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Fantestic

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Breakthrough (military)
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I noted a missing word in the wikipedia. Though it was previously possible to add an article, and your reasons for more regulation from the wild internet population are understandable: no I do not quote sources; this article is about a general term that I described in my own words, being an (amateur) specialist on the subject. I came here because a link was added by someone to another article that I submitted some time ago ("Encirclement"), but the link was void to the subject.

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A breakthrough occurs when an offensive force has broken the enemy defensive line, and is rapidly exploiting the gap. Usually, large force is employed on a relative small portion of the front to achieve this. While the line may have held for a long while prior to the breakthrough, the breakthrough marks a relatively small timeframe where the pressure on the defender leads him to "snap" in a very short timespan. As the first unit breaks, the adjacent units suffer adverse results from this (spreading panic, additional defensive angles, threat to supply lines) and, since hey were already pressured as well, leads them to "snap" as well, causing a domino-style collapse of the defensive system. The defensive force thus evaporates at the breakthrough point, giving the attacker the option to rapidly move troops into the gap, exploiting the breakthrough in width (by attacking enemy units at the edge of the breakthrough, so widening it), in depth (advancing into enemy terrritory and strategic objectives), or a combination of both.

Dusk from Kingdom Hearts 2

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Halo

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The covanant is a group of aliens with the same religion.

Teknoscape Website

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Teknoscape is a Western Australian independent dance music website. It was established by Petar Ceklic in 1996 under the alias ‘Hypnosis’ which was soon renamed to Teknoscape.

Teknoscape provides the Perth dance music community with scene news, events and club listing event photos, mp3 set downloads, discussion forums, music reviews, online store, artist interviews and has won numerous awards at the ‘[Perth Dance Music Awards]’ for people’s choice ‘Best Dance Music Website’.

The website also includes a Perth-based forums, which includes a general chat area, gig section and music production/release information. It is infamous for it’s hard-line approach to new comers; however it is very community based.


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Weinbaum Yeshiva High School

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Weinbaum Yeshiva High School, commonly referred to as WYHS, is a religious Jewish high school yeshiva high schools that caters to both male and female students in grades 9-12.

Location
The school is located in Boca Raton, Florida, and students from as far as Miami and Hollywood often take the bus or carpool to school each morning.

Curriculum
The school year is separated into three trimesters. It boasts a dual curriculum, including both single-gender Judaic Studies classes in the morning and co-ed General Studies classes in the afternoon, separated by level, including accelerated and honors, among others. The Judaic Studies classes include Chumash (Bible), Navi (Prophets), Torah She Ba'al Peh (Oral Law), and Hebrew Language, amongst others. The General Studies classes include English, Science, Math, and History, with electives, like Spanish, Art, Graphic Design, or Jewish Philosophy, taking place tri-weekly.

School Athletics
The school hosts a range of athletics separated by gender, including basketball, soccer, softball, tennis, and volleyball. The sports division is referred to as Storm, and it's supporters are called Storm Chasers.

Drama Program
The school's drama program produces one girls' musical and one co-ed comedy each year. Past musicals include The Fantasticks and Best of Broadway, and past comedies include Woody Allen's Don't Drink the Water. The upcoming comedy is a production of Neil Simon's Rumors.

===Community Service Requirements Students must complete 10 hours of community service each trimester, totalling 30 hours by the end of the school year.

School Year
The school year begins late August and runs through early to mid June, with breaks for Jewish and national holidays.

School Publications
The school publishes a weekly newsletter called Yeshiva Highlites, detailing recent school events, that is emailed to subscribers. The school newspaper, written and headed by students is called The Brainstorm and is published about once a month. The Hebrew language newspaper is called Yeshivon and is contributed to by students.

Brief History of Berlin, CT

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Morgan Wilkins

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Morgan was born in 1986 in the small town of Leitchfield, KY.

Since childhood she had dreams of becoming a Congresswoman or Senator, embracing such icons as Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan.

Teenage pregnancy and drug addiction threatened to shatter her dreams. But Morgan refused to become another statistic and with the strength of Christ and the support of an amazing family she continued to pursue her aspirations.

After earning her diploma, Morgan immediately enrolled in Jefferson Community College (JCC), where she is a political science sophomore. The moment she set foot on campus, Morgan's passion for politics was set ablaze. She began writing for her campus newspaper, covering local elections and writing opinion pieces.

Jefferson Community College did not welcome her conservative view points and certainly didn't encourage her active participation. Morgan had no qualms about calling out liberals and soon her articles began to cause controversy on campus.

During her first year of college, Morgan saw the need for more conservative organizations on her campus and was inspired to create Lost and Found, a campus bible study that has thrived on the Jefferson Campus. Never satisfied with the world around her, Morgan wanted to bring the conservative views she held, to a place where political diversity was nonexistent. So, she created a Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) Club and a College Republican Chapter.

For the past 2 years, Morgan has struggled against all odds to promote conservative values and help Republican candidates get elected. In addition to spending countless hours volunteering for Republican candidates, Morgan worked for the College Republican National Committee (CRNC) as a field representative. The CRNC deployed her to Michigan for the 2006 elections where she recruited over 350 new College Republicans in less than 6 weeks. She also created several new chapters.

Morgan became the focus of a controversial news story because she discussed an anti-illegal immigration event with a campus reporter. The event was one that had been taught by the CRNC, but through the assistance of biased media reports, Morgan's statements and actions became headline news. After much pressure from the media, Howard Dean, and a handful of leftist organizations, Morgan was asked to leave the CRNC.

