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[edit] Alexander String Quartet
The Alexander String Quartet is the premier quartet of San Francisco. Formed in New York in 1981, the Alexander Quartet was the first American string quartet to win the London International String Quartet Competition, winning both the audience prize and the jury's highest prize. The Alexander Quartet serves as the Ensemble in Residence of San Francisco Performances and as directors of the Morrison Chamber Music Center in the College of Creative Arts at San Francisco State University.
Members
Zakarias Grafilo, first violin
Fred Lifsitz, second violin Paul Yarbrough, viola Sandy Wilson, cello
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http://asq4.com
69.109.127.233 00:07, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Jerry H. Bentley
Jerry H. Bentley is a history professor at the University of Hawai'i an editor of of the Journal of World History.[[1]][1] He has also written the textbook Traditions and Encounters 2e, which is used to educate college students on world history. He focuses on cross-cultural interaction and trading routes. A common focus in his textbook is focusing on the simmilarities and differrences of different societies. He seperates time into periodization schemes which consist of '''The Early Complex Societies, 3500 to 500 B.C.E., The Formation of Classical Societies, 500B.C.E. to 500 C.E., The Postclassical Era, 500 to 1000 C.E., An Age of Cross-Cultural Interaction, 1000 to 1500 C.E., The Origins of Global Interdependence, 1500 to 1800 C.E., An Age of Revolution, Industry, and Empire, 1750 to 1914 C.E., and Contemproary Global Realignments, 1914 to present. His extensive work in the region of global history is very unique and helpful to many global history students.
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1. Mcgraw-Hill publishing website "About the Authors" http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072424354/information_center_view0/about_the_authors.html
69.122.89.138 00:54, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Alejandro Bedoya
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[edit] Jonathan Powell (classicist)
Jonathan Powell is the co-author of _Cicero the Advocate_ which is nearly unique in ciceronian scholarship in establishing the exact legal context of the forensic speeches. He is currently appointed at Royal Holloway, University of London.
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http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/ClassicalStudies/Rhetoric/?view=usa&ci=9780199298297
24.201.107.22 02:06, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Lauren L. Owen
[edit] Wybylack
artist, person not existing at the time of commencement. His works are very controversial…using leather, tumbled marble and other material on canvas Examples: Alcibiades Dream below.
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Twój Vortal Technologiczny
User:CDX 02:20, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] biological indicators
A living organism whose state is indcative of conditions in a particular environment
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Science Focus 9
161.184.50.92 02:26, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Hayes Greenfield
Hayes Greenfield is a well-known jazz musician and saxophonist in New York City. Hayes has produced numerous albums, his most recent being Peace of Mind. He also started the "Jazz-Ma-Taz" program in New York City in 1997. "Jazz-Ma-Taz" is his live, interactive show for young people that introduces jazz in a fun, unique, and participatory way. While Hayes and his band jazz up familiar songs, young people are encouraged to join in through call-and-response, scatting, singing, interpretive sound, movement, conducting, and tap dance. Says Hayes, “What I am trying to do with Jazz-A-Ma-Tazz is to show kids how much fun they can have with jazz. To stretch their ears and minds to the magic and joys of improvisation in a way that enables kids to embrace this beautiful music and make it their own. When I get done with them they leave chanting, singing and knowing that jazz is alive and well and not old foggie music." "Jazz-Ma-Taz" has spread all around the world in different venues such as festivals, performing arts centers, schools, community centers, and musuems. From 1993-2000, Hayes was the head of the music department at "The Door", a center for inner-city youth in New York City. Hayes also mentored young men at Friends of Island Academy, an organization providing services to those making the transition from incarceration back to the community. Hayes has also taught jazz on the west coast to high school students and also developed a Literacy Through Jazz curriculum for the New Jersey Chamber Society that is currently being taught in New Jersey private and public schools. Besides teaching, Hayes also worked on composing the score for the documentary"American Rebuilds: A Year at Ground Zero", which aired on PBS as part of its 9/11 memorial programming. A filmmaker, as well, Hayes Greenfield has produced two award-winning short films: For the Children, a film/music video, and Friends of the Children. Both films examine problems facing American youth in today’s society and investigate ways that caring adults and community programs have helped shape young people’s lives in positive and productive ways. Hayes was recently recognized by New York University who honored him with the SCPS/GSP 2005 Marc Crawford Jazz Educators Award (previous recipients include Clark Terry, Benny Golson, Kenny Barron, Al Grey, Barry Harris, John Hicks, Dwite Mitchell, Willie Ruff, and Steve Wilson). He was also awarded a grant from Chamber Music of America for their 2006-07 Residency Partnership Program. Hayes attended the Choate Rosemary Hall school in Wallingford, CT and graduated in 1975. He is recognized as one of the most famous musicians to have attended the prep school.
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http://www.hayesgreenfield.com/about.html http://www.jazzamatazz.com/about_hayes.html
72.10.114.215 02:29, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Point and non-point sources
a point source is a specific source where pollution begins while a non-point source is diffuse and originate from no specfic location
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science focus 9
161.184.50.92 02:41, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Aquifiers
[edit] Squagle
[edit] Bioremditation
a method of using living organisms to break down complex, toxic substances into simpler non-toxic ones
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Science Focus 9
161.184.50.92 03:05, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Paco Felici - Artist
Paco Felici (American, B. 1970) is a noted self taught artist based in Austin, Texas.
While Felici employs media often seen in folk art, including wood, housepaint, and found objects, his large scale paintings and sculptural renditions have been regarded as being a distinctive folk-pop crossover.
Upon first impression Felici's deceptively simple works give off sense of carefree playfulness, close study reveals the artist's keen awareness of social injustice and inequality around the world and in the U.S. Popular and often-repeated works like Felici's "Paletas," his homage to the ubiquitous Mexican ice cream vendors around Texas, are the artist's tribute to the unsung working class immigrants whom he also deals with in his professional life, and around whom he has grown up since childhood.
His earlier works circa 1999-2000 often capture American icons, real and fictional, in a distinct style he quickly developed and continues to hone-in. Completely self taught but with an ample knowledge or art history, politics and world events, Felici's opts to work within his limitations by butressing what he lacks in brushstroke technique with instantly recognizable, simple figures. His take on the Statue of Liberty ("Libertad"), with thick lips and almond-shaped eyes, is one particular theme Felici often repeats and which brought him to statewide prominence when it was first published on the cover of The Texas Observer.
