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# Vampires (Chill)

Vampires is a supplement published by Pacesetter Ltd in 1985 for the horror role-playing game Chill.

## Contents

Vampires is a sourcebook featuring information about ten different vampires. These can be used as major antagonists in a Chill campaign.
Each vampire is given a biography, a description of its particular powers and weaknesses, and role-playing game statistics.
The book includes a short sample adventure, "Vengeance of Dracula", set some years after Bram Stoker's novel, when Dracula returns to England to exact his revenge.

## Publication history

The horror role-playing game Chill was published by Pacesetter in 1984. The following year, Pacesetter published a number of supplements, including Vampires, a 96-page softcover book designed by Gali Sanchez and Michael Williams, with interior artwork by Stephen Sullivan and cover art by Susan Collins.
After Pacesetter went out of business, Mayfair Games acquired the rights to Chill and published a second edition in 1990. Mayfair also revised and expanded Vampires, publishing a 128-page second edition again designed by Sanchez and Williams, with interior artwork by Mark Beachum, Mari Paz Cabardo, Terry Pavlet, and Ike Scott, and cover art by Joe DeVelasco.

## Reception

Daniel Huber reviewed Vampires in White Wolf #29 (Oct./Nov., 1991), rating it a 4 out of 5 and stated that "For those who love Bram Stoker's (traditional) vampires, Dracula will be interesting to play. I think the other ten vampires will be very useful to the Chillmaster to create the proper atmosphere of horror. Vampires makes a good supplement for Chill and fascinating reading for those who enjoy vampire tales."
In Issue 186 of Dragon (October 1992), Rick Swan called this "the best of the Chill sourcebooks — in fact, one of the best horror sourcebooks, period." Swan described the writing style of Gali Sanchez and Michael Williams as "a controlled, eloquent style that captures both the sensuality and otherworldliness of the undead." However, Swan felt the included scenario "ends the book with more of a fizzle than a bang. After a promising beginning, the adventure degenerates into a series of ho-hum scares and an unsatisfying ending." Swan concluded "I would've liked stronger scenarios and a few more adventure hooks, but all in all, the fastidious research, evocative writing, and enthusiasm for the material makes for a winning combination."

## Other reviews and commentary

* Asimov's Science Fiction
* Jeux & Stratégie
* Different Worlds #43 (July/Aug., 1986)
* Game News (Issue 8 – Oct 1985)
* Adventurer (Issue 5 – Dec 1986)
* Casus Belli (Issue 44 – Apr 1988)
# Virk

Virk is a last name used by Sikhs in Punjab, India, which is based on that of a Jat clan supposedly founded by a Rajput called Virak.
Notable people with the surname, who may or may not be affiliated to the clan, include:
* Adnan Virk, Canadian television sportscaster
* Ammy Virk, Indian Punjabi-language singer
* Bakhshish Singh Virk, Indian politician
* Harbans Singh Virk, army officer who served in the British Indian Army and the Indian Army
* Jani Virk (born 1962), Slovenian writer, poet, translator and editor
* Kuwar Virk, Indian singer
* Kulwant Singh Virk (1921–1987), Indian poet, writer and civil servant
* Manjinder Virk (born 1975), British actress, film director and writer
* Kapur Singh Virk, Sikh warrior
* Shahab-ud-Din Virk (died 1946) British Indian lawyer and politician
* Tomo Virk (born 1960), Slovenian historian and essayist

## Other

* Virk (վիրք), one of the Armenian-language names of Georgia
# Rancho San Carlos

Rancho San Carlos may refer to:
* Rancho San Carlos de Jonata, a Mexican land grant in present-day Santa Barbara County, California, United States
* Santa Lucia Preserve, Monterey County, California, United States, formerly known as Rancho San Carlos
* Rancho San Carlos, an estate at San Carlos Nuevo Guaymas, a beachfront subdivision in Guayamas, Sonora, Mexico
* Rancho Potrero de San Carlos, a Mexican land grant in present-day Monterey County, California, United States
* Rancho San Carlos, an estate designed by Reginald Johnson in Santa Barbara County, California, United States
# Liisi Koikson

Liisi Koikson (born 4 June 1983 in Kilingi-Nõmme) is an Estonian singer, singing teacher and actress.
Liisi Koikson attended Kilingi-Nõmme Gymnasium, graduating in 2001. Her first singing coach was composer, choir director and vocal pedagogue Toomas Voll, from 1991 until 1999. In 1993, at age ten, Koikson won the Eesti Televisioon (ETV) song competition Laulukarussell for the 8–10 year old category. In 2006, she graduated from the Georg Ots Tallinn Music College. From 2011 until 2014, she studied at the Tech Music School (University of West London) in London, where she obtained a bachelor's degree.
Koikson has worked as a singing teacher at the Heino Eller Music School and the NUKU Theatre. She has appeared in several stage musicals, such as Evita, Aida, The Sound of Music, Georg and Jesus Christ Superstar.
In 2003 and 2005, she received the award "Best Female Artist of the Year" at the Estonian Music Awards.
In 2008 she had a starring role as Anna Rõuk in the film December Heat.