Left jobless, homeless, and far from Kentucky, Morgan was not willing to give up. In a situation that would have caused many to simply bow out and admit defeat, Morgan kept her head up and stayed in the fight. She understood how important the 2006 elections were and she continued working enthusiastically for Republican candidates, even when it meant sleeping on victory center couches and eating volunteer pizza.

Then the Leadership Institute (LI) contacted her.

The LI decided to hire Morgan as a Campus Service Coordinator, which meant she would travel the nation creating conservative organizations, publications, and training young conservatives to be leaders and activists. In December, LI gave Morgan the opportunity to travel to London, England where actually met her life long icon, Margaret Thatcher.

A considerable amount of Morgan's time was also spent volunteering for the Senator George Allen campaign in Virginia and Senate candidate Michael Steele's campaign in Maryland.

Morgan now lives in Louisville, KY with her 4 year old son, Jonathan, whom she is convinced will one day be President of the United States!

Morgan is thankful for all of her experiences. Morgan's troubled youth has allowed her to reach out to countless young people whom, like she once did, think that their dreams are shattered. Morgan has given, and continues to give, many speeches at churches and schools in hopes of inspiring young people to never give up on themselves.

Morgan is currently serving as Chapter Chair of the JCC College Republican chapter, working as an ambassador to the Leadership Institute, and serving on the Students for Brownback board as KY State Chair.

Tammer Yamany

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Tammer Yamany, a graduate of West Windsor Plainsboro High School North, is a current student at Cornell University. His contribution to West Windsor and hsi endless volunteer service has made him a notable alumni. Today, he has a 4.0 GPA and is doing very well in Cornell. He lives in West Windsor and was adored by all his high school teachers. He is well known for his lack of Fifa and ping pong skills. He belives that he is Kobe Bryant. Last, he is a proud of his culture and is an expert on Egypt.

Balldinho

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Balldinho (Born as Allan Wayne Ball Jr, August 16th, 1988) at King Edward VIII Memorial Hospital in Hamilton, Bermuda. Balldinho is infamously known around the world as a "Cyber Celebrity" around the world due to his activities on MySpace.

Early life
Balldinho grew up Sandy's, the most Western Parish in Bermuda. Upon birth, his parents had just purchased a luxurious beach mansion, so Wayne had split time between both his Grandmothers houses. He is an only child but comes from two families with very large backgrounds in Bermuda (His twin aunt and uncle are the heaviest twins in Bermudian History). Wayne attended West End primary school, he was a boisterous yet sensitive young man, often found in trouble because of his mouth. Here is where he established himself as a young aspiring cricketer in extra-curricular and student of excellence in Bermuda's education. From here he graduated with Honors and moved on to Sandy's Secondary Middle School. Where he would develop his skills as one of the most talented basketball players Bermuda ever produced. At Sandy's is where his nickname Balldinho "Rose to Prominence"

Gifting Of The Nickname
Balldinho is of Brazilian/Portuguese origin, it's primary meaning is "Little Ball". Wayne was blessed with this name due to the fact he is of brazilian descent amung his ancestry and also that he is named after his father, Allan Wayne Ball Sr. The fact that they both went by the same last name allowed him to take on this title. Wayme also followed in his fathers footsteps on the football field, where the talk of the name 'Balldinho' first came to life. Balldinho was quick and nimble on the football field but could never establish himself in one position. Quick and skillfull, yet not a prominent scorer, solid tackler but not a great clearer. Balldinho later gave up football for his current passions, Basketball and Cricket. Balldinho has represented on the international level in both Basketball and Cricket, and is currently a member of both Under 21 teams.

Rise to Fame - MySpace
Balldinho was a member of the then popular hi5 networking site. However many of his friends convinced him it was time to create a myspace account. On August 13th 2006, the official Balldinho myspace page was launched. Worldwide attention across the myspace network was drawn to his nickname as many wondered his fascination who he was. He as quickly established himself as a popular figure among others. Boasting an astounding 1,675 profile views daily, and no less then 50 comments on his page daily. His page has turnt him into a must see attraction in the cyber world. His top friends boast people from Germany, Holland, Kazahkstan, Korea, Japan, United Kingdom, United States of America, Canada, etc. He is renown for frequently keeping contact with those who request his friendship.

ymi Magazine

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ymi magazine is a quarterly, Australian youth magazine, published by Dream Alliances Media.

Staff

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Dell Presto

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Baphira SPRL

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Baphira is a Belgian company. Our job is to accompany you and to advice you in e-commerce. We help you to sell online!

Puru Raajkumar
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Puru Raajkumar is an Indian actor in Bollywood. He is the son of the late veteran actor Raaj Kumar.

He made his film debut opposite Karisma Kapoor in the 1996 film Bal Brahmachari. His father had died only a few months before the film's release. Since then he acted in supporting roles in films such as Mission Kashmir and Umrao Jaan.

Cadamstown

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Cadamstown is a beautiful village at the foot of the Slieve Bloom mountains. It's vast beauty is beyond words and must be seen to be believed. The village has a lovely river flowing under a memberal bridge, called the Silver River. Dempsey,s pub has many fun nights, while My Little Tea and Craft Shop offers a refershing cuppa. Worth visiting to explore local history.