In other popular works, such as "Krispy Kreme," what at first appears to be a lighthearted and colorful take on a pop culture phenomena of the ubiquitous donut franchise strikes many viewers as an understated commentary on social inequity, as a Hispanic or African American subject in the foreground, an apparent clerk at the popular eatery, stares blankly ahead.
Felici, howerver, the otherwise accessible artist has remained notoriously tight lipped during interviews about the deeper social commentary of his works, deferring to the viewer's interpretation. "I don't know- perhaps a collector likes a painting because it matches their couch," he was once responded when asked why he felt his art was gaining significant popularity.
It was Felici's bold, playful, but ultimately poignant style and undercurrent of social commentary that drew the attention of editors at the University of Iowa, who in 2002 commissioned Felici to create the cover and interior artwork for Humor Me: An Anthology of Humor by Writers of Color, one of the first collections of humorous prose and poetry devoted entirely to contemporary minority American writers.
It is around the same time that Felici was approached by the reclusive singer-songwriter Faris Nourallah to create the artwork for "Problematico" (2003, Western Vinyl), the Dallas-based musician second solo album. Since the forging of their artistic collaboration, Felici has created cover artwork for the ensuing King of Sweden (2004, Western Vinyl)and Il Suo Cuore di Transistor (2006, Awful Bliss).
In 2003 his artwork was also featured in the yet-to-be-released "Wendell Baker Story," filmed mostly in Austin and written and directed by fellow Texan Luke Wilson.
While many of the artist's works circa 1999-2003 included other notables, including Colonel Sanders, American presidents, contemporary sports figures, and musicians as subject matter, subsequent paintings, watercolors and sculptures have largely steered clear from using celebrities as subject matter. He has likewise scaled back his once prodigious output (in the beginning, Felici was known to create 20 to 30 works per week), opting instead for creating more elaborate sculptural pieces.
Since that time, Felici has delved into more abstract and representarional subject matter, particularly birds and animals, relationships between men and women (perhaps best captured by his striking renderings of Adam and Eve), and creating large scale works with old signs and other found objects. A 2003 trip through the Southwest also moved him to execute his multicultural take on native American subjects, including large scale works depticting tribal chiefs and warriors. He also creates numerous works on pages of old books and ledger paper, in the tradition of native Americans rounded into reservations in the mid to late 1800s.
Felici is also notorious for his folksy recreations of iconic American products, such as McDonald's French Fries, Windex bottles, and oversized renderings of chewing gum wrappers, where he substitutes the well known brand names with their Hispanicized counterparts: Juicy Fruit becomes "Juicyfuta" and Big Red becomes "Big Rojo" -- a commentary on the growing influence of Hispanic culture and linguistics in America, a topic with which Felici, who is fluent in five languages, is intimately familiar.
Felici's work is included in numerous prominent private, corporate and museum collections and art galleries in his home state of Texas and also Florida and California.
[edit] EARLY LIFE AND CAREER IN PUBLIC POLICY
Felici spent his formative years traveling througout the world, as required by his father's career. A year after his borth in Brazil, the family lived in Mexico, Egypt, Algeria, Canada, Italy, Sweden, and eventually immigrated to the United States in 1984. Felici attended high school in Plano, a suburb of Dallas, and moved to Austin to attend the University of Texas, where he was an English major. Consequently, his art is heavily influenced by his exposure to multiple cultures and a childhood spent residing and traveling extensively in five continents.
After college, Felici became a research and policy analyst for Dan Morales, then attorney general of Texas. Felici still maintains a prominent position within Texas government as an assistant to current Attorney General Greg Abbott, whom he primarily advises on communications strategies and issues related to the growing Hispanic constituency in Texas. Felici is a well known advocate both in Texas and nationally on behalf of Hispanics and the development of state level policies to better serve that community, particularly fighting financial exploitation of newly arrived immigrants. He served in a similar advisory capacity for then Texas Attorney General John Cornyn, who went on to become U.S. Senator.
Several Texas newspapers have extensively profiled Felici's "double life," both as a prominent, almost accidental artist whose professional life helps to significantly shape public policy in Texas.
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[edit] NEWSPAPERS / MAGAZINES
The Texas Observer - June, 2001 - Signs of Intelligent Life in San Antonio
The San Antonio Express-News - 2001 Folk art show in Southtown
The San Antonio Current - May 16, 2002 - A deliberate liberation in latex paint
The Fort Wayne Sentinel - May 17, 2003 - Copp Discusses Hispanic Folk Artist
The Dallas Morning News - May 11, 2004 - Paco's Perspective
¡Ahora Sí! (The Austin American-Statesman) - March 3, 2005 - La doble vida de Paco Felici (The double life of Paco Felici)
The Houston Press - January 20, 2005
RUMBO Newspaper (Austin, San Antonio, McAllen, Houston) - October 10, 2005
[edit] BOOKS
Humor Me: An Anthology of Humor by Writers of Color; 2002 University of Iowa Press, illustations by Paco Felici
[edit] ALBUM ART
2003 - Probelmatico, By Faris Nourallah
2004 - King of Sweden, By Faris Nourallah
2006 - Il Suo Cuore di Transistor, By Faris Nourallah
[edit] WEB SITES
http://www.askart.com/askart/f/paco_felici/paco_felici.aspx
http://www.awfulbliss.it/eng/home.htm
http://blogup.canalblog.com/archives/2005/04/04/index.html
http://www.razoogallery.com/razoofelici.html
[edit] VIDEO INTERVIEW AND PROFILE (TELEMUNDO NETWORK, 2005)
http://www.pacof.com/video.htm
172.164.55.185 03:08, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Mobster Records
'Bold text'Bold text'Bold text'Bold text'Bold text'Bold text Mobster Records is a record label formed by 15 year old rapper Young P
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168.215.222.129 03:44, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] 'Ends' a song by Everlast
The song 'Ends' by Everlast on june 21, 1999. It is a very typical song from Everlast and is incredibly similar to the more famous song, 'What It's Like.' Just like in the song 'What It's Like' there are three stories. The first is about a friend who was very smart but had no money and couldn't get into a college. He starts waiting tables to get money and then starts smoking crack. Eventually he ends up dead after trying to rob a man. The second story is about a young woman who uses prostitution to make money and make ends meet. The last story is about two friends that sold drugs together and eventually end up getting robbed and dissapearing. Although it is unclear what the word 'ends' specifically means in this song the main idea of it is money. "But he's from business school and he's nervous with a tool, so he ends up on his back in a bloody pool, for the ends." "From the Wetlands all the way to the Apollo, if you're broke she's spittin' if you're rich she might swallow, for the ends." "Fly jewels and clothes and they got no jobs and then one dissapeared and one got robbed, for the ends." In each of those lines from different verses it is apparent that the word ends basically means money. This song is from the album 'Whitey Ford Sings the Blues' by Everlast. The chorus of the song goes: "Some people will rob their mother's for the ends, Rats snitch on one another for the ends, Sometimes kids get murdered for their ends, So before we go any further i want my ends"
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http://www.ukmix.org/reviews/release.php?release_id=514
[edit] Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
[edit] Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
A "Comprehensive Annual Financial Report" or "CAFR" as a government book keeping practice started in the post WWII economic boom and replaced what was regularly a "off-the-books" practice called the "general fixed asset account group" . The various levels of government "general government" or the federal United States, individual state governments and government agencies each began producing a CAFR in the late 1940's to early 1950's to catalog an accurate picture of institutional funds, or financial holdings, assets and total investment incomes for those government and nongovernmental entities using the report, which is above and beyond the budget process. In 1945, the Government Corporation Control Act, began the auditing of wholly owned government corporations and mixed ownership corporations,( those that government may have controlling holdings in but operate as private corporations) all of which may come under the term "enterprise funds". Accounting principles for government entities are set by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB)
[edit] CAFR vs. Budget
The CAFR shows accounting entries the basic budget reports do not, and should not be confused with "rainy day funds" that are included in government budgetary reports and process. A budget is for a select grouping ("general fund") of accounts showing only the more commonly known revenue income from taxes, fees, licenses, fines and a select few revenue sources not gennerally profit generating. The common government budget report also includes, expenses such as salaries, police, and entitlements will be shown along with required holdings to fund pensions, insurance and bonds.
