About 46.1 Sources 47 New Mexico Space Design Competition 47.1 Sources 48 Suzanne Mizzi 48.1 Sources 49 Muskego County Park 50 Sausage rolls 50.1 Sources 51 Happy Holidays (album) 52 Track listing 53 Personnel 53.1 Sources 54 Wtvcrew1 AKA Kenneth Dennis 54.1 Sources 55 Demethylases 55.1 Sources 56 Sana'a University 56.1 Sources

[edit] Theories of the Press

The Theories of the Press serve primarily to address the function of media in a given society. They attempt to explain the connection between government and the media and examine how that relationship affects the balance of freedom and control within a society. There are four original and widely taught theories which include Authoritarian, Libertarian, Social Responsibility, and Communist. A fifth more recent addition is the Developmental theory, however it has yet to gain popularity and acceptance among some scholars.

[edit] Authoritarian Theory

Authoritarian Theory developed soon after the advent of the printing press in 16th Century England made possible the establishment of the basis of modern mass media. This theory is a reflection of the general sentiment of the time that those in positions of authority and rank are responsible for guiding the lower classes. In this climate, presses were owned by the monarchy and used to distribute information approved by the sovereign, such as material supporting certain rulers and their policies. In this way, the ruling class sought to influence the "inferior masses" and made the press not a separate and free entity but a utility of the state.

[edit] Libertarian Theory

Libertarian Theory resulted from the philosophies of the Enlightenment and essentially reversed the premise of the Authoritarian Theory. The Libertarian Theory upheld Enlightened ideas by demonstrating a belief that man is not a mindless creature in need of guidance from a superior, but rather a rational being able to make intelligent decisions when presented with diverse accounts and varied information. In this period, the press is seen as a partner in man’s quest to gain knowledge rather than merely an instrument of the state and therefore media becomes detached from the government.

[edit] Social Responsibility Theory

Social Responsibility Theory developed within the past century, almost in conjunction with the Communist Theory. Social Responsibility Theory is the prevailing attitude toward mass media in most modern western countries and can be most simply defined as a modernization of the Libertarian Theory in which the government and press remain separated but popular notions about the responsibilities of the media have evolved. Today there are few small media outlets and therefore less diversity of available information because in today’s economy, only large companies seem able to turn a profit. This consolidation and commercialization is largely responsible for the development of the Social Responsibility Theory because consumers of the media become more concerned with the integrity of the information that they receive and endeavor to hold the sources responsible to society.

[edit] Communist Theory

Communist Theory developed in the same time period as the Social Responsibility Theory to describe the modern relationship between the press and the government in communist nations such as Russia. Like the Social Responsibility Theory, the Communist Theory is essentially an update of an earlier theory of the press- the Authoritarian Theory. In modern communist states as in earlier authoritarian nations, the government uses the press as a tool and employs strict censorship in order to achieve its goals.

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Siebert, Fred S., Theodore Peterson, and Wilbur Lang Schramm. Four Theories of the Press. Freeport, N.Y.: Books for Libraries P, 1973.

Pnbrandt 00:23, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] iButton

Redirect to 1-Wire

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Most 1-Wire developers refer to the hard tokens as "iButtons", which was originally the name of the entire product line.

72.4.160.227 00:40, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Meike/Maike origin of name

Maike / Meike

Female first name

Maike and Meike has been given as a name more often since the 50-ies. Exspecially well liked was it in 1975, and it was on place 15 among the most favorite girls names in Germany and the Netherlands. Less and less girls are being called Meike or Maike in Germany and the Netherlands.

Origin

Maike is a friesian and low geman Form of Maria. Even the same Name Meike is from the same cultural place, but it is a short form of names like “Mein”, for example “Meingard”. Meike and Maike are being pronounced slightly different in frisian and low german- dialects that are nearly extinct in the netherlands and north germany.

Meaning

Maria means “gift of god” or “being fertile” oder “the willful”

Variations

Maie,Maike, Maika, Meike,Maaike, Meeke,Maia, Maika russian and frisian Form of Maria,Maiken, Maire, Maraike, Mareike, Mariana, Marie, Marieke (low german Form of Maria), Marika, Marijke,Marike, Meika, Meike (lowgerman name), Mia, Mieke

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Lexikon der Vornamen. Herkunft, Bedeutung und Gebrauch von über 6.000 Vornamen. (Broschiert)

von Rosa Kohlheim, Volker Kohlheim  von DUDEN, Vornamenlexikon

64.131.250.137 00:43, 2 December 2006 (UTC)Vornamenlexikon

[edit] Paul Lindquist

[edit] SS California

The SS California was an early twentieth century, British Steamship built in 1923 for the Anchor Line. Weighing in at 16,792 Gross Tons it was subsequently bought by a private owner and entered the Merchant Navy in 1938. With War looming in Mainland Europe the British Government, fearing the extensive nature of German naval re-armament, brought as many seaworthy vessels as it could into active service to sure up channel routes and coastal defences. On the 11th of July, 1943, the SS California was attacked and set ablaze by an axis bomber whilst trooping. Critically Weakened, the vessel became a sitting target and on the very same day was torpedoed and sunk, off the coast of Oporto, by an escorting aixs destroyer and with the loss of some 46 lives.

