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[edit] TigerHeat

TigerHeat is a West Hollywood pop and hip-hop club geared toward LGBT youth. It has been frequented by personalities and celebrities such as Alexis Arquette, Levi Meir Clancy and Jeffree Star.

[edit] Sources

• http://www.la.com/events/music/tigerheat/17569

• http://search.cityguide.aol.com/losangeles/entertainment/tigerheat/e-2044605

• http://losangeles.citysearch.com/profile/11562248/tigerheat.html

208.54.15.129 02:52, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Barrett, Jeffrey A.

Jeffrey Alan Barrett is Professor and Chair of Logic and Philosophy of Science at the University of California, Irvine. He is a philosopher of science.

Barrett's primary contributions have been to the interpretation of quantum mechanics. He is the author of The Quantum Mechanics of Minds and Worlds (Oxford University Press, 1999), which is currently the standard text on the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics. Barrett's main argument is that the best reconstruction of Hugh Everett III's relative-state formulation of quantum mechanics, for the purpose of resolving the quantum measurement problem, is the many-threads theory, a hidden-variable theory closely related to Bohmian mechanics.

[edit] Sources

• Reviews of Barrett's The Quantum Mechanics of Minds and Worlds

Wayne Myrvold Philosophy of Science, volume 69 (2002), pp. 536–538. Jeremy Butterfield European Journal of Philosophy, volume 9(2), August 2001, pp. 230-234. Simon Saunders Mind, volume 110(440), October 2001, pp. 1039-1043. Kincannon, E. Choice, volume 38(3), November 2000, p. 570. Lon Becker Philosophical Review, volume 110(3) (2001), pp. 482-484. Aristidis Arageorgis The Review of Metaphysics, June 2001.

• Other Sources:

Jeffrey A. Barrett The Quantum Mechanics of Minds and Worlds, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1999.

Jeffrey A. Barrett "Everett's Relative-State Formulation of Quantum Mechanics", Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy 20 Feb 2003 [1].

128.195.187.69 06:54, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Untitled Quartet

The Untitled Quartet is a vocal group/boyband that were founded in may 2006. Since they, they've had several public concerts and are going to release a CD. The members all come from Stockholm, Sweden but have also had a few private international concerts.

The group have had great success and is slowly becoming a name in swedish music. Their official website was launched june 2006 and got an award for ergonomic design (www.untitledquartet.com).

[edit] Public Concerts

08-Festivalen 2006, Stockholm, Kungsträdgården

Lava, Stockholm, Kulturhuset

Rymdvakan (Celcius Mission), Stockholm, Kulturhuset

[edit] Members

Anton Ringqvist

Carl-Johan Haster

Daniel Tibbing

Hjalmar Ståhlberg Nordegren

[edit] Sources

The Untitled Quartet official website 69.1.169.130 07:57, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

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Ayikudi balasubramanya Swami temple

[edit] Ayikudi Balasubramanya Swami Temple

" Ayikudi Naama Subiksha Dese

Satvesa Deere Hanumat Si Nadhiyaha
Asvatha Moole Nivasanthameede
Bala Mukam Bagyaseedha Abhivrudhyai"

Saying the name of Ayikudi will give you subiksham – wellness; Ayikudy is a holy place where Hanuman river flows, the river is named after Sri Hanuman who was said to have stopped by here on his way to Lanka. The temple is situated at the base of the auspicious Aswatha tree. By looking at the baby face of Balasubramanya at the temple, one would get all the prosperity.

Ayikudi Balasubramanya Swami Temple is located in Thirunelveli district near Thenkasi. The little temple is a treat to pilgrims and tourists who come to visit the Kutralam waterfalls, Kasi Vishwanathar temple & Thiruchendur. Until 1947 this area was under the regime of Thiruvadhankur Kings. The temple is situated on the banks of Hanuman Nadhi. Sri Hanuman who was said to have stopped by and rested on the banks of this river on his way to Lanka, hence the river was named Hanuman nadhi. Obviously this is why Rama & Subramanya are popular names in this region.

