title: John Romita Jr.

text: From 1988 to 1990, Romita had an extended stint on "Daredevil" with writer Ann Nocenti and inker Al Williamson, which included the creation of long-running Daredevil nemesis Typhoid Mary. For Romita himself, his stint on "Daredevil" was most significant for being both the first time he was allowed to do full pencils instead of just breakdowns, and the first time he had a working relationship with the writer on a series. He later remarked that "I finally felt like I was part of the creation process for the first time while I was on DD." After "Daredevil" #282, Romita left the series to pursue other projects.


title: John Romita Jr.

text: Stan Lee interviewed Romita and his father in Episode 8 of the 1991–1992 documentary series "The Comic Book Greats".


title: John Romita Jr.

text: He worked on a host of Marvel titles during the 1990s, including a return to "Iron Man" for the second "Armor Wars" story arc, written by John Byrne; "The Punisher War Zone"; the "Cable" miniseries; and the "Punisher/Batman" crossover. Klaus Janson was a frequent inker. Romita collaborated with Frank Miller on a Daredevil origin story entitled "Daredevil: The Man Without Fear" in 1993, a revisiting of the character's origin, with Williamson again on inks. Romita had to draw new transitional pages as the story changed formats from a 64-page graphic novel to a 144-page graphic novel to a five-issue limited series. Dan Jurgens and Romita Jr. relaunched the "Thor" series in July 1998 while a January 1999 reboot of "" was handled by Howard Mackie and Romita Jr.


title: John Romita Jr.

text: In 2001, Romita returned to Spider-Man for a collaboration with writer J. Michael Straczynski beginning with "The Amazing Spider-Man" vol. 2 #30 (June 2001). The creative team produced a story for issue #36 (Dec. 2001) that served as memorial to the victims of the September 11 attacks. He drew Marvel's "Wolverine" with author Mark Millar. In 2004, Romita's creator-owned project "The Gray Area" was published by Image Comics. He subsequently worked on the Marvel series "Black Panther", "The Sentry" and "Ultimate Vision", a backup feature in the Ultimate Marvel line, written by Mark Millar.


title: John Romita Jr.

text: In 2006, Romita collaborated with writer Neil Gaiman on a seven-issue miniseries reinterpretation of Jack Kirby's characters the Eternals. Romita worked with Greg Pak on the five-issue central miniseries of Marvel's 2007 crossover storyline, "World War Hulk".


title: John Romita Jr.

text: In 2008, Romita again returned to "The Amazing Spider-Man". He also collaborated once more with Millar, for a creator-owned series, "Kick-Ass", published by Marvel's Icon imprint. This was later adapted into the 2010 film "Kick-Ass". Romita, one of the producers, directed an animated flashback sequence in the film.


title: John Romita Jr.

text: On April 9, 2011, Romita was one of 62 comics creators who appeared at the IGN stage at the Kapow! convention in London to set two Guinness World Records, the "Fastest Production of a Comic Book" and "Most Contributors to a Comic Book". With Guinness officials on hand to monitor their progress, writer Millar began work at 9 a.m. scripting a 20-page black-and-white comic book of his character Superior, with Romita and the other artists appearing on stage throughout the day to work on the pencils, inks, and lettering, each drawing a panel. The book was completed in 11 hours, 19 minutes, and 38 seconds, and was published through Icon on November 23, 2011, with all royalties being donated to Yorkhill Children's Foundation.


title: John Romita Jr.

text: On May 4, 2012, Romita set out to break his own record for continuous cartooning, to support the charity Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of Nevada. He attempted to continuously sketch characters and sign comics for 50 hours straight.


title: John Romita Jr.

text: In 2014, Romita Jr. became the penciller of the DC Comics flagship title "Superman", starting with issue #32, in collaboration with writer Geoff Johns. Romita Jr.'s "Superman" pencils have been inked by Klaus Janson. In 2016, Romita Jr. and writer Scott Snyder collaborated on the "All-Star Batman" series as part of the DC Rebirth relaunch. Romita Jr. and writer Dan Abnett created "The Silencer" series as part of DC's "Dark Metal" line. In addition, Romita worked with Frank Miller on the mini-series.


title: John Romita Jr.

text: Romita's art influences include his father John Romita Sr., as well as comics artists Jack Kirby and John Buscema, the Wyeth family of painters, and illustrator Charles Dana Gibson.


title: John Romita Jr.

text: Having illustrated both gritty street-level stories of characters such as Spider-Man and Daredevil and cosmic stories such as those starring Thor, Romita says he prefers the former, because "that is where I grew up. I use the same approach to each of the different story types – the story tells me what to do." He prefers to work in the Marvel Method. He considers "The Man Without Fear" to be his best work, due to the strong storytelling and the quality of the story.


title: John Romita Jr.

text: With writer J. Michael Straczynski and inker Scott Hanna, Romita Jr. won a 2002 Eisner Award for Best Serialized Story: "The Amazing Spider-Man" #30-35: "Coming Home".


title: Nyctanthes arbor-tristis

text: Nyctanthes arbor-tristis, also known as the Night-flowering jasmine or Parijat (Parvati chi phula), is a species of "Nyctanthes" native to South Asia and Southeast Asia.


title: Nyctanthes arbor-tristis

text: "Nyctanthes arbor-tristis" is a shrub or a small tree growing to tall, with flaky grey bark. The leaves are opposite, simple, long and broad, with an entire margin. The flowers are fragrant, with a five- to eight-lobed white corolla with an orange-red centre; they are produced in clusters of two to seven together, with individual flowers opening at dusk and finishing at dawn. The fruit is a bilobed, flat brown heart-shaped to round capsule diameter, each lobe containing a single seed.


title: Nyctanthes arbor-tristis

text: The tree is sometimes called the "tree of sorrow", because the flowers lose their brightness during daytime; the scientific name "arbor-tristis" also means "sad tree". The flowers can be used as a source of yellow dye for clothing. The flower is called pārijāta (पारिजात) in Sanskrit, rātarāni (रातरानी, Queen of the Night) in Hindi, Gangaseuli and Jharaa sephali in Odisha, India. In the Borok Tipruri culture, it is associated with the cycle of life, i.e., birth and dying. It is popularly used as a garland for the dead.


title: Nyctanthes arbor-tristis

text: The flower is the official flower of the state of West Bengal, and of Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand. It is known as Parijat, Shefali and Siuli around West Bengal. "Nyctanthes arbor-tristis" is commonly known as night-flowering jasmine and coral jasmine. It is referred to as Har-shringaar in Bihar's Mithilanchal and Madhesh. It is called "Xewālee" (Xewālee, শেৱালী) in Assamese, while in Sri Lanka, it is called "Sepalika" (සේපාලිකා). In Karnataka it is called parijatha(ಪಾರಿಜಾತ), In Telugu it is called parijatam పారిజాతం, Kerala, where it is called "Pavizhamalli" (പവിഴമല്ലി) in Malayalam, (பவழ மல்லி) in Tamil, (पार्दक) in Konkani, "prajakta" (प्राजक्त) in Marathi. In Myanmar, it is called ( ). It is used for pujas and similar ceremonies . It also has importance in old Malayalam romantic songs.


title: Nyctanthes arbor-tristis

text: The leaves have been used in Ayurvedic medicine and Homoeopathy for sciatica, arthritis, and fevers, and as a laxative.


title: Nyctanthes arbor-tristis

text: "Parijat" appears in several Hindu religious stories and is often related to the Kalpavriksha. In one such story from Hindu mythology, which appears in Bhagavata Purana, the Mahabharata and the Vishnu Purana, "parijat" appeared as the result of the Samudra manthan (Churning of the Milky Ocean) and Krishna battled with Indra to win "parijat". Further on, his wife Satyabhama demanded the tree be planted in the backyard of her palace. It so happened that in spite of having the tree in her backyard, the flowers used to fall in the adjacent backyard of the other queen Rukmini, who was favourite of Krishna, because of her superior devotion and humility.


title: Nyctanthes arbor-tristis

text: It is the subject of a prabandha named "Parijatapaharanamu" in Telugu literature written by Nandi Thimmana, the court-poet of Krishnadevaraya.


title: Saraswat Brahmin

text: The Saraswat Brahmins are Hindu Brahmins, who are spread over widely separated regions spanning from Kashmir in North India to Konkan in West India to Kanara (coastal region of Karnataka) and Kerala in South India. The word "Saraswat" is derived from the Rigvedic Sarasvati River. Most of Sarswat Brahmins are on Rajasthan north side, Haryana south side and most places on Punjab.


title: Saraswat Brahmin

text: Saraswats Brahmins are classified under the Pancha Gauda Brahmin classification of the Brahmin community in India.


title: Saraswat Brahmin

text: In Western and South India, along with the Chitpavan, Karhades (including Padhyes, Bhatt Prabhus), and Konkani-speaking Saraswat Brahmins are referred to as Konkani Brahmins, which denotes those Brahmin sub-castes of the Konkan coast which have a regional significance in Maharashtra and Goa.


title: Saraswat Brahmin

text: In Western and South India, The Saraswat Brahmins are Rigvedi Brahmins and they follow Ashwalayana Sutra and are of Shakala Shaka Saraswat Brahmins are divided into two groups based on the Vedanta they follow, the first of which follows the Dvaita Vedanta of Madhvacharya and second group are followers of Advaita Vedanta of Adi Shankara.


title: Saraswat Brahmin

text: In Karnataka and Kerala, Majority of Gaud Saraswat Brahmins are followers of Madhvacharya, while the Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmins are Smarthas, followers of Adi Shankara. Writer Chandrakant Keni and former I.C.S officer V. N. Kudva says, "The majority of the Saraswats, including those in Goa, are now Vaishnavas".


title: Saraswat Brahmin

text: Saraswats were spread over a wide area in northern part of the Indian subcontinent. One group lived in coastal Sindh and Gujarat, this group migrated to Bombay State after the partition of India in 1947. One group was found in pre-partition Punjab and Kashmir most of these migrated away from Pakistan after 1947. Another branch known as Dakshinatraya Saraswat Brahmin are now found along the western coast of India.


title: Saraswat Brahmin

text: The Saraswat Brahmins originating in Balochistan were called "sindhur" and were considered a low caste. They have a legend of origin related to Lord Ramachandra(not the same as Parashurama), who could not find a priest in Balochistan and applied a Tilaka on the head of some Mleccha. Jürgen Schaflechner cites the historian Rowe who states that such "low ranking Brahmins" formed a symbiotic relationship with Vaishya castes such as Khatris, Lohanas, etc. who were trying to raise their varna status - which in turn would benefit the Saraswats as well. For this purpose, certain religious texts were written during the British Raj era.


