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David Dineen-Porter is a noted member of the Toronto Alternative Comedy Scene scene, and an musician of indie music(performing under the name PDF Format (the Band.

His comedy style is indicative of the innovation of that scene. His musical style is heavily influenced by the Chiptune scene. He is also the prime organizer of "Friends of P64", a group of musicians who use the Sequencer software Prophet 64 for the Commodore 64.

[edit] Early Comedy Career

David Dineen-Porter began doing comedy in the group Someone and the Somethings out of university. He was quickly introduced to Tom Middleditch (currently of Chicago's improv Olympic) by Leslie Gottleib, the current organizer of Laugh Sabbath (one of Toronto's most noted alternative comedy shows).

Together, they formed The Iliads, a sketch troupe, which ultimately superceded Someone and the somethings.

During this time, he began to experiment with solo performances, helping organize Rad Maneuvers along with The Gurg (Chris Locke and Brian Barlow).

Also during this time, he was considered, but ultimately rejected, for a Tim Sims Encouragement Award, for new and unique comedic performers. (2003) The performance considered (and rejected) contained several sketches, performed solo, with the use of multimedia and extensive use of pre-recorded audio, which were to become central features of current alternative comedy.

[edit] Establishment

Through Catch 23, David developed a presence in the Improv community, and was simultaneously loved and hated for his extremely bizzare of sometimes confrontational performance style.

During 2004, David organized a marathon 3 night sketch show called Yay, Stepdad!, which included himself, his partner Tom, Levi MacDougall, Tim Polley, Paul Schuck (collectively, The Distractions, and Chris Locke and Brian Barlow (collectively The Gurg).

He followed this up with a "birthday" show (5 months before his birthday) entitled Hexiquest (http://www.eyeweekly.com/eye/issue/issue_08.26.04/arts/meet.php there is an article in Eye magazine about it).

The Iliads went on Hiatus in January of 2005, as Tom MIddleditch moved to Chicago in order to study at the Second City school there.

David began performing solo, as without the Iliads, and having alienated the improv community with his angry and perhaps selfish performances, he was without partners.

[edit] Standup

After beginning to do standup, David was rapidly a hot item at many of the alternative standup nights, including but not limited to The Joke Club run by Nick Flanagan at the Drake Hotel. Moving into all-audio performance, and maintaining a steady stream of standup performances, David is now considered one of the central figures in Toronto's alternative comedy scene, though he remains a controversial figure among his contemporaries who appear to hold very strong positive or negative opinions of him and his work.

He has performed extensively with the East Village alternative comedy scene (at Invite Them Up, Gabe and Jenny, Greg Johnson Show, Mo Pitkins).

[edit] Current Career

David runs the successful standup comedy night Circular Laughing Breads (formerly at the Toronto venue "the Bagel" hence the name) with Now Magazine music reviewer Jason Richards (who recently was embroiled in major controversy following a virulent and racist exchange between himself and musician K-os http://canada.com.dose.ca/music/story.html?id=1f70bd7c-35fa-46b9-bb9f-a55cb29c5ace&k=97556 , http://www.torontoist.com/archives/2006/10/hiphop_artist_a.php)).

David's very controversial, vitriolic, and exhaustive defense of Jason Richards against K-os allegations that he was a "Sambo" controlled by his white masters at the Magazine (who he alleged ordered Jason to review his album with a 3/5) on the highly influential toronto music scene message board Stillepost.ca proved a major catalyst for schism in the toronto arts community on the topic of race in music (http://www.stillepost.ca/boards/index.php?topic=61571.0 ) perhaps sparking the recent Toronto Star articles on Race Stereotypes and their impact on minorities' participation in music.

Also, David Dineen-Porter was awarded (in 2006, October) an artist's residency at The Drake Hotel to complete the composition of a Rock Opera, for the duration of February 2007, to be perfomred in March 2008. However, this project is in development, and it is possible this is a Hoax perpetrated by David, as he is fond of tricking people into believing things that are not true.

[edit] Asperger's Syndrome and Physical Maladies

David is reported (by himself) to have Aspergers Syndrome and Attention Defficit Disorder, which could explain his controversial standing in the comedy community, and why he is easily dispised as arrogant or crazy. It may also explain why he sometimes exhibits paranoid behaviour or appears not to adequately predict how severely his actions will affect people's emotions.

Some see this as a hoax used as an excuse to "get away" with actions that some are annoyed by.

David also suffered for 6 years from Muscular (or functional) Dysphonia, a habitual condition affecting Vocal Onset, leading to etnsion and swelling in the Vocal Chords. The inability to freely use his voice is one possible reason why David has favoured, until recently, quiet performances, and heavily logical content, which does not require him to shout, or perform characters.

David claims to suffer from every minor physical malady known to mankind, including allergies, lactose intolerance, chronic back-ache, TMJ disorder, and so on, but there is no way to substantiate these claims.

[edit] Other Notable Works

David has been published multiple times for his writings, including a collection of his rejected radio and television proposals where were intentionally horrible.

One such proposal, for a book, was published by McSweeney's literary review.

Since that time, david has been published two more times in McSweeney's, once for a "Letter to the President" following a tie-in with Gabe Hudson's novel of correspondences Letters to the President, and once reviewing a McSweeney's Publishing Wing promotional event at The Drake Hotel.

He has had a comic strip entitled trust the government published variously in independant newspapers and websites, including The Fat Clam (a satirical website akin to The Onion)

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Feature in Eye Magazine ( a toronto weekly) - http://www.eyeweekly.com/eye/issue/issue_08.26.04/arts/meet.php
Letter to the president - in mcsweeney's online review -- http://www.mcsweeneys.net/letters/president/
http://www.thedrakehotel.ca/home.asp
The Iliads Former Homepage - http://www.theiliads.com
An interview with co-Iliad - Tom Middleditch - in chicago comedy blog "The Bastion" - http://www.thebastion.org/2006/09/inside_with_thomas_middleditch.html

206.191.69.18 00:13, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

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Founded in 2005, Castle Point™ Records is a breakthrough self-sufficient record label at the Stevens Institute of Technology that has been established and run by the students themselves. CPR saw their first release April 30 2006. The album, Delusions of Grandeur, is being nationally distributed and is a compilation of various up and coming rock artists. The artists include Last Perfect Thing, Cori Yarckin, John Connor, the WMDs, Never the Nines and Myopia.

To produce on some of the album’s tracks, CPR hired David Bowie guitarist Carlos Alomar and popular New Jersey producer Rob Harari. In addition, Delusions of Grandeur is currently being distributed nationally by Nile Rodgers’ Sumthing Distribution.

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http://top40-charts.com/news.php?nid=23012&string=Institute http://www.stevens.edu/press/pr/pr766.htm http://www.hudsonreporter.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16502974&BRD=1291&PAG=461&dept_id=523592&rfi=6

Omarthetentman 03:01, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Serositis

Definition of Serositis

Serositis: Inflammation of the serous tissues, which line organs of the human body. Examples are the pleura of the lungs, pericardium of the heart, and the peritoneum of the abdomen.

This condition can be a complication of chronic dialysis or a sign of lupus.

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http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=5467 http://www.about-autoimmune-diseases.com/lupus/serositis.php

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The Reverend Deborah Lieder Kiesey is the current Bishop of the United Methodist Church for the Dakotas Conference including the states of North Dakota and South Dakota in the United States of America. Elected to the episcopacy on July 15, 2004.

Personal:

Date of Birth: June 26, 1951.

Married:

May 24, 1975 to D. Bradley Kiesey.

Children:

Joel Kiesey, born April 14, 1979.

Aaron Kiesey, born March 8, 1981.

Education and Honors:

1973 BA, Morningside College - Majoring in Religion and Music Performance - Piano;

1976 Master of Divinity, Boston University School of Theology.

Ministry:

1974 Ordained Deacon;

1976 Ordained Elder;

1976-1980 Pastor, Richland/Ollie, IA United Methodist Churches;

1980-1982 Leave of Absence (Maternity Leave);

1982-1988 Associate Pastor, Washington, IA UMC;

1988-1997 Senior Pastor, First UMC, Mt. Pleasant, IA;

1997-2001 Senior Pastor, First UMC, Iowa City, IA;

2001-2004 Superintendent, Waterloo District in Waterloo, IA;

2004-Present Bishop, Dakotas Conference.

