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The Annus Horribilis Project
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Annus Horribilis is an ongoing literary project which aims to collect true "worst day" stories from people all over the world. The culmination of the project is to be the publication of a book containing the best three-hundred and sixty-five stories. Although a unique undertaking in its own right, Annus Horribilis has something in common with the creative tradition begun by people like Dave Gorman insofar as the actual process of collecting different elements under a common theme and relaying them back to the public in a humorous way is just as much a part of the project as the end result.

Popularity
The Chelmsford Weekly News reported in March 2007 that over two-hundred people had at that point contributed to the project, with entries being sent from "all parts of the English-speaking world, including America and Australia."

According to information previously released in myspace bulletins, the Annus Horribilis profile is viewed over a hundred times daily and receives submissions at an average rate of five per day.

The Edge magazine has begun a monthly feature on the project, reporting its progress and printing a different worst day each issue. It quotes Stephen Moles, the creator of Annus Horribilis, as saying that "people clearly have a lot to get off their chests." This explains a large part of its appeal: it is not only fun, but a cathartic process for everyone who participates.

Promotion
When it first began in late 2006, the Annus Horribilis Project was promoted through various public events in the south of England which involved people dressed as beaten-up leprechauns miming worst days and distributing leaflets. Most of the subsequent promotion has been online. The primary point of reference for the project is a myspace profile(www.myspace.com/annus_horribilis)which puts some of the best worst days on show as blog entries.

The Book
The book containing the best three-hundred and sixty-five stories will be arranged to resemble a diary with each story assigned to a different day of the year. Since each account is written as a first person narrative, the book should read from start to finish like a diary written by one single person. The submissions exhibited thus far are largely comical, detailing instances of embarrassment, inconvenience or physical pain. The book is likely to have exactly the same feel, but with "some drama for good measure." No date has yet been given for publication.

The Creator
Annus Horribilis was created by the artist Stephen Moles who first made a name for himself with his controversial performance poetry. He is best known as a published writer, but his artistic activity also extends to acting, directing (film and theatre) and performing live music. Annus Horribilis can be seen as a natural development of his previous work, all of which is characterised by a dark sense of humour and a love of experimentation. A mission statement of sorts on his website describes his art as "tragicomic" in nature.

Ben Ritter Photo
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Ben Ritter is a photographer living and working in New York City. He has contributed to international publications including Vice, MTV.com, House and Garden, The Sentimentalist, and 34 Magazine. Some notable subjects include Beck, Fergie (Black Eyed Peas) Ok go! Rapper Jim Jones, New Found Glory, Rufus Waiwright, Katharine McPhee and Peaches. www.benritter.com [edit] Sources

http://www.gawker.com/artists/ben-ritter.php

Dancin' Gabe
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Dancin' Gabe is a Canadian Entertainer. He is a well known fan of all the sports teams in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He has become the unofficial mascot of every major sports team in Winnipeg, making him a household name as well as a city icon.

Chopper Girl
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Chopper Girl is a white gangsta rapper from Memphis, Tennessee. Her style is firmly rooted early 1990's Memphis/Horror Rap made popular by Memphis artists such as Al Kapone, Gangsta Pat, Triple Six mafia, Skinny Pimp etc., with a touch of "classic" Gangsta Rap such as N.W.A., The Geto Boys and Gangsta NIP. She has collaborated with Al Kapone, Skinny Pimp, MC Mack, K-Rock, Tom Skeemask and Nasty Nardo. She has released one full length CD in 2004 called Dirty Dolla$ as well as a DVD of the same title. She is also a member of a rock group called The Memphis Babylon that plays heavy covers of her rap music. She is married to renowned memphis artist Scott Taylor from the Grifters who also plays guitar in her group Memphis Babylon. She is renowned for having a gold grill, as well as a video called Still Buck featuring Tom Skeemask.