## Solo albums

* Liisi (1997)
* The Gemini Diaries (2002)
* Liisi Koikso (2003)
* Maailma kaunimad jõululaulud (2003)
* Väike järv (2005)
* Väikeste asjade võlu (2007)
* Ettepoole (2010)
* Liisi Koikson Vaikne Esmaspäev (2012)
* Õhtu rannal (2013)
* Coffee For One (EP, 2017)
* Bittersweet (EP, 2019)
# Gioux

Gioux (French pronunciation:; Occitan: Juòus) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

## Geography

An area of forestry and farming, comprising the village and several hamlets situated some 10 miles (16 km) south of Aubusson, at the junction of the D35 and the D26 roads. The commune is in the national park of the Millevaches (1000 lakes, not cows).

## Sights

* The twelfth-century church.
* A menhir known as the Pierre Point.
* A Roman bridge on the way to Feniers.
* Vestiges of a Roman villa at Maisonnières.
# Dream Life (film)

Dream Life (French: La Vie rêvée) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Mireille Dansereau and released in 1972. The first narrative fiction feature film from Quebec to be directed by a woman, the film stars Liliane Lemaître-Auger and Véronique Le Flaguais as Isabelle and Virginie, colleagues at a film production company in Montreal, who dream of finding the perfect man but come to realize that reality doesn't live up to their fantasies. It was the first privately produced feature film in Canada to be directed by a woman.
The film won two Canadian Film Awards at the 24th Canadian Film Awards in 1972, for Best Editing (Danielle Gagné) and the Wendy Michener Award.
It was later screened at the 1984 Festival of Festivals as part of Front & Centre, a special retrospective program of artistically and culturally significant films from throughout the history of Canadian cinema.
# Polling Abbey

Polling Abbey (German: Kloster Polling) is a former monastery in Polling bei Weilheim, district of Weilheim-Schongau, in Upper Bavaria, Germany.
According to legend, the founder was Duke Tassilo III of Bavaria in about 750, but it seems more likely that the founders were members of the powerful Bavarian noble family of the Huosi.
Initially this was a Benedictine monastery, but later became a house of Augustinian canons. The pipe organs at the abbey were built in the 1620s by Simon Hayl. The abbey was dissolved during the secularization of 1803 and the buildings were mostly demolished between 1805 and 1807.
The important late Gothic abbey church with early Baroque stucco work by the Wessobrunn stuccoist Georg Schmuzer is now the parish church.
Part of what few buildings remained came into the possession of the Dominican sisters in 1892. The dispensary and the service block passed into private ownership.
The unique library of Polling Abbey was restored in 1970-1975 and may be visited by arrangement with the Verein der Freunde des Pollinger Bibliotheksaals e.V..
A hospice is also accommodated in the remaining premises on the former abbey site.
# Mody Maor

Mody Maor (Hebrew: מודי מאור; born 27 June 1985) is an Israeli-American professional basketball coach for the Nagasaki Velca of the Japanese B.League.

## Early life

Maor was born in Los Angeles and moved to Israel when he was eight. He began his national service at the age of 18. He joined the Special Forces and was an officer for the final three years of his five-year term in the army. He embarked on a career as a professional basketball coach in 2012.

## Coaching career

In 2019, Maor joined the New Zealand Breakers of the Australian National Basketball League as an assistant coach under Dan Shamir. In 2022, he was elevated to head coach of the Breakers. He guided the Breakers to the 2022–23 NBL grand final series, where they lost 3–2 to the Sydney Kings. On 23 May 2024, he quit as Breakers head coach to pursue a coaching opportunity in Asia. Maor is heading to Japan to become the head coach of Nagasaki Velca in Japan's B.League on a two-year deal.

## Personal life

Maor has two daughters, both of whom were born in New Zealand.
# Medium 21

Medium 21 were a rock band from Northampton, England. The group formed whilst studying at Northampton College in 1999.

