title: Jeff George

text: In 1995, George led the Falcons to their first playoff appearance since 1991. On September 22, 1996, in a game against the Philadelphia Eagles, George got into a heated argument on the sidelines with Falcons coach June Jones, all of which was caught on camera for a national television audience. Jones suspended George for the remainder of the 1996 season. It was later confirmed that George blamed team management for his problems and felt Jones betrayed him by not standing up to this alleged mistreatment. Years after the incident, Jones became an advocate for George, stating that the TV argument was overblown and that George was a good quarterback, a team player and worthy of being on an NFL roster.


title: Jeff George

text: George's record with the Falcons was 16–19; he had the best completion percentage (60.5) of his career with 50 touchdowns and 32 interceptions.


title: Jeff George

text: George signed with the Oakland Raiders after leaving Atlanta. In the 1997 season opener, George was a part of NFL history. George's first start as a Raider also happened to be the first NFL regular-season game played in the state of Tennessee. The Oilers, in their first home game since their controversial relocation from Houston, ruined George's debut (he threw three touchdowns to Tim Brown) by beating the Raiders, 24-21, on an Al Del Greco field goal in overtime. Another notable moment for the Silver and Black came in Week 8; against the visiting Broncos, George delivered a workmanlike performance (9-12, 96 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT). Thanks in large part to Napoleon Kaufman's 227-yard performance on the ground, the host Raiders upset the eventual world champions, 28-25. In his eighth year in the NFL, he had arguably his finest statistical year, throwing for 29 touchdown passes and 9 interceptions, for a 91.2 passer rating. However, despite George's stellar statistics, the team struggled overall; their defense finished 28th in scoring. Oakland finished 4–12 in Joe Bugel's one and only season as the Raiders' head coach.


title: Jeff George

text: The next year, the offense had changed to head coach Jon Gruden's West Coast scheme, a controlled-pass approach, that did not suit George's strengths. George was inconsistent at the beginning of the year, and later struggled with a groin pull, telling a local radio audience that he was finished for the year. He also ignored the offensive coordinator's play calls during the 1998 season and ran his own plays through a wristband containing plays (in an interview, George told Joe Theismann that he did what the coaches wanted on 1st and 2nd down, and simply threw it to Tim Brown on 3rd down). The Raiders ended George's Oakland tenure when they signed free-agent quarterback Rich Gannon.


title: Jeff George

text: George next played for the Vikings, as a backup to Randall Cunningham. Cunningham struggled at the start of the 1999 season and was benched. George took over the starting role in 10 games as a starter, going 8–2 with 23 touchdowns, 8.6 yards per attempt and a 94.2 rating in leading Minnesota to the playoffs. George earned his first career playoff win, throwing three touchdown passes to lead the Vikings over the Dallas Cowboys 27–10. The Vikings lost the next week to the eventual Super Bowl champion St. Louis Rams 49–37. Minnesota wanted George to return in 2000 but the combination of him delaying contract talks and the team's confidence that Daunte Culpepper could take over at QB led the Vikings to cut ties with him. George ended up signing with the Washington Redskins.


title: Jeff George

text: George hoped to return to Minnesota as a starting quarterback but was told by head coach Dennis Green to "shop around". After attempting to speak to other teams about securing a starting quarterback job, he was eventually offered a one-year, $400,000 contract by Minnesota, with incentives of up to $1.4 million. Rather than sign with the Vikings, George signed a four-year contract worth $14.8 million with the Washington Redskins as Brad Johnson's backup. Johnson went down in week 9; George replaced him and went 1–2 in the next three games. Johnson returned but played poorly against the New York Giants. George replaced him and started two games, both losses, after Norv Turner was fired in favor of interim coach Terry Robiskie. After the season, Johnson departed Washington for Tampa Bay, leaving George as the Redskins' starter going into 2001.


title: Jeff George

text: Before the 2001 season, Washington hired as head coach Marty Schottenheimer, who promised to install a West Coast scheme similar to that of Gruden in Oakland. George clashed with Schottenheimer over the offense, though the coach promised to work George through any problems he might have with the scheme. Washington released George after a 37–0 Monday Night loss to the Green Bay Packers, in which George had a 34.6 passer rating, the worst in the first two weeks of the 2001 season. The Redskins were 0–2, having been outscored 67–3. George was given 24 hours to remove his personal items from the Redskins' facilities before they were discarded. He was replaced by Tony Banks, who led the team to an 8-8 record after an 0-5 start.


title: Jeff George

text: George seemingly retired after his last game in Washington, but he proceeded to make several sideline appearances in the following years. He signed briefly with the Seattle Seahawks in late 2002 as an emergency quarterback.


title: Jeff George

text: In 2004, after two years away from the game, George joined his seventh club, the Chicago Bears. He signed a one-year contract in November for a backup role, but he never took the field during a game. George was not retained by the Bears for the 2005 season or signed by another team. The Detroit Lions worked him out during their bye week if they needed another quarterback but George was not offered a contract.


title: Jeff George

text: On August 28, 2006, the Oakland Raiders signed George. He was expected to compete for the third-string quarterback position. However, he was released during final cuts only five days later on September 2, 2006.


title: Jeff George

text: While George spent time on active NFL rosters through 2006, he had not attempted a pass since the 2001 season with the Washington Redskins. It was speculated that he might have replaced third-string quarterback Marques Tuiasosopo due to his friendship with Randy Moss. Moss has previously stated that George was his favorite of all the quarterbacks he's worked with. He has also commented in the past that he and George would take weekend fishing trips together when they both lived in Minnesota.


title: Jeff George

text: On October 30, 2007, during "Mike and Mike in the Morning", Michael Kim in a "SportsCenter" update reported that George was interested in making another comeback, this time with the Minnesota Vikings, a team where he once had some success.


title: Jeff George

text: In November 2008, in an appearance on Sirius NFL Radio, George said, "I find it hard to believe there isn't a place in the game for me. My arm feels like I'm 25", he said. "I'm not asking to be a starter, I just want a spot on a team. I still hold out hope I can play in this league. I'm working out three or four days a week, staying ready. Some people might laugh about it. I've been hearing the excuse, 'You're too old,' but I look at guys now playing near 40, and if you can throw it like I can throw it ... Why wouldn't you take a look at me?" He said of coming back: "I’ve been trying to figure out how to get back in, and it just amazes me that I’m not on somebody's roster. I’ve been throwing two or three times a week, and every time I go out there to throw, I can’t believe I’m not a backup somewhere. I know it's a young man's game, but you can’t tell me I’m not better than some of the quarterbacks that are out there. I look at teams like Minnesota or Chicago, and I want to scream at the people in charge, ‘What are you thinking?’"


title: Jeff George

text: On August 4, 2010, George announced on KFAN Sports radio in Minnesota that he would have been willing to step in for veteran QB Brett Favre if Favre had decided to retire from the Minnesota Vikings.


title: Jeff George

text: His son, Jeff Jr., followed in his father's footsteps and played quarterback for the University of Illinois before transferring to the University of Pittsburgh.


title: Jeff George

text: George has made occasional appearances on "NFL Total Access" with Rich Eisen and Terrell Davis. Following George's final seasons in the NFL, Jason Whitlock wrote several columns expressing his belief that George could still play and was deserving of an NFL try-out. George and Whitlock are longtime friends, having played high school football together.


title: Sarabhai vs Sarabhai

text: Sarabhai vs Sarabhai is an Indian sitcom that ran on STAR One from 1 November 2004 to 16 April 2006 and on Hotstar from 15 May 2017 to 17 July 2017 for two seasons. The show was created by Jamnadas Majethia and Aatish Kapadia and directed by Deven Bhojani. With an ensemble cast starring Satish Shah, Ratna Pathak Shah, Sumeet Raghavan, Rupali Ganguly, and Rajesh Kumar, the show revolves around a quintessential upper-class family living in the upmarket neighbourhood of Cuffe Parade in South Mumbai. The series was produced by Hats Off Productions. Regarded as being ahead of its generation in terms of its concept, writing, and average viewership ratings at the time of its initial release, the show has gone on to become a cult classic.


title: Sarabhai vs Sarabhai

text: The show revolves around the life of an upper-class Gujarati family, the Sarabhai's, who live in a luxury apartment building, and later in penthouses, in the upmarket Cuffe Parade neighbourhood in South Mumbai.


title: Sarabhai vs Sarabhai

text: Sahil, the eldest, lives in the apartment opposite them with his middle-class wife Monisha. Sahil is a cosmetologist and is very composed as compared to the other characters. Monisha's middle-class habits irk Maya, a snooty and snobbish socialite. She constantly insults her with "light-hearted jokes" and attempts to correct her ways but in vain.


title: Sarabhai vs Sarabhai

text: Maya and Indravadhan's second child, Sonya, is a psychic, married to a technician Dushyant, who irritates the family by explaining everything about machines. His catchphrase is "I'll explain."


title: Sarabhai vs Sarabhai

text: The youngest child, Rosesh, is a poet and actor, whose poems are a constant source of comedy for the show. Indravadan loves to torture Rosesh and taunts his poetry, and him, for being his momma's puppet. He is unmarried and lives with his parents.


title: Sarabhai vs Sarabhai

text: The other characters in the family include Indravadhan's sister Ila, and her deaf husband Madhusudan, whose catchphrase is "Hain?"


title: Sarabhai vs Sarabhai

text: Much of the humour in the show is derived from the shallow interactions among the city's elite and their perceived notions of the shortcomings and failings of middle-class society. It has a cult-like status among all the Indian sitcoms.


title: Sarabhai vs Sarabhai

text: Sarabhai vs Sarabhai employs an ensemble cast. The show primarily focuses on the members of the Sarabhai family.


title: Sarabhai vs Sarabhai

text: Being the season that gained this show its immense popularity among South Asian viewers, Season 1 aired in 2004. It revolves around the lives of the 5 main characters portraying conflicts in different contexts, revolving around the themes of family life and the upper-class of Mumbai. The season features a variety of supporting characters that intertwine with the lives of the main 5, for drama and comedic purposes. An overlaying plot (especially towards the end) is Rosesh's quest for a girl. Throughout the season we meet different potential suitors, with extreme traits that clash with different members of the house. Other common plots are: Monisha v/s Maya conflicts in terms of her 'Middle Class' behavior, and Saahil often finding himself stuck in the middle of this conflict. Indhravadhan, Maya's husband is often found sparking these conflicts for his own enjoyment. Throughout the season, the characters experience different social and emotional 'adventures' delving into their relationships, conflicts, interactions, and history. In the final episode, the principal characters are seen stating that there would be another season of the series.


