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Ka (kana)

Ka (hiragana: か, katakana: カ) is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both represent .  The shapes of these kana both originate from 加.

The character can be combined with a dakuten, to form が in hiragana, ガ in katakana and ga in Hepburn romanization. The phonetic value of the modified character is  in initial positions and varying between  and  in the middle of words.

A handakuten (゜) does not occur with ka in normal Japanese text, but it may be used by linguists to indicate a nasal pronunciation .

か is the most commonly used interrogatory particle. It is also sometimes used to delimit choices.

が is a Japanese case marker, as well as a conjunctive particle. It is used to denote the focus of attention in a sentence, especially to the grammatical subject.

Stroke order

The Hiragana か is made with three strokes:
 A horizontal line which turns and ends in a hook facing left.
 A curved vertical line that cuts through the first line.
 A small curved line on the right.

The Katakana カ is made with two strokes:
 A horizontal line which turns and ends in a hook facing left.
 A curved vertical line that cuts through the first line.

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Wendell Smith

Wendell Smith may refer to:

Wendell Smith (sportswriter) (1914–1972), American baseball writer
Wendell Smith (actor) (active c.1977–2010), Canadian actor

See also
Wendel Smith (active 1935), American football coach
Golden (Rosita Vai album)

Golden is the debut album from second-season NZ Idol winner Rosita Vai, released in New Zealand on 1 November 2005.

Chart and single information

Chart
Golden debuted on the official New Zealand albums chart at number 15, but fell to number 25 its second week. In its third week, the album fell to number 33, and then it dropped out of the Top 40 completely. Despite the fact that it received very positive critical reviews, the album spent a mere three weeks on the chart and sold less than 7,000 copies. It therefore failed to reach gold status (7,500 copies sold).

Singles
Rosita's New Zealand Idol winner's song, "All I Ask", was the only single released from the album on 18 October 2005. It debuted at number 1 on the official New Zealand singles chart, a position that it held for two consecutive weeks. The single remained in the top 40 for 9 weeks and was certified double platinum (30,000 copies sold). The album's title track was originally slated to be released as the second single, however this never materialised.

Track listing
"Take Me High" – 3:00
"You're All I Need To Get By" – 3:30
"Knowing" – 3:37
"Golden" – 3:23
"Chocolate" – 4:21
"Déjà Vous" – 4:13
"Bang" – 3:36
"I Can't Tell You Why" – 3:42
"If This Is The Love" – 3:11
"Nobody's Supposed To Be Here" – 3:44
"All I Ask" – 3:47

References 

2005 albums
Rosita Vai albums
Sony BMG albums
Ki (kana)

き, in hiragana, キ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora.  Both represent  and are derived from a simplification of the  kanji. The hiragana character き, like さ, is drawn with the lower line either connected or disconnected.

A dakuten may be added to the character; this transforms it into ぎ in hiragana, ギ in katakana, and gi in Hepburn romanization. The phonetic value also changes, to  in initial, and varying between  and  in the middle of words.

A handakuten (゜) does not occur with ki in normal Japanese text, but it may be used by linguists to indicate a nasal pronunciation .

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Seidman

Seidman may refer to:

 Seidman (surname), list of people with this name
 BDO Seidman, an American accounting firm
 Seidman College of Business, a college at Grand Valley State University
 Anglicized version of seiðmaðr, a male practitioner of Seid
Almond butter

Almond butter is a food paste made from grinding almonds into a nut butter. Almond butter may be "crunchy" or "smooth", and is generally "stir" (susceptible to oil separation) or "no-stir" (emulsified). Almond butter may be either raw or roasted, but this describes the almonds themselves, prior to grinding.

Compared to peanut butter 
Almond butter is an alternative to peanut butter for those with peanut allergies or who dislike the taste of peanuts. Almond butter contains significantly more fiber, calcium, potassium, iron, and manganese than peanut butter, and about half the saturated fat, although a slightly higher total fat content. Almonds, a type of tree nut, are not legumes, whereas peanuts are, so almond butter can be consumed by those looking to avoid legumes.