title: Saraswat Brahmin

text: Saraswats have contributed to the fields of Sanskrit, Konkani, Marathi and Kannada literature and philosophy. All the mathadhipathis of Kashi Math, Gokarna Math, Kavale Math and Chitrapur Math without a single exception are from the Saraswat Brahmin community. The 17th-century Madhva Saraswat scholar, Sagara Ramacharya, authored the "Konkanabhyudhaya"


title: Saraswat Brahmin

text: Advaita saints such as Gaudapada, grand-teacher of the philosopher Shankaracharya; Narayana Tirtha, the first peetadhipathi of Gokarna Math and Yadavendra Tirtha, the first peetadhipathi of Kashi Math, are some of the prominent saints from the Saraswat Brahmin community.


title: Saraswat Brahmin

text: In Kalhana's "Rajatarangini" (12th century CE), the Saraswats are mentioned as one of the five Pancha Gauda Brahmin communities residing to the north of the Vindhyas.


title: Saraswat Brahmin

text: According to M. K. Kaw (2001), Kashmiri Pandits, a part of the larger Saraswat Brahmin community hold the highest social status in Kashmir. Based on the calendar used, they divided into two groups-Malmasi (who remained in the valley despite religious persecution) and Banmasi (who are said to have immigrated or re-immigrated under King Zain ul Abidin in the fifteenth century) The former follow the lunar calendar while latter who are in the majority follow the solar calendar. Walter Lawrence states that the Kashmiri Pandit community to be divided into the following classes - the Jotish (astrologer), the priestly class Guru or Bachabat and the Karkun (working class) that was employed in government service. Philosophers like Sureśvara, the first peetadhipathi of Sringeri Sharada Peetham, Mandana Mishra, were Kashmiri Saraswat Brahmins. and Parijnanashram I, was the first peetadhipathi of Chitrapur Math.


title: Saraswat Brahmin

text: Mohyal Brahmins are a sub-caste of Saraswat Brahmins from the Punjab region, who are sometimes referred to as 'Warrior Brahmins'. Mohyal Brahmins stopped practising priestly duties.


title: Saraswat Brahmin

text: A small minority of Mohyals also have an association with Shia Muslims because they helped Imam Hussain in the Battle of Karbala, these Mohyal Brahmnins are called Hussaini Brahmins.


title: Saraswat Brahmin

text: Here the Saraswat Brahmins are divided into three sub-groups, they are, Gaud Saraswat Brahmins, Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmins and Rajapur Saraswat Brahmins. Vaishnavas among them are followers of Kashi Math and Gokarna Math, while the Smarthas are followers of Kavale Math and Chitrapur Math.


title: Saraswat Brahmin

text: The majority of Saraswats speak Konkani, one of the languages of the Indo-Aryan language family. The major dialects of Konkani used by Saraswats are Goan Konkani, Maharashtrian Konkani and Canarese Konkani.


title: Saraswat Brahmin

text: Historian Sanjay Subrahmanyam states that Saraswats at "Basrur on the Kanara coast south of Goa" were a "caste of open status", which sometimes claimed to be Brahmins although they were associated with mercantile activity and called as "Chatins" from Chetti by the Portuguese. Moroccan explorer Ibn Battuta had also visited Basrur, which was considered "the great center of Saraswat trade", two centuries earlier than the Portuguese, but it did not interest him as much as it did the Portuguese."Chatins de Barcelor" was the term used for the Saraswat community of merchants at Basrur in the time of Diogo do Couto, but the term "Chatin" acquired a pejorative meaning later. It is likely derived from the Tamil 'Chati', which is a suffix for many trading castes that were present on the southern side of the Godavari river.


title: Saraswat Brahmin

text: The Saraswats and Gujarati Vanias in Goa, were involved not only in trade but also in tax related income. After the 1540s discrimination against non-Christians in Goa increased and there were mass conversions to Christianity. Despite this, between 1600 and 1670, about 80% of the tax farms or "rendas" were held by the Hindus, especially Saraswats. The prominent Saraswat merchants mentioned at this time i.e. early 1600s are Govinda, Pondya as well as the Kini and Nayaks. The "rendas" were on various items such as spices(pepper), cotton and silk cloths, food shops and duties on gold. Michael Pearson has given an example of members and relatives of a Saraswat Naik family to show that when a person successfully did a bidding for a "renda" from the government, he had to name some guarantors - who were usually his relatives or caste members.


title: Saraswat Brahmin

text: The Saraswats also traded at the Vengurla and Raybag ports and acted as suppliers of rice and pepper that they imported from Kanara. In this context, they also dealt with the Dutch who has established a factory in the port of Vengurla. Scholars mention a certain P.Nayak who was a notable merchant in the 1670s.


title: Saraswat Brahmin

text: Saraswat merchant families during the Portuguese rule of Goa also were involved in trade with Portuguese colonies around the globe including in the African slave trade. In the 19th century also, French slave merchants came to Goa and contacted the Portuguese and Saraswat Brahmins who sold them African slaves.


title: Saraswat Brahmin

text: In Konkan, the Saraswat as well as the fishermen communities were traditionally traders as well as sailors. The reason for seafaring was that the land of Konkan suffered due to salinization and unpredictable rains. This caused the Saraswats to look for livelihood outside of Konkan and they would often use the Arabian Sea for travelling for trade. Dabhol was the main Konkan port in 1600 to Hormutz and the traders traded with Socotra and Yemen but by 1700 Dabhol was ruined due to silting and sandbanks. Moreover, the cities with which the trading occurred had also declined.


title: Saraswat Brahmin

text: During Shivaji's coronation, the ritual status of the Saraswats to be Brahmins was supported by Gaga Bhatt, a leading Brahmin from Benares.


title: Saraswat Brahmin

text: Historically, in Maharashtra, Saraswats had served as low and medium level administrators under the Deccan Sultanates for generations. In the 18th century, the quasi-independent Shinde and the Holkar rulers of Malwa recruited Saraswats to fill their administrative positions. This made them wealthy holder of rights both in Maharashtra and Malwa during the eighteenth century. During the same period in Peshwa ruled areas, there was a continuation of filling of small number of administration post by the Saraswats. During the rule of the Chitpavan Brahmin Peshwas in the 18th century, Saraswat Brahmins was one of the communities against whom the Chitpavans conducted a social war which led to Gramanya (inter-caste dispute).


title: Saraswat Brahmin

text: After the liberation of Goa from the Portuguese colonial rule in 1961, many Goan Saraswats opposed merger of Goa into Maharashtra.


title: Saraswat Brahmin

text: The 19th century Konkani scholar Shenoi Goembab,and the 20th century multi-faceted Marathi scholar Purushottam Laxman Deshpande are some of the prominent scholars from the Saraswat Brahmin community.


title: Saraswat Brahmin

text: According to Nagendra Rao, the trading communities of Saraswats, Jews, Arabs, Komatis, Nawayath, etc. were active in south Kanara when the Portuguese arrived for trading in the 1500s. The items of trade were rice, pepper, ginger, etc. International trade already existed at the time in South Kanara and business existed with Malabar, Maldives, ports of the Red Sea. In Mangalore, Saraswats were part of the trading community when the Portuguese arrived to import saltpetre. The items from Mangalore were exported to Malabar, Goa, Surat, Bengal, Malacca, Maldives, Mecca, Aden, Congo, Hormuz and Ceylon.


title: Saraswat Brahmin

text: Studies show that between 1500 to 1650, in Kanara, Saraswats and Nawayath were dominant in commerce with ports outside India but it was Mappila Muslims and Middle Eastern Muslims who dominated in Malabar.


title: Saraswat Brahmin

text: The rulers in India encouraged Tobacco production from the mid 1600s because chewing, smoking and sniffing Tobacco gathered momentum in India. The Dutch extended cultivation in Kerala. Some towns in Kerala received support from the King of Cochin for tobacco cultivation. Here, the Saraswat Brahmin merchants such as Nayak, Kamat, etc. took up tobacco farming in the latter half of the seventeenth century and this resulted in major income for the King of Cochin.


title: Saraswat Brahmin

text: According to some socialists due to the pescatarian diet of saraswats the claim of satkarmi brahminhood of saraswats was contested by local Brahmins but majority of saraswat Brahmins were Vegetarians, this was discussed during the coronation of shivaji where Gagabhatt gave verdict in favour of saraswat Brahmins,further during British era this matter reached court which resulted in court declaring saraswat Brahmins as Satkarmi Brahmins Sociologist and researcher Ramesh Bairy writes that "Saraswat claim to Brahminhood is still strongly under dispute, particularly in the coastal districts of Karnataka".


title: Saraswat Brahmin

text: According to the sociologist, Gopa Sabharwal (2006), in Belgaum, Karnataka, "marriages between Saraswat and non-Saraswat Brahmins are on the increase though they were unheard of before, mainly because the Saraswats eat fish and occasionally meat, while all other Brahmins are vegetarians". According to sociologist Ramesh Bairy, even in 2010, in Karnataka, "at the level of the community as a whole, Brahmins may not be incensed at the Saraswat claim to Brahminhood. But a non-Saraswat Brahmin will not be keen on proposing marriage with a Saraswat family".


title: Saraswat Brahmin

text: The Saraswat Brahmins are divided into various territorial endogamous groups, who did not intermarry.


title: Saraswat Brahmin

text: Kashmiri Pandits eat mutton and fish, but obey restrictions laid down by the "shastras" of not eating the meat of forbidden animals. Professor Frederick J. Simoons says according to some reports, Saraswat Brahmins from northern India also consume fish as part of their diet.


title: Saraswat Brahmin

text: In Goa and Konkan region, Saraswat Brahmins have both vegetarians and pescetarians among them, while in Maharashtra they are pescetarians.


title: Saraswat Brahmin

text: In Gujarat, Saraswat Brahmins are pure vegetarians and do not even consume masur dal and garlic. They chiefly live on Bajri (millet), wheat roti (unleavened bread) with rice during lunch,and Khichdi (a mixture of rice and pulse) in the Dinner.


title: Saraswat Brahmin

text: In Karnataka, Saraswat Brahmins are mainly concentrated in the coastal Kanara region. The sub-groups among Saraswats are Gaud Saraswat Brahmins, Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmins and Rajapur Saraswat Brahmins are largely vegetarians. In Kerala, Rajapur Saraswat Brahmins and Gaud Saraswat Brahmins are chiefly vegetarians, but there are also pescetarians among them .


title: Gary Owens

text: Gary Owens (born Gary Bernard Altman; May 10, 1934 – February 12, 2015) was an American radio announcer, personality, disc jockey and voice actor. His polished baritone speaking voice generally offered deadpan recitations of total nonsense, which he frequently demonstrated as the announcer on "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In". Owens was equally proficient in straight or silly assignments and was frequently heard on television and radio as well as in commercials.


title: Gary Owens

text: He was best known, aside from being the announcer on "Laugh-In", for providing the voices of the titular superhero on "Space Ghost" and of Blue Falcon in "Dynomutt, Dog Wonder". He also played himself in a cameo appearance on "Space Ghost Coast to Coast" in 1998. Owens' first cartoon-voice acting was performing the voice of Roger Ramjet on the "Roger Ramjet" cartoons. He later served as announcer of Antenna TV.


title: Gary Owens

text: Owens was born in Mitchell, South Dakota, the son of Venetta (née Clark), an educator and county auditor, and Bernard Joseph Altman, a county treasurer and sheriff.