Russ Hogue
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Russ Hogue is a former member of the US Karate Team for the Pan Am Games. He held several titles in boxing and kickboxing including:

1992 and 1993 St. Louis Golden Gloves Champion 1993 St. Louis City Boxing Champion WKF United States Kickboxing Champion IKA United States Kickboxing Champion KICK Missouri State Kickboxing Champion USA-KIA Missouri State Champion

Alpha (student game project)
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Alpha is the student film project of Andrew Matlock, scheduled for release in early June 2007. It is set to be roughly 10-30 minutes of pre-rendered game footage. The project is the main element of the 2nd Year Foundation Degree in Games Art and Design at the Norwich School of Art and Design.

The presentation is viewed in first-person through the eyese of protagonist Delphi Smith. The 29-year old English student is drafted into the Terran Armed Forces, a United Nations mobilization against an attacking alien race. The aliens are compromised of a co-existing four species pool from neighbouring solar system Alpha Centauri. Set in the late 2090's, Alpha's modus operandi is that of unbridled realism and first-person interaction with the characters, environments, and objects.

The 48 page script required over 20 voice actors for over 30 speaking character roles. The storyline (displayed in gameplay bursts for the film) takes place over five years; from alien occupation on Earth to a retributive war on Alpha Centauri.



Alpha is being submitted for nomination at the 2007 Elans; the Canadian Awards for the Electronic and Animated Arts. Student categories for Alpha's submission are Student Animated or Motion Graphic of the Year, Best Original Sound Design / Musical Score for and Animated production or Game, Best Student Art Direction (Game Production), Best Student Writing for and Animated or Game Production, Ready to Rocket, and International Student of the Year Award.

Developer Andrew Matlock (Canadian) is currently attending the Norwich School of Art and Design for an FdA in Games Art and Design. He is progressing to BA Games Art and Design for the 2007/08 school year, and specializing in Writing and Design.

Christian Vandal
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Christian Vandal (born December 29, 1992) is a young actor appearing in Broadway productions and on the Nickelodean series show "Drake and Josh." Vandal was born in Cincinnati and began acting at the age of 6. According to Vandal, his favorite actors include Johnny Depp and Leonardo DiCaprio, whom he would like to meet and work with someday. He is currently working in Los Angeles rehearsing for the world premier musical "13" by Jason Robert Brown.

Anthony Bass: Magician
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Anthony Bass is a 15 year old magician who got his start on the internet. More specifically, "YouTube". He posted multiple videos of himself performing mindblowing magic which gained him over 3,000 subscribers. Along with over 220 friends on "Myspace", and over 40 subscribers on "LiveVideo", Anthony's popularity is increasing with every waking moment.

On June 2nd, 1992, Robert Anthony Bass was born. Little did he know that he would soon grow to be one of the best magicians in the underground scene. When Anthony was five years old, he was in his trailer park home watching tv. His grandma was watching soap opera's when a David Copperfield special came on. Anthony's grandmother was very interested in prestidigitation, so she stayed on ABC to watch the special. Anthony was amazed. The magic Copperfield performed immediately caught his attention, and inevitably, his future. He immediately began begging his mother to buy him a magic kit he had saw at the store, and eventually, he got his wish. He began practicing the effects included in the kit, and performed them for his family. Of course, they acted interested, but Anthony could tell they weren't. He quit his dreams of magic and went onto other hobbies. He spent seven years chasing a dream of acting. He was obsessed. He felt a thrill like no other when he stepped on stage and performed. This was what he wanted to do for the rest of his life, and he strongly believed that. He took acting courses, and was about to get his very own agent, until his family ran out of money to pay for the rest of the courses. "This," Anthony says "was a blessing." While his family was doing whatever they could to pay for the rest of his courses, Anthony saw a David Blaine street magic special on TLC. It was immediate. Anthony fell right back in love with the art of prestidigitation. He began looking for free magic tricks to learn on the internet. He found a few sites, but he realized that the only way to learn quality magic, was to pay for them. He went to the closest magic shop in his area, and bought a few effects. He performed them at home and at school, and was immediately recognized for his unusual talent. He then began performing on the streets, and got even bigger reactions. He was living his dream. He saw that not only was he doing something that others couldn't, but he also got the same thrill that he got when he was acting. But even with the publicity he was getting, he didn't think he was getting enough. He created an account on "YouTube", and that's when his career sky-rocketed. He got the publicity he dreamed of. People loved him. He got requests to make television appearances, he got actual fans. People at his school started asking for his autograph. But soon, his outlook on magic completely changed. He saw that not only did his work bring joy to him, but to others as well. He began performing not only for publicity, but for the art itself. He doesn't do it for fame, or glory, or pride. He does it for one reason, and one reason alone. You. He now not only has an account on "YouTube", but also "Myspace", and "LiveVideo". His popularity level is constantly rising. Now he's continuing his chase of being one of the greatest magicians alive.