Lord Karthikeya appears among five Vrikshas (trees) and the five Devatas in the form of a young Balasubramanya. The five Vrikshams are Arasu (Surya) , Vembu neem (Ambhikai), Kariveppilai Curry leaves tree ( Mahesha), Madhalai (Ganesha) & Mavilangu (Vishnu).

A devotee named Mallan at Nanjaipara, found the main deity Idol of the temple in the Mallam River. Once there lived a Brahmin Mugura Bhakthar sanyasi who obtained samadhi in that area. His samadhi was built on the shores of Hanuman Nadhi. An Arasa Tree was planted at that place & his community was conducting pujas & ceremonies there. The idol of Balasubramanya Idol that was found at Mallapuram was installed on the samadhi of that Sanyasi and the pujas were continued. Until 1931 the top of the temple was only made by coconut & palm leaves. About 150 years back the Thiruvadhankur Royal family took up the temple management. Then the temple was renovated and festivals were organized. The Utsava Murthi was known as Muthukumara swami. The Balasubramanya Mulavar Pujas were conducted in the traditional way by the Brahmins and the Utsava pujas & processions were conducted by Shivacharyas.

The Idol: Both the Mulavar & the Utsavar are identical, The idol is a small Vigraham, with the young baby faced Muruga, with four hands Vajram, Shaktivaram & Abhayam with a Peacock on the left and the lord sits on a lotus Padmapeetam.

Special ways of Prayer: The Arasa leaf Vibhuthi Prasadham ( Holy Ash) available in this temple is very powerful. Padi Payasam, Kavadi, Pallkudam are some of the important ways in which the devotees show their love to the Lord. According to legend, on the steps leading to the Hanuman nadhi Sri Balamuruga takes payasam along with other children.

Special Days: During Aipasi month Nov 15- Dec 15, During Skandha shasti Soorasamharam festivities are popular for 7 days in this temple. Each day of the Utsavam the Lord is decorated differently and there is a Huge crowed of devotees attending the festivities. Special pujas are conducted in the temple during Chithirai Vishu, Vaigasi Vishakam & Masi Makam. The lord is taken on the Peacock on the streets as a procession around the temple.

Those who get the dharshan & pray to this Balasubramanya will attain all the prosperity.

[edit] Sources

84.192.135.173 13:42, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Martand

Martand temple

Ancient Martand temple

Author

By B.N.Ganjoo

Martand- the abode of Sun God

Martand - Mattan (J&K) India, is a tiny hamlet situated on Anantnag-Pahalgam road, about 61 kms from capital City Srinagar of Jammu and Kashmir State of Indian union. The Place is famous for ;

1. The Ancient Martand Ruins.
2. Temple dedicated to Sun God with natural fresh water springs with fish abound.
3. Pilgrimage centre of Hindus.
4. The special rituals on occassions like Parshotam Mass or Adhik Mass after every two and half years, Vijay Saptami, Solar or Lunar eclipse days, Amawasya, Sundays are being performed here for the Salvation and peace of the dead. Martand is also important stop over for the two-day halt of Charri-Mubarak (Holy Mace) on way to Amarnath. Some of the holy pilgrims after completing the Amarnath yatra would visit Martand on their return journey to seek blessings of the Surya Narayan.

The Legend :

In his introduction to the Rajtarangini Pandit Kalhan speaks of the Vale of Kashmir thus: “It is a country where the sun shines mildly, a place of great glory created by Kashaypa- high mountains, houses, the saffron fields, iced-water and grapes—things which are found only in heaven abound here”.

History bears testimony to the fact that millions of years back, Kashmir had been a vast lake, . Goddess Parvati had been so enamored of the picturesque lake, which was surrounded by high snow peaked mountains that she would often sail through it in a pleasure boat right from the point of her abode on the Hara-Mukh on the North to the Vishnu Pad in Kounsar Nag in the south. According to Nilmat Puran (200 BC) once Dash Prajapat, the Himalayan King and the father of Goddess Parvati extended invitation to all Gods and Goddesses to a Yagya ceremony, but did not invite Lord Shiva. Goddess Parvati who took it as an insult, got infuriated to the extent that she jumped into the havan kund and committed the act of Sati. Lord Shiva, the legend says, immersed the half –burnt body of his consort into the deep waters of the lake. That is how the lake got the name Satisar or the taru of the chaste woman.