Rotherbeat

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The collective label given to a number of exciting new bands which began emerging from the Hastings area in 2006. Spearheaded by NME darlings Mumm-Ra and indie-punk trio Youngplan, Rotherbeat began as a tongue-in-cheek name. According to Youngplan guitarist Dale Weeks: "All the Liverpool greats were Merseybeat, and more recent London Bands like Jamie T, Mystery Jets and Larrikin Love have been throwing the word Thamesbeat around for a while now. "Members of Mumm-ra and Youngplan felt you didn't have to move to the city to join a trend or get yourself heard." The term has now become widely used in the local press, most notably by journalist Richard Morris in The Hastings Oserver who wrote: Music has a new buzz-word. Merseybeat, Madchester, Bristol Dance and Mackem Rock have all their stint at the top - leaving their indelible mark on the charts and live venues across the country. "Now a group of bands, spearheaded by NME darlings Mumm-ra, have set about spreading the word of a new music gospel - Rotherbeat. "From the rehearsal rooms of Ashburnham, Robertsbridge and Crowhurst to world domination. The word was Rotherbeat. And it was good." The term Rotherbeat has also been used by East Magazine and various music fanzines and its popularity has spawned the phrase "If it ain't Rother, don't Bother."

The Safety Services Company

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The Safety Services Company

Safety Services Company prides itself with keeping contractors and manufacturing companies in compliance with OSHA’s requirement to train employees in safety. Originally established in 2002, Safety Services Company’s headquarter is located in Yuma, Arizona. Safety Services Company currently provides safety material for more than 60,000 clients throughout the US and Canada. The key to Safety Services Company’s success has been the marketing of Tailgate/Toolbox Safety Meeting forms which are used to provide training on critical safety topics specific to the employees job description. Safety Services Company offers more than 600 Tailgate/Toolbox Safety Meeting forms designed for the construction and manufacturing industry. Safety Services Company also writes customized safety manuals to keep contractors and manufacturing companies in compliance with OSHA’s requirement to maintain a written safety policy.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Release Date
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows release date has been announced. It will be the 21st of July 2007. There will be several copies of this book released including an audio version. For more visit LeakyNews.com

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is the beatlyest person alive

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See Nii Parkes

Ferhang Huseyinov
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Biography Prof. Ferhang Huseyinov was born in 1949 in Bakü Azerbaijan. Started his music education at Azebaijan State Conservatory Nightingale Music School, and graduated in 1968. Between 1969 and 1971 he studied violin with Karp Dombeyev and composing with Kara Karayev at Azerbaijan State Conservatory.

Between 1971 and 1975 he continued his education with Leonid Kogan (Violin), and Aram Chatschaturian (composing) at Moscow State Conservatory. He was graduated with honor degree form here. Upon his return to Baku in 1975 he was assigned as a professor at Azerbaijan State Conservatory on violin and composing. During this period he become a member of Azerbaijan Composers Union.

Prof. Hüseyinov is the leading violinist of Baku and Moscow String Quartets. They performed in many countries. In 1972 he performed as soloist with Moscow Conservatoire Orchestra in Berlin. Same year he won the gold medal at Herbert von Karajan competition.

As a violinist he became the very first performers of contemporary music in Azerbaijan. His composition improved under the influence of Karayev and Chatschaturian, Enescu and Bartók.

First international success as a composer is winning the first prize of “Silk Road” competition held in Japan in 1991. Than, he was commissioned an opera about Kodayu who is a Japan sailor hero during 18th century. Premiere was held on 1993 in Tokyo with a great success. In 1995 he received the United Nations Peace Prize with an oratorio “May Peace Prevail on Earth”. And receives another prize from UN with Stabat Matter for Soprano and String Quartet. Then, he took a place at Grove Music Encyclopedia. He won the first prize with “Cappricio Guarani” at Jose Asunsiyon Flores competition held in Paraguay by UNESCO in 2000.

Since 1992 he has been working at the Cukurova State Conservatory,Turkey. He became an instructor at international music courses held in Haifa Prag since 2002. During the time he composed “Ladino Fantasy” for Israel New Chamber Music String Quartet. Upon Mersin Opera and Ballet’s order he composed ballet music “Queen Aba”. The world premiere was held on October 2005 with a great success.

Operas 1991 Malen’kiy prints “Little Prince” (A.Efendiyev, A. de Saint-Exupery) not performed 1993 Kodayu (E.Aoki, K.Hoshu: Hokusa Bunryaku) (Russian version by K.Yamashita) WP1993 Tokyo Opera

Ballet 2005 Queen Aba (Libretto: Altay Bayram, Choreography: Shamil Teregulov) WP2005 Mersin Opera and Ballet Company/ Turkey

Orchestral 1969 Concerto for Violin WP1972 F.Huseyinov & Azerbaijan Music Academy Chamber Orch. 1981 Serenade for Strings WP1981 Azerbaijan RT Symph.Orch. 1991 Concerto for Orchestra “Travellin through Time” WP1991 Tokyo Symph. Orch. 2000 “Cappricio Guarani” for Orchestra. First Prize of Int.Comp.Cont. “Jose Asuncion Flores” Paraguay. 2002 “Ladino Fantasy” for Strings WP2002 Lvov Ukraine Chamber Orch. Cond.Robert Canetti, Israel.

Vocal 1981 Gimn solnstu “Hymn to the Sun” (ancient Egyptian, trans. Doblhofer) for Soprano and string quatet. WP1982 Moscow RT Symph.Orch. 1981 The Sixth Paragraph of Hammurabi’s Laws (Acadians Text) for Bas and 13 instruments. not performed 1985 Pesn’o pobede “Song of Victory” (F.Godzha, R.Rza, S.Vurghun) Cantata for Soprano, Bas, Choir and Orchestra. WP1985 Azerbaijan Philharmonic Orch. and Opera Soloists 1987 Antivoyennaya kantata “Anti-war Cantata” (T.Aslanlı) for Soprano, Choir and Orchestra. WP1987 Azerbaijan Philharmonic Orch. and Opera Soloists. 1992 Stabat Matter, for Soprano and String Quartet. WP1992 Azerbaijan Music Academy Orch. and Azerbaijan Opera Soloist. 1994 Jesus Redemptor, Chamber cantata for Soprano and 8 instruments. not performed 1995 Four Songs (D.Rathaus, A.S.Pushkin, A.K.Tolstoy) Baritone and Piano. WP1998 Adana/Turkey 1995 “May Peace Prevail on Earth” (R.Fielding, N.Newhall, Veni creator spiritus hymns) Oratorio for Soprano, Bas, Tape, Organ and Orchestra. WP1995 Azerbaijan Symph.Orch and Choir