The CAFR shows not only selectively presented budget items, but also government "enterprise operations" or "enterprise funds", investments, and the return on them (or loss). These funds include but are not limited to assets and holdings to back pension and retirement obligation reserves as required by law.
[edit] Surplusses
While a budget might indicate that the government or agency has financial trouble and debt, (because of excess spending within the select grouping of "general fund" accounts presented), the CAFR will normally indicate that government possesses extra holdings considerably over what is shown in a budget report or "general fund" alone. Examples from recient history include, Jessie Ventura's career, puncuated by his returning some of the government surplusses to voters as govenor of Minnesota. Other rare news events have highlighted the off-the-budget holdings of government. In one widely reported example in the late 1990's (Los Angeles) Orange County California lost $1-Billion on investments in the derivatives market.
A former US Air Force Accountant, Gerald R. Klatt and a former commodities broker Walter Burien, have made contoversial claims, since at least 1996, about the CAFR or "2nd set of books", with their assesments of government assets holdings and investment supporting globalism and free trade. In recient years (1999) changes have been made to the GASB rules and claims have been made that such changes are some of the attempts to hide assets and "enterprise funds" from the general public after some sporatic media attention on these issues.
[edit] Sources
GAO History - The Shift to Comprehensive Auditing, 1945-1954 [[2]]
"Capitol Asset Accouning System" by Alan Major www.mtas.tennessee.edu - The Municipal Technical Advisory Service of TN (A PDF): [3]] (Permission to use granted in the document)
[edit] External Links
http://finance.ky.gov/ourcabinet/caboff/OOC/ofm/debt/cafr.htm http://www.cafrman.com/Articles/Art-KY-S1.htm
209.209.140.21 04:03, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] 'Ends' a song by Everlast
The song 'Ends' by Everlast was produced on june 21, 1999. It is a very typical song from Everlast and is incredibly similar to the more famous song, 'What It's Like.' Just like in the song 'What It's Like' there are three stories. The first is about a friend who was very smart but had no money and couldn't get into a college. He starts waiting tables to get money and then starts smoking crack. Eventually he ends up dead after trying to rob a man. The second story is about a young woman who uses prostitution to make money and make ends meet. The last story is about two friends that sold drugs together and eventually end up getting robbed and dissapearing. Although it is unclear what the word 'ends' specifically means in this song the main idea of it is money. "But he's from business school and he's nervous with a tool, so he ends up on his back in a bloody pool, for the ends." "From the Wetlands all the way to the Apollo, if you're broke she's spittin' if you're rich she might swallow, for the ends." "Fly jewels and clothes and they got no jobs and then one dissapeared and one got robbed, for the ends." In each of those lines from different verses it is apparent that the word ends basically means money. This song is from the album 'Whitey Ford Sings the Blues' by Everlast. The chorus of the song goes: "Some people will rob their mother's for the ends, Rats snitch on one another for the ends, Sometimes kids get murdered for their ends, So before we go any further i want my ends"
[edit] Sources
http://www.ukmix.org/reviews/release.php?release_id=514
[edit] Larry Sullivan
Lawrence Edward Sullivan Jr. (born September 10, 1970 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA) is an American actor. Recognized for playing Will's ballet dancing boyfriend Robert on Will & Grace in the episode Jingle Balls. Won a Best Actor Award for his starring performance in the independent film The Trip. Has done numerous commercials. Has Guest Starred and Recurred on many Television shows such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and has appeared in many films such as [Rush Hour].
Often described as a 'young Jack Lemmon'.
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Larry Sullivan at the Internet Movie Database
Larry Sullivan at TV.com
Terrydor 04:33, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Jil Walton
Californian Three Day Eventer. A member of the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Team riding Patrona a thoroughbred mare. Currently training at Brookside Equestrian Center, in Walnut, CA. Recently qualified for the World Cup with her horse Truly Triton.
[edit] Sources
http://www.rk3de.org/previous_winners.htm http://www.pedigreequery.com/patrona9
Simonepier 04:39, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
http://www.rk3de.org/previous_winners.htm
[edit] WFD
WFD - World's Fastest Drummer Extreme Sport Drumming organization
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Source: www.worldsfastestdrummer.com
68.53.130.71 07:30, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Aldermanic
- REDIRECT Alderman
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(Oh, so that's where stuff like this goes with them new wizards - ok then...)
For justification of the relevance of this redirect ... sorry folks, I wrote a rather lengthy justification for the purpose then a glitch in me browser made it all vanish before I was done with the previews. I'll be more brief now and hope it'll suffice.
I'm aware that this redirect is basically just a matter of grammar, but this is in an area of political terms where not everybody may be familiar with how to deduct the primary expression. IMHO an encyclopedia is for education, which should include helping as much as possible in the self-education of those in need of self-education.