title: Sarabhai vs Sarabhai

text: After eleven years, the life of the Sarabhai family has not changed much. Now Monisha and Sahil have a seven-year-old son Aurnob a.k.a. Guddu and finally, Rosesh has found his love interest Jasmine Mavani also gaining the main role in a TV serial which he eventually loses. The family has moved to new penthouses. The season ended with Monisha asking for a divorce from Sahil, indicating a new season to come.


title: Sarabhai vs Sarabhai

text: The show was produced by Jamnadas Majethia and Aatish Kapadia under the banner of Hatsoff Productions. The show was directed by Deven Bhojani along with Aatish Kapadia and the story and screenplay was also written by Aatish Kapadia. Sahil and Monisha are married and are living across Sahil's parents, Indravadan and Maya Sarabhai, with Rosesh, their son, and Sahil's younger brother. Maya constantly taunts Monisha because of her behavior and language tone and constantly refers to her as "middle class." Sahil in the entire series is kind of stuck between whether to take his wife's side or his mother's. Meanwhile, Indravadan supports his daughter-in-law all the time. Rosesh, on the other side, is an actor who writes poetry that Sahil and Indravadan dislike. Rosesh is a momma's boy and Maya's favorite son. Maya is a classy and sophisticated woman. The series goes through various events involving their lives.


title: Sarabhai vs Sarabhai

text: During the finale of season 1 the cast of the series confirmed returning with a new season. However in 2012, Deven Bhojani denied that the series would return. The cast reunited in June 2016 over the belated 65th birthday party of Satish Shah, when the future of the show was discussed. The producer Jamnadas Majethia promised some good news for the fans. Later, the actors of the show confirmed the return of the new season as a web series entitled "Sarabhai vs Sarabhai: Take 2". The series was picked up by Hotstar with the same cast, and the story is set after 11 years of the last season's conclusion.


title: Sarabhai vs Sarabhai

text: Deven Bhojani made a debut as a director in the first season. He also played the recurring character of Dushyant in the series.


title: Sarabhai vs Sarabhai

text: The first season was shot on sets located at Kanjur Marg in suburban Mumbai. The cast were provided with their own rooms backstage with nameplates with each character's name for rehearsals and preparations.


title: Sarabhai vs Sarabhai

text: Many of the characters in the Marathi series produced by Hats Off production as "Madhuri Middle Class" in 2014 on Star Pravah were inspired from Sarabhai, despite being a different story and character backgrounds. The show was unofficially adapted in Pakistan as "Chana Jor Garam."


title: Sarabhai vs Sarabhai

text: Season 1 was broadcast from 2004 to 2006 on STAR One. Reruns of the series also aired on sister channel Star Utsav. Season 2 was released on digital platform Hotstar from 15 May 2017 to 17 July 2017.


title: Sarabhai vs Sarabhai

text: The show was telecast from 6 April 2020 on Star Bharat, as the production of the ongoing series had to be stopped by the channel due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


title: Sarabhai vs Sarabhai

text: Season 1 was a weekly television show and was closed after two years due to low TRPs. The newly introduced stand-up comedy shows on the same network garnered TRPs as high as 9 while the "Sarabhai" received TRPs of as low as 0.63 during its inception. The highest rating it garnered during its original run time was 2 TVR. Only after the series started re-running episodes as a daily show multiple times, it became popular with a good viewership and response.


title: Sarabhai vs Sarabhai

text: "Hindustan Times" appreciated the series, "Besides the concept that intrigued audiences of all age groups, the childlike accent of Rosesh Sarabhai (played by Rajesh Kumar) struck the right chord and became the ultimate trendsetter. Sarabhai vs Sarabhai turned the tables and gave each and every character equal screen space and importance.


title: Sarabhai vs Sarabhai

text: Season 2 was one among the most anticipated sitcom sequels. It opened with positive response as well as negative being compared with season 1. Later the show was heavily criticized for poor writing and sets, but the performances were praised.


title: Sarabhai vs Sarabhai

text: While Arushi Jain from "The Indian Express" appreciated the initial episode of the series stating, "After watching the entire episode of the Sarabhai Vs Sarabhai Take 2 and the same madness that prevailed in the Sarabhai family seven years ago, we felt as if the characters have not changed a bit. Though some jokes were repeated still we are not complaining. The nostalgia of watching the funny banter between Indravardhan and Rosesh, and Maya Sarabhai on an anti-Monisha mission left us rolling on the floor laughing. It seems, some things just get better with age and Sarabhai Vs Sarabhai definitely belongs to that category" while Sampada Sharma from the same criticised the series on comparison with season 1 as, "The show was updated, the sets were glamorous, but sadly, it did not even come close to creating the charm that the original show had. While the original was known for its quick wit, sharp dialogues and sassy performances, the new one did nothing but remind us of the good old days."


title: Sarabhai vs Sarabhai

text: The show was unofficially adapted in Pakistan as "Chana Jor Garam" for which in December 2020 the makers and cast of "Sarabhai" condemned for violating the copyrights of the series and also criticised the series for spoiling the essence of "Sarabhai".


title: Ian James Corlett

text: Ian James Corlett (born August 29, 1962) is a Canadian voice actor, animator, and author. He is the creator of Studio B Productions' animated series "Being Ian" and "Yvon of the Yukon". One of his best-known animation roles was the first English voice of adult Goku in the Ocean dub of "Dragon Ball Z" in 1996–1997.


title: Ian James Corlett

text: Corlett began his career in 1984. In addition to programming some drum tracks and helping with some computer sequences on Queensrÿche's album "", and also selling the band some music gear in the 1980s, Corlett also lent his voice to several animated series produced/dubbed in Canada. His most notable voice roles included the title character of the "Mega Man" TV show, Cheetor in "", Glitch-Bob in "ReBoot", and Andy Larkin in "What's with Andy?". Another notable, yet brief starring role of Corlett's was Goku in Funimation/Saban's original dub of "Dragon Ball Z". Corlett has also lent his voice to less known DIC Entertainment shows such as "Super Duper Sumos". He also voiced Mr. Cramp in "The Cramp Twins". In "Salty's Lighthouse", he played Ten Cents, Otis, Zeebee, Zip, Lord Stinker, Frank, Eddie, and the Lighthouse Clock. He voiced Ransome the Clown in the video game Thimbleweed Park.


title: Ian James Corlett

text: Through a coincidence, Corlett who voiced Dr. Wily in DIC's video-game oriented cartoon "" would later voice his nemesis Mega Man in the Ruby-Spears cartoon adaptation of the games.


title: Ian James Corlett

text: He along with fellow Canadian voice actor Terry Klassen owned a production company who helped rewrite international shows.


title: Ian James Corlett

text: Corlett currently serves as the English voice of Miroku for the Japanese anime series "", replacing Kirby Morrow who was the original English voice actor for Miroku in the "Inuyasha" series until his death on November 18, 2020. In what would be his final voice role before his passing in November 2020, Morrow voiced Miroku in the first episode of Yashahime, which was released in English on June 27, 2021, seven months after Morrow's death.


title: Ian James Corlett

text: Corlett lives in Vancouver with his wife and two children, Philip (born 1997) and Claire Corlett (born 1999). They have done voice work for two different animated series, "Dinosaur Train" and "", respectively. He also has a home in Palm Springs, California. In addition to his work in Vancouver, he does voice work in Los Angeles, California in the United States.


title: David Caves

text: David Caves (born 7 August 1979) is a Northern Irish actor who is known for his role as Jack Hodgson in the BBC drama series "Silent Witness". Caves studied French and German at the University of St. Andrews from 1997 to 2002. Caves also studied at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) and graduated in 2005 and has since then appeared in a variety of stage productions, including The Beggar’s Opera at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre and The Changeling at the Southwark Playhouse.


title: David Caves

text: Originally from Belfast, he recently became an ambassador for Northern Ireland Hospice. In 2013, he won the Spirit of Tomorrow award at the Belfast Top 40 Under 40 Awards.


title: David Caves

text: Caves was educated at Campbell College, Belfast. His parents and his uncle were all teachers. Caves studied modern languages, including French and German, at the University of St Andrews.


title: David Caves

text: He originally planned to become a teacher before training at LAMDA. He worked as a teacher in France as part of his university course but when he returned to the UK he found he had "lost the drive for the academic side of things" and found himself getting heavily involved in plays and musicals at the university. He is quoted as saying,


title: David Caves

text: Caves ended up being offered places at both LAMDA and Bristol Old Vic, opting for the former because of the lure of London. His training focused on theatre and, prior to his addition to the "Silent Witness" cast, was known as a stage actor, having impressed as Petruchio in the Royal Shakespeare Company's 2012 touring production of "The Taming of the Shrew". He has also starred in "".


title: David Caves

text: Other notable roles in theatre include Deflores in "The Changeling", Southwark Playhouse; Macheath in "The Beggar’s Opera" at Regent's Park Open Theatre and Bosola in "The Duchess of Malfi", Northampton.


title: David Caves

text: In 2014, Caves also featured in the television documentary "The Crime Thriller Club". Presented by Bradley Walsh, this documentary was a mix of interviews, film clips and a game show about the detective genre in both film and literature.


title: David Caves

text: Caves was an ambassador for Northern Ireland Hospice. In 2013, he won the Spirit of Tomorrow award at the Belfast Top 40 Under 40 Awards. He married Verity Caves (née Cunningham) in 2019.


title: Flu (film)

text: Flu (; alternatively titled The Flu) is a 2013 South Korean disaster film written and directed by Kim Sung-su, about an outbreak of a deadly strain of H5N1 that kills its victims within 36 hours, throwing the district of Bundang in Seongnam, which has a population of nearly half a million people, into chaos. It stars Jang Hyuk, Soo Ae and Ma Dong Seok.


title: Flu (film)

text: Brothers Ju Byung-woo and Ju Byung-ki are smugglers in Seoul who find that illegal immigrants have died in a shipping container from an unknown illness. They take sole survivor Monssai and cellphone video of the bodies to show their boss in Bundang, but Byung-woo becomes sick and Monssai escapes. The brothers go to a clinic where the contagion is passed on to others who spread it throughout the city.