Membership:

General Conference Delegate - 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004;

First Elected Clergy, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004;

Head of Delegation, 1996, 2004;

General Commission on the Status and Role of Women, 1992-2000;

Trustee, Iowa Wesleyan College 1988-1997;

Board of Fellows, University of Iowa School of Religion 1998-2001;

University of Dubuque School of Theology, Licensing School Faculty teaching Worship 1997 - present;

School for Lay Ministry, Faculty, teaching Administration 2000;

Faculty, teaching Preaching 2001-Present;

Board of Directors, Morningside College 2002-Present;

Chair, Iowa Conference Commission on the Status and Role of Women Conference Council on Ministries;

Committee on Ministering to Persons with Handicapping Conditions;

Board of Ordained Ministry (Vice Chair and Chair of Program Division);

Chair, Joint Review Committee Program Review;

Chair, Business and Agenda of the Iowa Annual Conference Dean of the Cabinet.

Other: Pulpit Exchange to Sutton-in-Craven, England in 1995.

Address:

(snipped. -Geniac (talk) 20:29, 6 December 2007 (UTC))

Bishop Kiesey's ordination sermon is available here[2]

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http://archives.umc.org/interior.asp?Can=%7B38B10413-11DC-422B-8BB0-33A39E6FC68C%7D&ptid=2&Mid=5058

http://archives.umc.org/interior.asp?ptid=2&mid=5298

http://www.dakotasumc.org/dak_leadership_news/DakAPPT.pdf

http://archives.umc.org/umns/bios_bishops.asp?ptid=2&bio=%7BDCB0012B-1325-4F5B-A911-84F531C29AB5%7D&episcopal=%7B24E89285-F426-4460-90DC-EE87C3EE673C%7D&mid=903

71.229.178.179 03:29, 27 October 2006 (UTC) DeclinedUnfortunately, no other bishops of the UMC have their own articles, so I'll decline this for now. Submit again, and I'll accept it. GrooveDog (talk) 18:29, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

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Jo Lamble is a Clinical Psychologist, Author and Television contributor and mother. She grew up on Sydney's Noth Shore where she attended school and university.

Jo Lamble specialises in relationship problems and parenting issues, as well as helping those with depression, anxiety and the whole gamut of psychological problems.

She has co-authored four self-help books including Motherhood, Side by Side, Online & Personal, and The Partner Test. She appears regularly on Sunrise to discuss matters of the mind and heart..

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• www.seven.com.au/sunrise
• http://www.motherinc.com.au/balance/ment_well_jo_lamble.asp
• http://www.goodtherapy.com.au/products/online_and_personal/178/1
• http://www.finch.com.au/html/s02_article/article_view.asp?id=206&nav_cat_id=210&nav_top_id=63&dsa=109
• http://www.finch.com.au/html/s02_article/article_view.asp?id=206&nav_cat_id=210&nav_top_id=63&dsa=109

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Thomas Jefferson High School is a high school located in Richmond, Virginia on West Grace Street. It is a very old school and has been featured in the movie "Cherry Falls." The school offers the IB program and the ESL program, only school in Richmond that allows it.

Languages: Thomas Jefferson offers 7 foriegn languages: Latin Spanish French Japanese Italian German Engilsh (as secondary)

Notable teachers from TJ are: (snipped. --Geniac (talk) 20:29, 6 December 2007 (UTC))

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William Robert Consuegra was nominated by Governor Bill Richardson and former Secretary of the Army Louis Caldera to the Term Member program with the Council on Foreign Relations. Mr. Consuegra has been a State Bar Summer Clerk with the New Mexico Risk Management Division in Santa Fe, a business process analyst with Accenture, an International Student Advisor at Trinity University, and an intern with the US Embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Mr. Consuegra is currently a second year law student at the University of New Mexico School of Law. He is also currently a National Program Review Facilitator with the Corporation for National and Community Service, and a national member of the Trinity University alumni association. In recent years he has also been a reviewer for the David L. Boren/Fulbright Scholarship Fund Committee (Houston, TX), a Program Review Board member with the United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast, and a Funds Allocation Board member with the United Way of South Texas (San Antonio).

Mr. Consuegra’s area of expertise is international education and commerce. His work has been supported by several grants from organizations including the National Association of Foreign Student Advisors and the Accenture Foundation, and his research has included border conflicts, religion and politics, and international students as ambassadors for democracy. Articles and research by Mr. Consuegra have been published in various industry newsletters and presented to regional conferences, as well as utilized by Fortune 100 corporations.

Mr. Consuegra’s international experience began in 1998, when served as a trade specialist for the U.S. Department of Commerce in the United States Embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina. From 1999 - 2001, while a Business Process analyst for Accenture (formerly Andersen Consulting), Mr. Consuegra worked with two major petrochemical companies in Frankfurt, Germany and Houston, Texas, advising on international trade strategy and technological innovations in the area of risk management. From 2002 – 2004, Mr. Consuegra created the international student office at Trinity University, increasing international student enrollment from 18 to over 100 students and establishing programs with the city of San Antonio. Mr. Consuegra traveled to various Asian nations to recruit students and to foster relationships with alumni in Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Beijing. In addition to numerous presentations at academic conferences and seminars, in recent years Mr. Consuegra has spoken to many non-specialist audiences regarding the topics of national and community service, international trade, the history of foreign students in the United States, and Islam as a political tool in the third world. He has also been involved with individual companies and industry associations interested in fostering dialogue on issues of international trade and education. Mr. Consuegra’s community service work began in 1994, when he was a member of the inaugural class of the AmeriCorps national service program. As one of the few high school seniors to serve in AmeriCorps while a high school student, Mr. Consuegra spoke to Teach for America programs in the southwest on potential partnering possibilities between the two organizations. In 2003 he returned to AmeriCorps, this time as a reviewer for national program applications. He has since led or supervised seven national review sessions in Washington D.C., reviewing nearly 40 program applications requesting over $15 million. Mr. Consuegra received his bachelor’s degree from Trinity University in 1999, and will receive his juris doctorate from the University of New Mexico School of Law in 2008.

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http://www.trinity.edu/departments/public_relations/news_releases/consuegra.htm http://www.trinity.edu/careers/PROFILE/Consuegra,%20William.htm http://www.google.com/coop/profile?user=002025623876844604413 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/inter-l/message/3801 http://www.nmbar.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Publications_Media/Bar_Bulletin_(BB)/BB032006.pdf http://www.trinity.edu/departments/alumni_relations/alumnet/message_board/0510_messageboard.htm

Unmlawstudent1 05:16, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Milzus

Milzus is the coolest gnome liek evar, he is pro, and sporting a whopping 678 +shadow damage. He is better than his pansy night elf counterpart 'Maethor' in which he can easily two shot him. Also the devious 'Rowatt' has tried to foil his attempts for world domination, but failed miserably due to his poor dps.

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My life as Milzus - Doctor Christov Ruminavsky. (c) 1999

203.217.28.220 05:26, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

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"Alternate Name in Trinidad & Tobago"

http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/print?id=161033030

209.94.206.217 05:30, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Chocolate Factory

Chocolate Factory also known as Chocolate Industries is a subsidiary of a partnership between Verizon Wireless and Def Jam Records as a joint campaign to promote the LG Chocolate phone in 2006.

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http://www.chocolateindustries.com/ladysov/ladysov.fader.php http://www.ladysovereign.com/ http://youtube.com/watch?v=N-RJ5gzUcPk http://www.mobiletracker.net/archives/2006/07/31/lg-chocolate-verizon 64.222.55.18 05:31, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Chocolate Industries

Chocolate Factory also known as Chocolate Industries is a subsidiary of a partnership between Verizon Wireless and Def Jam Records as a joint campaign to promote the LG Chocolate phone in 2006.

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http://www.chocolateindustries.com/ladysov/ladysov.fader.php http://www.ladysovereign.com/ http://youtube.com/watch?v=N-RJ5gzUcPk http://www.mobiletracker.net/archives/2006/07/31/lg-chocolate-verizon 64.222.55.18 05:32, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

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Redirect to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerosene

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http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_opinion?id=161033030

209.94.206.217 05:44, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Los Acurio De Mexico

Los Acurio De Mexico is a musical group from Juchipila Zacatecas. In their career they have recorded a number of albums. Signed by the record company Mar Int'l on 01/01/1991 they released the first album called "La Hielera". With decent sales with the first album they recorded a second one entitled "Cruda" 04/16/1995. For their third album they had signed with Fonovisa and on 08/21/1996 they released a third ablum entitled "Sentimiento. Before they signed with Fonovisa they released a special album an Homenage to Selena who at the time she was reaching new heighths in her singing career before she was gunned down in Corpus Chriti Texas. After their 1996 album Los Acurio have not recorded new albums.