Chamber music and solo 1973 5 Pieces for Violin and Piano. WP1973 Moscow, F.Huseyinov & A.Toradze 1974 Piano Sonata. 1979 Printed by Muzika Publishing Moscow, WP1980 Azerbaijan Radio 1974 Prelude and Toccata for Piano. WP1980 Azerbaijan Radio 1975 Sonata for Violin. WP1975 Moscow, 1980 Printed by Muzika Publishing Moscow 1978 Piano Pieces for Children. 1982 Printed by Suprafon Publishing, Prag. 1978 Sonata for Violocelle.WP1979 Moscow, 1982 Printed by Muzika Publishing Moscow, 1984 “Melodiye” Recording Company Moscow. 1979 Fuga for piano. 1982 Printed by Muzika Publishing Moscow 1981 Pamyati shug Ali “In memory of Ashug Ali” for Oboe and Strings. WP1982 Azerbaijan Philharmonic Orch. 1988 Quartet for Strings. WP1988 Germany, Azerbaijan State Quartet. 1989 Concertino for 10 Instruments. WP1989 Switzerland, Basel Chamber Orchestra.

Other Incid music, works for wind band, pieces for amateur choirs and transcriptions.

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sho is odd. he loves harris gill bare

Aruna Shantha Abeygoonewardana
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Aruna Shantha Abeygoonewardana (born 1957) is the founder of Pina - Help for Sri Lanka, registered as NGO and INGO in Germany and Sri Lanka, respectively. Since 1988 he has been actively engaged in social work, distibuting medical items to destitute people and oganisations in Sri Lanka.

In December 2006 he was awarded the honorary 'Deshamanya - Vishwea Keerthi - Lanka Puthra' designatory titles by the Sri Jayawardanapura Foundation in Sri Lanka, in respect of his engagement in social welfare and charity work, especially in face of the destuction of the Tsunami in December 2004.

thomas butler photographer
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Thomas Butler is a photographer based in South East London England. Working as an editorial photographer for magazines and ad agencies like, The Big Issue, Elle, G.Q, Euro RSG, The Face, Cosmo and Tokion to name a few.

Its from this background that Thomas Butler is now the Staff photographer for the Formula one magazine the Redbulletin. A formula one magazine produced for the paddock at each fo the formula one races.

Peter Manor
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Peter Manor (1778 - 1847) was probably most well known as the founder of the town of Providence, Ohio. Manor was of French decent and initially made a living travelling and trading with Native Americans in the areas of present day cities Detroit, MI, Toledo, OH, Lima, OH, Sandusky, OH, Cleveland, OH, Columbus, OH, and Fort Wayne, IN starting in the late 1700's (Rettig, 12). Manor was considered by the Native Americans to be a friend, resulting in good relationship. He continued to trade with Native Americans until approximately the early 1800's, when the US government ordered the removal of Native tribes, which was completed in approximately 1839 (Rozick, 10-11). In 1822, Manor constructed a sawmill and gristmill in what is now the ghost town of Providence, OH (Rozick, 12). Manor's decision to begin construction was based on two reasons. First, with the Native American removal, his trading business was begining to slow (Gillespie, 5). More importantly, though, with the conclusion of the War of 1812, in which the Natives fought, the area of Northwest Ohio had become more secure and subsequently, was beginning to become settled (Huffman, 10). Since the nearest mill to Providence was almost a full day's travel, the decision was to construct a mill was logical to Manor (Rettig, 15). In 1835, Manor platted the town of Providence, essentially founding it (White, Kiess, 138).

Things did not slow for Manor, though. The state of Ohio decided that it would construct the Wabash and Erie Canal through the town of Providence. Specifically, the state decided that the canal should run right through the location of Manor's Mill. Consequently, in 1838, the state of Ohio demolished Manor's Mill for the purpose of constructing the canal (Rozick, 12). Manor rebuilt the mill approximately ten miles down the river in an area that both was more densely populated and would better serve the communities of Providence, Grand Rapids, and Texas, Ohio (Rettig, 16). Manor continued as a pillar of the community of Providence, which was seen as a haven from the problems of drinking, gambling, and prostitution which typically plagued canal towns, until his death in September of 1847 (Rozick, 13).

Trevor Tanner ( formerly of The Bolshoi )
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For information regarding musician, Trevor Tanner, ( formerly of The Bolshoi ) please see Wikipedia's listing for The Bolshoi.

Nadia Abu El Haj - academic controversy making news pages
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Nadia Abu El Haj is an Assistant Professor at Barnard College who became the center of an a controversy over archaeology in the land of Israel.