In the lake Satisar, after centuries came and went by, a cruel demon by the name of Jalad Bhuva appeared and went on a destruction spree. He began annihilating life inside the waters and on the high lands. The sacred legends say that this demon was blessed with a boon by Lord Brahama, that as long as he remained under the water level of the lake, no power on earth could harm or kill him. Around the same time marked by the terror and destruction unleashed by the demon, Munni Kashyap is said to have been visiting the holy places in North India. On reaching the region of Himalayas where his son, Raja Niel, the king of Kashmiri Nagas, told him about the miseries suffered by the people there on account of the atrocities committed by the demon, Jalad Bhuva. Upon learning the story of great sufferings, Munni Kashyap is believed to have promised his son of the help in ridding the lake of the cruel demon. He soon prayed upon Lord Brahma and the Divine Trinity met at Nav Bhandhan peak near Kaunsar-Nag (15323 ft above sea level) and drained the Satisar after breaking a huge rock at Baramulla. The demon was killed but not before a terrible fight in the low waters at a place where Hari Parbat is situated today, and the land came to be known as Kashyapmaer or Kashmir.

Kashyap Rishi then is believed to have invited all the Gods and Goddesses and assigned each one of them a place in the valley. For example, Goddess Sharika was assigned the Hari Parbat, as she is said to have played a vital role in killing the demon in the form of Haer. Hari Parbhat is also known by the name of Pradman Peeth and Pradman Giri.

Pandit Kalhan writes, “There is not a single place in Kashmir which is not holy”. Martand or Mattan constitutes one among those sacred places. Situated about 61 Kms from capital city of Srinagar on main Anantnag-Pahalgam road, it occupies a special place in the Hindu mythology and is considered as old as the Sun itself. It is believed that thirteenth Sun , Martand was born here.

Legend says that between the two wives Kashyap Rishi had, Ditti gave birth to Danvas and Aditti bore him 13 sons of whom first twelve became the rulers of Surya Loka, in rotation with the twelve months of the year. Between the two, legend says, Aditti was pious and spiritually inclined who would spend most of her time in religious rituals and prayers. It is believed that because of her religious disposition, Lord Vishnu had blessed her with a boon that she becomes mother of Thirteen sons.

However, when she was pregnant with her thirteenth son, she did not stop the ritual of fasting, much to the displeasure of Kashyap Rishi. This led to the premature birth of her thirteenth son which resembled an Andkar pind or Oval-shaped substance like an egg, but glowing like a sun. Using her spiritual powers Aditti dropped it in the depths of Satisar Lake. Latter, when Rishi Kashyap came to know that his son lay in the depths of Satisar at a place (now known as Martand) he called upon Brahmaji to accompany him to Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati and Lord Vishnu and they all reached where the lifeless egg or Mrit-aend was dropped. There Lord Shiva smote the Mrit-aend, the upper side became a spring now called “wemal” and the lower side became another spring now called “Kemal”. A spark of energy ignited out of it which turned into Goddess “Barga Shakha” worshipped on the mountain-hillock overlooking the shrine. Three more Shakti Swaroopni Jyoti's became famous as Beema, Bagwati, and Shree Bhawani, all worshipped there to this day. The legend says that the light that ignited out of the Mrit-aend became Martand (Aur Iss sei jo surya kiran swaroop tej pragat hua wohi Martand kehlaya). And by virtue of the chakra the stream that gushed out from there became chakarsuta or chaka nadi.

Greatly impressed with the divine and aesthetic beauty of these springs of ‘Wemal’ and ‘Kemal”, she blessed the fish therein and ordained that those who will take care of the fish will attain salvation. Also, Lord Shiva is believed to have blessed the dead with peace and salvation if pind-dhaan, Pitrashraad, tarpan etc., are performed under certain stellar positions and special areas here.

The special rituals on occassions like Parshotam Mass or Adhik Mass after every two and half years, Vijay Saptami, Solar or Lunar eclipse days, Amawasi, Sundays are being performed here for the Salvation and peace of the dead. Martand is also important stop over for the two-day halt of Charri-Mubarak (Holy Mace) on way to Amarnath. Some of the holy pilgrims after completing the Amarnath yatra would visit Martand on their return journey to seek blessings of the Surya Devta.