Source: http://zelchenko.com/book/ 2nd paragraph of body text
although this is NOT about the relevance of the BOOK (PLEASE, no discussion on the relevance of the book or author, although some may exist, but that's not my point.
(Where it says: "... book ... gives ... view ... of how ... is used ... [with respect to] ... aldermanic and mayoral candidates. ..." ... --..., professor of political science,...) (accentuation by me)
212.144.164.171 08:33, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
212.144.164.171 08:23, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] The Clubfooted Grocer
“The Clubfooted Grocer” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is a nineteenth centruy shoort story about a man who went to help his wealthy uncle who was once a grocer who also traded in jewellery and expensive artefacts. The narrator doesn’t know why he is called to help his uncle until he arrives and finds that his uncle is under server threat of death from someone who wants something that was sold to the uncle.
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Telling tales - Edxcel pages 19-34
[edit] Noir Online
Noir Online is a new XORG in development being made by Melbourne based company Vodkasoft. It is said to be somewhat similar to Max Payne in a Noir type setting.
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http://www.freewebs.com/noironline http://noir.forumup.com/
60.240.128.185 11:42, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Michael Starr
Michael Starr (born March 13, 1977) is a rising modern day British playwright. He began writing back in 1999 with a series of comedy sketches. However, it was a serious one man short play called 'Dilemma' which finally caught the eye. 'Dilemma' went on to win the "1999 Geoffrey Allen award for best short play" award and had a short but successul run in the South of England.
In 2001, Michael returned to sketchwork teaming up with talented British comedian Graeme Storer as they produced a host of material and live shows to dazzle audiences everywhere. 2003 saw an amitious television sitcom named 'Lush' come to life for the first time under Starrs guidance. The project took off beyond anybodies expectation and was snapped up by Australian Network station Sub One following attention from the likes of BBC Talent, Tiscarly, and Digital West.
In 2005, Michael Starr's debut play 'Stranded' appeared on stage with the Colnbrook Amateur Stage Theatre under his direction and received positive feedback from NODA, local press, and audiences alike. Michael is currently working on two new plays.
For further information please visit his official website: www.michaelstarr.co.uk
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OFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.michaelstarr.co.uk
206.165.150.70 11:56, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Lauren Twist
[edit] My Device
My Device are a three-piece rock band who recently won the Sony Walkman Breaking Band competition for www.nme.com. They were picked by a list of expert judges such as creation record's Alan McGee from over 6,000 bands, and the prize was an opening slot for the 10th birthday party of nme.com, supporting Kasabian. The show was streamed on the nme website. Since then the band have released their debut album "Nervous System" through Oxford based indie label Shifty Disco, who have in the past put out releases from The Young Knives, The Unbelievable Truth, Nought and many more. I am not a member of the band, but I was at the KOKO show with Kasabian and have since bought their album from a high street shop.
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many items in the news archive of www.nme.com (there is a feature allowing you to search through the news by band) as well as features and reviews in 3 of the september issues of the magazine. They have also been prominently featured in Brighton Magazine, The Source, as well as a very positive live review appearing on the drowned in sound website.
194.72.165.193 12:15, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Cryptobotany
Cryptobotany is the science of finding plants, which are said to be exstinguished, but from which may still exist some examplars or which wants to finds out plants, that are described in myth and old reports, but which are unclassified.
In many old reports of each culture, there are reports of plants, used for healing purposes, which are unclassified. In China 2500 plants are described for medical uses, which seem to be not identic with existing plants. There are also some rumours about spectacular unclassified plants, as for example man eating trees.
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- Examples (in German)
- http://www.ghostvillage.com/resources/2006/features_04072006.shtml89.49.218.111 12:35, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] giant stinging tree
The giant stinging tree (Dendrocnide excelsa) is a tree living in Australia from the Bunya mountains in Queensland to Kiama in New South Wales. Its leafs burn simliar like this of nettles the human skin, however in a more aggressive manner.
[edit] Sources
89.49.218.111 13:32, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Geography Lesson
Travelling in an aeroplane can be an enriching experience.From the skies above,we not only get a panoramic of the land but also an insight into human behavior...
When the jet sprang into the sky, it was clear why the city had developed the way it had, seeing it scaled six inches to the mile.There seemed an inevitability about what on ground had looked haphazard, unplanned and without style when the jet sprang into the sky.
When the jet reached ten thousand feet, it was clear why the country had cities where rivers ran and why the valleys were populated. The logic of geography— that land and water attracted man— was clearly delineated when the jet reached ten thousand feet.
When the jet rose six miles high, it was clear that the earth was round and that it had more sea than land. But it was difficult to understand that the men on the earth found causes to hate each other,to build walls across cities and to kill. From that height,it was not clear why.
Zulfikar Ghose
article written by E.E.Narendhiran studying in 8 'A' of Kola Saraswati Vaishnav Senior secondary School.
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61.11.76.195 13:55, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Key Signifier
Key Signifier is a literary device coined by Heerak Christian Kim at the 2005 Society of Biblical Literature International Conference in Singapore. Key Signifier is a literary device that draws on collective memory and canonized body of literature from the past in order to prompt a particular action or response in the reader, audience, and listener. Although related to the concept of intertextuality, key signifiers are fundamentally different in that the emphasis is on function, intentionality, and causation rather than association and mere literary reference. This newly coined literary device is critical for understanding the concept of scripturalization and canonization of texts and ideas, and is currently gaining serious momentum in academia among literary critics and textual scholars.
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(1) http://www.mellenpress.com/mellenpress.cfm?bookid=6895&pc=9 (2) book by Heerak Christian Kim, Key Signifier as Literary Device: Its Definition and Function in Literature and Media (3) http://www.sbl-site.org/Congresses/Congresses_Abstracts.aspx?MeetingId=6 (4) http://www.bookreviews.org/pdf/5274_5554.pdf
138.89.10.252 14:25, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] vid-blog
redirect to vlog
[edit] Sources
vid is short for video which is what v in vlog stands for lol
68.59.229.198 14:45, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Harberts
[edit] O2GO
[edit] Midihead
Midihead, the sole member of Monolithic, started his music career at the age of 14. He worked as a DJ, and continued to perfect his skills. At the age of eighteen, he helped a friend start a nightclub, which went on to become the most famous in the state. In 2000, Midihead released his first solo album from his solo band, Monolithic. This album won Best Album of 2001 at the American Synthpop awards in Hollywood. He has appeared in: Animal Planet, ILIO Music Demos, Access Hollywood, Jake 2.0, The Matrix Reloaded, Dark Angel, The Ryan Seacrest Show, America's Next Top Model, Prison Break, Pet Star, the list goes on. He has several albums out as well.