## Band lineup

The band lineup was:
* Jon Clough (Vocals, Guitar)
* Craig Brown (Guitar, Vocals, Keyboard)
* Paul Thornton (Bass guitar)
* Drew Kent (Drums)

## History

Jon Clough, Drew Kent and Paul Thornton met whilst studying at Northampton College in 1999. The original three-piece were later joined by Craig Brown to add extra depth on guitars, keyboards and vocals. Medium 21 have released several one-off EPs. These have been on various labels including the independent Outafocus and Fierce Panda. It was Fierce Panda's sister label, Temptation records who signed the band after the success of Plans Are Not Enough EP.
The band have received airplay from BBC Radio 1 including a session for Steve Lamacq and Mark and Lard. They have also featured on London based radio station, XFM.
The debut album is produced by Tim Rowkins, who has worked with the band throughout the release of past material.
Members Jon Clough, Andrew Kent and Paul Thornton have formed another band Pictures Of Leonard with Gaz, formerly of Red Tiger Riot, and Luke, formerly of Kapowski and currently of The Parks Dept and Pets. Craig 'Arge' Brown has been recording (April 2009) his own project An Escape Plan.

## Artistic comparisons

Comparisons can be made to American indie lo-fi groups like The Flaming Lips and Mercury Rev. Also, the alternative retro syth sound of Grandaddy and pop beats and overtones of The Dandy Warhols.
The band have never been afraid to stretch the dynamic of the rock four piece. The album demonstrates this well with the use of xylophones, keyboards and other instruments.

## Discography
### Album

| Killings From the Dial (March 2003) | Temptation | The Plight Of Losing Out Junctions In Our Sleep Daybreak Vs Pride Poisoned Postcards The Wrong Road The Cable And The Cars (interlude: The Wax) Catalyst R.U.N. By My Side Black And White Summer Acting Like A Mirror Albert Ross The Best Part We Were The Ones Special Edition track 14. Leaving The Drills Behind |

### Singles

| "Daybreak Vs Pride" (February 2003) | Temptation | Daybreak Vs Pride The Sound Of Empty Rooms Someone Turn This Place On |
| "By My Side" (June 2003) | Temptation | By My Side The Night Is Your Blade Passenger Seat |

### EPs

| In Awe of Agriculture EP (December 2000) | Outafocus | Build A Stage, Burn It Down Gas Tank Romance Crisis 4.0 Secret Hideaway |
| Riot on the Tyres EP (May 2001) | Outafocus | Cable And The Cars Archaic Form Of Love Persuasion Buy The Drills Trying To Lay Low Little Sandy's |
| Plans Aren't Enough EP (October 2001) | Fierce Panda | Plans Aren't Enough Dodging Flames By My Side |
| Acting Like A Mirror EP (November 2002) | Temptation | Acting Like A Mirror Honeymoon Hearse Theme From Studio 2 Evil Dancer |
# Ardi, Iran

Ardi (Persian: اردي, also Romanized as Ārdī) is a village in Kalkharan Rural District, in the Central District of Ardabil County, Ardabil Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 216, in 54 families.
# Lak Tarashan, Neka

Lak Tarashan (Persian: لاك تراشان, also Romanized as Lāk Tarāshān) is a village in Mehravan Rural District, in the Central District of Neka County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 284, in 75 families.
# Kryvolyka, Ternopil Oblast

Kryvolyka (Ukrainian: Криволука) is a village in Ukraine, Ternopil Oblast, Chortkiv Raion, Bilobozhnytsia rural hromada.

## History

Known since the late 17th century.

## Religion

* Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (OCU, 1898, wooden)

## People

* Kharyton Dovhaliuk (1918–2006), Ukrainian priest, writer, engineer, and public figure
# Symphlebia jamaicensis

Symphlebia jamaicensis is a moth in the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Schaus in 1896. It is found on Jamaica.
# Emil Kutterer

Emil Kutterer (11 November 1898 – 13 July 1974) was a German footballer. He was part of Germany's team at the 1928 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches.
# Petru Hadârcă

Petru Hadârcă (born 8 May 1963) is a director and actor from Moldova. He served as head of the Mihai Eminescu National Theatre in Chişinău.
Petru Hadârcă completed the B.V.Schukin Higher Theatre School (Institute) in 1985 and then he was a director and actor in Chişinău and Romania. He had a radio show on Vocea Basarabiei in Chişinău.
# Khajeh, Razavi Khorasan

Khajeh (Persian: خواجه, also Romanized as Khājeh) is a village in Miyan Khaf Rural District, in the Central District of Khaf County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 287, in 61 families.
# Heinz Leibinger

Heinz Leibinger (born 9 January 1941) is a German former sports shooter. He competed in the trap event at the 1972 Summer Olympics for West Germany.
# Renzo Rossellini (composer)

Renzo Rossellini (2 February 1908 – 13 May 1982) was an Italian composer, best known for his film scores.
Born in Rome, he was brother of director Roberto Rossellini and father of producer Franco Rossellini. He died in Monte Carlo.
He composed the scores of his brother's films, and others such as The Children Are Watching Us and Il segno di Venere.
He also wrote several ballets, oratorios, cantatas, four operas—La Guerra (1956), Il vortice (1958), Uno sguardo dal ponte (1961), L'Annonce faite à Marie (1970)—, symphonies, chamber music, and songs.