Grand Kings of Yore and many devotees have constructed grand temples, Dharamshallas, bhawans etc. The springs have also been renovated and decorated many a time since their appearance. Also since times immemorial pilgrims from as far countries as China, Tibet, Samarqand, Afghanistan, North Indian states and NWFP (now in Pakistan) would visit Martand. It would be a must see in their itinerary.

History makes us believe that it had been the Raja Ramdev of Pandva dynasty who first built the original temple devoted to Sun God. Many subsequent kings and monarchs repaired and renovated the temple complex. However, it goes to Maharaja Lalitaditya (8th century AD) who gave a complete face lift to the ancient temple and made it known all over the world. The Sun temple of Martand stands in the middle of a large courtyard having 86 fluted columns. The temple proper contains garbhagraha, antarala and closed mandapa, approached by a grand flight of steps. The pliant supporting the central shrine has two tiers, both with niches having 37 divine figures. According to Walter R. Lawrence, the noted historian and a Kashmir expert of his times, “The ruins of the Hindu temple of Martand, or as is commonly called, the Pandav-Koru House- the Cyclopes of the east are undoubtedly, occupying the finest position in Kashmir. This noble ruin is the most striking in size and situation of all the existing remains of Kashmir grandeur”. He further writes, “There are in all eighty-four columns- a singularly appropriate number in a temple of the sun. The number eighty four is accounted sacred by the Hindus in consequence of its being the multiple of the number of days in the week with the number of signs in the Zodiac ( Rashis)”.

Cunningham, another historian, thinks that the erection of this Sun temple was suggested by the magnificent Sunny prospect which its position commands. “It overlooks the finest view in Kashmir and perhaps in the known world. Beneath it lays the paradise of the east, with its sacred streams, orchards and green fields, surrounded by vast snowy mountains, seem to smile upon the beautiful valley below.

The history of Martand or Mattan is incomplete without any mention of Bumzua, a sleepy hamlet at a distance of one Kilometer and situated at the mouth of the Lidder, more known for the cave temple, dedicated to the Kaldeva that stands at the far end of a natural, but artificially enlarged fissure in the lime stone cliff. The entrance to the caverns is 60 ft above the river Lidder and is carved into an architectural door way. The huge Shiva Linga inside the cave is believed to be there since the days of Pandavas. At a striking distance from the cave is yet another cave, some hundred feet long and is said to have been a Samadhi of some ancient sage.

According to Dr Stien, “The temple is the same as the Bhimkesava temple mentioned by Kalhana. It was built by king Bhimasahi, king of Kabul in Afghanistan”. Hugel states that the Bumzua caves date back to the year Kali-2108 or 993 BC, when Raja Nara ruled the Kashmir and these occupy very conspicuous place in the fables of Kashmiris. He tells us, “During the reign of Raja Nara, a certain Brahmin wanted to marry Chanderasha, the daughter of Susravas, a serpent God, who lived in lake near the city of Nara, near the Vitasta. Raja Nara also noticed the movements of the beautiful daughter of the serpent in the lake. He was struck with the deepest admiration and resolved to carry her off but failed. To avenge the insult, a storm was called up, which swallowed up the king and his court. The sister of the serpent God also helped him and hurled stones from the Bhawan or Mattan mountain. The caverns of Bumzua are on the spot where these rocks were upturned”. (Hugel, Growse).

The foreign scholars have praised the superiority of the Kashmiri Architecture. “The architectural remains of Kashmir are perhaps the most remarkable of the existing monuments of India, as they exhibit undoubted traces of Grecian art.”-(Reference., Bate’s Gazetteer). “Martand or Mattan are all known by the general name of Pandavan-Ki-Lari or “Pandava house” a title to which the statement of Ptolemy (2nd century AD astronomer and scientist of Greece) can be considered a sufficient authority. He says, “ Circa antem Bida spun Pandovorum region”, meaning—The kingdom of the Pandavas is upon the Betasta or (Behat) that is it corresponds with Kashmir”.