[edit] Sources
http://www.last.fm/music/Midihead/+wiki
67.79.128.226 15:14, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Gondoland
Gondoland is the fictional kingdom in the BBC's educational Muzzy series.
[edit] External Sources
151.198.82.3 15:41, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] LANCING PARK
Most of Lancing during 19th Century was used for market gardening, but the area where Lancing Park is situated was described in 1845 as “enclosed pasture land of the Lloyd Estate” The Lloyd family had become owners of Lancing Manor in North Lancing and its surrounding lands in 1770. The reason for the lack of market gardening in this area was due to the close proximity of the sea. The area was originally below sea level until the 12th Centaury. When the sea finally recede it left a behind a very wind swept, salty marshland which was totally unsuitable for market garden crops because of the high salt content in the ground, despite being gradually drained over the following centuries. The only purpose the Lancing Park area could be put too was for all aspects of horse rearing, training, dealing and recreation. Even an Inn was built, called “The Horseshoes” in the south-east corner of the area for the benefit of visitors to South Lancing. This building still exists today as a Public House called “The Three Horseshoes”. Also in 1845 a famous horse was reared in this area. Although the real colour and name of the horse are uncertain this animal became immortalized in a story book by Anna Sewell called “Black Beauty”. Then at the start of the 20th Century the area was subjected to great changes. The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway company was suffering from a chronic shortage of work space in its works on the side of a hill near Brighton station. So after much searching and negotiation the railway company purchased 137 Acres of the then called Carr-Lloyd Estate in South Lancing, including the Lancing Park area, initially for a railway wagon repair works, but by 1912 the works had been expanded to a carriage and wagon building works. However, only 66 Acres of the land was actually used as a railway works. In 1923 The L.B. & S.C. Railway was absorbed into the new Southern Railway grouping and by 1928 it was realised that the unused railway land would never be needed by the new S.R. so the remaining 71 Acres of land was offered for sale. The portion of the surplus land that was between the works and the sea front coast road (now the A259), attracted the attention of a Mr. Parker Joseph Reynolds who was better known as the comic variety actor Charles Austin. Charles Austin was famous for his comic micky takes of everything and anything to do with the establishment. His most famous sketch was his portrayal of a half witted policeman called P.C. Parker. He would most certainly be considered very politically and socially incorrect now! Charlie or Chas as he was more often called by his fellow entertainers and friends purchased this area, approximately 10 Acres, initially to build a permanent sea-side home for himself and his wife Ruby. The purchase of such a large parcel of land was quite easy for him because he was a very wealthy man earning around £300 a month for his performances. When you compare this with £300 for a new brick built bungalow in the Lancing area during this period, it gives you a good idea of how wealthy he was. Though I suspect that if he hadn’t lost around £50 000 on the Gee-Gees at about this time, including an investment in a rather slow race horse called “Parker” which was quoted as “loitering with intent to finish a race” in the 1927 Derby, he may have purchased the entire 71 Acres. Charlie decided after purchasing the land to build his new home in the extreme western end of his estate, on the corner of the Lower Brighton Road and Western Road. The new house was appropriately called “Charleigh” and it became his permanent home until his death in January 1944. About 6 Acres at the eastern end of his estate he decided to devote to a holiday home project. It seems he was inspired by the great holiday/retirement home development that had been going on since 1914 at Peacehaven to the East of Brighton. He called his development “Lancing Park” probably because he wanted to continue the idea of a recreational place with both the locals, visitors and of course purchasers. Being a comic mimic to the core, and probably aided and abetted by his entertainment friends like Bud Flanagan, Chesney Allen and “Monsewer” Eddie Gray, members of The Crazy Gang, who either visited him or lived nearby, he erected two pillars at the eastern entrance to his estate, because not only did Peacehaven have ornamental pillars on it’s boundary, but nearby Brighton in 1928 was celebrating it’s very enlarged “Borough” status by erecting two stone gate pillars where it’s new Northern boundary crosses the A23 between Patcham and Pyecombe. Both the Peacehaven and the Brighton pillars are still standing. The Brighton pillars are still referred to today as “The Pylons”. Charles Austin advertised his “Lancing Park” project as building plots “built to order”. In1929 only nine plots were sold, but by 1936 this had grown to 37 plots, not far off the final figure of 47, all of which still exist in some form or other. He later sold a further two Acres at the rear of his house for building plots, but as this area was not connected to Lancing Park, he had a new access road built from the main coast road. As he was brought up, did most of his performances and acquired his fame in London, he named this new road “West End Way”. Perhaps Chas Austin’s biggest claim to fame is that he was elected “King Rat” of the Grand Order of Water Rats no fewer than six times (1912,1913,1918,1927,1928 and 1932). A record that still stands today with the G.O.W.R.. The Grand Order of Water Rats is a very exclusive fraternity of show-business performers who meet regularly in the spirit of comradeship and raise money for deserving causes. Chas or Charlie Austin was so well known in South Lancing for this achievement that the locals referred to him as “Ratty”. After Charlie’s death, the house “Charleigh” became a Guesthouse for many years until its demolition in the early 1970’s to make way for a block of flats.
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Discography: Chas. Austin & Company. "Parker P.C. Part 1.-Hold-'em Police Station Scene. Part 2.-Let-'em-go Police Statio Scene." Columbia-Rena Record. (27202-3) 1517
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[edit] Viktória Vámosi
Career
Viktória Vámosi, born in Hungary, was discovered on the Look Of The Year competition (1994). Following that she went to Paris where she started her international career as a model in 1994 and signed a contract with the Metropolitan agency. She debuted on the catwalk in 1995 in the Nina Ricci fashion-show during the Fashion Week in Paris. Thereafter she commuted between the French capital and Budapest and worked with such designers as Givenchy, Emanuel Ungaro, Yves Saint Laurent, Paco Rabanne, Jean Louis Scherrer, Vivienne Westwood, Christian Lacroix, Roberto Cavalli, Krizia or Issey Miyake.
She appeared on the catwalk by the side of Nadja Auremann, Claudia Schiffer, Naomi Campbell, Karen Mulder, Carla Bruni and many others. Beside fashion-shows she also showed up in the international campaigns of Hermés, Revlon, Benetton and L’Oreal.
Nowdays she has contracts with several agencies including Tempo Vienna, Modelwerk Hamburg, East West Hamburg and Time Zurich. She is currently hosting the reality TV show Topmodell or unofficially Hungary’s Next Top Model in Hungary.