## Selected filmography

* The Ancestor (1936)
* Under the Southern Cross (1938)
* Princess Tarakanova (1938)
* The Boarders at Saint-Cyr (1939)
* The White Ship (1941)
* A Pilot Returns (1942)
* Luisa Sanfelice (1942)
* Giarabub (1942)
* Noi Vivi (1942)
* Addio Kira (1942)
* Knights of the Desert (1942)
* A Garibaldian in the Convent (1942)
* The Two Orphans (1942)
* The Man with a Cross (1943)
* Maria Malibran (1943)
* The Tyrant of Padua (1946)
* Desire (1946)
* Before Him All Rome Trembled (1946)
* The Brothers Karamazov (1947)
* Fatal Symphony (1947)
* The Other (1947)
* L'Amore (1948)
* Love and Blood (1951)
* Shadows Over Naples (1951)
* Rome-Paris-Rome (1951)
* Without a Flag (1951)
* Messalina (1951)
* Europe '51 (1951)
* A Woman Has Killed (1952)
* Repentance (1952)
* I'm the Hero (1952)
* The Machine to Kill Bad People (1952)
* Milady and the Musketeers (1952)
* We're Dancing on the Rainbow (1952)
* The Man From Cairo (1953)
* For You I Have Sinned (1953)
* House of Ricordi (1954)
* Storm (1954)
* The Lovers of Manon Lescaut (1954)
* Orient Express (1954)
* Legions of the Nile (1959)

## Awards

* Nastro d'Argento: Best Score for Paisà (1946) and for I fratelli Karamazoff (1947).
# Walter Löber

Walter Löber (born 29 June 1909, date of death unknown) was a German racing cyclist. He won the German National Road Race in 1939.
# Walther Meienreis

Walther Meienreis (4 November 1877 – 2 December 1943) was a German fencer. He competed in the individual épée and team sabre events at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
# Toni Merkens

Nikolaus Anton "Toni" Merkens (21 June 1912 – 20 June 1944) was a racing cyclist from Germany and Olympic champion. He represented his native country at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, where he won the gold medal in the men's 1000 meter match sprint event.

## Racing career

Merkens trained as a bicycle mechanic with Fritz Köthke. In 1933 he won his first German championship in sprint. In 1934, he was able to repeat this success and also won the British Open Championships and the Grand Prix de Paris. At the World Championships he finished fourth. In 1935 he again won the championships in Germany and the UK and the Paris Grand Prix. At the World Championships in Brussels, he also won the title in the final against Dutch cyclist Arie van Vliet 2-1.
During the first race of the 1936 Olympic final, Merkens clearly interfered with Arie van Vliet, but no foul was called by the officials. Van Vliet also lost the second race of the final and received the silver medal. After a protest by the Dutch team, Merkens, rather than being disqualified, was fined 100 marks.
Merkens turned professional immediately after the 1936 Olympics. In 1937 and 1939, he was German Vice Champion in the sprint. In 1940 he was the German champion in stayers, and was Vice Champion in 1941. In 1942 he won the German professional championship in the sprint and was Vice Champion again in the stayers.

## World War II

Merkens was drafted into the army in 1942. Merkens was killed in World War II fighting the Soviets on the Eastern Front. He was struck between the heart and lungs by a shell splinter, and died in a hospital in Wildbad after becoming ill with meningitis.

## Commemoration

In the Munich Olympiapark, the road between the main stadium and the velodrome is called Toni-Merkens-Weg (Toni Merkens Way). A memorial stone was erected in 1948 at the velodrome in Cologne.
# Paul Metzner

Paul Metzner was a German figure skater who competed in men's singles and pair skating.
With Margarete Metzner, he won the bronze medal at the 1922 World Figure Skating Championships in pairs skating.

## Competitive highlights
### Pairs

With Margarete Klebe / Margarete Metzner
| Event | 1920 | 1922 |
| World Championships | | 3rd |
| German Championships | 1st | |
# Wargame Construction Set III: Age of Rifles 1846–1905

Wargame Construction Set III: Age of Rifles 1846–1905 (or simply Age of Rifles) is a turn-based computer wargame for MS-DOS, written by Norm Koger. It was published in 1996 by Strategic Simulations. It is the third game in the Wargame Construction Set series, following Wargame Construction Set (1986) and Wargame Construction Set II: Tanks! (1994).