“Truly speaking, there is hardly a river, a spring or hillside in Kashmir that is not holy to Hindus”. ( Walter R Lawrence). Again Abul Fazal ( 1550-1602) writes, “ The Hindus regard all Kashmir as holy land. Forty-five places are dedicated to Mahadeva, Sixty-four to Vishnu, three to Brahama and twenty-two to Durga. In seven hundred places there are carved figures of snakes which they worship”.

It would mean endless space if one attempts to give description of places famous and dear to all Hindus in Kashmir. As regards with the Martand temple, these like many other places of Hindu worship fell victim to the fanatic zeal, soon after the end of Hindu rule in Kashmir in 1339 AD. Gibbon writes, “History is little more than a register of the crimes and misfortunes of mankind, chances and changes of human fortune; prosperity and decay of human institutions”.

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[edit] Sources

• Nilmatpuran
• Raj taragni--- By Kalhan Pandit
• History Of kashmir by Walter R Lawrence

Rbganjoo 15:35, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] BBs Paranoicos

BBs Paranoicos were founded in 1991 in Santiago de Chile/Chile, through wide parts of South-America they are a very famous Punk band.

Through various releases they are also known in Europe, mainly within the diy-anarcho-punk-scene.

[edit] Discography

• Incierto final 1993
• Fábricas mágicas... 1995
• Hardcore para señoritas 1997
• Standardsituationen 4 (Compilation 2*7", Schwarze 7 / Germany / Europe) 1997
• Collage 1999
• El ensayo (EP) 2000
• Split-7" w\ Desperate Cry (Jurassic Punk Records / Austria / Europe) 2001
• "The History of BBs Paranoicos" - CD - Best-Of-Compilation (Paranoia! Rec. / Austria / Euorpe) 2001
• Split-Lp w\ E.M.S. (Bloodshed666 Rec. / Austria / Europe) 2001
• Algo no anda 2001
• Capital 2003

[edit] Weblinks

• Official Site
• Bbs Paranoicos on german language Wikipedia

[edit] Wikipedia-Español - Links

• Bbs Paranoisos
• Discos Suicidas
• Rock Chileno

[edit] Bloodshed666

Bloodshed666 is a diy-label from Vienna/Austria. It was established in 1998 and released 9 records since then. They are foccused on Punk, Hardcore, Industrial and Stoner Rock.

[edit] Artists

• Grrzzz (Industrial-Punk, Paris/France)
• Brambilla (Punk-Rock, Vienna/Austria)
• Cyruss (Stoner-Rock/Sludge, Vienna/Austria)
• Bbs Paranoicos (Punk/Hardcore, Chile)
• E.M.S. (Punk/Hardcore, Austria)
• Radikalkur (Punk/Hardcore, Austria)
• Nula (Punk/Metal, Croatia)
• Desperate Cry (Hardcore, Austria)

[edit] Discography

• blood #09: GRRZZZ - "Optima Ferox" - Lp
• blood #08: CYRUSS - "Hate / Human" - Cd
• blood #07: BRAMBILLA - "Einfach Angst" - Cd/Do-Lp
• blood #06: BRAMBILLA - "Little Terror Creek" - Cd/Lp
• blood #05: DESPERATE CRY - "theantsaremyfriends" - Cd
• blood #04: RADIKALKUR / JASON - split-Lp
• blood #03: BBS PARANOICOS / E.M.S. - split-Lp
• blood #02: NULA / E.M.S. - split-Lp
• blood #01: RADIKALKUR / E.M.S. - "Erkenne dich selbst..." - split7"

[edit] WebLinks

• Official Site
• Official MySpace
• Official YouTube
• Bloodshed666 on Last.fm
• Bloodshed666 on Discogs

[edit] Per Hækkerup

Per Christen Hækkerup, Danish Social Democratic politician and minister, born December 25th 1915 in Ringsted, died March 13th 1979 in Herritslev. Per Hækkerup was little brother to Hans Erling Hækkerup and father of Hans and Klaus Hækkerup.