title: Flu (film)

text: At the Contagion Center in Bundang, Dr. Kim In-hae is reprimanded for losing important data when her car fell down a mine shaft the previous day. Her bag is retrieved from the shaft by ERT members Oh Ji-goo and Bae Kyung-ub. Ji-goo answers her phone and delivers the bag to In-hae's daughter Mi-reu.


title: Flu (film)

text: Byung-woo's condition worsens and he begins vomiting blood. His brother takes him to an emergency room, where he is isolated with an unknown flu. Called in to help, In-hae finds the cellphone video and theorizes that conditions in the shipping container allowed the virus to mutate. Byung-ki refuses to answer questions about the container. Byung-woo dies, and Byung-ki exposes several of the hospital staff while struggling to get to his brother.


title: Flu (film)

text: The next day, many more people show pronounced symptoms. With help from the KCDC, the hospital staff locate and incinerate the shipping container. However, rats that had been feeding on the corpses escape into the city. The staff determine that the aggressive virus is a mutated H5N1 strain that can kill within 36 hours, and call to quarantine the city.


title: Flu (film)

text: Monssai saves Mi-reu from being struck by a car. He then avoids her, aware that he is spreading the illness. Mi-reu calls Ji-goo to help search for the sick man, but they have no success. Rumours of the outbreak spread and people begin to panic. Ji-goo saves a woman who falls from an escalator, and loses sight of Mi-reu.


title: Flu (film)

text: While disparaging the need for a quarantine, administrators and politicians are confronted with a catastrophic situation as people collapse in the street, including drivers who cause a series of violent crashes. Hospitals and communications systems become overwhelmed, and the quarantine is initiated. Politicians and research staff evacuate to Seoul and brief the Prime Minister, who makes a public announcement that worsens the panic in Bundang.


title: Flu (film)

text: In-hae remains in Bundang and joins Ji-goo to search for Mi-reu. They find her in a supermarket which is being looted, with people showing symptoms while riot police try to contain them. The three manage to get out before steel shutters come down. In-hae gets them passage to Seoul, but Ji-goo refuses to abandon his duties and works with Kyung-ub to free those trapped in the store. In-hae and Mi-reu reach the last helicopter for Seoul, but Mi-reu shows symptoms and they are denied passage.


title: Flu (film)

text: At night, the Bundang quarantine is reinforced by the Republic of Korea Army, reserve forces, United States Forces Korea, United States Air Force and the KCDC. The population is moved to a camp outside the Tancheon Sports Complex. Those displaying symptoms are further isolated in an infected quarantine zone (IQZ) beneath the stadium to receive medical treatment, though In-hae knows they have no cure. She slips Mi-reu through the examinations to hide her illness and keeps Mi-reu's mask on so that she won't infect others. On the second day, Monssai is found in the isolation zone. In-hae's proposal to directly inject his antibodies into a patient is overruled, but she secretly begins a transfusion to Mi-reu, whose condition has worsened. Later, Mi-reu's condition is exposed and she is sent to the IQZ.


title: Flu (film)

text: There is unease in the camp due to a communications blackout, difficult living conditions, confrontations with gasmask-wearing guards, sporadic gunfire meant to keep birds from spreading the disease, and rumours that infected people are being killed. Pressure from Leo Snyder of the WHO and politicians force the president to break a promise to release the uninfected after 48 hours, and fights break out. When an infected soldier is fatally shot by an officer, a mob becomes enraged and storms the IQZ. They see Ji-goo rescuing Mi-reu from a pile of bodies that are being burned, and believe the infected are being burned alive.


title: Flu (film)

text: In-hae and the medical staff flee the mob, but Byung-ki kills Monssai in a suicidal attack to avenge his brother's death. Mi-reu begins to recover, and Ji-goo takes her towards the highway to meet In-hae. However, Gook-hwan, an infected man who has been inciting unrest, leads the armed mob toward the highway. Learning that Mi-reu has antibodies, Gook-hwan shoots at Ji-goo, resulting in a deadly gun battle between the mob and the soldiers.


title: Flu (film)

text: Ji-goo hides Mi-reu, who makes a full recovery. Gook-hwan tries to give himself a transfusion of her blood, but is discovered and killed in a struggle with Kyung-ub. Mi-reu flees and is pushed to the front of the mob, which is confronting soldiers on the highway. In-hae is shot while trying to prevent Mi-reu from crossing the containment line. Mi-reu shields her mother and pleads for them to stop, then the mob shields Mi-reu. The president orders the soldiers to stand down, and forces Snyder to cancel an air strike. Mi-reu is sent to Seoul to create a vaccine while medical teams are dispatched to Bundang.


title: Lego Masters (Australian TV series)

text: Lego Masters is an Australian reality television show based on the British series of the same name in which teams compete to build the best Lego project. It is hosted by Hamish Blake and judged by Lego designer Ryan "The Brickman" McNaught. The series premiered on 28 April 2019 on Nine Network.


title: Lego Masters (Australian TV series)

text: The programme produced by Endemol Shine won a Realscreen award for Best Competition in 2020, beating out such game shows as Celebrity Family Feud, Hollywood Game Night and Deal or No Deal, and joining the Eureka Productions produced series Holey Moley as an Australian winning production in the US.


title: Lego Masters (Australian TV series)

text: Auditions for the series opened in June 2018, although no network had commissioned it at that time. Filming would take place between October and December. The series was commissioned in July 2018 by the Nine Network, and was officially confirmed at Nine's Upfronts in October 2018, which also announced that the series would be hosted by Hamish Blake.


title: Lego Masters (Australian TV series)

text: Due to the success of the series, in May 2019 the series was renewed for a second season, which was filmed in 2019 and aired in 2020. On 16 October 2019, the second season was officially confirmed at Nine's upfronts. The second season began airing on 19 April 2020. It finished airing on 18 May 2020.


title: Lego Masters (Australian TV series)

text: Auditions for the third season opened in May 2020, asking for applicants 15 years old and above. In early September 2020, it was confirmed the third season would begin filming on Monday, October 5 at Melbourne Showgrounds. On 16 September 2020, the third season was officially confirmed at Nine's 2021 upfronts. The third season began airing on 19 April 2021.


title: Lego Masters (Australian TV series)

text: In April 2021, Nine Network renewed the series for a fourth and fifth season, with Hamish Blake set to return as host for both. In August 2021, it was announced series production would be moved from Melbourne to Sydney due to Covid border restrictions. The fourth season began airing on 18 April 2022. The series was filmed at Fox Studios Sydney.


title: Lego Masters (Australian TV series)

text: The first season aired on 28 April 2019 and ended on 14 May 2019. The season was won by Henry and Cade, who received $100,000 in prize money.


title: Lego Masters (Australian TV series)

text: The second season began airing on 19 April 2020 and ended on 18 May 2020. The season was won by Jackson and Alex, who received $100,000 in prize money.


title: Lego Masters (Australian TV series)

text: The third season began airing on 19 April 2021 and ended on 17 May 2021. The season was won by David and Gus, who received $100,000 in prize money.


title: Lego Masters (Australian TV series)

text: The fourth season began airing on 18 April 2022. The season was won by Joss and Henry, who received $100,000 (plus $50 donated by Hamish) in prize money.


title: Lego Masters (Australian TV series)

text: During Nine’s 2022 upfronts, it was announced that a two-part Christmas special would air in the fourth quarter of 2021. The series would have celebrities team up with contestants from the past seasons to create new Christmas themed builds, and the celebrities would include Scott Cam, Sophie Monk, Brooke Boney and Michael “Wippa” Wipfli. The special aired on 21 and 28 November 2021.


title: Lego Masters (Australian TV series)

text: During Nine’s 2023 upfronts, it was announced that a second two-part Christmas special would air in the fourth quarter of 2022, and that the celebrities would include Poh Ling Yeow, Emma Watkins, Darren Palmer and Lincoln Lewis. The second special aired on 20 and 27 November 2022.


title: United States Penitentiary, Atlanta

text: The United States Penitentiary, Atlanta (USP Atlanta) is a medium-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Atlanta, Georgia. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. The facility also has a detention center for pretrial and holdover inmates, and a satellite prison camp for minimum-security male inmates.


title: United States Penitentiary, Atlanta

text: In 1899, President William McKinley authorized the construction of a new federal prison in Atlanta, Georgia.


title: United States Penitentiary, Atlanta

text: Georgia Congressman Leonidas F. Livingston advocated placing the prison in Atlanta. William S. Eames, an architect from St. Louis, Missouri; and U.S. Attorney General John W. Griggs, on April 18, 1899, traveled to Atlanta to select the prison site.


title: United States Penitentiary, Atlanta

text: Construction was completed in January 1902 and the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary opened with the transfer of six convicts from the Sing Sing Correctional Facility in upstate New York. They were the beneficiaries of the Three Prisons Act of 1891, which established penitentiaries in Leavenworth, Kansas; Atlanta, Georgia; and McNeil Island, Washington. The first two remain open today, the third closed in 1976. The Atlanta site was the largest Federal prison, with a capacity of 3,000 inmates. Inmate case files presented mini-biographies of men confined in the penitentiary. Prison officials recorded every detail of their lives - their medical treatments, their visitors, their letters to and from the outside world


title: United States Penitentiary, Atlanta

text: The main prison building was designed by the St. Louis, Missouri architect firm of Eames and Young, which also designed the main building at the United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth. It encompassed and had a capacity of 1200 inmates. The facility was subsequently renamed the United States Penitentiary, Atlanta when US government created the Federal Bureau of Prisons in 1930.


title: United States Penitentiary, Atlanta

text: In the 1980s, USP Atlanta was used as a detention center for Cuban refugees from the Mariel Boatlift who were ineligible for release into American society.


title: United States Penitentiary, Atlanta

text: USP Atlanta was formerly one of several facilities, including the Federal Transfer Center, Oklahoma City, that were used to house prisoners who are being transferred between prisons.


title: United States Penitentiary, Atlanta

text: In November 1987, Cuban detainees, tired of indefinite confinement and in constant fear of being deported back to Cuba, rioted for 11 days, staged a bloody riot, seizing dozens of hostages and setting fire to the prison. At least one prisoner was killed. Local hospitals reported admitting a total of eight Cubans suffering gunshot wounds, along with two prison guards who were slightly injured.


title: United States Penitentiary, Atlanta

text: <nowiki>*</nowiki>Inmates released from custody prior to 1982 are not listed on the Bureau of Prisons website.


title: Txiki Begiristain

text: Aitor "Txiki" Begiristain Mujika (born 12 August 1964) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played mainly as a left winger but also as a forward, currently director of football of English club Manchester City.