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http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/anchor.html http://www.sscityofcairo.co.uk/ships.php http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/merchant_navy_losses.htm

87.74.26.19 01:07, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] List of mayors from Lidingö

[edit] Mayors from 1926 until present

• 1926-1943 A Fr Markman
• 1944 Erik Thomasson
• 1945 Eric Karlssom
• 1946-1948 John Svensson (Moderate Party)
• 1949-1951 Nils Romander (Moderate Party)
• 1952-1953 John Svensson (Moderate Party)
• 1954-1960 Nils Ekvall (Moderate Party)
• 1960-1973 Igor Holmstedt (Moderate Party)
• 1973-1976 Karl-Henrik Lingö (Moderate Party)
• 1977-1982 Bengt Geijer (Moderate Party)
• 1983-1991 Caisa Hörberg (Moderate Party)
• 1992-2002 Staffan Anderberg (Moderate Party)
• 2003- Paul Lindquist (Moderate Party)

[edit] External links

• List of mayors of Lidingö (in Swedish)

[edit] Sources

This information has been gathered from the City of Lidingö homepage.

83.250.194.81 01:30, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Downunder Wrestling Xtreme (DWX)

Downunder Wrestling Xtreme A.K.A DWX is a local wrestling troupe located in Victoria, Australia.

The DWX roster consists of:

Joey Russel Jr., LSD, Blade (Current champion), Laser, Chuck E Chaos (Former WWA wrestler), Bradman, Slik Steve, Ricky "The Legend" Diamond, Bulldog, Stefan Cool, 69

Diva Roster:

Vixin, Desire, Delta

Tag Teams:

Warriors of Rock

Monthly Shows:

Hell Has Frozen Over, Doveton Domination

Tours:

Regional Riot Tour

Although DWX is a small band of wrestlers it is very entertaining. They have high flying wrestling action that the whole family can enjoy. As DWX grow in popularity I'm quite sure that we will see them competing with other wrestling companies as PWA.

DWX's shows have 6 matches including a diva's match. Although they are local they can really bring down the house with spectacles such as Street Fights and Table Matches.

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dwx.f2b.be

[edit] skulltag a doom source port

142.161.45.234 01:56, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tawar2touch Tawanda Muchemedzi

[edit] Oasis Leisure Center Pools and Spas

[edit] Ablazing Faith

[edit] La Crosse Central High School

La Crosse Central High School is a school in the city of La Crosse, Wisconsin. It is currently in its 100^th year of existence and is throwing a centennial year-long celebration as a result.

[[Image:http://www.rschooltoday.com/school288/genie192/images/b541_img25_7799.jpg ]] Central High School recieved its name from previously being in a location central within the town, in an area that is now known as Wygent Park. However, in the 1950s the school was rebuilt near the south side of the town. Although another high school, Logan High School, was built in the north side, Central retained its name for sentimental reasons.

Central's school website can be found at this location.

[edit] Sinthyia Darkness

Sinthyia Darkness,born January 30, American born poet and writer of the horror genre. Darkness began working as a model at the age of eight and she has worked for such companies as Mary Kay Cosmetics and Revlon.It was at this age that she was introduced to the works of her writing inspiration, Edgar Allan Poe. It seems that Darkness found her passion early in life. Her publishing credits include O, The Oprah Winfrey Magazine.

Sinthyia Darkness' book, "Our Lady Of Darkness" contains a collection of poetry and stories about various haunted locations from around the world.

When she isn't writing or lecturing, Ms. Darkness spends her time helping survivors of domestic violence and lobbying with lawmakers to improve the laws to protect the rights of domestic violence survivors and their children. The authoress is the founder of an organization called Mothers United Against Domestic Violence, based im her home state of Illinois. She has recently been nominated to be on the Board Of Directors for the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Sinthyia will also be included in Marquis' upcoming book of Whose Who Of American Women.

If you happen to spot a mysterious velvet cloaked woman lurking in a graveyard, she would most likely be Sinthyia Darkness trying to find out as much as she can about the people buried beneath the crumbling tombstones.

Sinthyia Darkness' website can be found here[1]

=== Sources ===

"Our Lady Of Darkness" ISBN #1-4241-2523-5 http://sinthyiadarkness.blogspot.com http://ladydarkness.freespaces.com http://www.forbesbookclub.com http://www.gothicchicago.com http://www.publishamerica.com

The Reporter Newspaper, "Don't Fear The Darkness" by Maura Vizza, Oct. 19, 2006

Darkfan 06:22, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fapop

[edit] About Fapop

Fapop is a free company that operates within Mount Isa,
it brings up-to-date information for teens by teens and is considered: *great* but well some other people may or may not be pleased
as with another branch of the FEAR company, that is FEARSO(Friendly Emailers Anonymous Student Organisation),
because this company is branch two and it stands for: Frisnig Anonymous Payback On People, although only 80 members exist this solves problems that may or may not be resolved in voilence.

[edit] What Is Frisnig?

[edit] Robosoft Technologies Private Limited

Robosoft Technologies is currently a mid-sized software company started in 1996 by Mr.Rohith Bhat.The significant point is that the company that was started by a single person has now grown into an organization with 400+ engineers.It is located in the Udupi in the state of Karnataka in India. The company has brought Udupi a significant place in the global IT scenario and has won many awards and recognitions. The company was initially started as a Macintosh product development company but now software product development on Windows operating system has also been started. The company shifted to its new corporate office in October 2006 which is located in Santhekatte near Udupi on national highway in a sprawling 5 acre campus. Rapid expansion is going on within the company and recruitment of engineers is in full swing. The company's web site is [www.robosoftin.com]

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www.robosoftin.com 59.92.246.10 07:36, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Uzi Nissan (business owner)

Uzi Nissan (business owner) One of the more famous cases of domain name disputes. This David vs Goliath story represents the ongoing disputes and precedents set by this case. It has undergone many stages of rulings and ruling reversals over many states. After Nissan Motor Corp sought over $10,000,000 in damages, the business was moved to the state of NC with more protective laws to the defendant.