title: Gary Owens

text: Owens started his radio career in 1952 as a news reporter at KORN, Mitchell, South Dakota, and two years later was promoted to news director. In 1956, he left KORN for a newscaster job at KMA, Shenandoah, Iowa, before moving on to a disc jockey job at KOIL, Omaha, Nebraska. He also worked in Dallas, New Orleans, St. Louis, and at KIMN in Denver before relocating to California in 1959, working at KROY in Sacramento and KEWB in Oakland before finally settling in Los Angeles.


title: Gary Owens

text: Owens moved to KEWB's sister station 980 KFWB in Los Angeles in 1961. From there, he joined the staff of 710 KMPC in 1962, where he remained for the next two decades, replacing previous afternoon host Johnny Grant, working the 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. shift Monday through Friday. A gifted punster, Owens became known for his surrealistic humor. Among his trademarks were daily appearances by "The Story Lady" (played by Joan Gerber); the Rumor of the Day; myriad varieties of "The Nurney Song"; and the introduction of the nonsense word "insegrevious", which was briefly included in the Funk & Wagnalls Dictionary.


title: Gary Owens

text: His regular on-air radio terms included "krenellemuffin", as in "We'll be back in just a krenellemuffin." Gary always credited his radio engineer at the end of his broadcast: "I'd like to thank my engineer, Wayne Doo, for creebling at the turntables" (referring to KMPC engineer Wayne DuBois). He also created the previously non-existent colors "veister" and "krelb".


title: Gary Owens

text: In the early 1960s, like punster-TV star comic colleagues Ernie Kovacs, Steve Allen, and Jonathan Winters, Gary Owens created a few comic characters of his own, such as the gruff old man Earl C. Festoon and his wife Phoebe Festoon, the stuffy old businessman Endocrine J. Sternwallow, and the goofy good ol' boy, Merle Clyde Gumpf. Another character was crotchety old cantankerous Mergenthaler Waisleywillow.


title: Gary Owens

text: Owens also did amusing radio promotions, such as sending in for "Yours", which turned out to be a postcard from him at the radio station which simply said "Yours" on it; autographed pictures of the Harbor Freeway in Los Angeles; and his famous "Moo Cow Report", in which Gary and his character Earl C. Festoon would describe where cows were moving inbound on the crowded freeways of Los Angeles.


title: Gary Owens

text: During this time Owens was also known as "Superbeard", because like his contemporary radio icon Wolfman Jack, he sported a goatee-beard, Hawaiian shirts, baggy Bermuda shorts, and his "1941 wide necktie with a hula girl on it". Often during these comedy sketches on the air, he would have the assistance of other radio comics, most notably Bob Arbogast (known as "Arbo" to his adoring fans), Stan Ross (of "Drowning in the Surf" fame in 1963), and Jim "Weather Eyes" Hawthorne.


title: Gary Owens

text: Owens also did his famous "Good Evening Kiss" on KMPC when he was on from 9 p.m. to midnight, by saying, "Now I'll just snuggle up to a nice warm microphone, and "embracemoi"", making a big wet kiss sound effect followed by the sound effect of a gong striking. In 1966, Owens collaborated with Bob Arbogast, June Foray, Daws Butler, Paul Frees, and others on a comedy spoof record album titled "Sunday Morning With the Funnies" with the Jimmy Haskell Orchestra on Reprise Records.


title: Gary Owens

text: During this period, Owens became more widely known as the voice of the eponymous television cartoon characters in "Roger Ramjet" and "Space Ghost;" the excitable narrator/announcer from "The Perils of Penelope Pitstop;" and perhaps most well-known, as the hand-on-the-ear announcer in the booth on "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In", all the while continuing his show on KMPC. He also hosted its daily game show spin-off, "Letters to Laugh-In", during its brief run in 1969.


title: Gary Owens

text: Capitalizing on Owens' "Laugh-In" fame, Mel Blanc Audiomedia, an audio production company based in Beverly Hills, California, developed and marketed "The Gary Owens Special Report", a 260-episode package of syndicated radio comedy shows.


title: Gary Owens

text: Gary Owens appeared in the "Sesame Street" pilots in a sketch called "The Man from Alphabet" as the title character, a bumbling spy in a trench coat who, with the help of a young paperboy called H.B., tried to catch the villainous Digby Dropout and his henchman Dunce using clues from H.B.'s "Alphabet Book". Initially, the Man was also to have had a chief, "Teacher". The segments were created by "Sesame Street" executive producer David Connell and referenced such tongue-in-cheek spy series as "Get Smart" and "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.". Despite the advance publicity, and Connell's investment in the series, "The Man from Alphabet" proved to be a failure with test audiences. The combination of the Man from Alphabet's constant bungling and problem solving attempts confused kids, and the lessons never came across. H.B.'s role as the true problem-solver was not clearly understood, a fact exacerbated by the child actor's stilted delivery and poor diction. As assessed by Edward L. Palmer, "The amount of truly effective educational content, relative to our goals, is virtual nil." The Man from Alphabet also walked through the window of his door to enter his office, a violent movement which might have proved imitable. After reviewing the test results, producer Connell advised that the segments be shelved, referring to them as "Connell's Folly". The segments never aired on "Sesame Street".


title: Gary Owens

text: He was a scriptwriter for Jay Ward Productions, appeared in many series for Walt Disney, and did over 30,000 commercials. He was also a guest star on "The Munsters", "I Dream of Jeannie", and "McHale's Navy".


title: Gary Owens

text: During the late 1960s, when the films of 1930s comedians such as the Marx Brothers, W. C. Fields and Mae West were finding a new audience, Owens narrated phonograph records containing sound clips from the films.


title: Gary Owens

text: In 1973, Owens wrote "The (What to Do While You're Holding the) Phone Book" (), a comedic look at the history of the telephone.


title: Gary Owens

text: In 1973, Gary Owens appeared in the first season of Barnaby Jones; episode titled, "Twenty Million Alibis"(May 6, 1973). He played the role of Gary Michaels.


title: Gary Owens

text: On the live album "" by the funk band The Meters, Owens can be heard on the first track introducing the band. The live recording took place on March 24, 1975, at Paul and Linda McCartney's release party for the "Venus and Mars" album held aboard the "RMS Queen Mary".


title: Gary Owens

text: Owens did the humorous news blurbs that are interspersed throughout the 1975 film "The Prisoner of Second Avenue". In 1976–77, he hosted the first season of the nighttime version of "The Gong Show"; he was replaced by the show's creator, Chuck Barris. In that same year, Owens became the voice of a new cartoon character, the Blue Falcon, a character who fought crime in fictional Big City with the "help" of his clumsy sidekick, Dynomutt, also known as "Dynomutt, Dog Wonder". The series was a parody of Batman, specifically the live-action version starring Adam West. It was not uncommon to see the Blue Falcon use various "falcon gadgets", much like Batman used various "Bat-Equipment" items. The falcon belt was used in a similar fashion to Batman's utility belt with an endless supply of weapons and other devices. Owens would provide the voice of the Blue Falcon from 1976 through 1977 in 20 half-hour episodes. The 1977 episodes were broken into two parts that ran 11 minutes each — 16 episodes in 1976 and 4 episodes in 1977. Also, he narrated "Yogi's Space Race" in 1978 and announced for Disney's Wonderful World, starting in 1979.


title: Gary Owens

text: Owens received a Hollywood Walk of Fame Star in 1980, between those of Walt Disney and Betty White. On August 30, 1983, Owens emceed the unveiling ceremony for the Hollywood Walk of Fame Star for The Three Stooges. Owens, a long-time friend of the Stooges, had been a major driving force in helping the Stooges get the Star. The ceremony was featured on "Entertainment Tonight".


title: Gary Owens

text: On the weekend of September 12–13, 1981, Owens substituted for his old KEWB station partner Casey Kasem on "American Top 40". This was his only appearance on radio's first nationally syndicated countdown show. In that same year, Watermark Inc. chose Owens to replace Murray "The K" Kaufman as permanent host of "Soundtrack Of The Sixties", an oldies retrospective show that ran in syndication through 1984. Immediately afterward, he hosted Creative Radio's "Gary Owens' Supertracks", which was an oldies retrospective show similar to "Soundtrack Of The Sixties", except it presented the fifties, sixties, and seventies.


title: Gary Owens

text: He was the narrator of Walt Disney World's EPCOT Center pavilion, World of Motion, which operated between 1982 and 1996. His television special was "The Roots of Goofy", which aired from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s.


title: Gary Owens

text: Owens moved from KMPC to another Los Angeles station, 1150 KPRZ, in 1982, hosting mornings at the "Music of Your Life" adult standards station. Owens in the morning and Dick Whittinghill in afternoon drive was an inversion of Owens' KMPC years.


title: Gary Owens

text: When Roger Barkley surprisingly walked out of the long-running "Lohman and Barkley Show" on KFI in Los Angeles, Owens briefly teamed with Al Lohman for the successful morning commute show. Jeff Gehringer was brought on as producer. The program ended after the station changed its format to all-talk.


title: Gary Owens

text: Owens had a hilarious bit part as an emcee for "Pimp of the Year", a dream scene in the 1988 comedy "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka".


title: Gary Owens

text: Owens also co-starred in a number of documentaries about dinosaurs in the 1980s alongside Chicago's Eric Boardman. These documentaries were distributed by the Midwich Entertainment group for the Disney Channel before it went from being a premium pay channel on cable to a standard channel.


title: Gary Owens

text: From 1987 to 1992, Owens was the voice of "Lt. Dirk Niblick Of The Math Brigade", the protagonist of an animated series which was part of PBS's "Square One TV".


title: Gary Owens

text: In 1989 Owens appeared in "Night Court", season 7 episode 7, entitled Auntie Maim. Owens played DeeJay Bobby Bumgartner.


title: Gary Owens

text: In the late 1990s, Owens hosted the morning show on the Music of Your Life radio network, where he later had the evening shift and hosted a weekend afternoon show until 2006. He also announced pre-recorded station IDs for Parksville, British Columbia radio station CHPQ-FM (The Lounge), and for humorist Gary Burbank's long-running afternoon show on WLW in Cincinnati, Ohio (Burbank took his stage name from Owens). Owens was also the announcer for "America's Funniest Home Videos" from 1995 to 1997, the last three years of Bob Saget's hosting tenure, replacing Ernie Anderson.


title: Gary Owens

text: The cartoon "" featured Owens as the voice of Commander Ulysses Feral, a police chief constantly butting heads with the two main protagonists.


title: Gary Owens

text: He lent his voice as the narrator for the 1992 voiced CD-ROM version of Sierra On-Line's "Space Quest IV". He again assumed the role in the series' final installment, 1995's "Space Quest 6".


title: Gary Owens

text: In 1996, Owens would narrate the opening and interstitial bumpers of "Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad".


title: Gary Owens

text: In 1998, he appeared on "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" (episode: "Good Will Haunting"; Season 3, Episode 6) as "Guy Who Thinks He's Gary Owens".