Per Hækkerup covered a number of ministerial offices:

• Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Jens Otto Krag government
• Minister of Foreign Affairs (to 28th of November 1966) in the Jens Otto Krag government
• Finance and budget minister in the Jens Otto Krag government
• Finance and budget minister (to 27th of September 1973, after that just Minister of Economic Affairs) in the Anker Jørgensen government
• Minister of Economic Affairs in the Anker Jørgensen government
• Minister of Commerce (from 8th of September 1976 to 26th of February 1977) in the Anker Jørgensen government
• Minister without portfolio with reference to financial co-ordination (to 13th of March 1979) in the SV-government (the third Anker Jørgensen government)

Per Hækkerup was one of the first Danish politicians in the time after World War 2 to realise the meaning of European political co-operation. That is not least due to Per Hækkerup's work in the young European Social Democratic movement after World War 2. Per Hækkerup was one of the first Danish politicians to suggest the UN could be used as a platform which could give small countries like Denmark more influence than what would otherwise be possible. Per Hækkerup had a hard time understanding the youth movements in the sixties so that (along with the choices made in 1971 and 1973) when that generation came into the Danish Parliament the foundation was made for a historical split between the young and the old in the Social Democrat party, which has meant that there is a lack of political talent in the party today.

As a Minister of Economic Affairs in the start of the 1970s, Per Hækkerup managed to bring about an extensive agreement which would remove the grants, parties and organisations that had built up over time as a result of politicians granting compromises to each other. Just before it became law prime minister Jens Otto Krag pointed out that there had to be a reduction for pensioners and other social groups - which caused the whole agreement to collapse. Queried by a journalist whether he had to go home and lick his wounds, Hækkerup answered "I can't do that - they are on my back".

[edit] Sources

Søren Mørch: 24 statsministre ISBN 87-02-00361-9 Danish Wikipedia - http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per_H%C3%A6kkerup

62.49.61.70 17:21, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] UnRated Magazine

UnRated Magazine is Chicago based magazine that serve their tag lines as "Your Music Source." It is known for providing readers with some of the best live concert reviews and photos of todays artists on tour. UnRated Magazine compiles many artists, live shows, interviews, photographer as well as other music related entertainment news. Each month UnRated Magazine covers in depth reviews of concerts through out the world consisting of a diverse staff serving from various countries. UnRated Magazine reviews and interviews can be found on record label sites such as Island, Interscope, RoadRunner. Many artist also link to UnRated such as Anthrax, Switchbox, Ministry, David Bowie, and the list goes on.

UnRated Magazine is going on 6th years since it's official release in 2001.

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http://www.unratedmagazine.com UnRated Magazine Official Site http://www.myspace.com/unratedmagazine UnRated Magazine @ MySpace http://dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Music/News_and_Media/Magazines/ Yahoo Directory

69.3.217.122 17:40, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Richard Legs

Richard Legs is a british company, owned by 3 Entertain group which was created in early 2006 with the launch of the official website. After extensive plans for the website were completed, it was created on a Funtigowebsite and remains so today, however, the company has no relation to the host provider Funtigo whatsoever.

Image:Http://pic.funtigo.com/img/i209769926 22432.gif

The website originally contained relatively little content, however after the refurbishments were complete at the end of summer 2006, content increases by a vast amount. The features on the site are branded unformally, for example sections include lifeline, evidence, moments and a paraody of a dating service. All notable progressions are listed in the moments sections and a popular 'daylegs' countdown - a humour of the company name, is included with live countdown timers.

Although deemed to be as the year 2007 began, from December 30th 2006, the homepage was replace with an exact replica, and the former page was 'infected' by the milLEGium bug. As the name suggests, the company often brands its links and products as a humour of its name - beyond this, the site 'regulars' Mr & Mrs Legs often supposedly send their 'leggy' greetings.

Despite popular belief, Richard Legs is a 3 Entertain company. This is viewable from their corporate website 3 Entertain from the preview section. 3 Entertain also proudly display the '3' logo on the Richard Legs Homepage and regard creating Richard Legs as "a complete success"

[edit] Sources

3 Entertain Official Richard Legs Website

3entertainaddition 17:48, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Graham Ragsdale

Master Corporal Graham Ragsdale of the Canadian Forces was the commander of the Third Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry sniper team attached to the 101st Airborne of the US Army during Operation Anaconda in the Shah-i-kot Valley, Paktia Province, Afghanistan in March, 2002. The sniper team recorded more than 20 kills including the long distance record combat kill of 2430 metres set by Corporal Rob Furlong. Master Corporal Ragsdale with selfless disregard for his personal safety operated his sniper team through extreme weather conditions at high altitude while under direct and indirect enemy fire ensuring the success of the mission by identifying and neutralizing enemy targets and saving many allied lives. He was awarded the US Army Bronze Star Medal for his actions in combat and the Mention in Dispatches Oak Leaf by the Canadian Forces for valiant conduct and meritorious service.