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http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,40939,00.html http://www.ncchelp.org/The_Story/the_story.htm http://dir.salon.com/story/tech/col/leon/2002/06/03/nissan/index.html

210.138.117.211 07:57, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

WISE Conference WORKSHOP on INFORMATION SYSTEMS and ECONOMICS

Areas of Interest: The economic consequences of IT advances and innovations are the focus of WISE. Many areas of research on information systems that provide relevant managerial insights and that are supported by to economic theories and methodologies are appropriate for this workshop Specific areas of interest include: • Effects of IT on industrial organization and firm boundaries • Productivity and performance effects of IT • Electronic markets • Knowledge work • Social network analyses • Macroeconomic effects • Pricing of digital products, including bundling • IT related transactions costs and outsourcing • Software and business method innovations • Network effects in products and industries • Implications of IT for differentiation and competitive outcomes • Data-based marketing and pricing • Intellectual property rights and knowledge spillovers • Compatibility and interoperability • Corporate governance and I.S. integrity

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202.40.139.166 08:07, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Degsy

[edit] Juan Watterson BA(Hons.) ACA MHK

Juan was born on 4 July 1980, and was brough up in Port Erin and later Port St Mary on the Isle of Man. He attended Rushen Primary School and Castle Rushen High School. In 1998 he attended the University of Lincolnshire and Humberside where he graduated with first class honours in Management. In 2001 he joined international accountancy firm KPMG, and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2005. He was Chairman of the ICAEW's National Student Council and Council of the Institute (2006-2007).

In 2006, he created a major upset when he topped the poll in the constituency of Rushen in the Isle of Man's general election, ousting John Rimington, a Government minister.

http://www.iomonline.co.im/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=870&ArticleID=1895414 http://www.manxradio.com/election/servIt.aspx?pg=news.asp&artID=10106 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/isle_of_man/6178792.stm http://politics.guardian.co.uk/localgovernment/story/0,,1956358,00.html

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87.254.83.166 11:56, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] تاریخچه هنر رزمی نیرو

[edit] Robosoft Technologies Private Limited

Robosoft Technologies is currently a mid-sized software company based on the Indian sub-continent. It was started in 1996 by Mr.Rohith Bhat, and has grown over the last decade into an organization with over 400 engineers. It is located in the Udupi in the state of Karnataka in India. Robosoft has brought Udupi a significant place in the global IT market and has won many awards and recognitions. The company was initially started as a Macintosh product development company, but has since started a software product development on the Windows operating system. In October 2006, Robosoft moved to its new corporate offices in Santhekatte, which is near Udupi. This new base is located on a sprawling 5 acre campus close to a national highway. Presently, Robosoft is undergoing rapid expansion and recruiting more engineers.

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• http://www.robosoft.in.com
• http://www.objectorb.com/html/corporate_training_client_list.html
• http://www.bangaloreit.com/bangaloreit/src/companyFrame.asp?alpha=r

81.153.141.167 12:21, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wild old Bunch

Wild old Bunch An informal group of senior (50++) skiers at Alta, Utah[www.alta.com]. The majority of the skiers are 70+ with several in their 90's.

The group is one of the earlier groups focused on senior skiers and has included notable individuals from a wide variety of professional fields (industry, business, medicine, journalism. entrepreneurship, agriculture).

[www.wildoldbunch.org]

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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/3586924.html http://www.alta.com/pages/affiliates.php http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=155818

Spedden 12:24, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Understanding Cholesterol

[edit] Missle defence

[edit] Dr. Lowell Taubman MD

Dr. Lowell B. Taubman was born in Valley Stream, grew up in Hewlett, and moved to Long Beach with his wife Dr Robin, 20 years ago. He has a son Jeremy, 18 and a daughter Elana, 16. Dr. Taubman completed his medical school training at New York Medical College and went on to become Chief Resident in Internal Medicine. He continued his medical training at Long Island Jewish Hospital with an extra two year fellowship in Geriatric Medicine. At that time, he had several publications including articles on "Pulmonary Embolism" and "Theories of Aging." He cares for his patients as though they were his family, and continues the lost art of making house calls.

His knowledge of medical ethics and quality of life issues are well known, and he has given many lectures throughout the community. He was the Chief Medical Officer for the Long Beach Fire Department and served on the Long Beach Senior Citizen Advisory Committee.

Dr. Taubman is proud to be on the Teaching Staff at the Long Beach Medical Center and is an Adjunct Clinical Instructor of Medicine with the New York State Osteopathic College. He has been honored by the Michael Valente Order of the Sons of Italy. He has received the Senator William Reynolds Award for Citizens of Distinction. In 2005, He was Honered as Professional of the Year, by the Long Beach Chamber of Commerace.