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69.19.136.2 05:57, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Shintaro Sugiyama

Shintaro Sugiyama was the bassist from 1981-1983 for the japanese punk rock band the stalin. He was reluctant at first to join the band but was persuaded by the singer Michiro Endo. He joined the band in time to play on their stalinism ep, their second release. He stayed with the band until 1983, making him one of the longest lasting members of the stalin besides Michiro who never left the band. After he left he became involved with the noise band hijokaidan who shared a friendship with the stalin. He married a girl from the band called yuka and joined them himself around 1986. He performed live with them and contributed bass and guitar to their tapes Lp and also drew the picture of the back. He was planning a solo LP and created it around 1986, it was called newton's oblige and was on jojo from hijokaidans alchemy records record label. Shintaro and his wife Yuka decided to leave Hijokaidan after an incident where he threw a drumcase into the audience at a concert and managed to hit a fan in their face and injure them quite badly, Shintaro took full responsibility and settled it with the fan out of court. Sometime later Shintaro left music and moved into a mountain hut where he became an alcoholic due to depression, it is believed this is because his wife divorced him. He was unheard of till 1996, when he was asked to return and play bass for the stalin in a 1996 reunion concert but he refused saying that he could not play bass anymore and all he had was his hut. Soon after this he unfortunately passed away when he fell down his staircase drunk. The Stalin 1996 concerts were then in tribute to him and there is an EP that contains a few songs from these concerts. In 2006 his solo album Newton's Oblige was reissued.

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The Hijokaidan Story

The Stalin 1981-85 Book.

[edit] The Bob Morrison Show

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An Austrlian TV show from 1994 about a talking dog.

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On IMDB

203.34.63.1 06:28, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My Lady Nicotine: A Study in Smoke

Is a book written by J.M. Barrie, author of "Sentimental Tommy", "Peter Pan", etc., and illustrated by M.B. Prendergast.

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http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/18934 http://www.pipes.org/Books_and_Magazines/MLN.html http://www.alibris.com/search/books/qwork/4536918/used/My%20Lady%20Nicotine http://www.amazon.com/My-Lady-Nicotine-M-Barrie/dp/1589633083 http://gaydeceiver.com/nicotine/ http://www.pipes.org/FORMATTED/236.html

24.216.232.56 07:36, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tak Giu

Tak Giu, an indie short film about Singaporean football, gained a cult-following and gathered 100,000 viewers in 6 months after it was hosted on the internet. Shot with just a camcorder, Tak Giu spread like wild-fire and made waves in the Singaporean football and online community. The 15 min film in Singlish was produced, written and directed by Jacen Tan, who also starred in the film.

The film talks about the lack of soccer fields in soccer crazy Singapore and difficulties of finding suitable fields in land scarce Singapore. It also laments Singaporeans' lack of support for their national soccer and the futility of Singapore's 2010 World Cup goal.

Aside from being mentioned in prominent blogs and internet portals, Tak Giu was featured on local newspapers like The Straits Times, The New Paper, and Today. Jacen Tan was also invited to appear on TV programs like ESPN “Football Crazy”, “LiveWire” on Arts Central, Radio UFM 100.3 on the late Show with DJ Yuling, and News 93.8fm.

In November 2005, Jacen Tan’s 2nd short film, Zo Peng, won 2nd place at the Panasonic/MDA Digital Film Fiesta, Short Film Open Category. Jacen Tan has also produced and directed Silverpiece, a music video for popular Singaporean indie band, Lunarin.

Jacen also directed the music video "Silverpiece" for the alternative rock band, Lunarin. Silverpiece was shown in the Cannes Midem '07.

Jacen's new short film, 'Zo Gang' will hit the internet by the end of 2006.

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http://www.hosaywood.com

http://www.substation.org/magazine/issue04/ft_TakingTheBait.html

http://blog.vjc.sg/2006/03/04/filmware-an-interview-with-jacen-tan/

http://www.thevoiddeck.org/index.php?query=zo+peng&amount=0&blogid=1

http://www.mrbrown.com/blog/2005/03/tak_giu.html

218.186.9.3 07:52, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Government Engineering college,Bartonhill, Thiruvananthapuram

Government Engineering college, Thiruvananthapuram was established in 1999 in the picturesque Barton Hill located right in the heart of Thiruvananthapuram city. The college offers B.Tech degree courses in Electronics & Communication, Information Technology and Mechanical Engineering and is affiliated to University of Kerala. The college, now in the eighth academic year, since its inception, has already established itself as one of the leading Engineering Colleges in Kerala. It is one of the most preferred choices for students selected through the Common Entrance Examination conducted by the Government of Kerala.

Organizational chart and processes The institution is fully owned by the Government of Kerala under the Department of Technical Education which functions under the Higher Education Department of the State. The Principal Secretary to Government heads the Department of Higher Education. The policy decisions of the Government in the Technical Education sector are carried out with the supervision of the Minister for Education. The Director of Technical Education is the Administrative Head who implements the Government orders. This institution comes directly under the purview of the Directorate of Technical Education with administrative control over its functioning. The general administration of the college is carried out by the Principal in consultation with the college council.

Governance An Advisory System is functioning in the college very effectively. Two staff members are assigned to each batch of students as their group advisors. The group advisors will maintain a dossier of personal details of all students and will guide the students during his/her course. All staff members follow the code of conduct and professional ethics laid down by the Government in accordance with the rules & regulations of AICTE. A College Council consisting of the Principal, the Heads of Engineering Departments, the senior most non-engineering staff member and the Professor of Physical Education is also functioning in the institution which carries out some of the general administrative work distributed among the members under the general supervision of the Principal. The Council is empowered to consider the report on any question concerning the general administration of the college.

Student Feedback on Institutional Governance/Faculty performance Teachers' performance evaluation by students is conducted regularly, at the end of each semester, as per the AICTE norms. A democratically elected students' council is functioning in the college which can give their suggestions on the general matters related to the governance of the college and the college council will take appropriate actions on it.

Grievance redress mechanism for faculty, staff and students A Grievance Redress Cell, Anti-ragging Cell & a Council for atrocities against women are functioning in the college as per the norms of the state and central governments.

B.Tech Degree Programs Mechanical Engineering Electronics & Communication Engineering Information Technology

Career Guidance & Placement Cell A Career Guidance & Placement Cell is functioning in the College in order to co-ordinate the placement and other related activities. Many reputed organizations at the national level are visiting the campus in each year for their recruitment. The Placemnet Cell of this College is also acting as a Nodal Centre for co-ordinating the recruitment process by participating students from various other Engineering Colleges in the State.The students who secure makes above 68% up to the sixth semester are being considered for selection in various companies.Campus placements from this college is one of the highest in the state. INFOSYS,NCR,VSNL,HCL,DEL,IBS, US SOFTWARE,LARSEN and TURBO are some of the firms that visited the campus during the current year.The Cell undertakes various training and personality development programes on a regular basis it gives guidance and training to students so as to facilitate the choosing of the right professional career and also in acheiving competence.

Contact Address

(snipped. --Geniac (talk) 20:29, 6 December 2007 (UTC))

This College is also included as a member of the Technology Incubation Centre of the Government of Kerala, which regularly coduct Enterprenure Programmes and assist the students in starting their own enterprises.

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www.gecbh.ac.in

Aneeshbpillai 07:57, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ural Tansykbaev

Ural Tansykbaevich Tansykbaev (Russian: Урал Тансыкбаевич; also spelled Тансыкбаев; also spelled Ural Tansiqbaev; O'rol Tansiqboev; Oral Tansykbayev; Tansikbaev) (1 Jan 1904 Tashkent (Uzbek SSR - 18 April 1974 Nukus, Kara-Kalpak ASSR)Uzbek painter of Kazakh origin, Peoples Artist oh the USSR.

[edit] Biography

He finished a Russian-Uzbek primary school in 1916, graduated from the 7th grade in 1919 (then considered final) and worked as a worker at tobacco factory, winery (1919-1921). He studied with Russian painters and followers of The Wanderers, first under Nikolay Vasilyevich Rozanov (1869-1940)his art studio of Tashkent Art Museum (now Uzbekistan Art Museum) (1924-1928), and later in the Art and Pedagogical Technical School, Penza (1928-1929), under Ivan Silovich Goryushkin-Sorokopudov (1873-1954) and Nikolay Philippovich Petrov (1872-1941), where he became interested in Fauvism and the work of the French Expressionists, influences noticeable in the increased decorativeness and heightened sense of colour in his early work. From 1929 he participated in art exhibitions. Since 1932 he had been steering committee member of the Union of Artists of Uzbekistan. In 1938 he was at art decoration of the first national kazakh ballet "Kalkaman and Mamir" (music of Vasily Vasilyevich Velikanov at Kazakh State Theatre of Opera and Ballet (now Abai Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Alma-Ata (based on the poem "Kalkaman and Mamir" of the historian and poet Şekerim Kudayberdiulı (Shakarim Qudaiberdiulı(1858-1931), the student of Abai Kunanbaiuli).