title: Txiki Begiristain

text: He was best known for his spells at Real Sociedad and Barcelona, winning eight major titles with the latter, including four La Liga championships and the 1992 European Cup.


title: Txiki Begiristain

text: Begiristain represented the Spain national team in one World Cup and one European Championship. He worked as a director of football after retiring, including with Barcelona and also at Manchester City.


title: Txiki Begiristain

text: Born in Olaberria, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Begiristain began his professional career with Real Sociedad in 1982 at the age of 18, being immediately cast into the first-team's setup. After 16 La Liga games in his first season, he became an essential member of the side that was coached by John Toshack, also including Luis Arconada, Roberto López Ufarte, José Mari Bakero and Luis López Rekarte; the highlights of his career at Real included scoring the second goal in the 1987 Copa del Rey final against Atlético Madrid, which was eventually won on penalties after the 2–2 draw.


title: Txiki Begiristain

text: In the 1987–88 campaign, Begiristain helped his team finish runners-up in both league and cup, losing in both competitions to FC Barcelona. Within a month of the latter he, along with Bakero and López Rekarte, signed for the Catalan club.


title: Txiki Begiristain

text: Begiristain scored in his league debut for Barcelona, a 2–0 home win over RCD Español, and finished his first year at the Camp Nou with 38 games and 12 goals, adding two in nine matches in the victorious campaign in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. Alongside fellow Basque players Bakero, Andoni Zubizarreta, Julio Salinas and Ion Andoni Goikoetxea, he was part of the side dubbed "Dream Team", winning numerous honours.


title: Txiki Begiristain

text: During seven seasons at the club, Begiristain played more than 300 official matches and scored 63 goals in the league, with a career-best 15 in 1992–93 as Barça won the third of four successive titles. Among his best moments were hat-tricks against Real Valladolid in 1991 and Real Zaragoza two years later.


title: Txiki Begiristain

text: In 1995, after gradually losing his importance with Barcelona (although he still registered 44 games and 13 goals in the last two seasons combined), Begiristain signed for Deportivo de La Coruña, where he linked up with two past acquaintances, Toshack and López Rekarte. He helped his new team win the Supercopa de España, scoring in the away leg for a 2–1 win against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu.


title: Txiki Begiristain

text: During the last season in Galicia, Begiristain only appeared ten times, but scored against CF Extremadura on the final round, granting "Depor" a third-place finish with the 1–0 win. By this time, he had played in more than 500 competitive matches in his country and surpassed the 100-goal mark.


title: Txiki Begiristain

text: Begiristain closed out his career in 1999 at 35, after three years with the Urawa Red Diamonds in the Japanese J1 League.


title: Txiki Begiristain

text: After retiring as a player, Begiristain worked as a commentator for "Televisió de Catalunya" before becoming director of football at former club Barcelona in 2003. On 28 June 2010, he declared that, with president Joan Laporta leaving, it was the right time for him to part ways with the organisation as well.


title: Txiki Begiristain

text: Begiristain joined Manchester City of the Premier League on 28 October 2012 in the same capacity. During his tenure the team won the national championship five times, and several of his compatriots were also brought in as well as manager Pep Guardiola.


title: Txiki Begiristain

text: Begiristain earned 22 caps and scored six goals for Spain, making his debut in a 1–2 defeat to Czechoslovakia on 24 February 1988 in a friendly match played in Málaga. He represented the nation at UEFA Euro 1988 and the 1994 FIFA World Cup, playing his last game in the latter competition, a 3–0 round-of-16 win over Switzerland where he netted the closer from a penalty.


title: Hammer filmography

text: The list does not include the 13 hour-long ITC Entertainment television episodes, Hammer House of Horror, broadcast in 1980.


title: Hammer filmography

text: These are the known, theatrically released, feature-length films produced or co-produced by Hammer Productions. Shorter works and television productions are listed separately. When two titles are shown for a single film, the first title is that as released in the U.K., the second in the U.S. During its most productive period of activity (1947−1979), Hammer released 158 films, 50 of which can be regarded as falling within the horror genre.


title: Kagamine Rin/Len

text: , officially code-named CV02, are a pair of Vocaloid software developed by Crypton Future Media, headquartered in Sapporo, Japan. Their official "moe" anthropomorphism consists of a pair of twin vocals, a boy and a girl, respectively named Len and Rin. They use Yamaha Corporation's Vocaloid 2 and Vocaloid 4 singing synthesizing technology. Their voices are sampled by Asami Shimoda. They have performed at live concerts together, as they are each other's mirror image.


title: Kagamine Rin/Len

text: Their official code name, "CV02", refers to their position as the second Vocaloids made by Crypton Future Media for their "Character Vocal Series" (abbreviated "CV Series"), succeeding Hatsune Miku (code-named "CV01") and preceding Megurine Luka (code-named "CV03"). Notice the number 02 on Rin's left shoulder in her official artwork.


title: Kagamine Rin/Len

text: Rin & Len were developed by Crypton Future Media using Yamaha's Vocaloid 2. Their voices were created by taking vocal samples from voice actress Asami Shimoda at a controlled pitch and tone. They were the second release within the ""Character Vocal Series,"" (abbreviated ""CV Series"") which included Crypton Future Media's other vocaloids, Hatsune Miku and Megurine Luka. Rin was the first to be illustrated and Len was made to match her, following Crypton's concept.


title: Kagamine Rin/Len

text: They received mixed results from producers because compared to Hatsune Miku, they were considered much harder vocals to use. Asami Shimoda noted that she often received comments from Vocaloid fans that Rin's voice echoes within their head and makes them feel dizzy, while Len's higher ranges were not favored by those not fond of the pair entirely.


title: Kagamine Rin/Len

text: Despite being released as a masculine character, during the development of VY2, the vocals of Ryuto or Len were not classified as "masculine vocals" and were not considered capable of holding a low masculine tones because of it. As a result, he and Ryuto were not referenced in the development of VY2.


title: Kagamine Rin/Len

text: Due to a number of complaints and issues with the original vocal, it was replaced with the "ACT2" package. This package acted independently from the original package. It addressed issues regarding their ability to vocalize clearly. People who purchased the old version were able to claim the updated disc until 20 September 2008.


title: Kagamine Rin/Len

text: In 2010 after "Hatsune Miku Append" was released for Hatsune Miku, "Kagamine Rin & Len Append" was released for Rin & Len. Rin's appends are "Power," "Warm," and "Sweet" while Len's appends are "Power," "Cold," and "Serious."


title: Kagamine Rin/Len

text: An update, "Kagamine Rin/Len V4X", was released for Vocaloid 4 on December 24, 2015. This package contains six Japanese vocals, three for Rin and three for Len. They are updates on the old


title: Kagamine Rin/Len

text: Append vocals from Vocaloid 2. Rin's vocals are "Power E.V.E.C.," "Warm" and "Sweet" while Len's are "Power E.V.E.C.", "Cold" and "Serious." Enhanced Voice Expression Control (E.V.E.C.) is a new system developed for Piapro Studios which allows delicate changes to how phonetic sounds sound. There are two options for the E.V.E.C. vocals: "Power" and "Soft." All Rin and Len vocals can use the new Cross-Synthesis (XSY) system developed for Vocaloid 4, though are limited to only being able to do so with other vocals of their assign character of "Rin" or "Len". Rin and Len each received an English vocal which was released on the same day as the Japanese vocal. These vocals are available separately as a download or as a bundle with the Japanese vocals.


title: Kagamine Rin/Len

text: 20,000 copies were sold on initial release. The Kagamine Append package was released and went straight to fifth place in December 2010, the day of their release.


title: Kagamine Rin/Len

text: During development, Crypton's initial concept was to make a pair of female and male vocals. The first idea of this concept was twin voices of a girl and her mirror image of opposite gender. Crypton Future Media had the intention to distribute them as twins, but this idea was not adopted and their relationship was left unconfirmed.


title: Kagamine Rin/Len

text: After seeing many works that depict their relationships differently, Crypton announced on a magazine interview that those would meet their ideal. Crypton's final announcement was that they are neither siblings nor lovers. They have been depicted as twins in popular songs just as they have been depicted as lovers in other popular songs. Examples of this include "Story of Evil" or "Servant of Evil" by Mothy where they are depicted as twins, as well as "Feathers Across the Seasons" by Hitoshizuku-P x Yama where they are depicted as a married couple. Both have been featured in official media; Story of Evil was featured at Mikupa 2011 in Sapporo while Feathers Across the Seasons was featured in Miku Symphony 2018–2019.


title: Kagamine Rin/Len

text: Merchandise companies such as Goodsmile will use "twin" in their description of the characters on some products or not use the descriptor in other products. Crypton's official website advertises the two as "powerful and charming twin vocals". The reference is in the vocals however, and not the characters themselves.


title: Kagamine Rin/Len

text: During Vocaloid 2 Append production, Wataru Sasaki described them as having one soul between the two of them, having only one append shared, POWER.


title: Kagamine Rin/Len

text: For their appends, Wataru wanted them to have a sense of transparency with their design. In clarification to what he meant by this, he stated the "transparency" was in reference to their hearts.


title: Kagamine Rin/Len

text: For the V4x design, Rin was given a more silver/whiter look to make her appearance more refreshing. The design also was based more on the EOS B700 rather than the Kx5 because of it more whiter appearance. More synthesizer base music symbols were used in addition.


title: Throne of God

text: The Throne of God is the reigning centre of God in the Abrahamic religions: primarily Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The throne is said by various holy books to reside beyond the Seventh Heaven which is called "Araboth" ( "‘ărāḇōṯ") in Judaism. Many in the Christian religion consider the ceremonial chair as symbolizing or representing an allegory of the holy Throne of God.


title: Throne of God

text: Micaiah (1 Kings 22:19), Isaiah (Isaiah 6), Ezekiel (Ezekiel 1) and Daniel (Daniel 7:9) all speak of God's throne although some philosophers, such as Saʿadiah Gaon and Maimonides, interpreted such mention of a "throne" as allegory.


title: Throne of God

text: The heavenly throne room or throne room of God is a more detailed presentation of the throne, into the representation of throne room or divine court.


title: Throne of God

text: Micaiah's extended prophecy (1 Kings 22:19) is the first detailed depiction of a heavenly throne room in Judaism.