Nutrition

Almond butter is high in monounsaturated fats, calcium, potassium, iron and manganese. It is considered a good source of riboflavin, phosphorus, and copper, and an excellent source of vitamin E, magnesium, and fiber. Almond butter also provides dietary protein.

See also
 List of almond dishes
 List of spreads

References

Almond dishes
Nut and seed butters
Harry E. Kinney

Harry Edwin Kinney (June 7, 1924 – May 9, 2006) was 21st & 23rd Mayor of Albuquerque for two terms, from 1974 to 1977 and again from 1981 to 1985, as well as Chairman of the City Commission from 1971 to 1973. Among his accomplishments as mayor were initiating the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, preserving the Elena Gallegos Land Grant for open space, and establishing the first bike trail and senior center in the city.

Born in Trinidad, Colorado, Kinney attended Raton High School and graduated from the University of New Mexico with a degree in mechanical engineering. He served in the United States Navy and the Navy Reserve and owned an appliance store, before working for Sandia National Laboratories as a staff engineer on weapons development, from 1956 to 1973.

Kinney entered politics when he was elected to the Bernalillo County Commission in 1956, and twice reelected in 1958 and 1960. He was first elected to the Albuquerque City Commission in 1966 and served as chairman from 1971 to 1973. Additionally, he served as an assistant to Senator Pete Domenici before his first term as mayor.

After his retirement from public life, Kinney was a substitute teacher in the Albuquerque public schools, and drove a taxi cab for five years. He died at his Albuquerque home on May 9, 2006. The Harry E. Kinney Civic Plaza in downtown Albuquerque is named in his honor.

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1924 births
2006 deaths
20th-century American politicians
20th-century American engineers
American taxi drivers
County commissioners in New Mexico
Mayors of Albuquerque, New Mexico
New Mexico Republicans
People from Trinidad, Colorado
United States Navy reservists
University of New Mexico alumni
Ku (kana)

く, in hiragana or ク in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora.  Both represent  and their shapes come from the kanji 久.

This kana may have a dakuten added, transforming it into ぐ in hiragana, グ in katakana and gu in Hepburn romanization. The dakuten's addition also changes the sound of the syllable represented, to  in initial positions and varying between  and  in the middle of words.

A handakuten (゜) does not occur with ku in normal Japanese text, but it may be used by linguists to indicate a nasal pronunciation .

In the Ainu language, the katakana ク can be written as small ㇰ, representing a final k sound as in アイヌイタㇰ Ainu itak (Ainu language). This was developed along with other extended katakana to represent sounds in Ainu that are not found in standard Japanese katakana.

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Silver Sword

Silver Sword or Silversword may refer to:


Botany
 Silver Sword (botany) or Argyroxiphium, a genus of plants in the sunflower family, Asteraceae
 Silversword alliance, an adaptive radiation of around 30 species in the sunflower family, Asteraceae

Entertainment
 The Silver Sword, a novel by Ian Serraillier
 Silversword, a 2011 fantasy role-playing game
 Silversword (comics), a supervillain in the DC Comics universe
 The original title of the 1992 video game Wizards & Warriors III: Kuros: Visions of Power
 Silversword, a novel by American author Phyllis A. Whitney

Other uses
 Silverswords, the athletic teams that represent Chaminade University of Honolulu, Hawaii
Ke (kana)

け, (in hiragana) or ケ, (in katakana) is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. Both represent . The shape of these kana come from the kanji 計 and 介, respectively.

A dakuten may be added to this character; this changes it to げ in hiragana, ゲ in katakana, ge in Hepburn romanization and the pronunciation shifts to  in initial positions and varying between  and  in the middle of words.

A handakuten (゜) does not occur with ke in normal Japanese text, but it may be used by linguists to indicate a nasal pronunciation .

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See also 

 Small ke (ヶ)

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Ko (kana)

こ, in hiragana or コ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. Both represent . The shape of these kana comes from the kanji 己.