As a member of Uzbekistan delegation he paid a visit to the front (1942). Jointly with artists M.Arinin and S.Cheprakov he made more than 30 monumental paintings for Uzbek pavilion at All union Agricultural Exhibition in Moscow (now VVTS) (1952-1955). He was elected member-correspondent of the Academy of Arts of the USSR (1954), real member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR (1958). That year he was awarded a silver medal at World Exhibition in Brussels (Universal Exibition Brusselles 58. The theme of his early paintings is connected with the searches of expressive means, forms of reflection of the reality. They are intensive and enriched by their colours, decorative. Since the beginning of the 50-s the main genre in his art had become landscape. Tansiqbaev participated in many exhibitions in Uzbekistan, in Moscow and abroad. His art was marked by numerous governmental rewards.

[edit] Museum

Ural Tansykbaev Memorial Museum (Tashkent, Uzbekistan)

[edit] College

Tansykbaev Almaty Art College (Almaty, Kazakhstan)

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[edit] South City Central

SCC stands for "South City Central”, and acronym created by Nicolas Nizet (also known as Nicholas). South City Central was also previously referred to as “South City Entertainment” and other crappy names. The most correct way to refer to this location is South City I (one) K-94, a three-floor flat located in Gurgaon, Haryana, India.

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Common misspelling

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Organic Records is an independant psychedelic trance record label which has been running since 1997 and has achieved respect around the world, becoming perhaps most well known for its Tsunami Benefit, a special limited edition 3xCD box set which featured some the biggest names in the trance scene such as The Orb, Banco De Gaia, Future Sound Of London, The Egg, Juno Reactor, Eat Static, System 7, Infected Mushroom, Astrix, Xerox, Alien Project etc. All of the profits of the CD- almost £10,000 - wre donatated to an independant charity for the survivors of the Asian tsunami of Christmas 2004. Organic Records is respected for its high quality productions, vibrant artwork and cutting edge trance and chillout music. Organic has firmly taken its place in the UK as one of the longest standing and quality labels, and its artists feature regularly on the global club/ festival circuit.

Label manager Chris Organic is one of the more respected DJ/ producers on the psytrance circuit, having toured all over the world since he started DJing profesionally in 2005, and released his own music on other labels such as Transient, MDMA, Goldhead, Spiral Trax, Rumour, Jumpin & Pumpin, Millennium Music, etc. With a background in Sound Engineering he got into DJing by accident after selling dj mixes in markets and festivals. As his main love is musicproduction he has worked hard to maintain his warm, unique style. These days Chris also composes music for Adverts and Computer games, and has recently worked on UK TV shows such as Pop Idol and X-factor.

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http://www.organicrecords.net http://www.triskelemanagement.com http://www.discogs.com/label/Organic+Records+(UK) http://www.audiojelly.com/index.cfm?action=labels.cfm&id=organic%20records http://www.idspiral.org/component/page,shop.product_details/flypage,shop.flypage/product_id,164/category_id,6/option,com_virtuemart/Itemid,1/

please feel free to use any information and images from www.organicrecords.net as this is my record label and website.

Chrisorganic 11:16, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ali Miraj

Ali Miraj is one of the few members of the British Asian community who has run and will be running to be a Conservative Member of Parliament. Orignally of Pakistani descent, Ali was born in Hillingdon, an affluent suburb of London in the 1970s.

In 2001, Ali ran as a candidate in the Labour safe seat of Aberavon, Wales and came in fourth position. He achieved a 3.9% swing to the Conservatives, but only won less than 8% of the votes.

In 2005, he ran in the three way marginal seat of Watford and achieved 3rd position behind the Labour and Liberal Demorcrat candidates. Approximately 30% of the Conservate votes were won, but the a substanial segment of large Asian Muslim population in Watford chose not to support the Labour government nor the Conservative party due to their stance on the war in Iraq.

Ali Miraj, is on then Conservative party leader David Cameron's "A" list to be a candidate for the next British general election. Miraj has declined standing in Watford as he believes "I did everything I could last time." Local political commentators believe that he will be looking for a safer seat in the next General Election.

Political experience: Parliamentary Candidate for Watford - 2005 - Position 3

Parliamentary Candidate for Aberavon - 2001 - Position 4

Councillor (Manor Ward) London Borough of Hillingdon - 1998 - 2002

Conservative Party Policy Review Commissions - 2006 Board Member, Quality of Life Group – Chair of sub-committee. Board Member, National and International Security Group – Vice Chair of sub-committee.

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http://www.alimiraj.com/ http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,,-5740,00.html 86.141.241.105 11:30, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

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'Eric Lalor'Bold text Eric Lalor is a comedian from Ballymun, Dublin, Ireland. He started in comedy almost two years ago on the Des Bishop show " Joy in the hood ". Eric has pleayed in some of the biggest comedy venues in Ireland, including Vicor Street, The laughter Lounge, the marquee in Cork, and Electric picknick, which is a Music and comedy festival held annualy in Ireland. Eric was also picked to participate in the Kilkenny Cats festival 2006. Since starring in " Joy in the Hood ", Eric along with Willa White ( another Ballymun Comedian ) have set up the house of fun comedy club in Ballymun, which runs a show every month.

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http://www.kilkennytoday.net/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=2938&ArticleID=1423391 http://us.dd.imdb.com/name/nm2192283/ http://www.theinternationalcomedyclub.com/comedians.htm#eric http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=108071510 http://roinntsmaointe.blogspot.com/2006/08/ticad-is-teasa-i-mbaile.html http://www.thecatlaughs.com/artists/display.asp?ArtistID=50 http://newballymun.com/index.php?option=com_simpleboard&func=view&catid=101&id=673 http://www.showbizireland.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=listings&Number=31545&page=2&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=0&fpart=

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[edit] Mark Turner, Headmaster of Abingdon

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[edit] Mark Holm

Mark Holm is founder of Centerfield Technology in Rochester, Minnesota and worked at IBM until earlier this year on the new DB2 query optimizer. He has held various management and technical positions in his 20-year career in the computer industry with IBM, Showcase Corporation (now a division of SPSS), and Centerfield Technology.

While at ShowCase, he held positions as Development Manager and Product Marketing Manager. Mark led the teams that ported Arbor's (Hyperion) Essbase OLAP product to the iSeries and developed administrative tools to support ShowCase query and reporting products.

At IBM, Mark has been member of the AS/400 system design group, helped formulate strategy for DB2, developed key parts of the query engine, was a key designer for many DB2 features including referential integrity, and has been involved in many performance improvements to DB2 and SQL. Mark has received two Outstanding Technical Achievement Awards, six informal awards, two software patents, and published numerous technical disclosures. Mark is a graduate of the University of Idaho in computer science with a minor in mathematics.

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MCPress Online

http://www.mc-showcase.com/mcpress/showcase.nsf/Focus/A221F0497A7D1A09862571CA00688800?OpenDocument

US Patent #20060085375 Industry: USPTO Class 707 Method and system for access plan sampling

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The tesco Clubcard was introduced during 1995 for several reasons. One of these reasons is that they can see what items people wish to buy, this allowed them to reduce prices on specific stock inorder to increase sales. It also allowed them, to see what items a specific individual bought on a regular basis, this allowed tesco to send out vouchers thus allowing the person to have a reduction on cost of what they normally buy. The idea behind this was to increase sales and the return rate of customers to a particular store, over time this allowed them to create a map of popular items in the area and showed them what people in that area are more likely to buy.

The clubcard also distrabutes clubcard points which allows people to reduce the cost of their shopping and also to buy and recive gifts from the store. Tis forms a good bond with the store which meant that it increased the customer return rate. Clubcard points are taking up a new style now because "Green Clubcard" points are distrabuted when people recyle carrier bags.

The Tesco clubcard also allows the company to see a specific stores sphere of influnce and in turn its productivity this allows them to execute and manage decisions better, for instance if a super store attracts enough current customers it may be viable to build an Tesco Extra store. It also creates a bond between customers and the store which in time makes the customer feel welcome and apprecate thus increasing profits by increasing store return rates.

The clubcard also allows suppliers such as Heinz or Unilver to hold private promontions in store because Tesco can target sopecific customers and give them a deal through there Clubcard inorder to make them buy goods, E.G double clubcard points when you spend five pounds or more on dove soap or triple points on weightwatcher products.

[edit] Concurrent C

Concurrent C (C++) is a superset of C (C++) designed to provide a language for parallel and distributive programming. It was developed in the 1980's at AT&T Bell Laboratories by Narain H. Gehani and William D. Roome.

[edit] Sources

"Concurrent C", N.H. Gehani, W.D. Roome, Software - Practice & Experience, v.16, n.9, p.821-844, Sept. 1986, ISNN: 0038-0644.

"The Concurrent C Programming Language", Narain Gehani, William D. Roome, Silicon Press, 1989, ISBN: 0-929306-00-7.