bejawada gopal reddy
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George Mavrotas
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George Mavrotas (born April 4, 1967 in Athens) is a former water polo player from Greece. Mavrotas has played 511 times for the Greek team (national record for team sports) and he is among a few water polo players worldwide that has participated in five Olympic Games just one behind the sport legend Manuel Estiarte. His major career achievements is the second place in the World Cup of 1997 as captain of the Greek national team, and the first place in the European Cup also in 1997, with his club Nautical Club of Vouliagmeni. In 1999 he participated in the world selection team. He is a member of the [Hellenic Association of Olympic Winners]. From 2003, he is member of the Greek Anti-Doping Organization. Mavrotas is now following academic career in the [School of Chemical Engineering] of the [National Technical University of Athens] with expertise in Operational Research.

Roman Adamov
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Roman Adamov (born 21 June, 1982 Russia) is a Russian football player.

He played mostly for Terek Grozny and now for FK Moscow

He has been profilic in the Russian Premier League since joining FC Moscow

Eszter Várady
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Eszter Várady (full name in Hungarian, including husband's name: Kovátsné Várady Eszter), born 10 May 1953, is a contemporary Hungarian writer of fiction, novels and short stories. Up to now, most of her books have been published under pseudonyms (like for example Peter East, Peter Eastborough or Esther G. Wood). However, in most cases she she gave some hint and let appear her real name as the "translator's" or "co-publisher's" name (see for example this book presentation, where she is mentioned as "fordító", that's translator: entry on www.libri.hu). Alongside writers like István Nemere or Magda Szabó she belongs to the most known and most popular contemporary writers in Hungary. But in comparison with them and despite her popularity in Hungary, gathered in the last decade, up to now her works haven't been translated into other languages. However, this is going to be changed soon, as she is supported at present by the German Steinke-Institut (a German academy dedicated to languages, education and culture and founded in the memory of German writer Udo Steinke), which will, in cooperation with the Steinke-Journal, translate some of her works and promote her in Germany. The most known works of Eszter Várady are "Villámcsapás", "Az örökös", "A hasonmás", "Túl a halálon", "Boldogság életveszélyben" and her recent work "A férfi, aki tetszik nekem", most of them published as "Esther G Wood".

Peter Basel
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Peter Basel is a well known highschool basketball coach on Long Island in New York. He is currently a gym teacher in the Half Hollow Hills SD. He is the basketball coach for the Half Hollow Hills High School East Boys varsity basketball team. Pete is known for his phrases such as "how many times do you wanna go up and down in 10" or "we can go up and down all night". Pete has a temper problem on the court when calls go against him, and "Big Mac" Golden gets thrown out of games on the last game of the season. Pete was nicknamed Air Basel, during the 2005-2006 season when the facklers and super dupper luper trooper played in the Thunderdome. Team dinners at applebees and fridays are always fun. Running out of the chinese buffet all 20 of us and getting license plates written down...priceless

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Zords In Mighty Morphin' Alien Rangers
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Zords


 * Battleborgs: Zords controlled by the Aquitan Rangers. With Th Ninja zords out of commission and the MMPR children, Th Aquitan Rangers use these zords. They are controlled through telepathy. Thses are the first set of team zords that do not combine to form a megazord. The Aquitan Rangers summon them by throwing coins into the air. Their finishing attack is a pyramid formation where he red battleborg launches into the air and transform into a flame which guts the enemy, destroying them. This attack was only seen once, in the episode "Climb Every Fountain" when it destoyed Slotksy.