He also has presented lectures at the Long Beach Historical Society, and the Long Beach Landmark Society. Besides his love of his profession and family, he has been referred to as an authority in various types of music. Dr. Taubman has appeared on TV and radio.

http://longbeach.homestead.com/Index.html http://www.docguide.com/dgc.nsf/o/Lowell.Taubman.831 http://members.aol.com/DrTaubman/index.html http://hechiceromagazine.free.fr/ http://longbeach.homestead.com/Theories_of_Aging.html Entrez PubMed http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=3760437&dopt=Citation Index of Long Beach Historical Pictures http://longbeach.homestead.com/Index.html Entrez PubMed http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Search&itool=pubmed_Citation&term=%22Taubman+LB%22%5BAuthor%5D

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69.123.187.36 14:54, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fotogenique

[edit] Larry C. Glasscock

Chairman, chief executive officer, and president, Anthem

Nationality: American.

Born: April 4, 1948, in Cullman, Alabama.

Education: Cleveland State University, BA, 1970; attended Columbia University.

Family: Son of Oscar Claborn and Betty Lou Norman; married Lee Ann Roden; children: two.

Career: AmeriTrust Company, 1974–1975, vice president of personnel and organization; 1976–1978, vice president of the national division; 1978–1979, manager of the credit card center; 1980–1981, senior vice president of consumer finance; 1981–1983, senior vice president of the national division; 1983–1987, executive vice president of corporate banking administration; 1987–1992, group executive vice president; Essex Holdings, president and chief executive officer; First American Bankshares, N.A., president and chief operating officer; Group Hospitalization & Medical Services (Blue Cross and Blue Shield of the National Capital Area), 1993–1998, president and chief executive officer; CareFirst, 1998, chief operating officer; Anthem, 1998–1999, senior executive vice president of Anthem Insurance; 1998–1999, chief operating officer of Anthem Insurance; 1999–2001, president and chief executive officer of Anthem Insurance; 2001–, corporate president and chief executive officer; 2003–, chairman of the board.

Awards: Indiana Entrepreneur of the Year Award, Ernst & Young, 2003.

Address: Anthem, 120 Monument Circle, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204; http://www.anthem-inc.com.

■ Larry C. Glasscock directed the Anthem insurance company to record growth. Known for streamlining operations at numerous institutions, Glasscock went to work for Anthem in 1998. There he held the successively responsible positions of chief operating officer, president, chief executive officer, and chairman. He more than doubled the company's annual premiums

and oversaw its highly successful initial public offering in 2001, up to that time the largest for a health-care company. He was one of the architects of a merger with WellPoint Health, a deal that was expected to close in mid-2004, which would make the resulting company the largest managed care provider in the United States.

HONES HIS OPERATING EFFICIENCY Larry Glasscock was born in Cullman, Alabama, in 1948; in 1969 he married Lee Ann Roden. He served with the U.S. Marine Corps from 1970 to 1976 and then went to work for AmeriTrust Corporation in Cleveland, Ohio, where he had an 18-year career. In 1974 he began work as vice president of personnel and organization. In 1976 he became the vice president of the company's national division and, then, in 1978 was appointed the vice president and manager of the credit card center. In 1980 he moved on to become AmeriTrust's senior vice president of consumer finance. Another move, in 1981, saw him assume the duties of the senior vice president of the national division. In 1983 Glasscock was promoted to executive vice president of corporate banking administration and, in 1987, to group executive vice president. He held this last position until 1992.

Following his stint at AmeriTrust, Glasscock held the position of president and chief executive officer at Essex Holdings, another Cleveland-based company. He was also hired by the federal government as the president and chief operating officer of First American Bankshares, N.A., of Washington, DC. The bank had been owned by Bank of Credit and Commerce International, now defunct, and was reputed to have laundered drug money. International authorities closed down the operation, resulting in a loss to depositors of $2 billion. Glasscock was brought aboard to clean it up in preparation for sale. Upon completing that assignment, he went on to hold the position (1993–1998) of president and chief executive officer of Group Hospitalization & Medical Services, which operated as Blue Cross and Blue Shield of the National Capital Area. The company was losing money, and he oversaw a turnaround and guided it to an affiliation with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Maryland. From January through April 1998, he was chief operating officer of CareFirst, the resulting company.

SHEPHERDS ANTHEM THROUGH RECORD GROWTH In April 1998 Glasscock joined Anthem, an Indiana-based insurance company that, through subsidiary operations, supplied healthcare benefits to more than 11.5 million people. Anthem, the publicly traded parent company of Anthem Insurance Companies, was an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. Glasscock joined the corporation as senior executive vice president and chief operating officer. Chief executive officer L. Ben Lytle had brought Glasscock into the company to help analyze and integrate the operations of several new companies that had been obtained through a series of mergers and buyouts directed by Lytle. In his first four months at Anthem, Glasscock, through a combination of early retirement and attrition, had lightened the corporation of hundreds of its middle managers, bringing the manager-to-employee ratio to roughly 1 to 15, from 1 to 8. He was promoted to president and chief operating officer in April 1999 and to president and chief executive officer in October 1999. In July 2001 Glasscock became president and chief executive officer of Anthem Inc. In July 2002 he was appointed chairman of the Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare. With Glasscock at the helm, Anthem experienced record growth, and in the first part of 2003 Lytle picked Glasscock to be chairman of the board, in addition to his other responsibilities, when Lytle vacated that spot and became Anthem's presiding director.