title: Throne of God

text: Zechariah 3 depicts a vision of the heavenly throne room where Satan and the Angel of the Lord contend over Joshua the High Priest in the time of his grandson Eliashib the High Priest. Many Christians consider this a literal event, others such as Goulder (1998) view the vision as symbolic of crisis on earth, such as opposition from Sanballat the Horonite.


title: Throne of God

text: In Isaiah 6, Isaiah sees the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train (robe) filled the temple. Above the throne stood the Seraphims (angelic beings), and each one had 6 wings. With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew. And the Seraphim were calling out to one another, "Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord of Hosts" (Some translations title it, 'Lord of heavens armies', or 'Lord Almighty'). Their voices shook the temple to its foundations, and the entire building was filled with smoke.


title: Throne of God

text: The concept of a heavenly throne occurs in three Dead Sea Scroll texts. Later speculation on the throne of God became a theme of Merkabah mysticism.


title: Throne of God

text: In the New Testament, the "Throne of God" is talked about in several forms. Including Heaven as the Throne of God, The Throne of David, The Throne of Glory, The Throne of Grace and many more. The New Testament continues Jewish identification of heaven itself as the "throne of God", but also locates the throne of God as "in heaven" and having a secondary seat at the right hand of God for the Session of Christ.


title: Throne of God

text: The Book of Revelation describes the Seven Spirits of God which surround the throne, and John wishes his readers in the Seven Asian churches to be blessed with grace from God, from the seven who are before God's throne, and from Jesus Christ in Heaven. John states that in front of the throne there appears to be "a sea of glass, clear as crystal", and that the throne is surrounded by a lion, an ox, a man, and a flying eagle; each with six wings and covered with eyes, who constantly cry "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come" repeatedly. It is also said that "out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices".


title: Throne of God

text: Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi (d. 429/1037) in his "al-Farq bayn al-Firaq" (The Difference between the Sects) reports that 'Ali ibn Abi Talib, said: "God created the Throne as an indication of His power, not for taking it as a place for Himself." The vast majority of Islamic scholars, including Sunnis (Ash'aris, Maturidis and Sufis), Mu'tazilis, and Shi'is (Twelvers and Isma'ilis) believe the Throne ( "al-'Arsh") as a symbol of God's power and authority and not as a dwelling place for Himself, while some Islamic sects, such as the Karramis and the Salafis/Wahhabis believe that God has created it as a place of dwelling. According to the British academic, Islam Issa, in Islamic theology, it is the largest of creations.


title: Throne of God

text: The Quran depicts the angels as carrying the throne of God and praising his glory, similar to Old Testament images.


title: Throne of God

text: The "Ayat al-Kursi" (often glossed as "Verse of the footstool"), is a verse from Al-Baqara, the second "sura" of the Quran, and is regarded as the book's greatest verse. It references the Kursi (كرسي) which is different from the Throne [عرش], and also God's greatest name, "Al-Hayy Al-Qayyoom" ("The Living, the Eternal"). Scholars of hadith have stated that Muhammad said the reward for reciting this verse after every prayer is Paradise, and that reciting it is a protection from the devil.


title: Throne of God

text: Prophetic hadith also establish that The Throne is above the roof of "Al-Firdaus Al-'Ala", the highest level of Paradise where God's closest and most beloved servants in the hereafter shall dwell.


title: Biopolymer

text: Biopolymers are natural polymers produced by the cells of living organisms. Like other polymers, biopolymers consist of monomeric units that are covalently bonded in chains to form larger molecules. There are three main classes of biopolymers, classified according to the monomers used and the structure of the biopolymer formed: polynucleotides, polypeptides, and polysaccharides. The Polynucleotides, RNA and DNA, are long polymers of nucleotides. Polypeptides include proteins and shorter polymers of amino acids; some major examples include collagen, actin, and fibrin. Polysaccharides are linear or branched chains of sugar carbohydrates; examples include starch, cellulose and alginate. Other examples of biopolymers include natural rubbers (polymers of isoprene), suberin and lignin (complex polyphenolic polymers), cutin and cutan (complex polymers of long-chain fatty acids) and melanin.


title: Biopolymer

text: In addition to their many essential roles in living organisms, biopolymers have applications in many fields including the food industry, manufacturing, packaging, and biomedical engineering.


title: Biopolymer

text: A major defining difference between biopolymers and synthetic polymers can be found in their structures. All polymers are made of repetitive units called monomers. Biopolymers often have a well-defined structure, though this is not a defining characteristic (example: lignocellulose):


title: Biopolymer

text: The exact chemical composition and the sequence in which these units are arranged is called the primary structure, in the case of proteins. Many biopolymers spontaneously fold into characteristic compact shapes (see also "protein folding" as well as secondary structure and tertiary structure), which determine their biological functions and depend in a complicated way on their primary structures. Structural biology is the study of the structural properties of biopolymers.


title: Biopolymer

text: In contrast, most "synthetic polymers"' have much simpler and more random (or stochastic) structures. This fact leads to a molecular mass distribution that is missing in biopolymers.


title: Biopolymer

text: In fact, as their synthesis is controlled by a template-directed process in most "in vivo" systems, all biopolymers of a type (say one specific protein) are all alike: they all contain similar sequences and numbers of monomers and thus all have the same mass. This phenomenon is called monodispersity in contrast to the polydispersity encountered in synthetic polymers. As a result, biopolymers have a dispersity of 1.


title: Biopolymer

text: The convention for a polypeptide is to list its constituent amino acid residues as they occur from the amino terminus to the carboxylic acid terminus. The amino acid residues are always joined by peptide bonds. Protein, though used colloquially to refer to any polypeptide, refers to larger or fully functional forms and can consist of several polypeptide chains as well as single chains. Proteins can also be modified to include non-peptide components, such as saccharide chains and lipids.


title: Biopolymer

text: The convention for a nucleic acid sequence is to list the nucleotides as they occur from the 5' end to the 3' end of the polymer chain, where 5' and 3' refer to the numbering of carbons around the ribose ring which participate in forming the phosphate diester linkages of the chain. Such a sequence is called the primary structure of the biopolymer.


title: Biopolymer

text: Sugar polymers can be linear or branched and are typically joined with glycosidic bonds. The exact placement of the linkage can vary, and the orientation of the linking functional groups is also important, resulting in α- and β-glycosidic bonds with numbering definitive of the linking carbons' location in the ring. In addition, many saccharide units can undergo various chemical modifications, such as amination, and can even form parts of other molecules, such as glycoproteins.


title: Biopolymer

text: There are a number of biophysical techniques for determining sequence information. Protein sequence can be determined by Edman degradation, in which the N-terminal residues are hydrolyzed from the chain one at a time, derivatized, and then identified. Mass spectrometer techniques can also be used. Nucleic acid sequence can be determined using gel electrophoresis and capillary electrophoresis. Lastly, mechanical properties of these biopolymers can often be measured using optical tweezers or atomic force microscopy. Dual-polarization interferometry can be used to measure the conformational changes or self-assembly of these materials when stimulated by pH, temperature, ionic strength or other binding partners.


title: Biopolymer

text: Collagen: Collagen is the primary structure of vertebrates and is the most abundant protein in mammals. Because of this, collagen is one of the most easily attainable biopolymers, and used for many research purposes. Because of its mechanical structure, collagen has high tensile strength and is a non toxic, easily absorbable, biodegradable and biocompatible material. Therefore, it has been used for many medical applications such as in treatment for tissue infection, drug delivery systems, and gene therapy.


title: Biopolymer

text: Silk fibroin: Silk Fibroin (SF) is another protein rich biopolymer that can be obtained from different silk worm species, such as the mulberry worm Bombyx mori. In contrast to collagen, SF has a lower tensile strength but has strong adhesive properties due to its insoluble and fibrous protein composition. In recent studies, silk fibroin has been found to possess anticoagulation properties and platelet adhesion. Silk fibroin has been additionally found to support stem cell proliferation in vitro.


title: Biopolymer

text: Gelatin: Gelatin is obtained from type I collagen consisting of cysteine, and produced by the partial hydrolysis of collagen from bones, tissues and skin of animals. There are two types of gelatin, Type A and Type B. Type A collagen is derived by acid hydrolysis of collagen and has 18.5% nitrogen. Type B is derived by alkaline hydrolysis containing 18% nitrogen and no amide groups. Elevated temperatures cause the gelatin to melts and exists as coils, whereas lower temperatures result in coil to helix transformation. Gelatin contains many functional groups like NH2, SH, and COOH which allow for gelatin to be modified using nanoparticles and biomolecules. Gelatin is an Extracellular Matrix protein which allows it to be applied for applications such as wound dressings, drug delivery and gene transfection.


title: Biopolymer

text: Starch: Starch is an inexpensive biodegradable biopolymer and copious in supply. Nanofibers and microfibers can be added to the polymer matrix to increase the mechanical properties of starch improving elasticity and strength. Without the fibers, starch has poor mechanical properties due to its sensitivity to moisture. Starch being biodegradable and renewable is used for many applications including plastics and pharmaceutical tablets.


title: Biopolymer

text: Cellulose: Cellulose is very structured with stacked chains that result in stability and strength. The strength and stability comes from the straighter shape of cellulose caused by glucose monomers joined together by glycogen bonds. The straight shape allows the molecules to pack closely. Cellulose is very common in application due to its abundant supply, its biocompatibility, and is environmentally friendly. Cellulose is used vastly in the form of nano-fibrils called nano-cellulose. Nano-cellulose presented at low concentrations produces a transparent gel material. This material can be used for biodegradable, homogeneous, dense films that are very useful in the biomedical field.


title: Biopolymer

text: Alginate: Alginate is the most copious marine natural polymer derived from brown seaweed. Alginate biopolymer applications range from packaging, textile and food industry to biomedical and chemical engineering. The first ever application of alginate was in the form of wound dressing, where its gel-like and absorbent properties were discovered. When applied to wounds, alginate produces a protective gel layer that is optimal for healing and tissue regeneration, and keeps a stable temperature environment. Additionally, there have been developments with alginate as a drug delivery medium, as drug release rate can easily be manipulated due to a variety of alginate densities and fibrous composition.


title: Biopolymer

text: The applications of biopolymers can be categorized under two main fields, which differ due to their biomedical and industrial use.