 * Shogunzords: Witht the Ninja Power Coins destroyed, the Aquitan Rangers powered these zords by themselves. The rangers were only seen piloting them once. (They more of bonded with them using sentai footage from Kakuranger) Mostly, the Shogun zords would simply appear and combine into the Shogun megazord within 4 seconds. Other times, the zords would combine using the footage that the Mighty Morphin' power Rangers used.


 * Falconzord- Seen only once after time was turned back and the Ninja Power Coins are destroyed, the Falconzord was summoned to help defeat Hydro Hog in the series finale titled Hoghday Afternoon part 2. The Falconzord combines with the Shogun Megazord to form the Shogun Mega Falconzord, which in turn destroys Hydro Hog (this is the only time where this zord combination destroys a monster)

The Thom Hartmann Program
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The Thom Hartmann Show is a weekday radio show on the Air America Radio network hosted by Thom Hartmann. Thom Hartmann's national program, syndicated by Air America Radio, and on the air live daily since March 2003, is carried on radio stations across the USA, daily from noon to 3 pm ET. It is also broadcast 7 days a week on Stream 146 on Sirius satellite radio and weekends and evenings on the "Air America" channel on XM satellite radio, and streamed live on the web from RadioPower.org, WhiteRoseSociety.org, www.airamericaradio.com, and CRN Digital into cable systems in 29 states (click here to hear the program live).

He replaced Al Franken on the network, live noon-3 PM ET, on February 19, 2007.

He has been hosting a local talk show in Portland, Oregon since 2005 on KPOJ, an affiliate of Air America Radio and owned by Clear Channel Communications. The local show, 6–9 am PT with co-host Heidi Tauber, precedes his national program; Hartmann does 6 hours a day of live talk radio, 5 days a week. Following the departure of the Air America network's The Al Franken Show on February 15, 2007, Hartmann's program automatically replaced Franken on most Air America affiliates. However, not all affiliates picked up his show when Franken's show stopped. Most notably, XM Satellite Radio elected to carry Ed Schultz in lieu of Hartmann, despite XM having an exclusive deal to carry Air America content. 

There is a new wave of fans who refer to Hartmann as Thom "The Hitmann" Hartmann, a tribute to former wrestling superstar Bret "The Hitman" Hart. They feel that Hartmann is a voice for the people, and that he "stands up to the bad guys and fights for law, order, and justice" similar to the way his near-namesake took on rasslin' bad guys in that ring.

Whig Theory
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The Whig Theory was the prevailing view of the Presidency in the 19th Century, rejected by some presidents such as Andrew Jackson who saw himself as the “people’s tribune”. It states that the power of the Presidency is limited to the express terms of the Constitution and that the role is primarily administrative.

Glennys Farrar
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Prof. Glennys Farrar is the Director of the Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics at New York University.[1] She received her Ph. D. in theoretical physics from Princeton University in 1971, breaking the gender-barrier in physics at Princeton in the process. She was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study and on the faculties of the California Institute of Technology and Rutgers University before moving to NYU in 1998. Her current research involves ultra-high-energy-cosmic-rays.

Yawngasm
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A clinical side-effect of taking clomipramine (an tricyclic antidepressent) where the patient experiences a "spontaneous orgasm while yawning." This unusual side effect, which affects both males and females maybe considered adverse or beneficial. Yawngasms strongly influenced adherence.