This character may be supplemented by a dakuten; it becomes ご in hiragana, ゴ in katakana and go in Hepburn romanization. Also, the pronunciation is affected, transforming into  in initial positions and varying between  and  in the middle of words.

A handakuten (゜) does not occur with ko in normal Japanese text, but it may be used by linguists to indicate a nasal pronunciation .

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 Koto (kana)

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Erindale Secondary School

Erindale Secondary School is a secondary school of the Peel District School Board serving the Erindale community of Western Mississauga, Ontario.

Special programs 
Erindale offers the International Baccalaureate (IB) program and cooperative education.

Notable alumni
 Kevin Kain, tropical disease expert based at the Toronto General Hospital
 Dave Poulin, former NHL centre
 Mike Bullard, television personality
 Pat Bullard, comedian
 Christine Magee (née Bishop) (Sleep Country Canada)
 Kevin Newman, news anchor for CTV television network
 Brian Hayward, former NHL goaltender and current colour analyst for the Anaheim Ducks
 John Roberts, FOX news reporter
 Jamal Mayers, professional hockey player with the Chicago Blackhawks
 Sterling Hinds, Canadian Olympic sprinter and former CFL player
 Rob Pike, senior scientist for Google, Inc.
 Martin Streek (d. 2009), radio personality
 Dwight Edwards, professional football player for the Toronto Argonauts, Mississauga Sports Hall of Fame 2000
 Robert Tibshirani, professor of statistics at Stanford University
 Lauren Toyota, Canadian television personality
 Thomas McBroom, Canadian golf course architect
 Casey Cizikas, NHL player for the New York Islanders
 Karen Preston, former Olympian and two-time Canadian figure skating champion

See also
List of high schools in Ontario

References

External links
Erindale Secondary School

Peel District School Board
High schools in Mississauga
Educational institutions established in 1968
1968 establishments in Ontario
International Baccalaureate schools in Ontario
Domino Theory (album)

Domino Theory is the twelfth studio album by jazz fusion band Weather Report, released in February 1984. It is the second studio album to feature the Hakim-Bailey-Rossy rhythm section. In actuality, three tracks are using live recorded source.

The title of the album is a reference towards the American geopolitical theory of the same name which gained popularity between the 1950s and 1980s.

Track listing 
All tracks composed by Joe Zawinul, except where indicated.

"Can It Be Done" (Wilson Tee) – 4:02
"D Flat Waltz" – 11:10
"The Peasant" – 8:16
"Predator" (Wayne Shorter) – 5:21
"Blue Sound - Note 3" – 6:52
"Swamp Cabbage" (Wayne Shorter) – 5:22
"Domino Theory" – 6:09

Personnel 
Weather Report
 Josef 'Joe' Erich Zawinul - keyboards and synthesizers
 Wayne Shorter - saxophones
 Omar Hakim - drums
 Victor Bailey - bass
 José Rossy - percussion
 Carl Anderson - vocals (track 1)

Production
 Bernie Fromm - engineer
 Mitch Gibson - engineer
 Tom Suzuki - engineer
 Larry Ferguson - assistant engineer
 Tony Lane - cover design
 Nancy Donald - cover design

References

External links 

Weather Report Annotated Discography: Domino Theory

1984 albums
Columbia Records albums
Weather Report albums
Rengoku II: The Stairway to Heaven

Rengoku II: The Stairway to Heaven is a fantasy action adventure game developed by Hudson Soft and published by Konami for Sony's PlayStation Portable. It was revealed on May 9, 2006 at the E3 convention.

Story
In the game, the player controls A.D.A.M., a battle android, as he fights his way up a tower with eight floors, the first seven named after the seven deadly sins. It offers a sad, twisted, love story instead of androids gaining their "self".

While the main character shares his name from the previous title (which can be changed), they are two different characters. The game also features over 300 weapons, downloadable maps, and items, as well as wireless multiplayer for up to four people.