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http://www.fototar.origo.hu/vendegszoba/noilapozo/20060627hosszu.html http://www.origo.hu/szorakozas/teve/20060725megvan.html http://www.supermodels.nl/viktoriavamosi
87.97.52.176 15:47, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
Career
Viktória Vámosi, born in Hungary, was discovered on the Look Of The Year competition (1994). Following that she went to Paris where she started her international career as a model in 1994 and signed a contract with the Metropolitan agency. She debuted on the catwalk in 1995 in the Nina Ricci fashion-show during the Fashion Week in Paris. Thereafter she commuted between the French capital and Budapest and worked with such designers as Givenchy, Emanuel Ungaro, Yves Saint Laurent, Paco Rabanne, Jean Louis Scherrer, Vivienne Westwood, Christian Lacroix, Roberto Cavalli, Krizia or Issey Miyake.
She appeared on the catwalk by the side of Nadja Auremann, Claudia Schiffer, Naomi Campbell, Karen Mulder, Carla Bruni and many others. Beside fashion-shows she also showed up in the international campaigns of Hermés, Revlon, Benetton and L’Oreal.
Nowdays she has contracts with several agencies including Tempo Vienna, Modelwerk Hamburg, East West Hamburg and Time Zurich. She is currently hosting the reality TV show Topmodell or unofficially Hungary’s Next Top Model in Hungary.
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http://www.fototar.origo.hu/vendegszoba/noilapozo/20060627hosszu.html http://www.origo.hu/szorakozas/teve/20060725megvan.html http://www.supermodels.nl/viktoriavamosi
87.97.52.176 15:52, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Peter Conn
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[edit] The Uninvited (film)
The Uninvited (film) (1944) is a ghost story, not to be confused with later films with the same title. Made in Hollywood during World War II, it is the story (based on the novel by Dorothy Macardle, of two siblings, a brother and sister Roderick and Pamela Fitzgerald, played by Ray Milland and Ruth Hussey who discover and then purchase an evocative cliff-side house in Cornwall, England. Taking up residence in the house, the siblings discover the house is apparently haunted. They seek to solve the mystery of Windward House. Directed by Lewis Allen, the film also stars Donald Crisp, Alan Napier, Cornelia Otis Skinner and Gail Russell.
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[edit] Derrick Joseph Cordy
Derrick Cordy is a research assistant at the Harvard School of Public Health committed to exploring biological and social determinants of health disparities. Mr. Cordy recently completed Multi-Locus Sequence Typing of 650 Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates under the “Vaccination and evolutionary dynamics of pneumococci” project of Navajo Indians in Arizona and is currently conducting a bioavailabiliy study of mixed metals and children’s health of Tar Creek Native Americans living near the Tar Creek Superfund mining site. Prior to joining the Harvard School of Public Health, he served as a clinical trials interviewer for the Multidetector-Row Computed Tomographic Imaging of the Coronary Arteries Clinical Trial with the Department of Cardiovascular Imaging at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Mr. Cordy also worked as a manager for the US Census Bureau during the 2000 Census where he trained and managed 25 census enumerators who conducted census enumeration of homeless and urban communities in the Atlanta Metropolitan area. Additionally, he has logged over 1,000 hours as a volunteer for the Hands-On Atlanta/Americorps literacy program for innercity youth. Mr. Cordy is currently providing program support for the UMASS Boston Health Education and Learning Program for Black Males Health and administering surveys for the Boston Youth Survey in connection with the Harvard Youth Violence Prevention Center.
Mr. Cordy earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Environmental Science and Policy from Duke University with a concentration in Public Health and Human Risk Assessment and has taken courses in American Violence, Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, Infectious Disease Epidemiology, and Health Policy and Management at the Harvard School of Public Health.
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News 14 Carolina Duke Student Graduates http://rdu.news14.com/content/headlines/Default.asp?ArID=29017&SecID=2
Security Sphere: Panoramic Image Acquisition http://www-mtl.mit.edu/researchgroups/MEngTP/Muyiwa_Thesis.pdf
Dcordy 18:16, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Matt Kimmey
[edit] aishwarya rai's face
[edit] Dynamic Rock
Dynamic Rock is a multi-purpose climbing centre based in Clydach, Swansea, South Wales. It was opened in 2006 by Dynamic Rock Ltd. The venue is situated in Clydach's Old Public Hall which previously acted as a Workerman's Hall and a market, but has now been converted to house this climbing facility. The venue features 12m high climbing walls and overhangs, slabs, pillars, arêtes and arches.
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86.137.122.84 18:51, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Short Bus Window Lickers
The Short Bus Window Lickers are a hardcore punk band from London.
The Short Bus Window Lickers started up in 2000 with Mark on vocals, P-tex on bass, Eric on drums and Joseber and Pumuki on guitar. They played a couple of gigs, but as various members disappeared mysteriously off the scene, either as a result of emigration, illness or chronic constipation, had to lay dormant for about a year untill June 2002 when Mark and P-tex decided to get the band back together. They found Robin to play guitar and after tryin out several drummers, found Darragh from the Restarts to play drums.
The first gig with this new line-up was opening the South London Punx Picnic 2003. There have been loadsa Lickers-gigs since then, mostly in London at benefits, squats, pubs and clubs and in February 2004 St. Vicky, their first album was recorded and the Window Lickers had become well known in the London punkscene.
Unfortunately in May 2004 Darragh had to call it a day cos of his busy life as a student and played his last gig with them on May 28th at the 1st Hackney Punx Olympix at the (late) Poison Club, which by then had almost become a second home for the band.
After trying out several drummers and even doing a gig with Jay (UK Subs, The Business) as a stand-in they finally found the right man: Szmalec from the Polish band Afroporno.
The Short Bus Window Lickers haven't stopped gigging since with bands like the Varukers, Icons Of Filth, Sick On The Bus, Discharge, the UK Subs, Riot/Clone, Disorder, Broken Bones, Dread Messiah, Inner Terrestrials and P.A.I.N. to name a few.
In January 2006 the Short Bus Window Lickers independently released their first full length album called '6 For A Fiver' on CD and a vinyl version will be available later this year on Brain Damage/Mass Productions and in March this year they went on their first European Tour, the '6 For A Fiver' tour to promote their new album, playing gigs in Holland, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Belgium and France and in September they played in Mallorca.
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The Short Bus window lickers official website [4]
The Short Bus Window Lickers official MySpace site [5] 87.74.95.246 18:56, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Under town
Under town is the third book of the Edgar and Ellen series by Charles Ogden. and is the sequel to Tourist Trap.