In June 2003 Glasscock and Lytle were honored with the 2003 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for financial services. From the time Glasscock joined Anthem in 1998, the corporation's annual premiums had more than doubled, and its 2001 initial public offering was the largest up to then for an Indiana company, Wall Street's 23rd largest ever, and by far the largest public offering of a health-care company at the time. Anthem was ranked on Barron's 500 list, the Standard & Poors 500 index, and the Fortune 500 list.

ARCHITECT OF MERGER In October 2003 Anthem announced that it would purchase California-based WellPoint Health networks for about $16.4 billion. Approved by the Federal Trade Commission in February 2004 but still subject to shareholder and regulatory approval, the merger was expected to result in the creation of the country's largest managed care provider, with a membership of 26 million people from California to Maine. According to Glasscock, it was expected that under the merger the two companies would save $50 million in 2005 and $250 million by the year after that. The deal was projected to close by mid-2004, with the combined company to be called WellPoint.

News of the deal was met with mixed reactions. Benefit consultants speculated that savings from the consolidation of back-office functions and the elimination of some jobs might slow premium increases, which at the time were rising at their fastest pace in a decade. It was thought that big insurers who were eager to attract large, multistate employers as clients might become more competitive in the wake of the merger. Other analysts believed that competition might be hampered should smaller insurers be driven from the market, which could fuel price increases. Doctors were also concerned that the merger marked a nationwide trend toward a health-care system governed by a handful of publicly traded corporations operating primarily for the welfare of shareholders.

In April 2004 it was announced that for his role in the pending merger, Glasscock would receive a merit-based performance bonus of $42.5 million, in addition to his regular salary and bonus, paid out over the ensuing three years. In 2003 Glasscock earned $3.6 million in salary, and his outstanding stock options, said to be worth no less than $22.9 million, were to fully vest at the sale's close.

"Anthem CEO to Get $42.5M Merit Award," April 7, 2004, http://www.wane.com/global/story.asp?s=1768950&ClientType=Print.

Appleby, Julie, "Health Insurers' Deals Get Mixed Reactions," USA Today, October 28, 2003, http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/health/2003-10-27-health-care_x.htm.

"BCBS OKs WellPoint, Anthem Merger," Los Angeles Business, March 22, 2004.

"L. Ben Lytle and Larry C. Glasscock, Anthem, Inc., Honored with 2003 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year for Financial Services," company press release, June 17, 2003, http://www.anthem.com/jsp/antiphona/corp/int_primary.jsp?content_id=PW_038085&site=CORP&state=&role=CORPOR.

"Panel Presentation by Larry Glasscock," Indiana Leadership Summit, 2003, http://www.ihc4u.org/glasscock.htm.

[edit] Chasing Pandora

[edit] Wtvcrew1 AKA Kenneth Dennis

[edit] United Nations Staff Recreational Council

The United Nations Staff Recreational Council (UNSRC) is a group of clubs sanctioned by the United Nations for members, guests, and affiliates.

[edit] The Society for Enlightenment and Transformation

Among the groups incorporated is The Society for Enlightenment and Transformation (SEAT). SEAT has invited Lee Carroll to channel the Kryon entity on five different occassions at the Manhattan UN building. He has made appearances in 1995, 1996, 1998, 2005, and most recently on March 31, 2006.

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http://www.kryon.com/inspiritmag/scrapbooks/sb-UN-06.html

68.81.41.160 16:52, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Michael Kashalos

Michael Kashalos was born in Assia, Cyprus in 1885.

He worked as shoe-maker until the Second World War and then turned to mirror decoration and painting on glass. He also made decorative clay and plaster objects and copies of ancient finds. In around 1957 he took up painting and gradually devoted himself entirely to it. He was predominantly self-taught, although attended a few icon-painting classes at the Elementary School given by the teacher and iconographer Kyriacos Pierides.

In August 1974 was seriously wounded by the Turkish Army which invaded his village and died later, on 31 of August, as a refugee in Larnaca. He is considered the father of contemporary Cypriot Naive art. His work can be found in many places including the State Gallery of Contemporary Cypriot Art, the Cyprus Folk Art Museum, the Cultural Centre of Popular Bank and in various private collections.

Timeline

1885:Born in Asha 1892-1898:Attends Asha Elementary School. He has taken icon painting lessons for seven years with Kyriakos Pierides who was an icon-maker. 1898:At the age of thirteen he is sent by his father to master Kyriacos to learn the art of shoe-making. 1903:He sets up his own show-making workshop. 1913:He marries Irene Petrou. Together they have six children. 1920:Between 1920-1927 he worked as a potter 1925:Around this date he begins to make copies of archeological finds in stone and marble, which he sells as authentic. 1935-1960:He decorates mirrors, paints or glass and makes plaster objects which he sells in village fairs. 1957:Begins painting 1960:Adamantios Diamantis, Christoforos Savva, Pantelis Michanikos and Glyn Hughes help him to mount this first one-man shown at Galerry “Apophasis” 1961:One man show at Limassol Municipal Gallery Took part in group exhibitions: 1963 : Panhellenic Exhiiton 1969 : Bratislava 2nd Triennale of Naïve Art 1970 : Pancyprian Exhibition 1973 : “Exhibition of the Artists of Famagusta” 1974 : Munich and Zurich 1978 : National Gallery of Greece

                “Three Cypriot Naïve Artists (Kashalos, Argyrou, Yerocostas)

1978 : Munich, Municipal Museum. Distinctions: 1969 : Bratislava 2nd Triennale of Naïve Art Award 1974 : Posthumous Athens Academy Award