[edit] Biography

Graham Ragsdale was born in Ontario, Canada to English-Irish parents and joined the Canadian Forces in 1988 after graduating from Secondary School. Upon completion of parachute training he was posted as a paratrooper to 2 Commando of the now disbanded Canadian Airborne Regiment that had lineage with the famed First Special Service Force known as the Devil's Brigade that fought during the Second World War. In 1996 he was posted to 3PPCLI where he gained the sniper, mortarman, mountain operations, leadership, jumpmaster, freefall parachute instructor, unarmed combat instructor, British pathfinder and British sniper qualifications. In 2000 he completed a tour of duty in the Former Yugoslavia with NATO SFOR, and was then placed in command of the battalion sniper section that in 2002 was deployed to Afghanistan as part of the Operation Enduring Freedom and Canadian Operation Apollo. Master Corporal Ragsdale lost the hearing in his left ear during a day long Taliban mortar attack in the Shah-i-kot Valley and began to show severe symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) following the tour and in May, 2005 he was honourably released from the CF into the care of Veteran's Affairs Canada. He currently lives in Alberta, Canada.

[edit] Medals and Decorations

• South West Asia Medal - Afghanistan
• Special Service Medal - Alert
• Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal
• NATO SFOR Medal - Former Yugoslavia
• Canadian 125th Anniversary Medal
• Bronze Star Medal from US Army
• Mention in Dispatches Oak Leaf
• Commander-in-Chief Unit Citation
• Wound Stripe
• McMillan Trophy

[edit] Badges

• Parachute wings Canadian Forces
• Parachute wings British Army
• Sniper badge Canadian Forces
• Sniper badge British Army
• Pathfinder flash British Army
• Parachute wings senior US Army
• Parachute wings HALO US Army
• Air Assault wings US Army
• Combat Action Badge US Army

[edit] Sources

• Naylor, Sean. "Not a Good Day to Die" Penguin Group (New York), 2005
• Pegler, Martin. "Out of Nowhere - A History of Military Snipers" Osprey Publishing, 2006
• Friscolanti, Michael. "We Were Abandoned" Maclean's, Rogers Publishing, 2006-05-15
• Krott, Rob. "Canadian Snipers Take Out Taliban" Soldier of Fortune, 2002-08
• 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry

67.71.38.84 17:55, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pan-Asian Dance Troupe

The only dance troupe of its kind at the University of Pennsylvania, the Pan-Asian Dance Troupe seeks to celebrate and educate the community on Pan-Asian culture through traditional, modern and fusion dances, and to establish an organization in which people of all nationalities can learn to express themselves through the art of dance.

We are a group dedicated to choreographing, teaching and performing all kinds of traditional, modern and fusion Pan-Asian dances. We continue to celebrate the diversity of Pan-Asian cultures through various shows and events around the year.

The dance troupe was formed at the end of the 2000-2001 school year, with the merge of a Chinese and a Filipino dance troupe. Since then, the Pan-Asian Dance Troupe has grown to include dances of various nationalities. We continue to progress toward a wider diversity and a greater appreciation of Pan-Asian cultures.

[edit] Sources

http://dolphin.upenn.edu/~panasian/index.html

74.102.245.149 18:32, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] El CD

Not For Your Ears is a non-official CD of the gothic rock group Evanescence, released on November 30, 2002. Image:Notforyourears.jpg

[edit] Historia

The CD is not official. It contains the demo versions of old Evanescence songs, recorded in demo sessions on 2001 and 2002, and also Amy Lee's personal song: "You". Plus, it renames songs like Whisper (Whisper 2002) and Untitled (I must be dreaming or Bleed) El CD Not For Your Ears no es oficial. Contiene las versiones Demo de antiguas canciones de Evanescence, grabadas en las sesiones Demo 2001 2002, y también la canción personal de Amy Lee, "You". Además, renombra canciones como Whisper Demo Version a "Whisper 2002" y "I Must Be Dreaming" a "Bleed" o "Untitled".