[edit] Story
Someone is stealing Edgar and Ellens pranks and ideas. The Twins travel underground in order to find out the mystery theif.
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http://www.edgarandellen.com/library/books.html 203.97.42.195 19:44, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Waiwera Thermal Resort
Waiwera Thermal Resort and Spa is a Thermal resort and Spa in the exciting township of Waiwera which means Hot Water in Maori. Clever Stuff.
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www.waiwera.co.nz
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[edit] Christian H.
[edit] Ashley Williams, Miss South Carolina USA 2002
Ashley Williams was Miss South Carolina USA 2002. Ashley was a semi-finalist in the 2002 Miss USA pageant.
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gownsandcrowns.com misssouthcarolinausa.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_South_Carolina_USA
69.231.42.130 20:11, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Carolus Hacquart
Carolus Hacquart was a composer, born in 1640 in Bruges, Belgium. Around 1670 he moved to the northern Netherlands, where he became active as a composer, teacher and an organisor of concerts. Carolus Hacquart is the composer of the first opera in the dutch language 'De triomferende min'. Unfortunately most of the music of this opera has to be considered lost.
Three other publications of his music have survived, his opus primum: Cantiones Sacrae (religious pieces for vocal soloists, choir and instrumentalists), his opus secundum: Harmonia Parnassia (collection of 10 sonatas for two or thee violins and basso continuo), and his third opus: Chelys (sonatas for the viola da gamba, probably originally with basso continuo, also very well playable without)
These works are preserved in the library of Durham Cathedral, GB
sources: honderd componisten boek (published by Gottmer)
- NOTE to closing editor: This person is a red link under List of people from the Dutch Golden Age#Music. The spelling of the name given there is Karel Hacquart. •DanMS 21:12, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Wretch 32
Wretch 32 is a grime artist from North London [2] He is a member of grime group The Movemont along with Scorcher, Devlin, Ghetto and Mercston
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81.79.205.99 21:04, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] bridgemonkeys
[edit] Oak Ridge Christian Academy
Oak Ridge Christian Academy is a private Christian academy serving #REDIRECT The Woodlands Texas and South Montgomery County, currently serving grades pre-K thru 8th. ORCA provides a classical education with its primary emphasis on academics with a Christian worldview.
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http://www.OakRidgeChristian.org http://www.MontgomeryCountyTexas.info http://www.CharityRaffle.info
67.142.130.24 22:02, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Chinas Three Antis
Chinas three antis proposed in 1951 were to oppose corruption, waste and bureaucracy within the CCP and party state organs.
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cin.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/19/1/133.pdf
222.153.60.232 23:32, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Ambulacral, ambulacral groove, ambulacral ridge, ambulacrum
Ambulacral is typically used in context of anatomical parts of of the phylum Echinodermata or class Asteroidea. Echinoderms can have ambulacral parts that include ossicles, plates, spines, and suckers. For example, sea stars or "star fish" have an ambulacral groove on their oral side (underside). This ambulacral groove extends from the mouth to the end of each ray or arm. Each groove of each arm in turn has four rows of hollow tube feet that can be extended or withdrawn. Opposite the ambulacral groove is an ambulacral ridge on the aboral side of each ray.
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http://www.palaeos.com/Invertebrates/Echinoderms/Echinodermata.Glossary.html http://tolweb.org/Asteroidea
am·bu·lac·rum (ăm'byə-lăk'rəm, -lā'krəm) n., pl. -lac·ra (-lăk'rə, -lā'krə).
One of the five radial areas on the undersurface of the starfish and similar echinoderms, from which the tube feet are protruded and withdrawn.
[Latin ambulācrum, walk planted with trees, from ambulāre, to walk.]
ambulacral am'bu·lac'ral adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2004, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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- NOTE to closing editor: This information is covered in Blastoid but perhaps could be expanded. •DanMS 21:19, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Mac Gushanas
[edit] dbs Communications
DBS Communications is a leading independent mobile virtual network operator (MVNO). DBS products operate on several wireless and long distance carrier networks, using a wide variety of GSM, TDMA, and CDMA handsets.
DBS creates branded product lines of its own for specific distribution channels and enables wireless product offerings for other distribution companies, carriers, and market segments. As a leading independent provider of prepaid wireless services, the Company has developed a portfolio of innovative proprietary technologies that enable carrier networks with “alternative payment” wireless products for multiple channel partners and for targeted niche market segments.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Lawrence P. Roches
Chairman and CEO
Lawrence (Larry) Roches is a co-founder and the Chairman and CEO of DBS Communications Inc. He has served as a director and Chairman of DBS since its inception in August of 1998, and its CEO since July, 2001.
Mr. Roches is responsible for the Company's overall business strategy, organizational development and capital formation.
Prior to founding DBS, Mr. Roches served as President and Chief Executive Officer of EdGate.com, Inc., where he was responsible for its early stage development and market entry. Prior to EdGate, Mr. Roches was a director of WhittmanHart, Inc. (NASDAQ: formerly WHIT then MRCH), a large scale systems integration and consulting firm, reaching sales in excess of $1 billion annually.
From September 1994 until March 1998, Mr. Roches was the President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Quantra Corporation, a leading provider of application software used by large financial institutions for managing complex commercial real estate portfolios. Clients included Cigna, Aegon, MetLife, TransAmerica, Allstate, and numerous large REITs.
In 1984 he joined System Software Associates (SSA, NASDAQ:SSAX) as one of 5 senior executives to lead its growth to over $400 million in revenue and its Initial Public Offering in 1986. SSA was the world's largest provider of enterprise application software for IBM's midrange systems with over 60% of its revenues generated from outside of the U.S. While at SSA he was responsible for worldwide product marketing, product development, and client services.
After joining IBM in 1974, Mr. Roches held several marketing and marketing staff positions in both large and intermediate scale systems and software product lines. Mr. Roches currently serves on the Board of Directors of DBS Communications, Inc., and on the Board of Trustees of the Pacific Garden Mission, a 125 year old rescue mission serving homeless men and women. Mr. Roches earned a B.A. in business administration from Governors State University in 1974.
Laren Whiddon
Chief Operating Officer
Laren Whiddon is Chief Operating Officer of DBS Communications, Inc. He is responsible for all of DBS systems operations, customer service, software development, quality assurance, carrier relations, network enablement services, program management and operations reporting.