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http://www.gallerykypriakigonia.com.cy/artists_kashalos.htm http://www.moufflon.com.cy/art.htm http://www.kypros.org/Occupied_Cyprus/assia/kkasialos.html http://www.stwing.upenn.edu/~durduran/hamambocu/authors/svg/svg10_9_2004.html http://www.algebra.com/~pavlovd/wiki/List_of_Cypriots

213.106.163.169 17:27, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Hon. Robert Arthur Riversdale Waldegrave

The Honourable Robert Arthur Riversdale Waldegrave was born in 1989, into the aristocratic Waldegrave family of over 600 years(see also Earls Waldegrave). He is tall, thin, and in possession of ginger hair. His name of peference is Riversdale, a choice which appears inexplicable. He was educated at The Hall School, London, and Eton College. He is currently in the process of applying to read Oriental Studies at Pembroke College, Oxford. Although once thought to be the favoured Waldegrave son to assume the succession of the title of Earl Waldegrave, his new-found drunken debauchery, sexual promiscuity and tendencies toward the political standpoint of Anarchy, has led various spokespeople to doubt his suitability. However, his educational career continues unabated, under the guidance of Dr. David Eltis, the well respected Historian, author of 'The Military Revolution in Sixteenth-Century Europe,' inventor of 'Flying Chess,' a three dimensional variant of the original game of chess, and a producer of many plays, which he has failed to publish as of yet.

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The Military Revolution in Sixteenth-Century Europe' (Paperback) - David Eltis http://www.chessvariants.org/3d.dir/flying.html

195.195.166.31 17:28, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Michael Kashalos

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Michael Kashalos was born in Assia, Cyprus in 1885.

He worked as shoe-maker until the Second World War and then turned to mirror decoration and painting on glass. He also made decorative clay and plaster objects and copies of ancient finds. In around 1957 he took up painting and gradually devoted himself entirely to it. He was predominantly self-taught, although attended a few icon-painting classes at the Elementary School given by the teacher and iconographer Kyriacos Pierides.

In August 1974 was seriously wounded by the Turkish Army which invaded his village and died later, on 31 of August, as a refugee in Larnaca. He is considered the father of contemporary Cypriot Naive art. His work can be found in many places including the State Gallery of Contemporary Cypriot Art, the Cyprus Folk Art Museum, the Cultural Centre of Popular Bank and in various private collections.

Timeline

1885:Born in Asha 1892-1898:Attends Asha Elementary School. He has taken icon painting lessons for seven years with Kyriakos Pierides who was an icon-maker. 1898:At the age of thirteen he is sent by his father to master Kyriacos to learn the art of shoe-making. 1903:He sets up his own show-making workshop. 1913:He marries Irene Petrou. Together they have six children. 1920:Between 1920-1927 he worked as a potter 1925:Around this date he begins to make copies of archeological finds in stone and marble, which he sells as authentic. 1935-1960:He decorates mirrors, paints or glass and makes plaster objects which he sells in village fairs. 1957:Begins painting 1960:Adamantios Diamantis, Christoforos Savva, Pantelis Michanikos and Glyn Hughes help him to mount this first one-man shown at Galerry “Apophasis” 1961:One man show at Limassol Municipal Gallery Took part in group exhibitions: 1963 : Panhellenic Exhiiton 1969 : Bratislava 2nd Triennale of Naïve Art 1970 : Pancyprian Exhibition 1973 : “Exhibition of the Artists of Famagusta” 1974 : Munich and Zurich 1978 : National Gallery of Greece

                “Three Cypriot Naïve Artists (Kashalos, Argyrou, Yerocostas)

1978 : Munich, Municipal Museum. Distinctions: 1969 : Bratislava 2nd Triennale of Naïve Art Award 1974 : Posthumous Athens Academy Award

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http://www.gallerykypriakigonia.com.cy/artists_kashalos.htm www.gallerykypriakigonia.com.cy/artists_kashalos.htm www.moufflon.com.cy/art.htm www.kypros.org/Occupied_Cyprus/assia/kkasialos.html en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Cypriots 213.106.163.169 17:33, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

The Reejers are a colorado based band.

Ranging from a gigantic wall of swirling atmospheric sound, to a single road worn acoustic guitar. Every performance is a unique event and never lacking in emotional urgency. Adorned in volume or stripped to the bone. The songs are an accessible stream of melody and raw emotion. The Reejers have crisscrossed the United States a dozen times since 1992 attaining a fanatical following in the big city and the small forgotten towns. Forever expanding an already impressive collection of original songs. The selections below are from their second full length indie record, 'Erased'. Eleven original tracks that take the listener on an aural journey through ambient landscapes. They create a unique sound by combining folk with the aggressive edge of rock. The album was recorded at Warzone studios in Chicago. This band has contributed songs to three nationally distributed compilation CD's, Aware II, Shmowballs, and Chicago subdisc. The Reejers are also featured on the soundtrack of the motion picture 'Motiff County'.

[edit] MUGEN NoE

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62.1.165.137 18:44, 2 December 2006 (UTC) MUGEN [2](MUGEN LSHG-CT-2005-005203) is a consortium of twenty four European organizations constituting a Network of Excellence on 'Functional Genomics in mutant mouse models as tools to investigate the complexity of human immunological disease' funding under the Sixth Research Framework Programme of the European Union, Coordinated by Alexander Fleming BSRC [3] (Coordinator Dr. George Kollias). MUGEN aims to structure and shape a world-class network of European scientific and technological excellence in the field of 'murine models of human immunological disease', to advance understanding of the genetic basis of disease and to enhance innovation and translatability of research efforts.