title: Biopolymer

text: Because one of the main purposes for biomedical engineering is to mimic body parts to sustain normal body functions, due to their biocompatible properties, biopolymers are used vastly for tissue engineering, medical devices and the pharmaceutical industry. Many biopolymers can be used for regenerative medicine, tissue engineering, drug delivery, and overall medical applications due to their mechanical properties. They provide characteristics like wound healing, and catalysis of bio-activity, and non-toxicity. Compared to synthetic polymers, which can present various disadvantages like immunogenic rejection and toxicity after degradation, many biopolymers are normally better with bodily integration as they also possess more complex structures, similar to the human body.


title: Biopolymer

text: More specifically, polypeptides like collagen and silk, are biocompatible materials that are being used in ground breaking research, as these are inexpensive and easily attainable materials. Gelatin polymer is often used on dressing wounds where it acts as an adhesive. Scaffolds and films with gelatin allow for the scaffolds to hold drugs and other nutrients that can be used to supply to a wound for healing.


title: Biopolymer

text: As collagen is one of the more popular biopolymer used in biomedical science, here are some examples of their use:


title: Biopolymer

text: Collagen based drug delivery systems: collagen films act like a barrier membrane and are used to treat tissue infections like infected corneal tissue or liver cancer. Collagen films have all been used for gene delivery carriers which can promote bone formation.


title: Biopolymer

text: Collagen sponges: Collagen sponges are used as a dressing to treat burn victims and other serious wounds. Collagen based implants are used for cultured skin cells or drug carriers that are used for burn wounds and replacing skin.


title: Biopolymer

text: Collagen as haemostat: When collagen interacts with platelets it causes a rapid coagulation of blood. This rapid coagulation produces a temporary framework so the fibrous stroma can be regenerated by host cells. Collagen based haemostat reduces blood loss in tissues and helps manage bleeding in cellular organs like the liver and spleen.


title: Biopolymer

text: Chitosan is another popular biopolymer in biomedical research. Chitosan is derived from chitin, the main component in the exoskeleton of crustaceans and insects and the second most abundant biopolymer in the world. Chitosan has many excellent characteristics for biomedical science. Chitosan is biocompatible, it is highly bioactive, meaning it stimulates a beneficial response from the body, it can biodegrade which can eliminate a second surgery in implant applications, can form gels and films, and is selectively permeable. These properties allow for various biomedical applications of chitosan.


title: Biopolymer

text: Chitosan as drug delivery: Chitosan is used mainly with drug targeting because it has potential to improve drug absorption and stability. In addition, chitosan conjugated with anticancer agents can also produce better anticancer effects by causing gradual release of free drug into cancerous tissue.


title: Biopolymer

text: Chitosan as an anti-microbial agent: Chitosan is used to stop the growth of microorganisms. It performs antimicrobial functions in microorganisms like algae, fungi, bacteria, and gram-positive bacteria of different yeast species.


title: Biopolymer

text: Chitosan composite for tissue engineering: Blended powder of chitosan along with alginate are used together to form functional wound dressings. These dressings create a moist environment which aids in the healing process. This wound dressing is also very biocompatible, biodegradable and has porous structures that allows cells to grow into the dressing.


title: Biopolymer

text: Food: Biopolymers are being used in the food industry for things like packaging, edible encapsulation films and coating foods. Polylactic acid (PLA) is very common in the food industry due to is clear color and resistance to water. However, most polymers have a hydrophilic nature and start deteriorating when exposed to moisture. Biopolymers are also being used as edible films that encapsulate foods. These films can carry things like antioxidants, enzymes, probiotics, minerals, and vitamins. The food consumed encapsulated with the biopolymer film can supply these things to the body.


title: Biopolymer

text: Packaging: The most common biopolymers used in packaging are polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA), polylactic acid (PLA), and starch. Starch and PLA are commercially available and biodegradable, making them a common choice for packaging. However, their barrier properties and thermal properties are not ideal. Hydrophilic polymers are not water resistant and allow water to get through the packaging which can affect the contents of the package. Polyglycolic acid (PGA) is a biopolymer that has great barrier characteristics and is now being used to correct the barrier obstacles from PLA and starch.


title: Biopolymer

text: Water purification: Chitosan has been used for water purification. It is used as a flocculant that only takes a few weeks or months rather than years to degrade into the environment. Chitosan purifies water by chelation. This is the process in which binding sites along the polymer chain bind with the metal in the water forming chelates. Chitosan has been shown to be an excellent candidate for use in storm and waste water treatment.


title: Biopolymer

text: Some biopolymers- such as PLA, naturally occurring zein, and poly-3-hydroxybutyrate can be used as plastics, replacing the need for polystyrene or polyethylene based plastics.


title: Biopolymer

text: Some plastics are now referred to as being 'degradable', 'oxy-degradable' or 'UV-degradable'. This means that they break down when exposed to light or air, but these plastics are still primarily (as much as 98 per cent) oil-based and are not currently certified as 'biodegradable' under the European Union directive on Packaging and Packaging Waste (94/62/EC). Biopolymers will break down, and some are suitable for domestic composting.


title: Biopolymer

text: Biopolymers (also called renewable polymers) are produced from biomass for use in the packaging industry. Biomass comes from crops such as sugar beet, potatoes or wheat: when used to produce biopolymers, these are classified as non food crops. These can be converted in the following pathways:


title: Biopolymer

text: Many types of packaging can be made from biopolymers: food trays, blown starch pellets for shipping fragile goods, thin films for wrapping.


title: Biopolymer

text: Biopolymers can be sustainable, carbon neutral and are always renewable, because they are made from plant or animal materials which can be grown indefinitely. Since these materials come from agricultural crops, their use could create a sustainable industry. In contrast, the feedstocks for polymers derived from petrochemicals will eventually deplete. In addition, biopolymers have the potential to cut carbon emissions and reduce CO quantities in the atmosphere: this is because the CO released when they degrade can be reabsorbed by crops grown to replace them: this makes them close to carbon neutral.


title: Biopolymer

text: Some biopolymers are biodegradable: they are broken down into CO and water by microorganisms. Some of these biodegradable biopolymers are compostable: they can be put into an industrial composting process and will break down by 90% within six months. Biopolymers that do this can be marked with a 'compostable' symbol, under European Standard EN 13432 (2000). Packaging marked with this symbol can be put into industrial composting processes and will break down within six months or less. An example of a compostable polymer is PLA film under 20μm thick: films which are thicker than that do not qualify as compostable, even though they are "biodegradable". In Europe there is a home composting standard and associated logo that enables consumers to identify and dispose of packaging in their compost heap.


title: Metro Vancouver Regional District

text: The Metro Vancouver Regional District (MVRD), or simply Metro Vancouver, is a Canadian political subdivision and corporate entity representing the metropolitan area of Greater Vancouver, designated by provincial legislation as one of the 28 regional districts in British Columbia. The organization was known as the Regional District of Fraser–Burrard for nearly one year upon incorporating in 1967, and as the Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) from 1968 to 2017.


title: Metro Vancouver Regional District

text: Metro Vancouver borders Whatcom County, Washington, to the south, the Fraser Valley Regional District to the east, the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District to the north, and the Nanaimo Regional District and Cowichan Valley Regional District across the Strait of Georgia to the west.


title: Metro Vancouver Regional District

text: The MVRD is under the direction of 23 local authorities and delivers regional services, sets policy and acts as a political forum. The regional district's most populous city is Vancouver, and Metro Vancouver's administrative offices are located in the city of Burnaby. The MVRD's boundaries match those of the Vancouver census metropolitan area (CMA) as identified by Statistics Canada.


title: Metro Vancouver Regional District

text: The Greater Vancouver Water District and the Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District were established in 1924 and 1956 respectively. The Government of British Columbia incorporated a regional district for this western portion of the Lower Mainland named the Regional District of Fraser-Burrard on 29 June 1967. Just under a year later, the regional district was renamed as the Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) on 13 June 1968.


title: Metro Vancouver Regional District

text: In 2007, the GVRD applied to change its official legal name a second time to simply "Metro Vancouver", which was deemed more recognizable at the time. British Columbia's Minister of Community Services denied the application due to the absence of the term "regional district" within the proposed new name, though it was suggested that the GVRD could brand itself under the unofficial name of Metro Vancouver. After nine years, with growing public recognition of Metro Vancouver, the overall success of the brand, and confusion between the brand and the official legal name of the regional district, the GVRD moved in 2016 to change its name to the Metro Vancouver Regional District. The regional district was therefore formally renamed a second time by the Government of British Columbia on 30 January 2017 to the Metro Vancouver Regional District.


title: Metro Vancouver Regional District

text: The Metro Vancouver Regional District (MVRD) is located east of the Strait of Georgia and north of the State of Washington and is bisected by the Fraser River. The boundaries of the MVRD match those of the Vancouver CMA.


title: Metro Vancouver Regional District

text: This regional district comprises 23 local authorities as members: 21 municipalities, one electoral area and one treaty First Nation.


title: Metro Vancouver Regional District

text: Electoral Area A comprises all unincorporated land within the regional district boundaries, which totals about 818 square kilometres. Most of the area is in the northernmost part of the district, including residential areas and isolated dwellings on Howe Sound between Lions Bay and Horseshoe Bay, on Indian Arm to the north of Deep Cove and Belcarra/Anmore and on the west side of Pitt Lake to the north of Port Coquitlam. Other areas included are Barnston Island on the Fraser River, Passage Island between Bowen Island and West Vancouver, and finally the urban communities of the University of British Columbia and the University Endowment Lands, in which 98% of the population of Electoral Area A lives.


title: Metro Vancouver Regional District

text: There are also seventeen Indian reserves within the geographical area that are not subject to governance by local authorities or the regional district; they have a combined population of 7,550 (2006).


title: Metro Vancouver Regional District

text: The cities of Abbotsford and Chilliwack and the district of Mission, located to the east, although often linked to Vancouver in promotions and tourism, are part of a separate regional district, the Fraser Valley Regional District.


title: Metro Vancouver Regional District

text: As a census division in the 2021 Canadian census conducted by Statistics Canada, the Metro Vancouver Regional District had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. The Metro Vancouver Regional District is the densest and most populous regional district in British Columbia, and the second-densest and second-most populous census division in Canada behind Toronto.


title: Metro Vancouver Regional District

text: Metro Vancouver technically comprises four separate corporate entities: the Metro Vancouver Regional District (MVRD), the Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District (GVS&DD), the Greater Vancouver Water District (GVWD) and the Metro Vancouver Housing Corporation (MVHC). Each of these is governed by a board of directors. The board of the MVRD has 40 directors coming from the 23 local authorities who are MVRD members. The number of directors coming from each local authority is determined by population, and the number of votes allocated to each director further helps proportionally represent the population distribution of the region. Each board director is also an elected official of one of the local authorities, with the exception of the elected representative for Electoral Area A (which has no council).