204.61.0.50 15:22, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ravi Uttamchandani

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216.236.254.254 16:34, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

He was born in, June 12, 1986 in Manila, Philippines. It so happens his birthday is our Philippine Independence Day.

PinoyRace 06' Champion -Accord 2.4V vs. Camry 2.4V

[edit] Mr. Legg

Mr Legg is the best teacher ever

[edit] Neil Pratt

Neil Pratt was born on June 9, 1969. He holds the world record for the most glory ever exuded by one man. As such, he has the ability to seduce any person, big or small, with just the wink of an eye. He is also the most rugged outdoorsman you will ever meet. Grizzly Adams himself cries at the sight of Neil's ruggedness. Every morning, Neil bathes in a vat of OFF. He once liberated a small island nation through the healing power of love. Some say he is a mortal, but we all know that is a lie.

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The Cynical Manifesto by Ryan Bullock The Book of Glory by Cody Fillman Everybody Poops by J. K. Rowling

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[edit] Crossfire

Crossfire is a Thrash Metal band from Turkey

[edit] Biography

Crossfire was formed by guitarist Kaya Sevinc in 1999 spending 3 years to constrain it's original line up and it's sound which has slowly emerged of the greatest hope for Heavy Metal in Turkey. Crossfire honed their sound by combining power and thrash metal with the classical metal approach. Their Decisions of Hate (2002) demo was an underground favorite that lead them to hit the road for a massive tour including 2003 Metal Bash Festival in Hamburg, Germany. The band's performance in Germany lead them to contributing to The Revivalry - A Tribute To Running Wild released by Remedy Records in 2005 with Beggars' Night. In 2005 after the Besli Brothers had left the band, Crossfire decided to continue their vision for more creative and multi-faceted metal sound with the new line-Up: Kaya Sevinc, Ugur Aksoy, Kemal Sozer and Cem Saydam.

[edit] Line-Up

• Uğur Bülent Aksoy (Vocals/Bass)
• Kaya Sevinç (Guitar)
• Cem Saydam (Guitar)
• Kemal Sözer (Drums)

[edit] Sources

Crossfire Official Web Site

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[edit] Ravi A. Uttamchandani

Born on the 12th of June 1986. He studied his early years in International School Manila, and moved to Brent.

He was a man of honesty, integrity, and someone who you can go to when in need of a friend, he topped well in his studies as well.

He was a role model for batch 2006, and will be the most remembered in Brent International School, Manila for Batch 2006.

PERSONAL HOBBIES:

RACING, he was an amazing racer, and very fast at driving...

PHONES, this guy would change phones every month or so, and he would always have a new phone to play with... It seems like Nokia is Sponsoring him to use their phones.

CHARITY, he was a member of the Gawad Kalingan, in Philippines. He helped the poor build houses and gave them a home and place to stay. He devotes alot of his life to charity.

Historic Events:

He was ambushed in 2003, after citibank makati was striked, they attacked him in global city, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig. Survived with 25 bullets fired at his vehicle, and still managed to save the rest of the passengers in the car with him, and only one life was at loss.

Present Life:

Asst. Manager Esquire International Financing, Inc. (Manila, Philippines)

Director Global Esquire Pte. Ltd. (Singapore)

Member of Gawad Kalingan (Habitat for Humanity)

Source: Brent International School Manila (Alumni Office)

[edit] man-sports.com

[4] [Man-Sports.com] is a website that was started in 2006 to provide humorous sports news for the average American male. It's content ranges from it's notorious "NFL Arrest Tracker" to it's picks page that weekly helps the working man take part in a company betting pool for NFL games. The site became widely known when it became a show prep site for a national radio show's sports segment. Other available items on the site include Power Rankings and the MVP-o-Meter for the NFL and constant jabs at sports not deemed 'manly' enough by the site editors.

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http://www.man-sports.com

DustPanMan 19:15, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ken Paves

Ken Pavés (pronounced PAY-ves) is a celebrity hairdresser who has been working with celebrities such as Eva Longoria, Carmen Electra, Céline Dion, Jennifer Lopez, Kim Cattrall, Christina Applegate, Heather Locklear, Jessica Alba, Avril Lavigne Brittany Murphy and Jessica Biel along with others since the mid 1990s. “Paves also does the tresses of J. Lo and Jessica Simpson.” ^[1]

[edit] Background & Family

Born the youngest of three boys to Helen and Gary Paves in a suburb outside of Detroit, Michigan, Ken (sometimes referred to as Kenney) credits his mom Helen for his entry into the world of hair and fashion.

Ken is “a New Baltimore native” (suburb outside of Detroit, Michigan) “graduated in 1994 from a cosmetology school in St. Clair Shores.” ^[1]

[edit] Education

Ken studied hair design at Vidal Sassoon Academy and Toni & Guy Institute. He traveled with other celebrity hair stylists during tours of Europe where Pavés created hairstyles in conjunction with couture collections for Versace, Valentino and others.

[edit] Claims to Fame

His hair designs have appeared in beauty, fashion and hair publications including Vogue, Elle, InStyle, Marie Claire, Cosmo, Seventeen, US Weekly, Celebrity Living, Life & Style Weekly and Star Magazine.

He also met HairBoutique.com founder Karen Marie Shelton at a 2002 Seventeen Magazine shoot in Dallas, Texas for Jessica Simpson. Pavés and Shelton formed an ongoing collaboration where his celebrity hair advice was featured exclusively on the Internet through the HairBoutique.com website.

Starting in 2002 Paves appeared regularly on The Oprah Winfrey Show creating a series of hair make-overs for Oprah Winfrey audiences. Pavés has also appeared on several episodes of MTV’s reality show Newlyweds starring Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey in addition to his appearances on MTV, VH-1 and similar entertainment shows, providing hair care tips.

Pavés opened two celebrity hair salons. He opened the Pavé Salon in Clintontownship, Michigan. “The salon, which Paves opened in 2002, is tucked in a strip mall behind a McDonald's restaurant.” ^[1] "For me the idea of the salon came a while back," said Paves, 34, who has been a stylist for about 13 years. "My mom always wanted to be a hair dresser and my dad always wanted to be a contractor and this was a great way to fulfill all of our dreams.^[1] In 2006 he opened Ken Pavés Beverly Hills which is located on Robertson down the street from the Ivy Restaurant.

In 2004 Pavés launched Flawless by Pavés Professional which was originally sold in Walgreens and on HairBoutique.com. In 2006 he launched a line of clip-on hair extensions that he created in partnership with Jessica Simpson and the HairUWear corporation.

[edit] Charity

Pavés is a celebrity spokesperson for Operation Smile Charity and has accompanied Jessica Simpson on International Trips on behalf of the charity.

“Operation Smile has been honored to have Jessica Simpson serve as its International Youth Ambassador since 2003 when her good friend and hairstylist, Ken PavÈs introduced her to the organization. Helping to spread awareness for the organization” ^[1].

Additional Quotes on Ken Paves Charity Events [5][6][7]

WireImage Listings: Ken Paves Opens His Beverly Hills Salon Hosted By Jessica Simpson and Eva Longoria [8]

[edit] Filmography

1. Monster-in-Law (2005) (hair stylist: Ms. Lopez, additional photography) ... aka Schwiegermonster, Das (Germany) 2. Jersey Girl (2004) (hair stylist: Jennifer Lopez) 3. You Don't Know Jack... About MonsterFest (2001) (TV) (hair stylist: Carmen Elektra) (makeup artist: carmen electra) 4. The Wedding Planner (2001) (hair stylist for ms. lopez) ... aka Wedding Planner - verliebt, verlobt, verplant (Germany)

[edit] Self - Filmography

1. Jessica Simpson: A Public Affair (2006) (TV) .... Himself

[edit] Sources

1. Marge Colborn, The Detroit News (http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060116/ENT01/601160381/1365/SPORTS0106). Eminem reties knot in high style.

2. Christine Ferretti, The Detroit News (http://www.detnews.com/2005/nnutica/0510/08/M02-335819.htm). Stylist takes stars in stride.

3. Operation Smile (http://www.operationsmile.org/news/news/). Jessica Simpson in Kenya.

216.14.41.242 20:31, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Contemporary Indigenous Traditions

There are several Modern cultures that continue to practice the application of mind altering drugs for religious purposes. Some of these cultures include the Shamans of Siberia (who employ Fly Agarics to endues hallucinations), the Huichol Indians of Mexico (who use Peyote Cactus) and Rastafarians of the Caribbean (who use marijuana).

[edit] Issues within the archaeological record

There are several issues with identifying Entheogenic drugs within an ancient society.

1. Identification of an Entheogenic substance. Was the substance smoked? Ingested?

2. Evidence of Entheogenic Inspiration within Artifacts. Does the artifact give direct evidence of drug use for Entheogenic purposes?