MUGEN's specific mission is to bring together different expertise from academic and industrial laboratories in order to study human immunological disease by integrating the participant's strengths in immunological knowledge with new approaches in functional genomics. In this way MUGEN expects to bring Europe a competitive advantage in the development of new diagnostic and therapeutic tools. In concert, MUGEN promotes training of young researchers and exploitation, dissemination and communication of scientific and technological excellence both within and outside of the network, to include all interested stakeholders in the area of human immunological diseases.

[edit] External links

• official website

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[edit] Kurzweil Educational Systems

Kurzweil Educational Systems, Inc. is an American based company that specialises in providing reading and writing software to assist people who are blind or partially sighted, or who have learning disabilities, such as dyslexia and Attention Deficit Disorder. Founded in 1996, the company has pioneered the development of assistive technology, and achieved worldwide recognition for its work. Kurzweil Educational Systems has also won several excellence awards within its industry. Its headquarters are based in Bedford, Massachusetts.

The company supplies two principal products to its customers - Kurzweil 1000 and Kurzweil 3000. Kurzweil 1000 is a package which enables a visually impaired user to gain access to both electronic and printed material by speaking aloud text which has been scanned or copied; while Kurzweil 3000 is a reading, writing and learning medium aimed mainly at students who are struggling to keep up in the academic environment.

Trivia

• Though the company was formed in the mid 1990s, text to speech software is actually something that dates back to the 1970s, when Dr Raymond Kurzweil developed his first Kurzweil Reading Machine, a device which could scan and speak text.
• In 2005, Kurzweil Educational Systems was acquired by Cambiun Learning. Cambiun ownes a number of other similarly related companies.

[edit] Sources

• The Kurzweil Educational Systems website [4]
• Article about Kurzweil Educational Systems
• Another article about Kurzweil Educational Systems

81.152.148.12 19:14, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Papal Monarchy

The Papal Monarchy is a term used to refer to the governance of the Pope over church and sometimes state.

[edit] Sources

Coffin, Judeth. Western Civilization. 1952.

67.185.91.203 19:38, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] xentertainment.org

XEntertainment.org is a website created on July 23, 2004 by James Gaudet, an entertainment researcher for the XEntertainment Organization. It features a wide field of material on everything from what are aliens, is there a bigfoot, mysterious sea creatures, Bushisms, jokes and quotes, Native Americans (Indian) and Wolves, Predators, an excellent site on cars featuring all the known manufacturers. All literature is backed up by major sources in the specified genre, research and sample sounds.

Jimmy origionaly desgined the site as a one stop portal with easy access for users who were sick of having to bookmark and/or look up news, info, entertainment etc. With everything compiled in one place and updated daily it is of great convinience to anyone on the net. The format of the site is dual frame allowing the user to listen to music while they read an article. It also utilizes an expansive series of menus to allow the user to launch into a bevy of other sites while still having all the options of the main page. It is very easy to navigate and its even easier on the eyes. XEntertainment.org is set in a black background with a light blue text that allows for easy and long time viewing without the burn in and dull charecteristics of the standard boring black and white. The site also has a translator for worldwide acceptance and a word crawler to bring up any word in any of the pages.

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McAfee Site Advisor, Angelfire.com, Alldumb.com, Google.com, Yahoo.com, and a host of other sites and blogs around the world

71.174.69.181 19:51, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Mighty Kinkle

[edit] About

The Mighty Kinkle is a person on the internet, if you Google him it comes up with a model of a cinema he made on Google Sketch Up. It also comes up with Benetton Play, which he is registered to. He invented the Fart Logo in 2003 and there is a picture of it, which is in the TMK Productions logo in the middle. TMK Productions is his media company, which he invented recently in 2006, it currently has 2 movies on Youtube (search for The Mighty Kinkle)He is such a cool person.

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The Mighty Kinkle, Michael Mc Donald

Kinkle 19:57, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New Mexico Space Design Competition

The New Mexico Space Design Competition is an anually held competition in conjunction with the Symposium on Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion, a conference held within the Space Technology and Applications International Forum. It is sponsored by the University of New Mexico's Institute for Space and Nuclear Power Studies and the New Mexico Space Grant Consortium. The goal of the competition is to enhance mathematics, science, and engineering education through student involvement in the state of New Mexico. Students are invited to participate in the competition as individuals, team pairs, or classes.

Contest Rules

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Any student entering the competition must be enrolled in a public or private high school, middle school, or junior high school in the state of New Mexico, and must be sponsored by a faculty member, with at least one faculty member per school in attendace at the competition.

Entries can be submitted to one of three divisions:

Division I: Students in grades 9-12 and/or previous competition winners.

Division II: Students grades 6-8.

Division III: Any class project.

Students may enter the competition in Divisions I or II as an individual or as a team of two members. Division III is for class projects and must be represented by up to two students within the class and their sponsoring teacher.

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[edit] Suzanne Mizzi

Suzanne Mizzi, born December 1, 1967 on the Mediteranean island of Malta, is a former topless model. She made several appearances as a Page Three girl in the British newspaper The Sun during the 1980s and 1990s, although she has been less prominent in more recent times. According to a BBC report, she is one of a number of celebrities who have taken out insurance on their assets.