[edit] Song List

19 Tracks:

1. "Whisper 2002"
2. "Everybody's Fool"
3. "Anything for You"
4. "Even in Death"
5. "Farther Away"
6. "Imaginary"
7. "Tourniquet"
8. "Taking Over Me"
9. "Haunted"
10. "Before the Dawn"
11. "Untitled (I Must Me Dreaming/Bleed)"
12. "Hello"
13. "Taking Over Me (Long Version)"
14. "Missing"
15. "Surrender"
16. "Bring Me to Life (Original)"
17. "Breathe No More"
18. "Forgive Me"
19. "You" A personal Amy Lee song which sings her sister.

[edit] About Missing

This version is not the one which appears on Anywhere But Home DVD, but a demo one.

[edit] About Farther Away

This Demo version was re-edited on 2003 so that it appeared on the single Bring Me To Life

[edit] Sobre Whisper

This version of Whisper is renamed "Whisper 2002" for this album and it contains parts of the operas "O Verona" and "Juliet's Requiem".

[edit] About Breathe No More

This version has more electronic effects than the pre-Fallen version.

[edit] Sources

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_For_Your_Ears

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evanescence

http://musica.vivito.net/disco-not-for-your-ears-X132361.html

189.130.125.245 19:00, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

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The Food Quality and Protection Act, ratified by Congress in 1996, was the "most comprehensive and historic overhaul" of the Nation's pesticide and food safety laws. The Act itself was an amendment to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) of 1947 and the Federal Food Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), which was originally passed in 1938.

The safety standards of the country's pesticides became stricter, especially in regard to infants and children, and the tolerance levels of all existing pesticides was reassessed.

The Act is implented by the EPA (The Environmental Protection Agency).

[edit] Sources

http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/regulating/laws/fqpa/

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[edit] Tom Braniff

In 1928 insurance salesman and financier named Thomas E. Braniff financed an aviation company with his brother Paul Revere Braniff, named Paul R. Braniff, Inc. The airline was named Tulsa-Oklahoma City Airways and offered passenger service between most of the major cities in Oklahoma. The original Braniff brothers would remain a part of the company, even as the ownership was transferred repeatedly.

The Braniff brothers restarted another airline in 1930 as Braniff Airways, Inc. During the 1930s, Braniff Airways expanded its service throughout the Midwest. Braniff’s long-term survival was assured when Paul Braniff, then General Manager, flew to Washington, D.C., to petition for the Chicago-Dallas airmail route. The United States Post Office granted Braniff its first airmail route. In 1935, Braniff became the first airline to fly from Chicago, Illinois, to the U.S.-Mexico border. Tom Braniff took sole control of the carrier in 1935 and hired Charles "Chuck" Beard to run the airline's day-to-day operations. Beard would become President and CEO of Braniff in 1954.

During the 1950s the airline expanded nationwide. The acquisition of Mid-Continent Airlines in 1952 allowed Braniff to add several more domestic cities to its already established north-south route system.

In 1954, Thomas E. Braniff died in one of his personal planes, which crashed lakeside near Shereveport. Jan. 10, on the shore of Lake Wallace, 15 miles outside of Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana. According to information from Captain George A. Stevens: Mr Tom Braniff was on a hunting expedition with a group of important citizens of Louisiana, (including Milton Weiss - brother to Seymour Weiss, of Huey Long Fame). They were departing from a small duck hunting lake out of Shreveport in a new aircraft with no deicing system. The wings iced up and they attempted to land. One of the wings hit cypress stumps and the plane crashed against the shore. It caught fire and all 12 lives aboard were lost (including a number of Shreverport's most important civic leaders).

[edit] Sources

This information above was sourced from the Wikipedia article on Braniff Airways, the company that Mr. Thomas Braniff founded, with his brother, and ran until his death 1954. 67.142.130.37 20:38, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

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