3. Artifact interpretation. As an observer of art that is 20,000 years old, are we seeing patterns that the original creator did not mean to create? In other words, do our own personal interests and biases alter the way we perceive artwork that may have not been intended by the author?

[edit] Archaeological Evidence of Entheogenic Drugs in Ancient Societies

Entheogenic Drugs have been used by various groups for thousands of years. There are numerous historical reports as well as modern contemporary reports of indigenous groups using entheogens. However, there is much debate as to what role entheogens have played in ancient societies and which societies did indeed use entheogens.

[edit] The New World

Mesoamerican Entheogenic drug use is the most iconic in popular consciousness. The Mayans, Olmecs, and Aztecs have well documented Entheogenic complexes. North American cultures, too, have long established traditions of entheogens.

[edit] Olmec Entheogens

The Olmec (12,000 BCE to 400 BCE) lived in Central America and are largely viewed by many as the mother culture of Aztecs and Mayans. The Olmecs left no written works on their belief structures, so many interpretations on Olmec beliefs are largely based off of interpretations of murals and artifacts. Archaeologists are lead to believe that the Olmecs used entheogens for 3 reasons. 1. Burials of Bufo Toads with priests 2. The use of entheogens in later olmec inspired cultures 3. Sculptures of Shamans and other figures have strong Therianthropic imagery.

[edit] Mayan Entheogens

The Mayans (250 BCE to 900 CE) flourished in Central America and were prevalent even till the arrival of the Spanish. The Mayan religious tradition is extremely complex and very well developed. Unlike the Olmec, the Mayans have religious texts that have survived to this day. The Mayan religion displays characteristic Mesoamerican mythology, with a strong emphasis on an individual being a communicator between the physical world and the spiritual world. Mushroom stone effigies, dated to 700 CE, give evidence that Mushrooms were at least revered in a religious way. The most direct evidence of Mayan entheogen use comes from modern descendents of the Maya, whom use entheogenic drugs today.

[edit] Aztec Entheogens

The Aztec Entheogen Complex is extremely well documented. Through historical evidence, there is proof that the Aztecs used several forms of pshycoactive drugs. These drugs include Ololiuqui (the seed of Rivea corymbosa), Tenonacatl (translated as “mushroom of the gods, a Psilocybe mushroom) and sinicuichi (a flower added to drinks). The Xochipilli statue, according to R.G. Wasson, gives the identity of several entheogenic plants. Other evidence for entheogen use of the Aztecs come from the Florentine Codex, a series of 12 books vividly describing the use of entheogenic drugs within Aztec culture and society.

[edit] North American Entheogens

There are several contemporary indigenous groups who use entheogens, most notably Native Americans of south western United States. Various tribes from California have been known to use strong alcoholic drinks as well as Peyote in order to achieve visions and religious experiences.

[edit] The Old World

[edit] The Paleolithic

During the Paleolithic, there is ample evidence of drug use as seen by preserved botanical remains and coprolites. Some scholars suggest that the Shanidar Cave (a Paleolithic site in Iraq) Flower Burial shows evidence of Shamanistic Death Ritual, but these claims are still being debated. The most direct evidence we have from the Paleolithic in terms of artwork comes from Tassili, Algeria. From this region, there are several therianthropic images portraying the painter and the animals around him as one (an often cited affect of many hallucinatory drugs, Ego death). One image, in particular, shows a man who has formed into one common form with a mushroom.

There are several Paleolithic sites that display therianthropic imagery. However, there is some debate as to whether or not sites like Lascaux or Chauvet were entheogenically inspired.

[edit] Entheogenic Drugs and Major World Religions

There have been several reports stating that the Bible and the Vedas have several references to entheogenic drugs. Although most scholars largely reject these claims, they are accepted by many fringe groups.

[edit] Manna and Mushrooms

Some researchers speculate that Manna, the food that which the Israeli tribes harvest, was actually an entheogenic drug. The Bible as quoted in Exodus 16:14 reads:

“And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground. And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the Lord hath given you to eat.”

Some point to the similarities of Psilocybe and the biblical Description of Manna as evidence.

[edit] Soma and Mushrooms

In the Vedas, the religious texts of the Hindu religion, the has been a lot of speculation on the nature of what Soma, the food of the gods, actually was. Below is a passage from the Vedas "Splendid by Law! declaring Law, truth speaking, truthful in thy works, Enouncing faith, King Soma!... O [Soma] Pavāmana, place me in that deathless, undecaying world wherein the light of heaven is set, and everlasting lustre shines.... Make me immortal in that realm where happiness and transports, where joy and felicities combine..." Scholars like R.G. Wasson and Terrence McKenna suggest that Soma is Fly Agaric, a mushroom commonly used by Siberian Shamans.

[edit] Sources

Bierhorst, John. The Mythology of Mexico and Central America, William Morrow (1990). ISBN 0-688-11280-3.

Dibble, Charles E., et al. (trans). "Florentine Codex: Book 11 - Earthly Things." The School of American Research. Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1963.

Hofmann, Albert. "Teonanácatl and Ololiuqui, two ancient magic drugs of Mexico." UNODC Bulletin on Narcotics. Issue 1, pp.3-14, 1971.

Terence McKenna, Food of the Gods, (New York, Harper Collins) p. 84.

Demarest, Arthur. Ancient Maya: The Rise and Fall of the Rainforest Civilization. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004.

R. G. Wasson, S. Kramrisch, J. Ott and C. A. P. Ruck 1986 Pesephone's Quest: Entheogens and the Origins of Religion ISBN 0-300-05266-9

P. T. Furst (with contributions from Wasson and others) 1972 Flesh of the Gods: The Ritual Use of Hallucinogens ISBN

Jeffryan 21:06, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

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Nazi archaeology refers to the movement led by various Nazi leaders, archaeologist, and other scholars, such as Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Himmler, to recreate the German past in order to strengthen nationalism. This movement was based on ideas of Tacitus’ Germania, which set out to bring the glory of the Roman Empire to the Germany. The start of the search for a strong founded national prehistory began after the humiliating loss of World War I in 1918 and was worsened by the terms of the Treaty of Versailles. During this time period the country was in a financial and economical crisis and it was also the same time when Adolf Hitler began to rise to power. Although Hitler was behind the parties funding for German prehistorical research, the first inflectional prehistorian is said to be Gustaf Kossinna. The theories and ideas of Kossinna were also picked by the Nazi organization Amt Rosenberg and Germanen-Erbe. With the goal of findind proof of Germany as the start of civilization the Nazi Party were able to use psuedoarchaeology to manipulate the German people and past.

[edit] The Beginning

[edit] Gustav Kossinna

Gustav Kossinna was the main person responsible for the misuse of pre-history in Nazi ideology. Trained as a linguist at university in Gottingen, Leipzig, Berlin, and Strasbourg but eventually earned the chair for Germanic Archeology at the University of Berlin. Kossinna laid the ground theories for an ethnocentric German prehistory. One of his theories, Kulturkreis theory, stated that recognition of an ethnic region is based on the material culture excavated from a site. This theory gave the Nazi’s justification to try to take over of foreign lands such as the Poland and the Chez Republic. For example, in his article ‘The German Ostmark, home territory of the Germanen’ Kossinna argued that Poland should be a part of the German empire. This is because any land were an artifact was titled “Germanic” was declared to be ancient Germanic territory. Kossinna also made distribution that were useful tools for German territory expansion. In one of his most popular books Die deutsche Vorgeschichte-eine hervorragend nationale Wissenschaft (German Prehistory: a Pre-eminently National Discipline) Kossinna brings forward the idea of an Aryan superior to all peoples, the Germani, and shows Germany as the key to an unwritten history. The point of the novel is clear from the beginning as the dedication reads, “To the German people, as a building block in the reconstruction of the externally as well as internally disintegrated fatherland.” Kossinna also stated that cultural diffusion occurred from a “process whereby influences, ideas and models were passed on by more advanced peoples to the less advanced which they can into contact.” Kossinna’s Germanic ethnocentric theories aimed to present a history of Germany equivalent to that of the Roman Empire. As he points out, “Germanic people never destroyers of culture- not like the Romans- and the French in recent times.” Combined with Nazi ideology, this theory gave the perfect foundation for the belief of Germany occurring the leading position in world civilization. Kossinna died at in 1931, 13 months before Hitler seized power. This was the beginning for the prehistoric theories brought by the Third Reich.