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• http://wgate.users.netlink.co.uk/fame01.html
• http://infoman16.tripod.com/a4ideas/birthC01.htm
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/142982.stm
• http://www.thesun.co.uk/Sales/goods/0,,351-12,00.html

81.152.148.12 20:27, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Muskego County Park

Muskego County Park, Located in Muskego, Wisconsin is a great county park in Waukesha County. It features many picnic areas, hiking trails, volleyball nets, and tennis courts. In the summer, you can go swimming in the clean pond. You can also go fishing at the pond. Also, there are 24 campsites and 2 group camps. In the winter, it is a great place to go cross country skiing. The following are the admission prices:

Car
$ 5.00 per day (WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS)
$ 2.50 per day (WEEKDAYS)

Bus 
$25.00 per day (WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS)
$18.00 per day (WEEKDAYS)

http://www.waukeshacountyparks.com

[edit] Sausage rolls

1: REDIRECT TO Sausage roll

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81.152.148.12 20:50, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Note - this has been done by Yuser31415^@?#& 21:11, 2 December 2006 (UTC).

[edit] Happy Holidays (album)

Name        = Happy Holidays
Type        = Album
Artist      = Billy Idol
Released    = December 12 2006
Recorded    = 
Genre       = Holiday
Length      = 
Label       = Bodog
Producer    = 
Reviews     = 

Last album  = Devil's Playground

(2005)
This album  = Happy Holidays

(2006)
Next album  =

[edit] Track listing

1. "Frosty the Snowman" - 2:27
2. "Silver Bells" - 2:42
3. "Happy Holidays" - 2:04
4. "Merry Christmas Baby" - 4:07
5. "White Christmas" - 2:33
6. "Here Comes Santa Claus" - 2:01
7. "God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen" - 2:57
8. "Santa Claus Is Back In Town" - 3:21
9. "Let It Snow" - 2:28
10. "Winter Wonderland" - 2:20
11. "Run Rudolph Run" - 3:02
12. "Blue Christmas" - 2:27
13. "Jingle Bell Rock" - 2:03
14. "Christmas Love" - 3:59
15. "Oh Christmas Tree" - 4:32
16. "Silent Night" - 2:18
17. "Auld Lang Syne" - 1:20

[edit] Personnel

• Billy Idol — vocals
• Derek Sherinian —
• Brian Tichy —

[edit] Sources

• Official Site
• Myspace

[edit] Wtvcrew1 AKA Kenneth Dennis

His Start On Youtube

Wtvcrew1 was also known as phantom409 when he first started out on youtube.com.Kenneth Dennis was instant hit with the youtube community and he had risen to the top 10 most subscibed of all time.He made great videos about his life,work,and give his daily insights of youtube users such as littleloca and lisanova.

The Move

As phantom409 was rising to the top,his account was suspended from youtube.com for copyright infrigment which cause alot of noise in the youtube community.It was over a wwe video Phantom409 showed about Eddie Guerreo.But NO,Kenneth didnt stop,he went under a account called banditkat and made a hit from thier.He made great films and gained over 5 million subscribers.His video about his wifes condition about how she was in a wheel chair made the biggest hit.

Account Moved Again

After 2 months,the account Banditkat was suspended for unknown reasons from youtube.com.After Kenneth Dennis suffered a severe heart attack and was not able to make vids for a month.All his fans were sad for him and people made millions of get well videos to him.After his long awaited return he went under another name known as wtvcrew1.

He Hits Gold Through Struggle

When Kenneth made videos under Wtvcrew1,people were happy to see him back.He gained thousands of subscribers and his video on youtube.com continue to get better as days go by.He has recovered full from his heart attack but has recently had to take on a fractured wrist.In a rescent interview with Fox 5,Kenneth stated,"Youtube is my home."After that,subscribers pulled in and he was a instant hit once again as he started from the begining.

Backround Info

Kenneth Dennis lives in Melbourne,Florida and works for the local newspaper thier and is highly respected in the youtube and Florida community.He lives with his dog Bo and his wife Kaddens Dennis.He has recently come across a newspaper job in L.A and is asking his youtube fans for help!

[edit] Sources

www.youtube.com/user/wtvcrew1 www.myspace.com/phantom409 www.veoh.com

Manoman12 22:32, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Demethylases

Demethylases are enzymes that remove methyl (CH₃-) groups from proteins and other substances. They are utilized in a variety of processes, such as in chemotaxis signal transduction. A good example of a demethylase is the activated (i.e. phosphorylated) form of the CheB protein, which demethylates MCPs (methyl-accepting chemotaxis proteins). MCPs sense extracellular attractants and repellents in bacteria like E. coli in chemotaxis regulation. Because CheB removes methyl groups from a glutamate and creates, as a result of this demethylation, a methanol and a glutamic acid residue, CheB is more specifically termed a methylesterase.

See also:
Esterase
Transferase
Methylase
Chemotaxis

[edit] Sources

Madigan, Michael. Brock's Biology of Microorganisms, 11 ed.
Park, Borbat, et al. Reconstruction of the chemotaxis receptor-kinase assembly, Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 13, 400-407 (2006). 23 April 2006

YKgm 23:02, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sana'a University

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Sana'a University was established in 1971 as the first university in yemen. It is located in Sana'a,the capital of Yemen, and is currently organized with 17 faculties.

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Saabso 23:59, 2 December 2006 (UTC)