title: Gary Owens

text: In 2004, Owens co-wrote a book titled "How to Make a Million Dollars With Your Voice (Or Lose Your Tonsils Trying)". In his last years, Owens was the promotional announcing voice for Antenna TV, an over-the-air digital network dedicated to classic shows of the past, like "Three's Company", "The Monkees", "Adam-12" and "Gidget".


title: Gary Owens

text: Owens married Arleta Markell on June 26, 1956; they remained married for nearly sixty years until his death in February 2015. Together they had two sons, Scott and Chris.


title: Gary Owens

text: Owens died on February 12, 2015, at age 80 from complications due to Type 1 diabetes, a condition with which he was first diagnosed at the age of eight.


title: Gary Owens

text: He also narrated or announced dozens of other cartoons, as well as the fourth and sixth installments of the "Space Quest" PC game series. Owens was originally cast to voice in a spiritual successor to "Space Quest" called "Space Venture" but unfortunately he died before he could commit to the project.


title: Gary Owens

text: When appearing "in character" on camera as "Gary Owens, the announcer", Owens held his right hand up to his right ear while speaking into a gimbaled boom microphone. This was done in imitation of the announcers in the early days of radio, who had to rely upon the acoustic feedback of their cupped hand to hear how they sounded to the audience. Owens used this as a running gag and gave various outlandish reasons for this pose: On his KMPC radio show in the late 1960s and early 1970s, he claimed that this was because a piece of shrapnel took off his ear during the war; sometimes it would come loose and he had to hold it on; at other times he said that he was given a wooden ear, and was keeping the termites warm. This gag was later parodied by Les Lye on the Canadian children's sketch-comedy show "You Can't Do That on Television".


title: Gary Owens

text: Owens coined the phrase "Beautiful downtown Burbank", which was later used on "Laugh-In" and "The Tonight Show".


title: Gary Owens

text: His trademark self-introduction was "This is Gary Owens, friend of those who want no friends, going places and losing things", or occasionally, "Hello, and also hi; but not necessarily in that order", as a shorter version.


title: Gary Owens

text: In 2001, TV Land released two computer games titled "Blast from the Past", hosted by Owens and featuring other TV celebrities including Florence Henderson, Ed Asner, Davy Jones, Bob Denver, Don Adams, Barbara Eden, Todd Bridges, Alan Young, and Marion Ross, among others. The games spoofed a game show and the prize for winners was an interview with the chosen celebrity the contestant selected at the start of the game. (Players can choose Owens as a celebrity if they wish).


title: Gary Owens

text: 16. Demetria Fulton previewed Gary Owens' appearance in the first season of Barnaby Jones; episode titled, "Twenty Million Alibis"(May 6, 1973). He played the role of Gary Michaels.


title: Rob Bonta

text: Robert Andres Bonta (born September 22, 1972) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the attorney general of California since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a member of the California State Assembly for the 18th district from 2012 to 2021 and as a member of the Alameda City Council from 2010 to 2012.


title: Rob Bonta

text: Upon his election to the California State Assembly, he became the first Filipino-American to enter the California State Legislature, where he chaired the California Asian & Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus.


title: Rob Bonta

text: On March 24, 2021, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that he would be appointing Bonta as Attorney General of California to succeed Xavier Becerra, who resigned the position to become Secretary of Health and Human Services under President Joe Biden. His appointment was confirmed by the California State Legislature on April 22 and he was sworn in on April 23, becoming the first Filipino-American to occupy the position of California Attorney General.


title: Rob Bonta

text: Robert Andres Bonta was born on September 22, 1972, in Quezon City, Philippines. Bonta immigrated with his family to California at just two months old. Through his father, Warren Bonta, Bonta was a U.S. citizen at birth.


title: Rob Bonta

text: The Bonta family initially lived in a trailer at Nuestra Señora Reina de la Paz, the United Farm Workers headquarters near Keene, California, before moving north to Fair Oaks, a suburb of Sacramento. At Bella Vista High School, Bonta was a soccer player and graduated as class valedictorian.


title: Rob Bonta

text: Bonta then attended Yale University, where he graduated "cum laude" with a B.A. in history in 1993 and played on the Yale Bulldogs men's soccer team. After completing his undergraduate studies, Bonta attended University of Oxford for one year studying politics, philosophy, and economics. In 1995, Bonta enrolled at Yale Law School and graduated with a Juris Doctor in 1998.


title: Rob Bonta

text: After his year at Oxford, Bonta returned to New Haven to attend Yale Law School while concurrently working as site coordinator at nonprofit organization Leadership, Education, and Athletics in Partnership (LEAP), where he developed policy and managed activities for 30 staff members and 100 children for an organization serving the Church Street South neighborhood. Bonta was admitted to the California State Bar in 1999.


title: Rob Bonta

text: From 1998 to 1999, Bonta clerked for Judge Alvin W. Thompson of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut. Bonta then returned to California to be a litigation associate with San Francisco law firm Keker & Van Nest. Working at Keker & Van Nest from 1999 to 2003, Bonta practiced in a variety of areas including civil rights, crime, insurance, patent infringement, legal malpractice, contract, and fraud. As a private attorney, Bonta was part of a team that worked with the ACLU to implement new protocols to prevent racial profiling by the California Highway Patrol.


title: Rob Bonta

text: From 2003 to 2012, Bonta was a Deputy City Attorney of San Francisco under Dennis Herrera. During his tenure, Bonta represented the City of San Francisco in a lawsuit filed by Kelly Medora, a pre-school teacher who accused a San Francisco Police Department officer of using excessive force during a jaywalking arrest. Bonta, as the assigned attorney by the City Attorney's Office, argued for the city that Medora and her friends put themselves and others in danger by walking on the street and were warned to leave by Damonte and another officer. The city eventually settled the lawsuit for $235,000 in May 2008. In 2009, Bonta argued on behalf of San Francisco, defending its strip search policy in jails by asserting that concerns about smuggling of drugs and weapons at a main city jail presented reasonable basis for strip searches. The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled 6–5 in favor of the strip search policy in February 2010.


title: Rob Bonta

text: Bonta was elected to Alameda City Council in November 2010. He was sworn in on December 21, 2010, and appointed vice mayor the same day. Within a year, he declared his intent to run for state assembly. In 2012, some Alameda residents started a recall campaign against him but the effort never qualified for the ballot, with Bonta winning election to the state assembly in November 2012. The final city council meeting during which he was a member of the city council was on November 20, 2012.


title: Rob Bonta

text: As a member of the state assembly, Bonta authored major changes to California's penal code, as well as immigration, health care, and housing law.


title: Rob Bonta

text: Bonta introduced legislation in January 2013 that would require California public schools, as funding is available, to teach students "the role of immigrants, including Filipino Americans" in the farm labor movement. It was signed into law in October of that same year by Jerry Brown. Bonta's mother, Cynthia Bonta, helped organize Filipino and Mexican American farmworkers for the United Farm Workers.


title: Rob Bonta

text: Bonta authored legislation in 2016 to outlaw "balanced billing" by hospitals in order to help consumers avoid surprise medical bills. Brown signed the bill into law September 2016.


title: Rob Bonta

text: Bonta introduced legislation to repeal a McCarthy-era ban on Communist Party members holding government jobs in California. The bill received criticism from Republicans, veteran groups and Vietnamese Americans, with Republican Assemblyman Travis Allen calling it "blatantly offensive to all Californians." After passing the State Assembly, the legislation was later withdrawn.


title: Rob Bonta

text: Bonta and State Senator Robert Hertzberg co-authored Senate Bill 10, which when passed, made California the first state in the nation to eliminate money bail for suspects awaiting trial and replace it with a risk-assessment system. On August 28, 2018, Governor Jerry Brown signed the bill into law.


title: Rob Bonta

text: Bonta introduced legislation to end the use of for-profit, private prisons and detention facilities in California. Signed in 2019 by Gavin Newson, AB 32 made California the first state in the nation to ban both private prisons and civil detention centers.


title: Rob Bonta

text: Bonta introduced Assembly Bill 1481 in 2019, which sought to outlaw baseless evictions and mandate landlords demonstrate "just cause" in order to evict residential tenants. The bill was combined with a statewide cap on rent increases and other rental proposals into a single piece of legislation. That bill, Assembly Bill 1482, was passed by the California Legislature and signed by Newsom in October 2019.


title: Rob Bonta

text: Bonta joined Assemblymember Kevin McCarty and other colleagues in 2019 as a lead author of Assembly Bill 1506, a bill to mandate an independent review of officers involved in shootings in California by the California Department of Justice. The bill was signed into law in September 2020 by Newsom.


title: Rob Bonta

text: Following the murder of George Floyd and a July 2020 incident in Central Park involving a white woman calling 9-1-1 to report a black man who asked her to obey park rules, Bonta introduced legislation that would criminalize knowingly making a false call to the police based on someone's race, religion, or gender.


title: Rob Bonta

text: In February 2021, "CalMatters" reported that Bonta had regularly solicited donations, also known as "behested payments", from companies with business before California's legislature for his wife's nonprofit organization.


title: Rob Bonta

text: On March 24, 2021, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that he would be appointing Bonta as Attorney General of California to succeed Xavier Becerra, who had resigned the position to become U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services under President Joe Biden. He assumed the office on April 23, 2021, and won a full term for the office in the general election in November 2022. Bonta is the first Filipino-American to hold the office.


title: Rob Bonta

text: On June 28, 2022, Bonta released an online dashboard containing data on firearms in what he said was an effort to improve transparency and increase public trust. The following day, the site was taken down after the discovery of a vulnerability in the site that had allowed the unauthorized disclosure of personal information. The dashboard had allowed sensitive information about concealed-carry weapon permit holders in the state to be accessed and downloaded. Additionally, data from the following dashboards were also impacted: Assault Weapon Registry, Handguns Certified for Sale, Dealer Record of Sale, Firearm Safety Certificate, and Gun Violence Restraining Order dashboards. The information exposed included names, date of birth, gender, race, driver’s license number, addresses, and criminal history. Gun rights advocates criticized the breach, with the California Rifle & Pistol Association saying it had "put the lives of judges, prosecutors, domestic violence victims and everyday citizens at risk" and gave criminals "a map to their homes". The leak happened less than a week after a major Supreme Court case, "New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen", had struck down New York's system for issuing concealed carry permits, systems that had been allowed in California counties prior to the ruling. Bonta condemned the incident, saying, it was "unacceptable and falls short of...expectations for this department", and that he was "deeply disturbed and angered", while his office said it was investigating how much information might have been exposed.


title: Rob Bonta

text: Bonta's wife, Mia Bonta, is a member of the California State Assembly and was elected in a 2021 special election to fill her husband's vacant seat. She previously served as the president of the Alameda Unified School District. She and Bonta have three children. Their daughter, Reina, is a filmmaker and plays soccer for the Yale Bulldogs and the Philippines national team.