Her 2001 book (a version of her Duke University doctoral thesis,)   Facts on the Ground: Archaeological Practice and Territorial Self-Fashioning in Israeli Society is a post-colonial analysis of Israeli society a settler-colonial community that has “invented” an ancient history in the region by the use of  archaeology. Abu El Haj “Reject(s) a positivist commitment to scientific methods…” instead, the book is “rooted in… post structuralism, philosophical critiques of foundationalism, Marxism and critical theory… and developed in response to specific postcolonial political movements.”  She attempts to demonstrate how "(social) science generates facts or phenomena, which refigure what counts as true or real. One news story summarized criticism of the book, “the book's aim is to undermine the historic connection between the Jewish people and Israel…  the critique of Israeli archaeology is poorly researched and written, and … the author's anti-Israel bias undercuts her work.” http://insidehighered.com/news/2006/11/21/disputes

A separate controversy arose when Abu El Haj charges a prominent archaeologist, David Ussishkin of the University of Tel Aviv with “bad science” on the grounds that “bulldozers are used in order to get down to earlier strata which are saturated with national significance, as quickly as possible” because of  “nationalist politics guiding research agendas.”  Abu El Haj based her charges on the word of  anonymous “archaeologists and student volunteers” who “recounted (the incident) to me after the fact.”  http://www.campus-watch.org/article/id/3031  http://www.solomonia.com/blog/archives/009599.shtml   David  Ussishkin has denied the accusation. http://www.solomonia.com/blog/archives/009649.shtml http://www.campus-watch.org/article/id/3032

His denial is supported by the distinguished archaeologist Aren Maier of Bar Ilan University. “...by the way, despite what Abu el-Haj repeatedly states, Israeli archaeologists do not only excavate archaeological remains relating to "their heritage". In fact, as any one can see from the excavations at Tell es-Safi/Gath for example, we deal with, excavate, study, publish and relate to finds from various periods, including "Pre-Israelite", "Post-Israelite" etc.” http://www.campus-watch.org/article/id/3032 http://gath.wordpress.com/2006/12/06/re-discussion-of-nadia-abu-el-hajs-book-on-israeli-archaeology/

Reviews by anthropologists were mixed: “Abu El-Haj provides an important and timely look at some of the politics of self-representation behind the Israeli government's public face, within a broader argument about science's capacity for political involvement and for maintaining and even advancing colonialist policies. However, I reiterate that her failure to present either official Palestinian or public Palestinian/Israeli opinions and attitudes within the context of Israel's (settler) nationalist-archaeological discipline means that answers to the excellent questions she raises are never made clear.” Kimbra L. Smith, University of Notre Dame American Ethnologist Volume 30 Number 2 May 2003   http://www.aaanet.org/aes/bkreviews/result_print.cfm?bk_id=592

She moves a step forward and examines how the issue of the nation enters the arena of scientific practices. This is probably the primary contribution of the book in relation to other studies of nationalism and archaeology: the focus on archaeological practices as the main object of study…. Nadia Abu El-Haj highlights the continuities between the colonial and the national periods in terms of archaeological reasoning, and claims that there is a "dynamic relationship between empiricism and nationalism ... and the former gave credible form to the latter, not just in narrative, but, even more powerfully, in material cast”…Facts on the Ground offers a unique and pioneering approach to examine the politics of archaeological research.  Apen Ruiz, The University of Texas, Austin    H-Gender-MidEast (May, 2004)   http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=315181094215190

Reviews by historians have been negative:

“El-Haj is not a practicing archaeologist. She hardly knows the Hebrew in which many Israeli archaeological debates are conducted. She has taken part in very few actual digs. Yet she confidently condemns Israeli archaeology as a tool of the Zionists. With only gossip to go on, she accuses one archaeologist of bulldozing non-Jewish strata to get to the levels that might offer details about ancient Israel. Bizarrely, she then concludes her book by reversing herself on such desecration, asking us to "understand" sympathetically the Palestinian mob that destroyed Joseph’s Tomb on October 8, 2000. I guess it all depends on whose narrative is being bulldozed.” Jonathan Burack,  The Family Security Foundation,  December 28, 2006   http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/homeland.php?id=537580 “The huge amount of evidence and scholarship demonstrating that ‘an ancient Israelite social collectivity emerged,’ becomes in her hands ‘a tale best understood as the modern nation’s origin myth… transported into the realm of history.’ ” Diana Muir and Avigail Appelbaum, History News Network, May 31, 2006, http://hnn.us/roundup/entries/25976.html

Archaelogists have criticized the book harshly:

The reception by archaeologists was harsh. The dean of Middle Eastern archaeology, William Dever of the University of Arizona, “who has authored more than 20 books on Middle East History, said Ms. Abu El-Haj seems intent on writing Jews out of ancient Middle East history, and demonizing a generation of apolitical Israeli archaeologists in the process. Barnard should deny Ms. Abu El-Haj tenure, he said, ‘not because she's Palestinian or pro-Palestinian or a leftist, but because her scholarship is faulty, misleading and dangerous.’ ”  http://www.campus-watch.org/article/id/2946 "At the heart of her critique is an undisguised political agenda that regards modern and ancient Israel, and perhaps Jews as a whole, as fictions… "Abu El Haj's anthropology is undone by her... ill-informed narrative, intrusive counter-politics, and by her unwillingness to either enter or observe Israeli society... "The effect is a representation of Israeli archaeology that is simply bizarre... Filling in what is missing from her text becomes fatiguing. In the end there is no reason to take her picture of Israeli archaeology seriously, since her selection bias is so glaring… "Abu El Haj has written a flimsy and supercilious book, which does no justice to either her putative subject or the political agenda she wishes to advance. It should be avoided."  Alexander H. Joffe, Lecturer in Archaeology,  Purchase College, SUNY Journal of Near Eastern Studies. Chicago: Oct 2005. Vol. 64, Iss. 4; p. 297  http://www.solomonia.com/blog/archives/008510.shtml "This book is a deceptively well-written, well researched monograph that superficially bears all the signs of a state-of-the-art contemporary social science study…"Alas, a detailed reading reveals that this book is a highly ideologically driven political manifesto, with a glaring lack of attention both to details and to the broader context...   In this review, I will try to focus on several points that I believe point to three cardinal weaknesses of the book: the anti-Zionist/anti-Israeli agendas that taint its very foundations; a glaring misunderstanding and lack of intimate knowledge of details; and the exasperating "tunnel vision" that assumes that Zionism and the State of Israel exist in a vacuum...  "Abu el-Haj's anti-Israeli ideology pervades the book. An outstanding example is her reference to "the indigenous Arab inhabitants (some of whom were Jews)" (p. 4). Such terminology simply denies the right of Jewish national self-determination. Coming from a "postcolonialist," this is surprising, but revealing. One cannot escape the conclusion that Abu el-Haj's problem is not the misuse of archaeology in the State of Israel but, rather, its very existence… "Perhaps the most astonishing part of the book is a discussion on the last page of the text (p. 281). Abu el-Haj describes and condones the attack, and subsequent ransacking, by a Palestinian mob on what is known as "Jacob's Tomb" in Nablus in 2001. Several people were killed as a result of this attack; the gleeful tone in which she describes this act of vandalism exemplifies how her political agenda completely overcame her duties as a social scientist… "This book is the result of faulty and ideologically motivated research. One can but wonder how the 1995 dissertation on which it is based was authorized at Duke University and how a respected publisher like the University of Chicago Press could have published such unsubstantiated work.” Maeir, Aren, Professor of Archaeology, Bar Ilan University, Isis, volume 95 (2004), pages 523–524, www.solomonia.com/blog/archives/006114.shtml "Discussing Israeli archeology as a cultural phenomenon requires an in-depth understanding of Israeli society and, above all, a working knowledge of scholarly Hebrew. Abu el-Haj indicates she studied Hebrew in a desultory fashion, and although her bibliography and footnotes do contain references to Hebrew publications, she appears to have invested lightly in the multitude of Hebrew sources that could have informed her study and made it compelling… As it stands, Abu el-Haj's reading of Israeli academic culture and its relationship to the politics of statehood politicizes the work of Israel's scholarly establishment in a way that can be misleading. Even when granting certain Israeli archeologists their academic integrity, she tends to describe their findings as bent by the state for its own political purposes. This is inaccurate. In fact, Israeli archeology is characterized by lively discussion that values independent scientific inquiry and often undermines conventional wisdom, be it the previous wisdom of peers or that of the nation's foundational narratives. Both the print and electronic media give extensive coverage to archeological digs and displays. The broad outline of that lively debate is well known among those many Israelis who follow archeological developments… Given her interest in cultural studies, it is not surprising that Abu el-Haj casts an exceedingly wide net, and that leads to problems. Her discussion of archeological practice conflates the statements of tour guides, the claims of museum displays, the design of archeological parks in Jerusalem, and the assertions of Israeli political figures—particularly those politicians with strong links to the settler movement—with the research and writing of a highly demanding scholarly discipline... Abu el-Haj misrepresents the Israeli passion for archeology. Its purpose is not to legitimize the national ethos. To the contrary: archeology appeals to Israelis because it offers a visual dimension to a past otherwise firmly anchored in oral and literary traditions. For professionals and amateurs alike, the archeology of the land of Israel is not a vehicle to authenticate the nation's existence or its distinctively Jewish character or the passionate attachment of Israelis to the land they claim as their state. All that is taken for granted by Israel's Jewish citizens and by most of the world as well. Rather it is only those who deny Israel's right to exist or contest the legitimacy of its current borders who deny altogether or compromise Israel's links to the historic past." Jacob Lassner, Professor of History and Religion at Northwestern University, Middle East Quarterly, Summer 2003, http://www.meforum.org/article/560

Methological criticisms: “Abu El-Haj speaks not with archaeologists who are excavating, but with archaeologists on tours given in conjunction with international archaeological congresses. " Kimbra L. Smith, University of Notre Dame  American Ethnologist Volume 30 Number 2 May 2003   http://www.aaanet.org/aes/bkreviews/result_print.cfm?bk_id=592

News articles/sources http://www.nysun.com/article/43652 http://www.nysun.com/article/44184 http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2006/11/21/disputes hnn.us/roundup/entries/25976.html

Majandra
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History

The Cyberen Sillies are a group formed on [Newgrounds.com] on November 21, 2006. Altough they have been making Flash since September, 2006 they had their named arisened Thanksgiving season. It all started out as a member of the [Star Syndicate] another group on Newgrounds.com had quite a loathe of hate for [Cyberen], a Newgrounds user hated by many members of the [Star Syndicate] and [Barney Bunch]. It basically started out as Cyberen and his older alias, [ItchyBarney]

Shougang
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Shougang is China's fourth-largest steel company. Based in Beijing municipality, its high-polluting operations are being moved out of the city prior to the Olympics.

ToWercore
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C.J (guitarist)
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C.J (Chris Jagdah)is a singer/ songwriter from the U.K, his first notable success was during the 80's as the guitarist of Tattooed Love Boys, he went on to form The Wildhearts with singer/ songwriter Ginger (David Walls), the pair fell out in 1994 and C.J left to form The Jellys and later Honeycrack before finally returning to the band in 2001. He formed C.J & The Satellites in 2006.

Ben Kurland
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Benjamin David Kurland (born May 1, 1984) is an American Actor. Kurland was born in Boston, Massachusetts to parents Jim and Robyne Kurland. He has one older brother, Zack Kurland. He grew up in Newton, Massachusetts, and attended both The Fessenden School, and Choate Rosemary Hall. Ben was first seen in a play Directed by Edward Albee, with a featured article in the New York Times. He then went on to study at Emerson College and USC's School of Theatre. Since then, he has starred in TAPS, an award winning short film, and SINNERS, a drama from Eleven Eleven Pictures.