Mr. Whiddon has eighteen years experience in the wireless industry, joining American Cellular Communications Corp., a BellSouth partnership, in 1987. Prior to joining DBS in June, 2005, he was Vice President and General Manager of Cingular Wireless, where he was responsible for the Illinois and Wisconsin Region, one of the three largest regions within Cingular, with over $2 billion in revenues. He held similar positions in several other regions, including Kentucky, Louisiana, and West Florida. Prior to his general management background, he held various executive finance roles including Chief Financial Officer of Los Angeles Cellular Telephone Company, a $1 billion operating entity, jointly held by AT&T Wireless and BellSouth. He began his career with Ernst & Young as an audit and tax consultant in 1984.
Mr. Whiddon is a graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi, earning a BSBA in accounting in 1984 and is a Certified Public Accountant. He is currently involved in various civic and professional associations, including:
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; University of Southern Mississippi: Alumni Association Lifetime Member, Eagle Club Member, Executive and Charter Member of College of Business Partnership Society;
Chicago Metropolitan Easter Seals - Board Member
Ron Shimony Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Ron Shimony is the Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for DBS Communications, Inc.
With over 15 years of sales and management experience, Ron led sales efforts at DBS that doubled the revenue base in 2002, 2003, and 2004. Prior to joining DBS, he was Director-National Distributor Sales for Double-Time Corporation where he built and maintained relationships with over 500 new corporate accounts and attained over 2 million dollars of revenues in the first year of business. In 1997, Ron ran his own company, Ron for Your Life, Inc. where he was a motivational speaker and a corporate sales trainer for groups of up to 2,500 people including, Nextel Communications, ExecuNet Networking Group, IDA Worldwide, and Ingram corp.
As Director of Sales for RTI, a wireless brokerage firm, he developed and maintained major accounts such as Bank of America, Frankel & Company, Superior Coffee, and Illinois Secretary of State. Ron was Senior Account Executive at Nextel Communications between 1996 and 1999 where he trained over 100 sales representatives and acquired small, medium, and large business accounts.
Ron’s multiple awards and achievements include being named “AT&T Chicagoland Dealer of the Month” and “Sprint PCS Chicagoland Dealer of the Month” at RTI. At Nextel, he was “Senior Account Executive of the Year” for two consecutive years, and he consistently exceeded revenue targets.
Ron is fluent in English, Hebrew, and Arabic and is a soccer coach for first and second grade.
Martin A. Koehler Senior Vice President, Finance and
Chief Financial Officer
Martin A. Koehler, CPA, is Senior Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer for DBS Communications, Inc. He is responsible for the accounting, finance and administrative functions within DBS.
During his 17-year professional career, Mr. Koehler
has established accounting and finance organizations for early-stage, high-growth companies, raising over $100 million in debt and equity financing. He managed all aspects of risk management, implemented and revised employee benefit programs, managed corporate compliance, developed and maintained budgeting and forecasting models and maintained primary responsibility for facilities (lease negotiations).
Prior to joining DBS, Mr. Koehler served as Vice President Finance and CFO for SmartSignal Corporation (2000-2002), an equipment condition monitoring software company. Mr. Koehler led the most recent round of funding, which resulted in an over-subscribed offering and an increased valuation. During Mr. Koehler's tenure as Vice President Finance for NovaMed Eyecare, Inc. (NASDAQ: Nova), an eye care services company focused on laser vision correction, revenue increased from $50 million in 1997 to $162 million in 2000. Mr. Koehler also co-led the initial public offering, and managed the integration of the accounting and finance departments into the operations of the company. As Vice President of Finance, CFO, Treasurer and Secretary for SoftNet Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SOFN), he led the acquisition of two companies which increased SoftNet's revenue from $800,000 to $45 million.
Mr. Koehler received his Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Illinois State University. He became a Certified Public Accountant in 1986 and served as a CPA for Arthur Andersen from 1985 to 1995.
Daniel J. McFarland Chief Technology Officer
Daniel J. McFarland is a co-founder and the Chief Technology Officer for DBS Communications and has served in this role since August of 1998.
Mr. McFarland has led the Company's technology initiatives and provided strategic direction and innovation since DBS's inception. He is responsible for all of DBS's systems operations, software development, quality assurance, program management and operations reporting. Mr. McFarland is involved in all areas of intellectual property creation and patenting.
Mr. McFarland draws from a wide variety of experiences prior to joining DBS Communications. As founder and president of DMAC Computer Consulting between 1987 and 1995, his clients included Guardian Packaging, a division of American National Can, where he developed first generation software systems, and established the company's first Quality Assurance, Human Resources and Logistics applications. For Jefferson-Smurfit, a container and packaging products company in Schaumburg, Illinois, he designed Quality Assurance and Logistics systems. He also created POS Retail, Inventory, Credit Card Processing, Event Scheduling and Order Processing systems for Willow Creek Community Church in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. And later he built Conference Scheduling, Marketing, Distribution and Order Processing systems for Willow Creek Association.
As a consultant with High Yield Solutions from 1995 to 1998, Mr. McFarland developed software, IVR systems, Multi-Carrier Provisioning systems and Real-time and near-Real-time Billing and Switching systems for DBS Communications.
Mr. McFarland studied Electrical Engineering and Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Iowa, and serves on the Board of Directors of DBS Communications, Inc.
Scott Merkle Senior Vice President, Mobile Enablement
Scott Merkle is the Senior Vice President of the Mobile Enablement business unit at DBS Communications. He is responsible for leading MVNE sales, marketing and engineering, serving MVNO partners across the United States.
Prior to joining DBS, Mr. Merkle was a Vice President and General Manager for NextiraOne, a leading communications infrastructure solution provider with over 20,000 customers. Mr. Merkle managed a 440-person sales and operations team, delivering $110M in annual revenue. He was responsible for direct sales, service and support of Nortel and Cisco data networking, PBX, VoIP, contact center, and managed network services solutions to enterprise accounts in 26 states.
Prior to joining NextiraOne in early 2004, Mr. Merkle was the Vice President of Global Channel Sales for Apropos Technology, a publicly held contact center software company. At Apropos, Mr. Merkle led the company’s channel sales and alliances teams from initial funding through a successful IPO. Prior to joining Apropos, Mr. Merkle was the Vice President of OEM Sales and Marketing for Cruise Technologies, a pioneer in 802.11 wireless thin client technology. His 19 years in the high tech and communications industry also include senior marketing and product management positions with Zenith Data Systems, GO Corporation, and Andersen Consulting (Accenture).
Mr. Merkle holds an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley; and an Economics Degree from Northwestern University.
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