## Scope

Age of Rifles simulates battles throughout the era of percussion rifles, roughly comprising the second half of the 19th century. To this end, several dozen battle scenarios are provided in the game. Most of them are set during the American Civil War, but scenarios from the Crimean War, the Anglo-Zulu War, Afghan Wars, the Prusso-Austrian and the Franco-Prussian War, and the Russo-Japanese War are also included.
Scenarios can be played individually or within the framework of a campaign, where the outcome of earlier battles influences the course of later battles. In addition, random scenarios are available as well.
There is also a scenario editor with which users can develop and share their own battles, and thereby extend the scope of the game. Scenarios as early as the Battle of Hastings have been generated this way.

## Gameplay

The game can be played with two human players, or with the computer taking over one or both sides. An option for playing out battles via e-Mail is also provided.

## Current status

There is still a small community of players who develop and publish new scenarios for AoR.
Depending on the individual PC configuration, AoR may work as-is under Windows XP and Windows 7, or may require DOSBox to run.
A Steam-Version was released on 19. Dec. 2023.

## Reception

Review scores :
| Publication | Score |
| PC Gamer (US) | 86% |
| PC Games | B |
The game was a finalist for Computer Gaming World's 1996 "Wargame of the Year" award, which ultimately went to Battleground 4: Shiloh.
# Merovac

Merovac (Serbian: Меровац) is a village in the municipality of Prokuplje, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 174 people.
# Derrick Appiah

Derrick Appiah (born 19 July 1994, in Modena) is an Italian rugby union player who plays for Italinan club Colorno in the Top10.
Appiah has featured for Mogliano in Italy's National Championship of Excellence and the Amlin Challenge Cup and has also enjoyed spells with Rugby Parma and Modena Rugby.
On 4 February 2015, Appiah made a move to England with Worcester Warriors in top level competition, which is the Aviva Premiership, starting from the 2015-16 season. On 5 May 2017, Appiah signs for RFU Championship outfit London Scottish ahead of the 2017-18 season. From 2018 to 2021, Appiah played with Italian Pro14 team Benetton.
The prop was a regular for Italy U20s during the 2014 RBS Junior Six Nations campaign, helping Italy to a 32-13 victory over Scotland and a fifth-place finish. Later that year, he helped Italy to a third-place pool finish during the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship - a campaign which saw his country defeat Argentina U20s 29-26. In 2017 he was named in the Emerging Italy squad.
# Willi Meyer

Willi Meyer (born 21 March 1965) is a Dutch-born German diver. He competed in two events at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
# Hitak, Dalgan

Hitak (Persian: هيتك, also Romanized as Hītak; also known as Hītak-e Kolā Kantak) is a village in Dalgan Rural District, in the Central District of Dalgan County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 496, in 102 families.
# USS PC-586

USS PC-586 was a PC-461-class submarine chaser built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was later renamed Patchogue (PC-586), the second U.S. Navy ship of the name, but never saw active service under that name.

## Career

Patchogue was laid down on 29 May 1942 at the Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City, Michigan; launched as USS PC-586 on 15 July 1942; and commissioned on 5 October 1942.
After sea trials in the Gulf of Mexico, PC-586 transited the Panama Canal and served as an escort craft along the west coast of the United States. Her coastal operations were ultimately extended to the Hawaiian Islands, and during the period of 1 August through 31 December 1943, she was assigned to Commander, Hawaiian Sea Frontier, for duty. During this time she rendered valuable service as a training craft in the area of Pearl Harbor. She likewise performed patrol and convoy escort missions in Hawaiian waters. A convoy escort mission took PC-586 to Saipan on 23 July 1944.
With the end of hostilities, the submarine chaser continued to bolster Fleet readiness by briefly serving in a training capacity out of Pearl Harbor, and then along the east coast at both Charleston, South Carolina and Coco Solo, Panama Canal Zone.
PC-586 decommissioned and went into reserve at Norfolk, Virginia in January 1950. She was named Patchogue on 15 February 1956, the second U.S. Navy ship of the name. She was struck from the Navy List on 1 April 1959, and shortly thereafter sold to Potomac Shipwrecking Company for scrapping.

## Awards

Patchogue received one battle star for World War II service.
# Symphlebia primulina

Symphlebia primulina is a moth in the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Paul Dognin in 1914. It is found in Colombia.