title: François Cluzet

text: François Cluzet (born 21 September 1955) is a French film and theatre actor. Cluzet has collaborated with many important European and American directors, including Claude Chabrol, Bertrand Tavernier, Claire Denis, Agnieszka Holland, Robert Altman and Olivier Assayas. In 2007, he won a French César Award after starring as a doctor suspected of double homicide in thriller "Tell No One" (original title "Ne le dis à personne"). Cluzet may be best known for his role as Philippe in the international hit film "The Intouchables" (2011).


title: François Cluzet

text: Cluzet grew up in Paris, and made his stage debut in 1976. Three years later, he made his premiere appearance on the big screen in "Cocktail Molotov" with Diane Kurys. A year later, Cluzet appeared in acclaimed family drama "Cheval d'orgueil" directed by Claude Chabrol. The two reunited in 1982 for "Les Fantômes du chapelier". In 1983, Cluzet acted in "L'Été meurtrier" with Jean Becker. He was nominated for a César Award for best supporting role of the year, in the same year he made a list for best new male for film "Vive la sociale".


title: François Cluzet

text: Cluzet next collaborated with a number of major name French directors, all of whom had a predilection towards dramatic works: reuniting with Kurys in 1983 for "Coup de foudre", reuniting with Bertrand Tavernier (to co-star in jazz film "Round Midnight" in 1985), Tony Gatlif ("Rue du départ", 1985), Claire Denis ("Chocolat", 1987), Pierre Jolivet ("Force majeure", 1988, and one new César nomination for best second male role), Bertrand Blier ("Trop belle pour toi", 1989) and again Robert Enrico ("La Révolution française"). Next, the actor worked with Claude Chabrol to play a husband tortured by jealousy in "L'Enfer" (1994) after having filmed with Chabrol in 1988 for "Une affaire de femmes".


title: François Cluzet

text: In 1994, Cluzet tried international cinema, acting in ensemble movie "Prêt-à-Porter" for director Robert Altman and romance "French Kiss" with Lawrence Kasdan. He returned to French cinema and comedy in 1995 with "Les Apprentis" (César nomination for best actor) and "Enfants de salaud" with Tonie Marshall, following a new Claude Chabrol: "Rien ne va plus" in 1997. Cluzet has often portrayed a role of the tormented writer: "Fin août, début septembre" with Olivier Assayas, "L'Examen de minuit" (1998), and "Je suis un assassin" (2004). He played the double of John Lennon in "Janis et John" (2003) and an animator of teleshopping in "France Boutique" (2004). In 2005, he played in "Le Domaine perdu" with Raoul Ruiz. The film portrayed the 1973 "coup d'état" in Chile.


title: François Cluzet

text: The year 2006 was big for Cluzet with his "Quatre étoiles" role of an over-the-hill F1 champion, touching and naive, paralysed with love for Isabelle Carré, but his starring role as a doctor suspected of double homicide in thriller "Tell No One" was seen by a wider international audience. For this role, he received the 2007 César for best actor.


title: François Cluzet

text: Cluzet's biggest international hit to date is "Intouchables" (known in most English-speaking territories as "The Intouchables"). Based on a true story, the film chronicles the friendship between a wealthy quadraplegic (Cluzet) and a young caregiver who has been recently released from jail. In March 2012, "The Intouchables" became the highest-grossing non-English language film yet released (not accounting for inflation).


title: François Cluzet

text: Cluzet has a son, Paul (son of the late actress Marie Trintignant), as well as three other children: Blanche, Joseph, and Marguerite.


title: Zastava M76

text: The Zastava M76 is a military semi-automatic designated marksman rifle developed and manufactured by Zastava Arms.


title: Zastava M76

text: The Zastava Arms Company released the M76 in the mid-1970s. Since then it became the standard issue designated marksman rifle in the Serbian army and its predecessor the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA). It was designed to fulfill the same role as the Soviet Dragunov SVD, which was to provide a designated marksman capability to the infantry platoon. During the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s, it was used by several sides; it saw action in Croatia, Bosnia, Macedonia and Kosovo.


title: Zastava M76

text: In Serbian service The M76 is reportedly being replaced by the Zastava M91. The Zastava M91 uses the 7.62×54mmR cartridge which is replacing the 7.92×57mm Mauser (M49/M75) cartridge in Serbian service.


title: Zastava M76

text: The M76 is similar in concept to the Russian Dragunov SVD sniper/designated marksman rifle; a semi-automatic rifle using a full-power cartridge from a 10-round magazine. However, the M76 is closer to the AK-47/RPK design than the Dragunov, similar to the Romanian PSL. Being derived from the AK design it is simple and reliable, and like other Zastava AK-derivatives it is of high-quality manufacture. Accuracy is typically around 1.5 MOA, which is good for a Kalashnikov design and entirely acceptable for the designated marksman role.


title: Zastava M76

text: Rather than being a Dragunov clone, it looks more like a lengthened AK-47 with a heavier barrel, an impression strengthened by the separate stock and pistol grip rather than the Dragunov's thumbhole combination stock. Instead of the Dragunov's 7,62×54mmR chambering it uses the 7.92×57mm Mauser a.k.a. the 7.9mm or 8×57mm IS round. The Yugoslav National Army (JNA) adopted a 7.9mm Cartridge, Ball M49 variant, designated as M49, as infantry ammunition at the end of the 1940s and later a 7.9mm Cartridge, Sniper, with Universal ball M75, as sniper ammunition, designated as M75.


title: Zastava M76

text: Instead of the Dragunov's separate gas piston, the M76 has an AK-type piston attached to the bolt carrier. The receiver is a milled forging like that of the original AK-47 to give greater rigidity when firing a full-power round and it is longer than the normal AK receiver to suit the 7.92×57mm Mauser chambering. The AK-type rotating bolt, bolt carrier, barrel and other parts are also enlarged and stronger for handling the bolt thrust full-power rounds produce. Feeding is via a 10-round steel box magazine, which has a follower that holds the bolt open after the last shot. Since there is no device in the weapon to hold the bolt to the rear, the bolt will move forward when the magazine is removed, which increases the difficulty of removing the magazine. Fire is semi-automatic only, so the AK-47-type safety on the right side of the receiver has only 2 settings - 'safe' and 'fire'. The barrel has a tapered profile with a Dragunov-type combination slotted flash suppressor and foresight housing. A standard AKM bayonet can be fitted to the bayonet lug below the foresight. Like the Dragunov, but unlike the AK-47, the M76 features a 4-position (0, 1, 2, 3) operator-adjustable gas regulator enabling more propellant gas to be vented to the piston in marginal operating conditions or less propellant gas when using a suppressor. The "0" setting entirely blocks the gas impulse to the piston, enabling use of the rifle as a manual repeater.


title: Zastava M76

text: The furniture features a straight comb butt, which has a rubber pad similar to that found on the Zastava M70 series of weapons, and a well-shaped contoured pistol grip. The fore-end is also reminiscent of that found on the M70 series. There is no butt trap for cleaning kit storage in the wooden butt. In newer production models the wooden furniture is replaced with synthetic polymer material which offers some storage space for accessories like a cleaning kit and reduces the M76 overall weight by approximately 0.5 kg.


title: Zastava M76

text: With the minor exception of the gas regulator, disassembly and operation are similar to that of the AK-47/AKM family of weapons.


title: Zastava M76

text: Though the M76 fires its bullets at a relatively modest muzzle velocity, the 8×57mm IS cartridge loaded with aerodynamically efficient military sS ball bullets still offers a supersonic reach of ≈ under ICAO Standard Atmosphere conditions at sea level (air density ρ = 1.225 kg/m). By way of comparison the standard ball round for the 7.62×51mm NATO round is 147gr, and sniper rounds are around 168gr - 173gr, so the M76 round has greater mass.


title: Zastava M76

text: To mount the optics, a side-rail is permanently attached to the left wall of the receiver which accepts an alloy sliding dovetail rail mount with a clamping lever to which can be attached various telescopic sights and night optics. The mount is detachable from the receiver rail in seconds by swinging the locking lever open and sliding the scope and mount off the rail to the rear. It can be removed and reattached without loss of zero. The optic sight is normally removed during field stripping to give easy access to the receiver cover and bolt carrier. The rifle features mechanically adjustable backup AKM-type iron sights with a sliding tangent rear sight which can be adjusted from 100 m to 1,000 m. These sights can be used with or without the optic sight in place.


title: Zastava M76

text: The typical scope used is a ZRAK ON-M76 4× 5°10′ scope originally produced in the ZRAK factory in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. This optical sight is similar to the PSO-1 4×24 sight used on the Russian SVD rifle and the Romanian I.O.R. LPS 4×6° TIP2 4×24 sight used on the PSL rifle.


title: Zastava M76

text: The ON-M76 elevation turret features bullet drop compensation (BDC) in 50 m increments for engaging point and area targets at ranges from 100 m up to 1,000 m. The BDC feature must be tuned at the factory for the particular ballistic trajectory of a particular combination of rifle and cartridge (the 7,9 M75 sniper ammunition) at a predefined air density. Inevitable BDC induced errors will occur if the environmental and meteorological circumstances deviate from the circumstances the BDC was calibrated for. Marksmen can be trained to compensate for these errors. Besides the BDC elevation or vertical adjustment control of the reticle, the windage or horizontal adjustment control of the reticle can also be easily dialed in by the user without having to remove turret caps etc.


title: Zastava M76

text: The reticle illumination of the ZRAK M76 4× 5°10′ is provided by (radioactive) tritium. The tritium light source has to be replaced every 8–12 years, since it gradually loses its brightness due to radioactive decay. The reticle features a PSO-1 type range-finding reticle.


title: Zastava M76

text: The M76 is relatively accurate for a semi-automatic rifle. It can achieve 1.5 to 2 Minute of angle using standard surplus ammunition or MOA consistent accuracy with higher quality ammunition. Under normal conditions a maximum effective range of against man sized targets for an average sniper is achievable. The dispersion at is described as 50 × 50 cm (19.7 × 19.7 in), which is ≈ 1.9 MOA. Under optimal atmospheric and environmental conditions excellent marksmen might use the M76 up to . Recoil is described as being modest.


title: Zastava M76

text: There is a known issue, however, with the magazines of the M76 being unreliable. Due to the bolt hold open property of the magazines, the bolt will slam forward when the magazine is removed, putting considerable pressure on the follower. This can result in the follower being jammed in the forward position, rendering the magazine temporarily inoperable.


title: Zastava M76

text: Zastava Arms currently offers a civilian variant in .308 Winchester called the LKP M76, which they designate as a semi-automatic sporting rifle. The only other variant is the Iraqi Tabuk sniper rifle, made under Zastava license, chambered for 7.62×39mm cartridges. Assault Weapons of Ohio builds M76 variants in .30'06 and 8mm calibers.