Rengoku 2: The Stairway To Heaven is actually based from the poem/story The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.

Reception
The game received a "Shame of the Month" award from Electronic Gaming Monthly, and got a 2 out of 5 on X-Play, saying that the only improvement was that not all of the rooms were the same as compared to the previous game, but still lacked anything to gain X-Play's praise since the problems from the first Rengoku still persisted.

References

External links
 Rengoku 2 at GameSpot

2006 video games
Action-adventure games
Fantasy video games
Hudson Soft games
Konami games
PlayStation Portable games
PlayStation Portable-only games
Seven deadly sins in popular culture
Video games developed in Japan
Valkyrja

Valkyrja is a black metal band from Stockholm, Sweden formed in 2004.

History
The band released their first demo in the same year under the name Funeral Voices. The demo was re-released on cassette September 11, including additional material, on underground label Deathkrush Productions – re-titled Far Beyond. Their debut album was recorded at Necromorbus Studio in March / April of '07 and released in autumn of the same year by German label Northern Silence Productions as CD in jewelcase, special edition CD in metal case and 12" LP on black / marble wax. They recorded their second album in June/July 2009 at Necromorbus Studio in Stockholm, Sweden. The album, 'Contamination', was released on January 15, 2010 through Metal Blade Records.

They recorded their third album, 'The Antagonist's Fire', in June/July 2013 again at Necromorbus Studio in Stockholm, and again produced by Tore Stjerna, and the album was released on 11 November 2013 through World Terror Committee. Neil Pretorious of About.com reviewed the album, awarding it 4/5, writing that "this really is an ace album on all fronts. That patented Swedish vibe is all over the place, the delivery is tight and energetic and the production is surprisingly crisp." Marcos Garcia of Metal Temple also praised the album, giving it 9/10, writing that "they really show a musical style that deserves our attention."

Discography

Albums 
 The Invocation of Demise – CD & 12" LP, 2007, Northern Silence / Cassette, 2008, Ancient Dreams / CD Reissue, 2009, Metal Blade Records
 Contamination – CD, 01/15/2010, Metal Blade Records
 The Antagonist's Fire – CD & 12" LP, 11/11/13, World Terror Committee

Demos 
 Funeral Voices – CD, 2005, self-released
 Far Beyond – Cassette, 2005, DeathKrush

Band members

Current members 
 S.W. - Guitars (2004–present)
 RSDX – Vocals (2016–present)
 Jocke Wallgren – Drums (2007–2010, 2011–present)
 V.P. - Bass (2010–present)

Past members 
 J. Lindgren – Bass (2004–2007)
 Skall – Drums (2004–2006)
 Xephroth – Guitars (2004–2005)
 A. Hed – Guitars (2005–2010)
 M.A. - Bass (2007–2010)

External links 
 Metal Blade Records
 Northern Silence Productions
 Ancient Dreams Records

References 

Musical groups established in 2004
Swedish black metal musical groups
André Vernet

André Vernet (18 April 1910 – 7 March 1999) was a French historian, specialising in medieval literature, and a member of the Institut de France.

Life
Born in born Yzeure, André Vernet studied at the École nationale des chartes from 1933 to 1937, writing his thesis on Bernardus Silvestris's De mundi universitate. For a few months he worked in the manuscripts department of the Bibliothèque nationale de France but was quickly appointed secretary general of the École des chartes, with responsibility for the library, by Clovis Brunel. He held this position until 1955, alongside lecturing in paleography at the Sorbonne. In 1955, he was elected both to the chair of literary and narrative sources of French history at the École des chartes (succeeding Robert Bossuat) and to that of language and Latin literature of the Middle Ages at the École Pratique des Hautes Études. A specialist in the history of medieval texts, he studied the library of Clairvaux Abbey and edited the Middle Ages volume of the Histoire des bibliothèques françaises (history of French libraries). He was elected a member of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres  in June 1980. Vernet died in Paris in March 1999.