Love Drive Band
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Love Drive Band is an original, indie band, located in Arlington, Massachusetts. Their influences are based loosely on The Beatles and other melodic contemporary artists.

A Philosopher's Alchemy
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A Philosopher's Alchemy is a manga series written by Cory Givens.

Plot
The story follows Sleeve McDougs, who dreams of one day becoming the world's greatest samurai. He takes on adventures as a mercenary, and bounty hunter, in order to increase his skill. With his companion Neko Dare, a talking cat, he learns alchemy, and sword skills. Other characters are brought about in the series, including Train Usagi, Teru Shimauma, and Frost. The series keeps a balance between action, and comedy. Several comical villians are fought, such as Akira "Steelwall" Gelantium, who uses alchemy to control Jello, and Chris Gamer, who controls opponents with a video game controller. Alchemy is a common practice in A Philosopher's Alchemy, being used to cast spells to aid daily life.

Vocabulary
The State- A group of government controlled bounty hunters. Light- The power to preform alchemy without losing energy.

Thanks
For more information about the manga Cory Givens has given permission to post his email address. yureikitsune@yahoo.com I guess we know who his favorite character in the manga is.

Matthew Morrissey Jennie Chapman Lucy Stevens
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Matthew Morrissey and Jennie Chapman have been friends since Sept 11th 2001. We met the first day of high school. We both attended Harrop Folod School. Lucy Stevens and Susan Boobs has recently joined our 'CULT' to create our circle of special needs. Flobba flob a flob dob!

Wahoo! I knew i wud be on Wikipedia 1 day!

Jerry Lang
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Jerry Lang has more than 40 years of combustion experience and a strong background in refining processes. As the owner and operator of Jerry Lang Combustion Consulting, he is currently designing and overseeing combustion projects for four refineries, including efforts to lower emissions and improve efficiencies. Mr. Lang has served as a combustion consultant to virtually all of the major oil companies and 95% of the refineries, including ChevronTexaco, Chevron Phillips, ARCO, Shell, Kraft, Exxon, Mobil, and Dow Chemical. At Exxon, Mr. Lang developed ways to improve efficiency by retrofitting the tankers of the company. He also served as the combustion auditor to Chevron on their Richmond Nitrous Oxide (NOx) Reduction Project, worth in excess of $300 million. In addition, Mr. Lang has completed projects in Norway and is currently contributing to an ongoing project in Qatar. In 1967, Mr. Lang established his own business where he developed and patented several products related to combustion and incineration. He also served as Manager of Combustion Systems for Howe Baker Engineers. Mr. Lang was also recruited by Dr. Edward Teller, the primary developer of the hydrogen bomb, for four years on an alternate fuels project doing combustion tests. Mr. Lang has extensive experience designing equipment utilized in reducing emissions from stationary sources such as refineries, power plants, and industrial operations. He also contributed to the development of the equipment used during the clean up of the Alaska oil spill. Over the years he has also done work on systems to improve mileage in automobiles, such as installing a vaporizer in the exhaust to vaporize the gasoline prior to intake and working on steam injection in automobiles.

Jerry Lang holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Arlington State College, now the University of Texas, and is also a certified machinist.

Jerry Lang holds 17 patents, including 13 combustion-related patents.

Leafpool
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Leafpool(formerly known as Leafkit and Leafpaw), is the daughter of Firestar and Sandstorm, sister to Squirelflight, sister-in-law to Brambleclaw, and aunt to Hollypaw, Jaypaw, and Lionpaw. She is currently the medicine cat of ThunderClan and teaches Willowpaw of RiverClan about StarClan. In Sunset, Bluestar, Yellowfang, and Lionheart show Leafpool a path that few medicine cats will walk.

Yateley School
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Yateley School is a secondary school situated in Yateley,Hampshire.

Marco R Ciocca
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Marco Romano Ciocca (1979-Present)

Documentary Film Maker, Entrepreneur

Marco Romano Ciocca was born in Marco Island Florida in 1979. He attended the prestigous Georgetown University's Foreign Service School graduating with a 3.75 GPA. While at Georgetown Marco was involved in scoiring tons of chicks all the while dating A Spanish babe named Claudia.

Klepto
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Klepto, also known as Klepto the Condor, is a bad-guy bird from the Mario series, who often tries to steal Mario's cap. Klepto is short for "Kleptomania", which means an impulse to steal.

Game Appearances
Super Mario 64 Super Mario 64 DS New Super Mario Bros.

George Burton - Singer/Songwriter
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George Burton is a singer/songwriter born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Date of Birth is April 29th, 1983. Influenced by the local music scene (Burnt Black, Kary, Christopher Robin Device) George started writing music around 1997, recording low-fi songs to his computer. His first release was a demo titled "the fear of dawn and daylight". The demo was given away for free at various shows, and circulated amongst friends. George continues to release new music which through his website http://fatterthanelvis.googlepages.com.

Malcolm McFee
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Malcolm McFee, an English actor born on 26th August 1949 in Forest Gate, Newham, was best known for his role as Peter Craven in the hit TV series "Please Sir!" (1968) and "The Fenn Street Gang" (1971). "Please Sir!" (1968) was set in a south London secondary school called The Fenn Street School, the situation comedy assayed the travails of a naive school teacher played by John Alderton and his unruly class of students. McFee, who turned 19 when the program was first broadcast in 1968, played one of the mob of rowdy adolescent boys and girls. McFee also was in the 1971 movie of the same name, Please Sir! (1971). He appeared in the anti-war satirical musical Oh! What a Lovely War (1969). In 1971 he played the role of a young soldier in the BBC's Elizabeth R and also that year he was cast as a travel clerk in The rivals of Sherlock Holmes. In late 1971 aged 22, he married Barbara Kearnan who gave birth to their daughter Victoria in 1980, they were later divorced.