title: Aiding and abetting

text: Aiding and abetting is a legal doctrine related to the guilt of someone who aids or abets (encourages, incites) another person in the commission of a crime (or in another's suicide). It exists in a number of different countries and generally allows a court to pronounce someone guilty for aiding and abetting in a crime even if they are not the principal offender. The words aiding, abetting and accessory are closely used but have differences. While aiding means providing support or assistance to someone, committing a crime in exchange of a commission or compensation, abetting means encouraging someone else to commit a crime. Accessory is someone who in fact assists "commission of a crime committed primarily by someone else".


title: Aiding and abetting

text: In Canada, a person who aids or abets in the commission of a crime is treated the same as a principal offender under the criminal law. Section 21(1) of the "Criminal Code" provides that:


title: Aiding and abetting

text: To show that an accused aided or abetted in the commission of a crime, the Crown does not need to prove the guilt of a specific principal offender.


title: Aiding and abetting

text: The Crown must show something more than mere presence to prove the act of aiding or abetting. Presence in the commission of a crime might be evidence of aiding and abetting if the accused had prior knowledge of the crime, or if the accused had legal duty or control over the principal offender. For example, the owner of a car who lets another person drive dangerously without taking steps to prevent it may be guilty because of their control over the driver's use of the vehicle.


title: Aiding and abetting

text: Further, the Crown must show that the accused had prior knowledge that "an offence of the type committed was planned", but it is not necessary that the accused desired the result or had the motive of assisting the crime. Intention to assist the crime is sufficient.


title: Aiding and abetting

text: Aiding and abetting is an additional provision in United States criminal law, for situations where it cannot be shown the party personally carried out the criminal offense, but where another person may have carried out the illegal act(s) as an agent of the charged, working together with or under the direction of the charged, who is an accessory to the crime. It is comparable to laws in some other countries governing the actions of accessories, including the similar provision in England and Wales under the Accessories and Abettors Act 1861.


title: Aiding and abetting

text: The scope of this federal statute for aiders and abettors "is incredibly broad—it can be implied in every charge for a federal


title: Aiding and abetting

text: substantive offense." Where the term "principal" refers to any actor who is primarily responsible for a criminal offense.


title: Aiding and abetting

text: For a successful prosecution, the provision of "aiding and abetting" must be considered alongside the crime itself, although a defendant can be found guilty of aiding and abetting an offense even if the principal is found not guilty of the crime itself. In all cases of aiding and abetting, it must be shown a crime has been committed, but not necessarily who committed it. It is necessary to show that the defendant has wilfully associated himself with the crime being committed, that he does, through his own act or omission, as he would do if he wished for a criminal venture to succeed. Under this statute, anyone who aids or abets a crime may be charged directly with the crime, as if the charged had carried out the act himself. This is distinct from the concept of being an "accessory after the fact", a charge distinct from being a principal.


title: Aiding and abetting

text: The first United States statute dealing with accessory liability was passed in 1790, and made criminally liable those who should aid and assist, procure, command, counsel or advise murder or robbery on land or sea, or piracy at sea. This was broadened in 1870 to include any felony, and by it an accessory was anyone who counsels, advises or procures the crime. These early statutes were repealed in 1909, and supplanted by 18 U.S.C. § 550, a statute which included the modern language of "Whoever aids, abets, counsels, commands, induces, or procures the commission of an offense is a principal."


title: Aiding and abetting

text: In 1948, § 550 became 18 U.S.C. § 2(a). Section 2(b) was also added to make clear the legislative intent to punish as a principal not only one who directly commits an offense and one who "aids, abets, counsels, commands, induces or procures" another to commit an offense, but also anyone who causes the doing of an act which if done by him directly would render him guilty of an offense against the United States. It removes all doubt that one who puts in motion or assists in the illegal enterprise or causes the commission of an indispensable element of the offense by an innocent agent or instrumentality is guilty as a principal even though he intentionally refrained from the direct act constituting the completed offense.


title: Aiding and abetting

text: Subsection (a) of Section 2 was amended to its current form in 1951 to read, "Whoever commits an offense against the United States or aids, abets, counsels, commands, induces or procures its commission, is punishable as a principal." Subsection (b) was also amended in 1951 to add "wilfully" and "is punishable as a principal."


title: Aiding and abetting

text: Since 2001, the Securities and Exchange Commission has filed a number of complaints related to the aiding and abetting of securities fraud. For example, CIBC and Merrill Lynch were separately charged with aiding and abetting Enron’s evasion of record keeping requirements and required financial controls. Settlements, including disgorgement, penalties, and interest reached $80 million in both cases.


title: Aiding and abetting

text: Aiding and abetting is also a legal theory of civil accessory liability. To prove accessory liability through "aiding and abetting," the plaintiffs must prove three elements:


title: Aiding and abetting

text: The Accessories and Abettors Act 1861 provides that an accessory to an indictable offence shall be treated in the same way as if he had actually committed the offence himself. Section 8 of the Act, as amended, reads:


title: Aiding and abetting

text: Section 10 states that the Act does not apply to Scotland. The rest of the Act was repealed by the Criminal Law Act 1967 as a consequence of the abolition of the distinction between felonies and misdemeanours.


title: Super ShowDown (2019)

text: The 2019 Super ShowDown was the second annual Super ShowDown professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw, SmackDown, and 205 Live brand divisions. The event took place on June 7, 2019, at the King Abdullah Sports City's King Abdullah International Stadium in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It was the third event that WWE held in Saudi Arabia under a 10-year partnership in support of Saudi Vision 2030.


title: Super ShowDown (2019)

text: Ten matches were contested at the event including one on the Kickoff pre-show. In the main event, The Undertaker defeated Goldberg in what was their first match against each other. Other prominent matches saw Seth Rollins defeat Baron Corbin to retain Raw's Universal Championship in the opening bout, Shane McMahon defeated Roman Reigns, Kofi Kingston defeated Dolph Ziggler to retain SmackDown's WWE Championship, and Randy Orton defeated Triple H; this was Triple H's final televised match before having to retire in 2022 due to a cardiac event. The event was also notable for having WWE's largest standard battle royal with a total of 51 participants, though originally scheduled for 50. It was won by Mansoor, a WWE rookie from Saudi Arabia who signed with the company following 2018's Greatest Royal Rumble event and had appeared on "NXT" and "NXT UK".


title: Super ShowDown (2019)

text: The event received generally negative reviews by critics, with the main event's ending being particularly criticized. It later won the "Wrestling Observer Newsletter" Award for Worst Major Wrestling Show of 2019.


title: Super ShowDown (2019)

text: In early 2018, the American professional wrestling promotion WWE began a 10-year strategic multiplatform partnership with the General Sports Authority in support of Saudi Vision 2030, Saudi Arabia's social and economic reform program. After holding the Greatest Royal Rumble and Crown Jewel events in 2018, the third pay-per-view and WWE Network event under this partnership was announced as Super ShowDown. It was scheduled to be held on June 7, 2019, at the King Abdullah Sports City's King Abdullah International Stadium in Jeddah and feature wrestlers from the Raw, SmackDown, and 205 Live brands. This also marked the second event under the Super ShowDown chronology, the first of which was held on October 6, 2018, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. That original event had stylized the title as "Super Show-Down" while the second event changed the stylization and removed the dash.


title: Super ShowDown (2019)

text: Similarly to the two previous WWE in Saudi Arabia events—Greatest Royal Rumble and Crown Jewel (both the previous year)—several WWE wrestlers were not authorized or refused to participate at Super ShowDown due to it taking place in Saudi Arabia.


title: Super ShowDown (2019)

text: John Cena and Daniel Bryan, both of whom had previously refused to participate for the Crown Jewel event in the wake of the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi, also refused to participate at Super ShowDown. Bryan's reasons to refuse to appear at Crown Jewel had also reportedly included the treatment of LGBT people by the country and because of Sami Zayn's ban from the Greatest Royal Rumble event.


title: Super ShowDown (2019)

text: WWE chose not to put Aleister Black on the show, reportedly because of fears the religious symbolism on some of his tattoos would be offensive to their Saudi hosts.


title: Super ShowDown (2019)

text: Sami Zayn, who had previously not been authorized to compete at the Greatest Royal Rumble due to being of Syrian descent, as Saudi Arabia has strained relations with Syria, also declined participating at Super ShowDown. Kevin Owens also refused to participate at Super ShowDown in support of Zayn, his friend. Owens was reportedly slated to face Kofi Kingston for the WWE Championship, leading WWE to schedule Dolph Ziggler, who had been inactive since January to focus on his stand-up comedy career, to replace him.


title: Super ShowDown (2019)

text: Due to the limited rights women have in Saudi Arabia, all WWE female wrestlers were banned from participating in WWE events in the country. Just hours before Super ShowDown, however, reports emerged that WWE were attempting to add a women's match to the card, which would have seen Alexa Bliss face Natalya. The two women joined WWE personnel for the trip, but the match was ultimately rejected by the Saudi Arabian government.


title: Super ShowDown (2019)

text: The card consisted of ten matches, including one on the Kickoff pre-show. The matches resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches, with results predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw, SmackDown, and 205 Live brands. Storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television shows, "Monday Night Raw" and "SmackDown Live".


title: Super ShowDown (2019)

text: On May 13, 2019, a match between Goldberg and The Undertaker was scheduled for Super ShowDown, marking the first one-on-one match between each other. Goldberg's last match occurred at WrestleMania 33 in April 2017.


title: Super ShowDown (2019)

text: A match between Triple H and Randy Orton was also scheduled on May 13. A promo aired during the May 21 episode of "SmackDown", recapping the two's various rivalries that originally began in 2004 when Orton won the (now retired) World Heavyweight Championship, resulting in Triple H turning on him and kicking him out of their stable, Evolution.


title: Super ShowDown (2019)

text: Also on May 13, a 50-man battle royal was scheduled, marking the largest standard battle royal in WWE history.


title: Super ShowDown (2019)

text: A match between Braun Strowman and Bobby Lashley was scheduled on May 18. On the June 3 episode of "Raw", Strowman and Lashley competed in an arm wrestling match which Strowman won, afterwards, Lashley attacked Strowman with a Running Powerslam.


title: Super ShowDown (2019)

text: On the April 15 episode of "Raw", Andrade defeated Intercontinental Champion Finn Bálor in a non-title match. Bálor was subsequently moved to SmackDown the following night during the Superstar Shake-up. Andrade, along with his manager Zelina Vega, were then moved back to SmackDown the following week, and both Bálor and Andrade took part in the men's Money in the Bank ladder match at the namesake event, where both fought each other, though ultimately lost the match. Bálor was then scheduled to defend the Intercontinental Championship against Andrade at Super ShowDown.


title: Super ShowDown (2019)

text: On the April 16 episode of "SmackDown", after WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon had introduced Elias as "the biggest acquisition in SmackDown history", they were interrupted by fellow new draftee Roman Reigns, who attacked Elias and performed a superman punch on Mr. McMahon. The following week, Shane McMahon challenged Reigns to a fight for attacking his father. As Reigns came out, he was attacked from behind by Elias, who was then assisted by Shane in attacking Reigns. On the May 20 episode of "Raw", Reigns, who appeared via the wild card rule, was interrupted by Shane, who was still bothered by Reigns' attack on his father. Reigns then challenged Shane to a match which Shane accepted for Super ShowDown.