[edit] Amt Rosenberg

[edit] Alfred Rosenberg

This was an organization that dealt chiefly with excavation and the study of provincial Roman Germany. It was led by Alfred Rosenberg a Nazi Party ideologist who stated,“An individual to whom the tradition of his people and the honor of his people is not a supreme value, has forfeited the right to be protected by that people.” Rosenberg’s prospective on German prehistory led mainly to racist distortion of data, which did not directly apply to the Germanic people. Rosenberg’s book Der Mythos des 20. Jahrhunderts( The Myth of the 20th Century) gave Hitler the material he needed to move the public to the concept of a new Germanic religion. Rosenberg’s theory, Weltanschauungswissenschaften, stated it’s goal “...to transmit to the living essence of of the people of race-inherent values and, in the renaissance of German culture being carried out by National Socialism, to renew the growth of ancient branches on the tree of German-ness.” To do this he wanted to, “to this end the guiding principle in Germany must be to emphasize the high cultural level and the cultural self-sufficiency of the Germanic people.” His also tried to prove the existence of Atlantis and that Jesus was not a Jew. Another well know member of the group was Hans Reinerth who was the main archaeologist Resenberg used. Reinerth is famous for his excavations at the Federsee and he saw the Nazi Party a tool he could use to work his way up in society. This is just what occurred, in 1934 Rosenberg appointed him to the position of “Reich Deputy of German Prehistory.” This made him the spokesman for the “purification and Germanisations of the German prehistory. Reinert followed Hitler’s theory that Refered to the Greeks as Germans who had survived a northern natural catastrophe and evolved a highly developed culture in southern context by claiming to have found new evidence in Greece of Indogermanic migration to Greece during the Neolithic.Though, his theory never really came into full effect. This group along with the Ahnenerbe organization was used to the Nazi’s full advantage although Hitler himself criticized the group saying Rosenberg was a, “crack pot over world apostles’ who formulated ‘homemade Germanic myths.” Hitler also at his teatime conversations referred to Rosenberg’s novel as, “a narrow-minded Baltic German who tins in horribly complicated terms.”

[edit] Romlinge

Romlinge is the term used by the extremist in the 1930’s to refer to those who specialized in provincial Roman archaeology. These people were considered anti-German. They were also attacked by Alfred Rosenberg and the Amt Rosenberg. The Romisch Germanische Kommission in Mainz was the main object of ridicule by those following Kossinna and Rosenberg’s ideology.

[edit] Ahnenerbe Organization (Ancestor Organization)

[edit] Heinrich Himmler

This was an organization started as the Research Institute for the Prehistory of Mind and was forts connected to the SS in 1935 by Walther Darre. In 1936 is was attached to Hitler’s Reichsfuhere-SS and led by chief of police Heinrich Himmler. The main goals of the organization were: “1.to study the space, ideas and achievements of the Indo-Germanic people;2. to bring the research findings to life and present them to the German people; 3. to encourage every German to get involved in the organization.” Although the organization claimed to have a goal in research, Himmler had no official training in archaeology and was known for having interest I mysticism and the occult. Himmler defined the organization as working toward a prehistory that demonstrates the pre-eminent position occupied by the Germans and their Germanic predecessors since the beginning of civilization. He is quoted as saying, “A people lives happily in the present and the future so long as it aware of its part and the greatness of its ancestors.” The Ahnenerbe had a large problem in finding scientist to work on the projects and was run by mainly scholars from branches of humanities, which made their research more amateurish. The group went on to be responsible for psuedo-archaeology such as open-air displays of Germanic idolatry such as the Externsteine, a sandstone formation that was thought ot have been a key Germanic cult site. Another example is the Sachsenhain were allegedly 4500 Saxons were executed as a punishment for Widukind’s uprising. This site was used as an ideal shrine to the sacred Germanic people and their readiness for self-sacrefice. Many other cases were censored from the public since they did not have the correct Germanic interpretations. The sites choosen to excavate were limited to those of Germanic superiority such as Erdenburg were the Ahnenerbe claimed to have clear evidence of the victorious campaign of the Germani against the Romans. Just like the Amt Rosenberg the Ahnenerbe Organization was also utilized yet criticized by Hitler. As he stated,

“Why do we call the whole world’s attention to the fact that we have no past? It’s bad enough that the Romans were erecting great buildings when our forefathers were still living in mud huts; now Himmler is starting to dig up these villages of mud huts and enthusing over every potsherd and stone axe he finds. Ass we prove by that is that we were stil throwing stone hatchets and crouching around open fires when Greece and Rome had already reached the highest stage of culture. Instead Himmler makes a great fuss about it all. The present-day Romans must be having a laugh at these revelations.”

This is just another contradiction Hitler makes in his trip to prove German supremacy he seems to not even agree with the people he has put in charge.

[edit] The Public Manipulation

The German people were drawn into the idea of the Germany as the origins of civilization through several things. For one there was a major video series put out by Lothar Zotz with titles like Threatened by the Steam Plow, Germany’s Bronze Age, The Flames of Prehistory, and On the Trail of the Eastern Germans. Also public journals gained popularity such as Die Kunde (The Message) and Germanen-Erbe (Germanic Heritage) proliferated. With the journals and videos the citizens thought they were being given good visuals and interpretations of different archaeological sites and the German prehistory. The Nazi’s also pushed the public to get involved in the search for the past. The Nazi’s used the appeal of patriotism as a tool to get the public involved in the prehistory hunt. For example, one amateur organizations membership flyer of the Amt Rosenberg stated, “Responsibility with respect to our indigenous prehistory must again fill every German with pride!” The goal of the organization was also stated as, “the interpretation and dissemination of unflasified knowledge regarding the history and cultural achievements of our northern Germanic ancestors on German and foreign soil.” Along with appealing to public patriotism there were open-air museums that reconstructed Neolithic and Bronze Age lake settlements at Unteruhldigen. This public musems also gained emense popularity and pushed the people to believe and search for there Germanic past.

[edit] The Archaeologists

Before the funding and push of Nazi Archaeology there was little knowledge of the subject and German prehistory. This made it even easier for the Nazi’s to push there ethnocentric views onto the uninformed public. Although the Nazi organization’s search appealed to the public it also appealed to the scholars. Scholars for archaeology had long been envious of the advancements in archaeology their neighbors to the near east had made. Before the Nazi rise to power there was little funding contributed to the study and with Hitler the funds were made available for scholars to make great advancements beyond their neighboring countries. Under the Nazi rule archaeology went from having one chair in prehistory in Marburg in 1933to having nine chairs in 1935. Once archaeology started gaining popularity scholars were also able to take out old ruins and display them in museums. The Romisch Germanisches Zentral Museum in Mainz became the Zentral Museum fur Deutsche Vor und Fruhgeschichte in 1939.Though it is ironic that once archaeology finally got reconiztion the archaeologists ended up doing more harm than good to the sites and the people. For example at the prehistoric site Biskupin, in Poland the Nazi destroyed the entire site.

[edit] Investigators

Archeologist during the Nazi reign can be divided into three groups: the party-liners, the Mitlaufer, and the opposition.

[edit] The party-liners

The Party-liners or acquiescent used the Nazi reign to further their own careers by conducting “politically correct” research. These people are referred to as Germanomanen or Germanonmaniacs. These included people like Herman Weirt, co-founder of the Ahnernerbe Organization, who attempted to prove that northern Europs was the cradle of Western Civilization. Also, Hans Reinerth and Oswald Meghin who became high-ranking party officials due to their cooperation. Though most of this group was composed by second hand or untrained scientist backed up by amateur equivalents.

[edit] The Mitaufer

The Mitaufer was the group the majority of archaeologist fit into. This group was know as the group of passive fellow-travelers. These people taught what they were told to teach and accepted Nazi funds with no questions.By taking inaction this group allowed the Nazi party to gain more power.

[edit] The Opposition

The Opposition was the third party and these are those who had critical opposition of the regime. This group was a minority and most wree persecuted for race or political views. For example Gerhard Bersu an archaeologist was prematurely retired for not following NS ideology. Jewish prehistorians and other scholars were also forced to leave.

[edit] Aftermath

The affect of the false nationalism created by Nazi archaeology was a paralysis on the study of archaeology that continued decades past the war. As described by Wilhelm Unverzagt: “After Germany’s collapse it initially seemed virtually impossible to begin rebuilding the discipline with any hope of success. The new wielders of political power viewed prehistory with deep mistrust, an attitude which seemed understandable in view of the abuse of the results of prehistoric research on the part of National Socialist leaders with regard to questions of education and politics.” The surviving older generation was faced with a reduced student population after the war. Those students at universities were burdened with: “a humiliating defeat and the disorientation experience of being methodologically ‘deprogrammed’. There was neither time nor desire to examine the reasons for the ‘German prostitution of archaeology’”

[edit] Sources

Arnold, Bettina "The past as propaganda: How Hitler's archaeologists distorted European prehistory to justify racist." Archaeology July/Aug 1992: 30-37.