title: Metro Vancouver Regional District

text: As of 2017, the organization had about 1,500 employees. The current organizational structure shows ten departments reporting to the Chief Administrative Officer: Human Resources & Corporate Services; External Relations; Financial Services; Legal Services & Aboriginal Relations; Board & Information Services; Liquid Waste Services; Parks & Housing Services; Planning & Environment; Solid Waste Services; and Water Services.


title: Metro Vancouver Regional District

text: The principal function of Metro Vancouver is to administer resources and services which are common across the metropolitan area. The Metro Vancouver Board has defined its strategic priorities for 2015 through 2018 in its Board Strategic Plan.


title: Metro Vancouver Regional District

text: The organization categorizes its work into action areas as described in the following subsections. However, 84% of the organization's budget is spent in three of those areas – the three utilities (water, liquid waste, solid waste). Metro Vancouver's commitments and its members' commitments to each action area are outlined in eight board-approved management plans as referenced below.


title: Metro Vancouver Regional District

text: Metro Vancouver's water utility is committed to the goals and strategies in the Drinking Water Management Plan, as approved by the board. The three goals are to:


title: Metro Vancouver Regional District

text: As noted, there are four legal entities that operate under the name Metro Vancouver: the GVWD, the GVS&DD, the MVRD and MVHC. The GVWD provides tap water to a land area covering more than 2,600 km² with all of the water coming from three sources: the Capilano reservoir, the Seymour reservoir and the Coquitlam reservoir. Metro Vancouver controls the Cleveland Dam on the Capilano reservoir, which supplies 40 percent of the district's water.


title: Metro Vancouver Regional District

text: Metro Vancouver operates and maintains the liquid waste facility, which includes managing "the network of trunk sewers, pumping stations and wastewater treatment plants that connect with municipal sewer systems". Throughout operations, the organization is committed to protecting public health and the environment, and recovering as much resources (energy, nutrients, etc.) as possible out of the waste stream.


title: Metro Vancouver Regional District

text: The liquid waste utility is committed to the goals and strategies in the Integrated Liquid Waste and Resource Management plan, as approved by the board. The three goals are to:


title: Metro Vancouver Regional District

text: Metro Vancouver's solid waste utility is committed to the goals and strategies in the Integrated Solid Waste and Resource Management plan, as approved by the board. The four goals are to:


title: Metro Vancouver Regional District

text: One initiative of the organization was the Ashcroft Manor Ranch Mega-Landfill Proposal in Ashcroft, British Columbia, in the Thompson Country of the British Columbia Interior, as there is no more room in the Lower Mainland for Metro Vancouver's garbage. A similar project nearby adjacent to the town of Cache Creek, British Columbia has almost reached capacity. Environmental concerns about the area's sensitive shrub–steppe climate and ecology are strong, while Highland Valley Copper, near Logan Lake, has offered the use of its mine-pit instead. Other MVRD landfill locations serving the regional district in the past have been in the Fraser Mills area, between the Trans-Canada Highway and the Fraser, and at Port Mann, beneath the south foot of the Port Mann Bridge.


title: Metro Vancouver Regional District

text: Metro Vancouver owns and manages housing complexes throughout the region via the Metro Vancouver Housing Corporation (MVHC); it also forms policy on homelessness and affordable housing for the region. The MVHC's board-approved goals, as outlined in the Affordable Housing Strategy, are to:


title: Metro Vancouver Regional District

text: The MVHC's sole shareholder is the Metro Vancouver Regional District. The number of directors of the housing corporation is 13.


title: Metro Vancouver Regional District

text: Metro Vancouver works in collaboration with its members to achieve a shared vision of livability across the generations, as laid out in the Regional Growth Strategy (RGS), which was approved by the board in 2011, replacing the Livable Region Strategic Plan (LRSP). Th RGS requires each member local authority to provide a Regional Context Statement to "demonstrate to the Metro Vancouver Board how its Official Community Plan Supports the RGS." The five goals of the RGS are to:


title: Metro Vancouver Regional District

text: Regional planning also includes planning and policy-making in agriculture and the food industry. The organization is committed to the goals and strategies in the Regional Food System Strategy, as approved by the board. The goals are to:


title: Metro Vancouver Regional District

text: In 2018, the organization's board also adopted the Ecological Health Framework, which encapsulates Metro Vancouver’s collective efforts around ecological health and provides guiding principles, goals, and strategies to help achieve the vision of a "beautiful, healthy, and resilient environment for current and future generations." The goals are:


title: Metro Vancouver Regional District

text: The organization runs programs and set policy to protect public health and the environment with respect to air quality, improve visual air quality and minimize the region's contribution to climate change. The organization is committed to the goals and strategies in the Integrated Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Management Plan, as approved by the board. The three goals are to:


title: Metro Vancouver Regional District

text: The parks department of Metro Vancouver oversees the development and maintenance of 23 regional parks, as well as various nature reserves and greenways. The organization is committed to the goals and strategies in the Regional Parks Plan, as approved by the board. The four goals are to:


title: Metro Vancouver Regional District

text: Regional parks are distinct from municipal parks in that they are typically more "wild" and represent unique geographical zones within the region, such as bogs and mature rainforests.


title: Metro Vancouver Regional District

text: Regional economic prosperity is a service of Metro Vancouver organized to advance a shared prosperity in the region. The service is structured around three functions: fostering collaboration, conducting regional data collection and research, and attracting investment.


title: Metro Vancouver Regional District

text: Metro Vancouver undertakes support functions that underpin the rest of its service areas. In these areas, the organization commits to "contribute to the effective and efficient performance of our regional roles through leadership and collaboration with our members and other stakeholders." There are eight strategic directions guiding work in this area:


title: Metro Vancouver Regional District

text: The organization's board has also adopted the Corporate Climate Action Plan, the purpose of which is to, "set out strategies and actions to achieve Metro Vancouver's commitment to corporate carbon neutrality and to adapt [its] corporate infrastructure and activities to the anticipated consequences of climate change." The strategies of the plan are to:


title: TDI (engine)

text: TDI (Turbocharged Direct Injection) is Volkswagen Group's term for its current common rail direct injection turbodiesel engine range that have an intercooler in addition to the turbo compressor.


title: TDI (engine)

text: TDI engines are used in motor vehicles sold by the Audi, Volkswagen, SEAT and Skoda marques, as well as boat engines sold by in Volkswagen Marine and industrial engines sold by Volkswagen Industrial Motor.


title: TDI (engine)

text: The first TDI engine, a straight-five engine, was produced for the 1989 Audi 100 TDI sedan. In 1999, common rail fuel injection was introduced, in the V8 engine used by the Audi A8 3.3 TDI Quattro. From 2006 until 2014, Audi successfully competed in the LMP1 category of motor racing using TDI engine-powered racing cars.


title: TDI (engine)

text: TDI engines installed in 2009 to 2015 model year Volkswagen Group cars sold through 18 September 2015 had an emissions defeat device, which activated emissions controls only during emissions testing. The emissions controls were suppressed otherwise, allowing the TDI engines to exceed legal limits on emissions. Volkswagen has admitted to using the illegal device in its TDI diesel cars.


title: TDI (engine)

text: Most TDI engines also use an intercooler to lower the temperature (and therefore increase the density) of the compressed air before it enters the cylinder.


title: TDI (engine)

text: Similar technology has been used by other automotive companies, but the "TDI" marketing term is only used by Volkswagen Group and Land Rover. Volkswagen Group uses the term SDI (which stands for "Suction Diesel Injection") for its naturally aspirated (i.e. non-turbocharged) direct-injection diesel engines.


title: TDI (engine)

text: Prior to Volkswagen Group's first TDI engine, the first turbocharged diesel engine used in a passenger car was an indirect injection five-cylinder engine fitted to the 1978 Mercedes-Benz 300SD (W116) "300 SD" sedan. The first turbodiesel engine with direct injection was the 1986 Fiat Croma 2.0 TD i.d. liftback sedan.


title: TDI (engine)

text: Three years after the Fiat Croma, Volkswagen Group's first TDI engine was introduced in the 1989 Audi 100 TDI sedan. The Audi 100 was powered by the Volkswagen 2.5 R5 TDI straight-five engine which used an electronic distributor injection pump (called "VerteilerPumpe" by Volkswagen) and two-stage direct injection. The initial version of this engine generated at 3,250 rpm and at 2,500 rpm.


title: TDI (engine)

text: TDI engines using common rail fuel injection (using piezoelectric fuel injectors) were introduced with the Volkswagen Group 32v TDI V8 engine used in the 1999 Audi A8 3.3 TDI Quattro, two years after the 1997 Alfa Romeo 156 "2.4-L JTD" became the first passenger car to use common rail injection.


title: TDI (engine)

text: In 1999, the Volkswagen 1.2-litre TDI won the International Engine of the Year categories for "1.0 to 1.4 litres" and "Best Fuel Economy".


title: TDI (engine)

text: In 2000, a fuel system using unit injectors (called "Pumpe Düse" by Volkswagen) began to replace the distributor injection pump systems (except for the V8 engine, which used common rail design). In 2003, upgraded fuel injectors using a piezoelectric design began to replace the previous solenoid-operated unit injectors.


title: TDI (engine)

text: Since 2009, most of the Volkswagen Group TDI engines have switched from unit injectors to common rail injection.


title: TDI (engine)

text: On 18 September 2015 the US EPA and California Air Resources Board served notice to VW that approximately 480,000 VW and Audi automobiles equipped with 2.0 TDI engines sold in the US between 2009 and 2015 had an emissions compliance defeat device installed. The defeat device, in the form of specially crafted engine management unit firmware, detects emissions testing conditions, and in such conditions will cause the vehicle to comply with emissions regulations by properly activating all emissions controls. However, under normal driving conditions, the emissions controls are suppressed, allowing the engine to produce more torque and get better fuel economy, at the expense of emitting up to 40 times more nitrogen oxides than allowed by law. Such NOx emission levels are not in compliance with US regulations. VW has since admitted to these allegations, and said that the illegal software was in use in its diesel cars worldwide, affecting some 11 million vehicles.