After series star John Alderton left the show in 1971, the series was renamed "The Fenn Street Gang" and focused on the kids after they had left school. "The Fenn Street Gang" lasted until from 1971-1973, McFee was unavailable for the first series but returned in 1972 as Peter Craven for series 2 and 3. The shows were popular, consistently ranking in the top five during their entire runs.

McFee's career went disintegrated after _"The Fenn Street Gang" (1971)_. He made guest appearances on other TV shows such as Bless this House in 1973, The Sweeney 1978, Goodnight Sweetheart 1996, Birds of a Feather 1997 and The Detectives 1997. He turned to the stage, where he made a career as an actor and director. As a theatre director, he worked in small theaters in Greater London and the provinces, he directed and starred in more than 250 shows. He was diagnosed with cancer in 1999 and in June 1999 married Jacqueline Marsh. McFee held a range of charity events to raise funds for the Oncology Unit at Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, including a Rick Wakeman concert at the Braintree Institute and a number of celebrity golf days which raised £3,400. He was a familiar face to regulars of the Wagon and Horses pub in Braintree Essex, which he ran. He died of cancer on 18th November 2001 at his home in Braintree, Essex, three weeks before he was scheduled to appear as the Dame in the pantomime of "Beauty and the Beast" at the Chesham-based Elgiva Theatre company.

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Pakmusic - Pakistani Music Sites
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There is no doubt that Pakistan's underground and pop music industry is the best in Asia. We produce almost a band a day, with many singers by the hour. Much junk as it creates, you are bound to come across one good band and singer at least every other month! The result: a long list of really awesome singers and bands who are now catching international attention, from Bollywood to the Middle East, Europe, North America, and the Far East. Pakistani music is catching on and, as we keep stressing, can be our answer to Bollywood for promoting Pakistan's culture on a global level, if managed well!

Remarkably, and aptly, our young musicians and music producers are making full use of the Internet to get the world into the Pakistani groove. In addition, a lot of creative minds have developed websites dedicated to Pakistani music - featuring new releases, album reviews, interviews, and more. For those concerned about downloading Pakistani songs, please note that most, if not all, contemporary Pakistani artists have made their own songs available for download on their websites at no charge. So there are no royalty issues involved in most cases.

In this article, we have compiled a list of Pakistani music websites that we found to be the best, based on their cosmetics, content, and quality.

#1 Pakmanzil.com

Pakmanzil is not just a music download site, but it is a site about Pakistani music and musicians.

A relatively new site, Pakmanzil has a jazzy interface and good navigation. You can play as well as download MP3s.

Since this is a new site, there are not that many songs available on it yet (107 MP3s at the time of this article in Nov. '06). However, you will find most of the new hit songs by popular Pakistani bands on Pakmanzil.

The bonus feature of this site is exclusive, original interviews with upcoming and popular artists. Other extras are lively forums, an up to date blog with gossip about the music industry, and guitar tabs to a lot of popular new songs.

'''A New Project DesiRockerz

Pakmanzil and Mast Fm 103 have collabrated to bring you a radio show "Desi Rockerz", they promote new bands and artist.'''

Also, In 2006 this site has been sucessful promoting Roxen, a Pakistani rock band which had the best selling album "Rozen-E- Dewaar" in Pakistan in 2006.

Bottomline, this is a good first stop to check out what and who is new on the Pakistani music scene.

#2 Muziq.net

Offers Pakistani music playback (no downloads). You can create an online CD (playlist) and listen to your selection. Requires a decent connection speed (have not tested on dial-up).

Muziq.net has a great selection of new and old music in audio and video format. We counted over 300 artists/albums and over 2,000 songs.

The sound quality is very good in most cases.

It also has bonus features like TV shows including PTV dramas and some excellent music shows, including tributes to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Noor Jehan, and Faiz Ahmed Faiz.

The main weakness we found in the website is its overall look and feel - there's a lot of information to process and takes a while to get used to the navigation.

It's a good site if you kind of know what you are looking for!

#3 Pakistanimusic.com

This site's navigation is really good. A clean layout, easy on the eyes, simple to find what you are looking for!

You can play the songs and create your "favorites" lists, but cannot download them. You have to go through free registration to listen to the songs. The site has over 200,000 members.

The song selection is really good, especially in the "golden era" section. You will find a wealth of oldies, from ghazals to film songs, right from Saleem Raza and Ahmed Rushdi to Naheed Akhtar and Mehnaz. This is the biggest attraction of this site as their collection was definitely the best and widest.

There is a great concept in the site to create artist home pages, but not all of them are updated. There are some good articles on Pakistani actors and singers but not too many.

The big weakness in this site is that the artists and songs are arranged alphabetically but the navigation is not alphabetical, e.g. you jump to songs 1-120 instead of all songs beginning with A.

'''#4 Pakmusic.net ''' This is a good site.

The site has songs, videos, a forum, and lots of news and updates. You have to register to access most of the areas.

The site has a huge library of songs available for download...but there is a fee starting from $9.99 to $19.99 per year. It used to be free once, but because the site has over 65,000 members probably hitting it every day to download something new, they charge a fee (money goes to the admins) Navigation is not great but if you stick around long enough you will figure it out. Bad thing is they support piracy, But overall its a very good site.

Nomadic Herding
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Nomadic herding is a subsitance practice type of agriculture in which mostly Nomad people raise animals for food and money. This method of agriculture is still used today.

natural liberty
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The freedom to do as one pleases, without obedience, and without moral, civil, or federal laws.

Justin Youngs
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