Arnold, Bettina "The past as propaganda: totalitarian archaeology in Nazi Germany." Antiquity Sept/Dec 1990: 464-478.

Harke, Heinrich. Archaeology, Ideaology, and Society: The German Experience. Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2002.

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[edit] Suicidal Tendencies (robot)

Suicidal Tendencies is a robot in Robot Wars that has appeared since series 3. It has also appeared in Battlebots.

[edit] Series 3

In Series 3, Suicidal Tendencies was a tracked robot. It appeared in Heat 1.

It won round 1 against Forklift's Revenge, round 2 against Raizer Blade and lost in the heat final against Mace 2.

[edit] Series 4

In series 4, Suicidal Tendencies has a small axe. It appeared in heat H.

Suicidal Tendencies won round 1 against Maverick, going through with the series 2 Grand Finalist [9]. In Round 2, Suicidal Tendencies battled another robot that hasn't appeared since Series 2: Wheelosaurus. Suicidal Tendencies won. In the heat final, Suicidal Tendencies lost to wheely Big Cheese in a judge's decision.

[edit] Series 5

In series 5, Suicidal Tendencies had a crushing arm. Suicidal Tendencies appeared in heat K.

In it's first battle, Rick won when Suicidal Tendencies broke down.

[edit] Battlebots

In Season 1.0 round 1, Suicidal Tendencies had a bye in round 1, and lost in round 2 against Gammatron.

In season 2.0, Suicidal Tendencies defeated Blunt Force Trauma in round 1 but lost in the next round against the BioHazard.

[edit] In Games

Suicidal Tendencies has appeared in one of the Robot Wars games, Extreme Destruction as one of the pre-built robots. Others in the game include Pussycat, Chaos 2, Tornado, Hypno-Disc, Plunderbird 5 and more.

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{{tlx|Infobox musical artist |Name = PIMP AUDIO (P.A) |Img = 95060735.jpg‎ |Background = Group /solo artists |Birth_name = N/A |Origin = [[Van Nuys]], [[California]] |Born = 2001 |Members = C-Money, P Gunna, Imax, BGB, Cyrus, Defiant |Genre = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]] |Years_active = 2001–Present |Label = [[Pimp Audio Records]]/[[P.A Music Group]] | }}

Pimp Audio known as one of the leading groups in the San Fernando Valley

[edit] Biography

Before C Money & P Gunna started P.A both of these crooners were in a heavy fueled rivalry droping off cd's at each others mail boxes and passing cd's thru classmights filled with jabs at one another until the audience not only asked but demanded that the pair squash the beef and do a colaboration but instead they created one of the most successfull independent record labels in the game and still going strong today. When the dust was settled they knew they needed a 3rd member and in came Imax a friend of the 2 which had a huge role in getting the 2 crooners to barry the hatchet and start this unstoppable force. Today a Sublabel also exsist "P.A Music Group"

[edit] Developmental Talent

What makes seperates P.A from all other acts is they're way of aquiring and treatment of fresh new young talent refferd to as "Developmental Talent" or "D-Talent". Although most New/young talent dont sign to Pimp Audio records right away a sublabel was created in order to produce mixtape type albums which developmental talent can be heavily featured on or have they're own full length mixtape all to themselves. Past D-Talent were Prize, Marx, Brock, Druels, & Beers. In September of 05 P.A made a change in the roster releasing all of the developmental talents from they're contracts a move that shocked many if not all of the talent signed. The only D-talent released that was contacted about a deal was Prize.

[edit] The Label

Through Pimp Audio Records P Gunna, C money ,Imax, and any other act signed at the time release they're official albums via website (now shutdown and moved to myspace). In early 2005 a Sublabel named "P.A Music Group" was created in order to release mixtapes from signed talent and D-Talent

[edit] Albums

As of October 2006 Pimp Audio has 4 albums in total. 2 albums as a group, 1 by C Money, & one My Imax, Currently P Gunna is working on his debut solo effort.

[edit] P Gunna & Don P

Rumors were flying across messege boards and were confirmed that Pimp Audio was ready to sign another unknown artist known as Don P, but there was a twist with this deal because Don P and P Gunna are one in the same as both are alter egos and 2 different personas By Paul Delgado. A very strange and contraversial move by the label as they wanted Don P and P Gunna to be 2 different artist but be the same person. None the less the move proved to be a hit with fans as everyone is waiting in anticipation for Don P's 1st album "The R$B in Me"

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Pimp Audio

"Pimp Audio" (February 2002)
"Still Here" (January 2003)

C Money

"C.A.L" (May 2002)
"Re-Awakening" (Coming 2007...)

Imax

"My Turn" (December 2003)
"Experiences" (Coming 2007...)   

P Gunna

"The HeartBreak Album" (Coming Soon...)

Don P

"The R$B In Me" (Coming Soon...)

BGB

(Album coming soon)

All albums were available Via Website but since the website shutdown P.A has moved to myspace and will be having the albums for sale soon.

[edit] Singles

Under Construction

[edit] External links

• Official Site

Category:1986 births Category:Living people Category:American rappers Category:Freestyle rappers Category:People from Van Nuys Ca. Category:Latin musicians

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MAID (Massive Array of Idle Disks) technology was first introduced in 2002 and, since 2003, has been gaining interest for both data protection and archive data storage. MAID operates on the principle that when long-term data is stored on disk, all disks don’t need to spin all the time. Instead, only those disks that contain data that is requested by a specific application are powered on, and then are powered off when they are not needed. Because MAID storage systems are “energy efficient,” they significantly reduce the power consumed by a storage array.

A MAID is usually constructed with low-cost Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) drives, which have shorter mean time between failures (MTBF) ratings than more expensive drives. To increase data availability, MAID can also provide traditional levels of RAID data protection – just like current disk arrays – giving the advantage of data protection that tape systems do not.

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[edit] Panamap

The Panamap (originally Dynamap, but name was changed) is a handleld map that uses a unique printing technique. Sometimes called a 'poor man's GIS,' the product make an impact in the design community, winning six awards in its first year. The New York City product shows different layers of thematic imagery depending on how it is viewed--subways, streets and neighborhoods are visible at different angles.

The product's wide appeal is due to the company's focus on information design and usability. Although it was sold in many high-end retailers (including MoMA in New York), rumors of the map's demise have spread.

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[edit] Edmund Mcmillen

Edmund McMillen is an artist and Flash designer famous for making impossible fictional creatures whose bodily structure and behaviour frequently reference death and sex. He produces fluid animation for both Flash movies and games, as well as illustrations and writing for on-line comics. Before making games, Edmund was an Animal Control Officer.

He began his entertainment career through comics, cartoons and Flash games based around his fictional universe "The Badlands". Popular games in this series included "Carious Weltling" (which has enjoyed a sequel), the platform game "Clubby The Seal", his most recent release "Viviparous Dumpling" and various dress-up titles, mostly in his Dead Baby canon.

His first major commercial breakthrough was Gish, a unique platforming game which won awards at the Independent Games Festival and paved the way for other Flash artists to get their games made into commercial products such as Tom Fulp and Dan Paladin's Alien Hominid (of Newgrounds fame) and Ryan Khatam's Johnny Rocketfingers.

He has two websites: Thisisacryforhelp.com, which is his main homepage and hosts much of his work (it also used to host the forums, which now operate under the name of Elsewhere Forums), and Diverge.ws, a site he and Caulder Bradford (A.K.A. Riftmaster) run together which documents their most recent work.

Thisisacryforhelp.com was taken down due to its association with 2 recent deaths linked to the suicide and serial killer quizzes that were once hosted on the site. the website now links to edmunds portfolio website coldstoragedesigns.com.

His next up-coming projects are "Cereus Peashy", a game about a homicidal cactus who goes on a ritual killing spree and Blast miner an "action puzzle" game where you blow stuff up.

[edit] External links

Gish

Cryptic Sea

Blast miner

Diverge Creations

Cold Storage Games, illustrations and more.

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[edit] Alan Hill (The Dude)

Alan Hill was a founding member of the legendary biker gang, The Dudes. Alan became the most well known of this gang due to his excessive wearing of leather outfits and red indian head gear

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After Alan left The Dudes, he turned to his 3 favourite hobbys, flying planes, driving trains and authoring DVDs

The latter proved to be the most successful, as he could not fly a plane or drive a train without breakig his glasses, thus making him blind and a dangerous pilot.

Nowadays alan has retired to either his home in Nottingham, or his cardboard box outside Cherrys house in Norwich. He has repeatedly been spotted staring at Cherry through a peekhole in his box.

His Red Indian look is known to scare many people, however cherry finds it highly arousing, and has been quoted as saying 'Id love to see Alans gogglyfied eyes staring me in the face as he sticks his willy in my belly button'

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