title: Super ShowDown (2019)

text: On the May 21 episode of "SmackDown", Dolph Ziggler, who had been inactive since the Royal Rumble event in January, made a surprise return and attacked Kofi Kingston. Ziggler, appearing via the wild card rule, later explained that it should have been him who got the opportunity to go to WrestleMania 35 and win the WWE Championship instead of Kingston. He then stated he would defeat Kingston for the title at Super ShowDown, which was made official.


title: Super ShowDown (2019)

text: At Money in the Bank, Seth Rollins retained the Universal Championship against AJ Styles. On "Raw" the next night, Baron Corbin took offense that Styles earned that title shot even though Corbin had previously pinned Rollins in a tag team match. The following week, Styles was scheduled to take part in a four-way match for another opportunity against Rollins at Super ShowDown, but was still ailing from injuries sustained from his match at Money in the Bank, and was replaced by Corbin, who attacked Styles while the latter was in a trainer's room. Corbin then defeated Braun Strowman, Bobby Lashley, and The Miz in a fatal four-way elimination match to earn the title match.


title: Super ShowDown (2019)

text: At Money in the Bank, as Lucha House Party (Kalisto, Gran Metalik, and Lince Dorado) came out for a match, they were randomly attacked by Lars Sullivan and the match never occurred. The following night on "Raw", as Sullivan was about to be interviewed in regard to the incident, Lucha House Party interrupted and attacked Sullivan, who fended them off. A 3-on-1 handicap match featuring Sullivan against Lucha House Party was then scheduled for Super ShowDown.


title: Super ShowDown (2019)

text: After being drafted to Raw in the Superstar Shake-up, The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) began a rivalry with The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) where The Usos repeatedly embarrassed Revival on numerous occasions. The two teams faced off on the May 20 episode of "Raw", where The Revival were victorious. Another match was then scheduled for the Super ShowDown Kickoff pre-show.


title: Super ShowDown (2019)

text: During the Super ShowDown Kickoff pre-show, The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) faced The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder). In the end, Jimmy and Jey performed a "Superkick" on Dawson and Wilder, respectively, followed by a double "Superkick" on Dawson to win the match.


title: Super ShowDown (2019)

text: The actual pay-per-view opened with Seth Rollins defending the Universal Championship against Baron Corbin. Corbin focused on Rollins' injured ribs for the majority of the match. During the match, Corbin continuously argued with referee John Cone whenever Rollins kicked out of a pin. The end came when Corbin attempted to use a chair only for Cone to intervene, leading to another argument between Corbin and Cone. Rollins took advantage of the situation and rolled-up Corbin to retain the title. After the match, Corbin attacked Rollins with the "End of Days". A chair wielding Brock Lesnar then came out, alongside Paul Heyman, to cash in his Money in the Bank contract on Rollins. As Heyman was getting in the ring to hand the contract to the referee, Heyman tripped on the ring rope, which distracted Lesnar. Rollins performed a low blow on Lesnar, attacked him with the steel chair, and performed "The Stomp" on him on top of the briefcase. Due to Heyman's accident, the contract was never cashed in, thus Lesnar kept the contract.


title: Super ShowDown (2019)

text: Next, "The Demon" Finn Bálor defended the Intercontinental Championship against Andrade. In the end, Bálor performed the "1916" on Andrade off the top rope followed by the "Coup de Grace" to retain the title.


title: Super ShowDown (2019)

text: After that, Roman Reigns faced Shane McMahon (who was accompanied by Drew McIntyre). As Reigns attempted a "Superman Punch", Shane performed a chop block on Reigns mid-air. Shane applied a "triangle choke" on Reigns only for Reigns to lift Shane up for a "Powerbomb". Shane performed a "Spear" on Reigns for a nearfall. In the end, Reigns punched Shane, causing Shane to bump into the referee. With the referee down, McIntyre attacked Reigns with a "Claymore", allowing Shane to pin Reigns to win the match.


title: Super ShowDown (2019)

text: After that, Lars Sullivan faced Lucha House Party (Kalisto, Gran Metalik, and Lince Dorado) in a 3-on-1 handicap match. Sullivan dominated most of the match until Lucha House Party ganged up on Sullivan, causing them to be disqualified. After the match, Sullivan ran up the ramp and attacked the trio.


title: Super ShowDown (2019)

text: Next, Triple H faced Randy Orton in their first one-on-one match since 2010. It would also be Triple H's final televised match before his cardiac event in 2021 which caused him to retire. Orton performed an "RKO" on Triple H for a nearfall. As Orton then went for the "Punt Kick", Triple H caught Orton's foot and performed a "Pedigree" on Orton for a nearfall. Triple H applied the "Crossface" on Orton only for Orton to reach the ropes to force the break. Outside the ring, Triple H dropped Orton on an announce table several times. In the end, Orton performed a second "RKO" on Triple H to win the match.


title: Super ShowDown (2019)

text: In the next match, Braun Strowman faced Bobby Lashley. Lashley performed a "Running Powerslam" on Strowman for a nearfall. Strowman performed a "Running Powerslam" of his own on Lashley for a nearfall. In the end, Strowman performed two "Running Powerslams" on Lashley to win the match.


title: Super ShowDown (2019)

text: Next, Kofi Kingston (accompanied by Xavier Woods) defended the WWE Championship against Dolph Ziggler. Kingston performed an "S.O.S" on Ziggler for a nearfall. In the end, Ziggler performed a "Superkick" on Woods outside the ring and while the referee was distracted, Woods kicked Ziggler which allowed Kingston to perform "Trouble in Paradise" on Ziggler to retain the title.


title: Super ShowDown (2019)

text: The penultimate match was the originally scheduled 50-man over the top rope battle royal, but had 51 participants. Mansoor, an NXT superstar from Saudi Arabia, last eliminated Elias to win the match.


title: Super ShowDown (2019)

text: The main event was the first time ever match between The Undertaker and Goldberg. Goldberg started by executing two Spears on Undertaker for a near-fall. After this, Undertaker performed his signature sit-up. As Undertaker attempted a Chokeslam, Goldberg countered into a Leg-Lock Submission Hold, however, Undertaker was able to reach the ropes. As Goldberg went for a third Spear, Undertaker dodged and caused Goldberg to collide with the ring post, busting his head open and receiving a concussion. This gave Undertaker the advantage for the rest of the match and was able to perform an Old School, a Chokeslam and a Tombstone Piledriver for a near-fall. Goldberg countered a Big Boot and performed another Spear. He then executed a Jackhammer for a near-fall. As Goldberg attempted a Tombstone Piledriver, both men fell (the last of several botches that occurred during the match mainly due to Goldberg's accident). Undertaker then performed a second Chokeslam on Goldberg to win the match.


title: Super ShowDown (2019)

text: The event received negative reviews by critics, with the main event and its ending being particularly criticized.


title: Super ShowDown (2019)

text: Dave Meltzer of the "Wrestling Observer Newsletter" wrote that Super Showdown "wasn't much of a show. It got among the worst poll results in our history", with 99.5% of the newsletter's 192 respondents giving a "thumbs down" to the show (only one voter gave the show a "thumbs up" rating). Meltzer declared that the crowd of 21,000 was "nowhere close to full" just like last year's show, and that the show was highly likely to be the least-watched WWE main-roster pay-per-view of 2019. The only positive for Meltzer was the great crowd reception to Mansoor's win, but "that ended up meaning nothing" when Mansoor failed to appear on WWE's next shows. Meltzer concluded that in doing the show, WWE "came for $40 million in cash, and overlooked their espoused public views on women, diversity and bigotry to collect the cash. They cloaked it with their own propaganda, the idea they were there to put smiles on kids faces."


title: Super ShowDown (2019)

text: Wade Keller of "Pro Wrestling Torch" declared that the event was "absolutely nothing worth going out of your way to watch", with no matches even reaching 3 out of 5 stars, attributing this to "the heat", which would affect the wrestlers' workrate, "and perhaps general karma". The highest rated match was Orton-HHH at 2.75, which was well received by the live crowd and had "the right finish", but was "needlessly long". Keller rated Balor-Andrade 2: "utterly uninspired and forgettable", while Kingston-Ziggler received 1.5: "Decent, but entirely skippable." Keller rated Goldberg-Undertaker 0.75, as too "ambitious".


title: Super ShowDown (2019)

text: Justin Barrasso of "Sports Illustrated" described that the event's "entire card was nowhere near the level set at the Money in the Bank pay per view in May", and that WWE's continued partnership with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia "is not a good look." Barasso felt that Shane McMahon's victory "was the right call"; that the main event saw "two legends struggle to deliver", and that the house show "formula is now a bit antiquated", resulting in such shows like Super Showdown failing to "meet the hype". Also, the "booking didn't help" as "another promised Brock Lesnar “Money in the Bank” cash-in failed to take place", while two babyface champions in Seth Rollins and Kofi Kingston failed to win solely on their own merits.


title: Super ShowDown (2019)

text: Jason Powell of "Pro Wrestling Dot Net" wrote that "the show was uneventful and felt longer than it actually was." The first six minutes of the main event "was the only portion of the show that lived up to the billing of this event being on par with WrestleMania", but then the main event ended in a "really bad" manner. Powell remarked that it was "strange" how the Lucha House Party were protected by the disqualification match finish, but were steamrolled by Sullivan after the match. Powell described Balor-Andrade as "decent and yet unmemorable". Meanwhile, the Usos-Revival tag match on the pre-show was "quick and solid".


title: Super ShowDown (2019)

text: Mike Tedesco stated that Super Showdown was "just a show with a bad main event" that featured an "awful" ending. For the other matches, Tedesco felt the battle royale "absolutely stunk" due to the overcrowded ring; Strowman-Lashley was "nothing special", Rollins-Corbin was "basic", but Balor-Andrade was "awesome". HHH-Orton was "a little too long", and would have been better if it had "been cut in half".


title: Super ShowDown (2019)

text: The main event was heavily criticized. NXT superstar Matt Riddle criticized Goldberg, calling him "the worst wrestler in the business" and "unsafe, dangerous and a liability to everyone else". However, pro wrestlers Mark Henry and Ric Flair defended the participants. Flair said both of them had a bad match due to not being regular wrestlers and Goldberg came out of retirement. Henry said "both deserve better than that", since Goldberg ended the match despite his concussion. Goldberg called his match against Undertaker "the perfect storm of crappiness", while Undertaker himself called it "a disaster". Dave Meltzer, during the Wrestling Observer Radio, said that "Most of the people knew they shouldn't have gone" and some of them knew the booking would be "horrible". Samoa Joe, who wrestled in the battle royal, called the match "a chaotic scene" and said of the temperature, "It was quite the inferno in that ring."