title: TDI (engine)

text: The first TDI engine used by Volkswagen Group for motor racing was in the Audi R10 TDI, which competed in the Le Mans Prototype (LMP) class of sports car racing. The Audi R10 recorded a victory on its debut at the 2006 12 Hours of Sebring race and then at the 2006 24 Hours of Le Mans race, with both results being the first time that a diesel-powered car had won each race. In the nine years from 2006 to 2014, the R10 and its successors (R15 and R18) won the 24 Hours of Le Mans eight times (the 2009 race was won by another diesel-powered car, the Peugeot 908 HDi FAP).


title: TDI (engine)

text: In the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) racing series, the SEAT León TDI won the 2008 championship and the 2009 championship for drivers and manufacturers. In 2008, the SEAT Leon TDI also competed in the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) and became the first diesel car to win a round of the championship when it won the round at Donington Park.


title: Rec 2

text: Rec 2 (stylized as [•REC]²) is a 2009 Spanish found footage horror film sequel to 2007's "Rec" and the second installment of the "Rec" film series. The film was written and directed by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza, both of whom returned from the previous film. The story takes place immediately after the events of the first film and follows a team of soldiers assigned to protect a scientist supposedly sent to investigate the cause of the outbreak, but who may already know more about it than he claims.


title: Rec 2

text: Several actors from the first film reprise their roles, mostly briefly appearing as infected versions of their characters. The film was followed by "".


title: Rec 2

text: Dr. Owen (Jonathan Mellor), an official from the Ministry of Health, and a heavily armed GEO team of four (Fernandez, Martos, Rosso and Larra) equipped with video cameras are sent into a quarantined apartment building to find out what happened to its inhabitants, who have been rendered infectious and violent by a contagious virus. Ascending to the attic (where the first film ended) and finding it unoccupied, they return downstairs to investigate a disturbance and are attacked by infected residents.


title: Rec 2

text: During the investigation, Martos is infected while encountering some of the possessed residents. Owen then uses religious mantra and a rosary to hold him off in a room. He reveals that he is actually a priest sent by the Vatican to get a blood sample from a possessed girl named Tristana Medeiros, the root of the infection. The GEO operators search the apartment where Medeiros was held and find the body of Father Albelda, the original priest charged with the case of Medeiros's possession. They then find a sample of Medeiros's blood taken by Albelda, but lose it to Fernandez's improper handling. Owen tells them that the only way to accomplish the mission now is to get a blood sample from Tristana herself. They are attacked by a group of infected, and Larra, separated from the others and cornered into a room, commits suicide.


title: Rec 2

text: The father of Jennifer persuades a firefighter to help him enter the building through the sewers. They are unknowingly followed by three teenagers, Tito, Mire and Ori, and the police seal their exit. Jennifer's father is bitten and infected and killed by Owen and the GEO team, while the firefighter is attacked by Martos and killed accidentally by Mire, who kills Martos right after. After Tito is infected, Owen, Fernandez and Rosso find the group. They lock Mire and Ori in a room and encounter reporter Ángela Vidal (Manuela Velasco) shocked but safe. The group questions the possessed Tito and deduce from his cryptic answers that Medeiros is in the penthouse and that certain areas are only accessible in total darkness aside from infrared light.


title: Rec 2

text: The group finds a hidden door using the night vision on Ángela's camera. They are attacked by Medeiros, who kills Fernandez, and attacks Owen before Ángela blows her head off with a shotgun. Owen is enraged because he needed the blood sample, but the unnerved Ángela can only think to leave the building. When Owen refuses to authorize their exit, Ángela attacks him and kills Rosso when he attempts an intervention. It is revealed that the demon possessing Tristana has now possessed Ángela. Ángela kills Owen and imitates his voice to contact the authorities. She tells them that the mission has been accomplished, that Owen must stay inside due to being infected, and that the only survivor allowed to leave is Ángela. A flashback then reveals what happened right before the story's beginning: Ángela was captured by Medeiros and had a vermiform organism orally transmitted into her. As the response team arrived, Ángela went into hiding.


title: Rec 2

text: Following the success of "Rec", Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza signed on for a sequel. Principal photography began on 10 November 2008 and wrapped in December 2008. The film reunites the directors with many of the original cast and crew members of the previous film. It was shot in Barcelona over six weeks.


title: Rec 2

text: The film premiered at the 66th Venice International Film Festival, out of competition. It was also shown at the Midnight Madness portion of the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival, as well as the 2009 Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas, and the 2009 Sitges Film Festival. It went on general release in Spain the first weekend of October, going to No. 1 in the Spanish box office and achieving the best opening weekend of the year for a Spanish film.


title: Rec 2

text: "Rec 2" was released in New Zealand theaters by Vendetta Films on 13 November 2009. The marketing budget for the film, NZ$7500, was used to create a website, where the remaining $5000 marketing budget would be given away to the member of the public who was judged responsible for the most good publicity generated for the release of the film. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release the film on DVD in October 2010. In March 2010 Magnolia Pictures acquired the rights for the US market and will screen the film in a theatrical release in July 2010. The distributor Magnolia pictures will screen the film on Video on Demand platforms on 4 June 2010 and released the film only on DVD. Magnolia has the film set with a release on 9 July 2010 and released on 30 March 2010 the UK trailer.


title: Rec 2

text: The film was released on 28 May 2010 in the UK. It is part of the Terror in the Aisles 4 at the Portage Theater in Chicago, Illinois.


title: Rec 2

text: "Rec 2" received generally positive reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a "fresh" 68% rating based on 72 reviews, with an average rating of 6.21/10. The site's consensus states: "It lacks the surprising jolt of the first installment, but "[REC] 2" almost maintains the original's chilling momentum – and proves not all horror sequels were made equal".


title: Rec 2

text: Reviewing the film in "The New York Times", Jeannette Catsoulis praised the sound design and the directing, but criticised the sequel's lack of terror found in the original film, and its anti-Catholic sentiment and repetitive staging.


title: Rec 2

text: "Little White Lies" gave the film 4/5 and called it "The greatest zombie sequel since "Dawn of the Dead"". "Empire" also awarded the film 4 stars, saying: "Here’s a horror juddering with such in-your-face malevolent energy, it’s like being caught in a first-person shooter possessed by the devil".


title: Rec 2

text: However, the "Daily Mirror" awarded the film 2 stars, and reviewer David Edwards stated it was "a bit of a W[rec]k."


title: Rec 2

text: On 3 May 2010, Bloody Disgusting announced that "...Filmax will produce two new "[REC]" films in the next couple of years called "[REC] 3: Genesis" and "[REC] 4" with the same directors as the first two films." "Genesis" was released on 30 March 2012, and centers on an outbreak in a distant location from the original apartment building, also having prequel elements. "[REC] 4" ended the saga with the infection spreading on a ship. The movie was released 31 October 2014 .


title: Congregation of Christian Brothers

text: The Congregation of Christian Brothers (; abbreviated CFC) is a worldwide religious community within the Catholic Church, founded by Blessed Edmund Rice.


title: Congregation of Christian Brothers

text: Their first school was opened in Waterford, Ireland, in 1802. At the time of its foundation, though much relieved from the harshest of the Penal Laws by the Parliament's Relief Acts, UK Catholics faced much discrimination throughout the newly created United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland pending full Catholic emancipation in 1829.


title: Congregation of Christian Brothers

text: This congregation is sometimes referred to as simply "the Christian Brothers", leading to confusion with the De La Salle Brothers—also known as the Christian Brothers (sometimes by Lasallian organisations themselves). As such, Rice's congregation is sometimes called the Irish Christian Brothers or the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers.


title: Congregation of Christian Brothers

text: At the turn of the nineteenth century, Waterford merchant Edmund Rice considered travelling to Rome to join a religious institute, possibly the Augustinians. Instead, with the support of Thomas Hussey, Lord Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, he decided to found a religious community dedicated to teaching disadvantaged youth.


title: Congregation of Christian Brothers

text: The first school, on Waterford's New Street, was a converted stable and opened in 1802, with a second school opening in Stephen Street soon after to cater for increasing enrollment. Two men from his hometown of Callan, Thomas Grosvenor and Patrick Finn, soon arrived to aid Rice in his makeshift schools, with the intention of living the life of lay brothers. In the same year, Rice used proceeds from the sale of his victualling business to begin building a community house and school on land provided by the diocese. Bishop Hussey opened the new complex, christened “Mount Sion” on June 7, 1803, and pupils were transferred to the new school building the following year. The reputation of the school spread and across the next few years several men sought to become “Michaels”.


title: Congregation of Christian Brothers

text: On 15 August 1808 seven men, including Edmund Rice, took religious promises under Bishop John Power of Waterford. Following the example of Nano Nagle's Presentation Sisters, they were called "Presentation Brothers". This was one of the first congregations of men to be founded in Ireland and one of the few founded in the Church by a layman.


title: Congregation of Christian Brothers

text: Houses were soon opened in Carrick-on-Suir, Dungarvan, and in 1811, in Cork. In 1812 the Archbishop of Dublin established a community in the nation's capital and by 1907 there were ten communities in Dublin, with pupils in excess of 6,000. The schools included primary, secondary and technical schools, along with orphanages and a school for the deaf. A community was founded in Limerick in 1816, followed by establishments in several of Ireland's principal towns.


title: Congregation of Christian Brothers

text: The Holy See formally established the congregation in 1820. This, too, was an unusual event, since the Christian Brothers were the first Irish congregation of men approved by a charter from Rome.


title: Congregation of Christian Brothers

text: Some brothers in Cork chose to remain under the original Presentation rule and continued to be known as Presentation Brothers, a separate congregation but also recognising Edmund Rice as its Founder.


title: Congregation of Christian Brothers

text: The congregation of Irish Christian Brothers spread to Liverpool and other parts of England. These new ventures were not always immediately successful. Two brothers had been sent to Gibraltar to establish an institute in 1835. However, despite initial successes they left in August 1837 on account of disagreements with the local priests. In 1878 the Brothers returned to the then Crown colony of Gibraltar. The school eventually flourished supplying education to the twentieth century. The "Line Wall College" was noted in 1930 for the education that it supplied to "well to do" children.


title: Congregation of Christian Brothers

text: Similarly, a mission to Sydney, Australia, in 1842 failed within a couple of years. Brother Ambrose Treacy established a presence in Melbourne, Australia in 1868, in 1875 in Brisbane, Australia and, in 1876, a school was commenced in Dunedin, New Zealand. In 1875 a school was opened in St. John’s, Newfoundland. In 1886 the Pope requested that they consider setting up in India, and a province of the congregation was established there.