title: Super ShowDown (2019)

text: Following the 50-man battle royal at Super ShowDown, several matches were confirmed for WWE's next event, Stomping Grounds. These included a rematch between Universal Champion Seth Rollins and Baron Corbin, a rematch between WWE Champion Kofi Kingston and Dolph Ziggler inside a steel cage, a match between Roman Reigns and Drew McIntyre, and a rematch from Money in the Bank between Raw Women's Champion Becky Lynch and Lacey Evans.


title: Super ShowDown (2019)

text: On the following "Raw", Baron Corbin was granted permission from WWE officials to choose a special guest referee for his rematch with Seth Rollins. The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) and The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) both competed in a triple threat match against Raw Tag Team Champions Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder which The Revival won to become the new champions. Lars Sullivan and Lucha House Party had a rematch that was a 3-on-1 handicap elimination match that Sullivan won. Braun Strowman and Bobby Lashley competed in a six-man tag team match in which Strowman teamed with The Miz and Ricochet to defeat the team of Lashley, Samoa Joe, and Cesaro. Due to the incident at Super ShowDown, Paul Heyman stated that they would not reveal when Brock Lesnar decides to cash in his Money in the Bank contract. Shane McMahon and Drew McIntyre held a celebration for Shane's victory over Roman Reigns, and McIntyre stated that he would destroy Reigns at Stomping Grounds.


title: Super ShowDown (2019)

text: On "SmackDown", The New Day (WWE Champion Kofi Kingston, Big E, and Xavier Woods) defeated the team of Dolph Ziggler (now part of SmackDown), Kevin Owens, and Sami Zayn – Zayn appearing via the wildcard rule.


title: Girl on the Third Floor

text: Girl on the Third Floor is a 2019 horror film directed by Travis Stevens, written by Stevens, Paul Johnstone and Ben Parker, and starring Phil "CM Punk" Brooks, Trieste Kelly Dunn and Tonya Kay. The film tells the story of a deeply flawed man who renovates an old home for himself and his wife, and the supernatural events that ensue as they prepare to move in.


title: Girl on the Third Floor

text: "Girl on the Third Floor" was released world-wide on October 25, 2019, after having garnered largely positive reviews at SXSW, BUFF, and the London FrightFest Film Festivals. Reviewers took note of the command of the genre of newcomer director Travis Stevens, as well as the convincing portrayal of the main character by professional wrestler Phil Brooks. The film received praise by critics for its "wonderful and gross" usage of practical special effects from UK designer Daniel Martin.


title: Girl on the Third Floor

text: Don Koch, a man from Chicago with a criminal past, purchases an old house in the suburbs hoping for a new start for his pregnant wife, Liz, and their dog, Cooper. Shortly after moving in, Don meets Ellie Mueller, the pastor living across the street. Later, Don learns from the local bartender about the house's sordid past, and its effect on straight men. Don witnesses strange events within the home, including sludge-like substance seeping from the walls and fixtures, as well as the appearance of marbles throughout the home. Next, Don meets another assumed neighbor, Sarah Yates, who easily seduces him in the upstairs bedroom. After she leaves, the bedroom ceiling collapses revealing a viewing platform in the attic. The next day Sarah appears again and tries to seduce Don, but he admits his guilt and dismisses her.


title: Girl on the Third Floor

text: Milo Stone, Don's former coworker, arrives at the house to help Don patch the bedroom ceiling and discovers Don's affair. The two men have an argument, and Don leaves for more supplies and tells Milo not to return if he cannot keep it a secret. While Don is out, Milo follows a marble into the basement where he is murdered by Sarah. When Don returns and does not see Milo, Don assumes Milo left.


title: Girl on the Third Floor

text: The next day, Liz sees Sarah in the background during a call with Don. Becoming nervous, Don installs new locks and security cameras. That night, Sarah lures Cooper downstairs with a marble. When Don wakes up the next morning, he finds his dog dead in the dryer. The police are no help. Furious, Don waits for Sarah to appear, then kills her and attempts to bury her body within the basement walls. He gets a call from Liz and he leaves the body; when he returns to finish the job, he finds Sarah is missing. Don searches for her and breaks through some walls and finds a secret room in the attic with drawings on the wall of a girl with a bird-man figure. While searching in other walls, Don finds Milo's head. Don sees a deformed girl, who attacks him with a marble that tunnels up into his body under his skin. Don slices his neck with a penknife to try to remove the marble, while the girl releases more marbles towards him.


title: Girl on the Third Floor

text: Liz arrives and finds a newspaper article about the house's past as a brothel and a missing body. Sarah appears and claims she is helping Don renovate the house. Ellie rings the doorbell and tells Liz that the house is bad for relationships. Liz returns to the house and experiences a vision from the house's past with strange men going upstairs to watch "the show". She goes up into the attic and sees a crowd of men in suits peering down into her bedroom where Sarah performs S&M with a masked birdman. She sees a little girl named Sadie in a dark corner of the room drawing on the wall when the masked man gives the girl a bag of marbles.


title: Girl on the Third Floor

text: When Liz returns to the bedroom she once again sees Sarah, who confesses that the brothel owner killed her. Sarah attacks Liz, but Liz hides in the bedroom where she finds Don's lacerated body. He confesses his affair and begs for Liz's forgiveness, but she refuses. Sarah reveals herself inside Don's skin and explains it was a trick and a test before allowing Liz to leave the house for being strong against the will of men. Liz runs downstairs and sees the deformed girl and kills her. As Liz leaves, she finds Ellie, who explains how each person must choose to enter and face their actions. Liz decides to stay in the house to lift the curse. She finds Sarah's body and gives it a proper burial.


title: Girl on the Third Floor

text: Six months later, Liz is living happily alone in the house with her daughter. When the baby is left alone in the crib, Don appears in a ceiling grate and drops marbles into the crib.


title: Girl on the Third Floor

text: During SXSW 2019, Stevens revealed during the post-screening Q&A that much of the story he wrote was not entirely fictional: the house was real and its backstory was "only slightly embellished for the film."


title: Girl on the Third Floor

text: "Girl on the Third Floor" was filmed entirely in Frankfort, Illinois, at a house newly acquired to accommodate the headquarters of Stevens' production company. The house was actually in the process of being renovated at the time, and Stevens paused the renovations in order to use their incomplete state as part of the movie.


title: Girl on the Third Floor

text: "Girl on the Third Floor" was released on October 25, 2019. It is currently streaming on Netflix. The film was previously shown at several film festivals, including SXSW, BUFF, and the London FrightFest Film Festivals.


title: Girl on the Third Floor

text: The film review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes reported that of critics have given the film a positive review based on reviews, with an average rating of . The site's critics consensus reads, ""Girl on the Third Floor" proves a good old-fashioned haunted house story can still be entertaining—and put a fresh spin on established genre formula." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 65 out of 100 based on six critic reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".


title: Girl on the Third Floor

text: Oscar Goff of "Boston Hassle" notes that director Travis Stevens "throws a lot of ideas at the wall, and while not all of them stick, the cumulative effect is dizzying and effective."


title: Girl on the Third Floor

text: In his review of "Girl on the Third Floor", Anton Bitel of "SciFiNow" designates the film a "highly accomplished" haunted house story for the #MeToo generation, "the undoing of 'King Don' is a belated revenge of the female repressed, as well as a long history of perverted patriarchy replaying itself ad nauseam and deconstructing... the uneasy, even exploitative and violent relations between men and women."


title: Girl on the Third Floor

text: Deidre Crimmins, from "RueMorgue" also notes that while "nearly equal screen time is given to lingering on both male and female bodies... the film itself never quite gets away from feeling a little unkind to women." She points out that the female characters are presented as "not much more than archetypes... the men don't get portrayed very well either, but at least they are given a little more to do." Crimmins does extol the practical effects, calling them equally "amazing" and "gross".


title: Girl on the Third Floor

text: Dennis Harvey of "Variety" considers Stevens' directorial skills to be well above average for the genre, but offers a mixed review of the film, noting how it draws from films like "The Amityville Horror", "The Shining" and "Eyes Wide Shut", and considers Sarah Brooks' lack of convincing "inner malevolence" to be terrifying.


title: Girl on the Third Floor

text: In trying to define the film for her readers, "Daily Dead's" Heather Wixson notes that Stevens' memorable directorial debut feels like what one would get "if Clive Barker and H.P. Lovecraft had teamed up to make "The Money Pit", and singles out Phil Brooks' acting as "compelling". Bobby Lepire, reviewer for "FilmThreat", also compliments Brooks' portrayal of Don Koch, further noting that writer/director Travis Stevens has an "innate understanding" of the lessons that horror films teach, in this case a horror story as morality play. As well, Lepire feels that the director effectively sustained the atmosphere of dread throughout the film, but "runs out of steam before the conclusion, making for a not quite, but almost, great film."


title: Girl on the Third Floor

text: "Film School Rejects" writer Rob Hunter points out that while haunted house movies usually involve misdeeds of the past affecting the present, "Girl on the Third Floor" instead has present-day bad behaviors "unintentionally reaching out to past transgressions," while opining that Punk resembles "nothing less than the angry love child of Jon Hamm and Ted Raimi with his expressive antics here—walking a fine line with a character who earns our sympathy before threatening to lose it." Hunter sees the main character as needing to find redemption for his past misdeeds and expresses his hope that "this guy, finally, will understand and acknowledge his actions before it's too late."


title: Girl on the Third Floor

text: "Vanyaland's" Nick Johnston also described the connection between the main character's behavior and the house's reaction, "Stevens' thematic goals here are interesting and compelling. It's all about a bad man paying for his behavior and, thusly, the actions that his misogynistic forbearers [sic] committed decades ago, and when that bad man is played by Phil Brooks, it becomes infinitely more interesting."


title: Girl on the Third Floor

text: Adi Robertson, reviewer for The Verge.com, notes that, instead of trying to push the narrative limits of the haunted house trope, "Girl on the Third Floor" generates suspense through the predictable and inevitable fall of Brooks' main character, using foreshadowing and jump scares. Robertson, commenting on the effectiveness of the practical effects, opines, "marbles, mucus, and doorbells have never been so ominous."


title: Girl on the Third Floor

text: "Film Inquiry's" Kevin Lee states that, despite "clunky writing," the film's efficiency lies in two areas; the house—with its creepy noises and gross leakages—is more than just old and in need of renovation. It is also clear that Stevens is exploring the fallout of toxic masculinity through Don's disreputable past and his refusal to accept help with the extensive renovations. Lee notes that it is this behavior and shady past that make Don "a vulnerable victim to the house's psychological effect. Whether or not the film works for you depends on your opinion of Don." Lee goes on to point out that the film's final act clearly demonstrates Stevens' knowledge of surrealism and his fondness for the 2017 Darren Aronofsky psychological horror film, "mother!"


title: Girl on the Third Floor

text: Brian Tallerico from RogerEbert.com stated that Stevens' previous experience as a producer of respected indie horror films is evident in his confidence behind the camera in his directorial debut. Tallerico points out the metaphor of the main character's devotion to the physical task of fixing something physical because he is unwilling to perform the real repair on his deeply-flawed character, and that is the source of the problem.