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1910 births
1999 deaths
20th-century French historians
French medievalists
École Nationale des Chartes alumni
French male non-fiction writers
Sa (kana)

Sa (hiragana: さ, katakana: サ) is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both represent .  The shapes of these kana originate from 左 and 散, respectively.

Like き, the hiragana character may be written with or without linking the lower line to the rest of the character.

The character may be combined with a dakuten, changing it into ざ in hiragana, ザ in katakana, and za in Hepburn romanization. The pronunciation is also changed, to .

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4th Kisei

The 4th Kisei was the 4th edition of the Kisei tournament. Since Fujisawa Hideyuki won the previous year, he is given an automatic place in the final. Eight players battled in a knockout tournament to decide the final 2. Those two would then play each other in a best-of-3 match to decide who would face Fujisawa. Rin Kaiho became the challenger after beating Hashimoto Shoji 2 games to 1, but would lose 4 games to 1 against Fujisawa.

Main tournament

Challenger finals

Finals

References 

Kisei (Go)
1980 in go
Shi (kana)

し, in hiragana, or シ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both represent the phonemes , reflected in the Nihon-shiki and Kunrei-shiki romanization si, although for phonological reasons, the actual pronunciation is , which is reflected in the Hepburn romanization shi.  The shapes of these kana have origins in the character 之. The katakana form has become increasingly popular as an emoticon in the Western world due to its resemblance to a smiling face.

This character may be combined with a dakuten, forming じ in hiragana, ジ in katakana, and ji in Hepburn romanization; the pronunciation becomes  (phonetically  or  in the middle of words).

The dakuten form of this character is used when transliterating "di" occasionally, as opposed to チ's dakuten form, or a de assigned to a small i; for example, Aladdin is written as アラジン Arajin, and radio is written as ラジオ.

In the Ainu language, シ is used to represent the  sound.  It can also be written as a small ㇱ to represent a final s sound, pronounced .

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Su (kana)

す, in hiragana or ス in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. Their shapes come from the kanji 寸 and 須, respectively. Both kana represent the sound . In the Ainu language, the katakana ス can be written as small ㇲ to represent a final s and is used to emphasize the pronunciation of [s] rather than the normal [ɕ] (represented in Ainu as ㇱ).

* スィ and ズィ are also used to present si and zi pronunciations respectively. For example, 'C' is presented as スィー . See also Hepburn romanization.

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Se (kana)

せ, in hiragana, or セ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora.  Both represent the sound , and when written with dakuten represent the sound [ze].  In the Ainu language, the katakana セ is sometimes written with a handakuten (which can be entered into a computer as either one character (セ゚) or two combined ones (セ゜) to represent the  sound, and is interchangeable with ツェ (tse).

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Ajai Sanders

Ajai Sanders (born Angela Marrine Wilson; October 1, 1967), is an American actress and stand-up comedian, best known for her supporting role as Gina Deveaux in the sitcom A Different World from 1991 until the series original ending in 1993.

Biography
Born Angela Marie Wilson, Sanders grew up in Dallas, Texas. She attended Hillcrest High School, graduating in 1985. Sanders moved to Los Angeles and began working as a stand-up comic; eventually this work led to what initially was to be a one-time role on A Different World. The guest role was expanded after director Debbie Allen proved impressed by the qualities Sanders brought to the character, whose appearances were expanded to five that season and 18 the following season, after which she was added to the show's opening credits.

Sanders has made guest appearances on the sitcoms Martin, Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The Parent 'Hood, The Wayans Bros., The Jamie Foxx Show, and Moesha. She also guest-starred in a 2001 episode of the Lifetime show, The Division. Sanders had a major role in the independent urban comedy, High Freakquency, in which she was credited as Ajai Richards. She had a smaller role in the Michael Keaton Christmas comedy, Jack Frost, and also appeared in the 2000 urban independent drama, The Playaz Court. She is currently hosting a talk show called Multiple Personalities with Ajai Sanders on Business Bully TV.

Personal
Sanders has been married once and has no children. In May 2002, Sanders married Micheal Brownlee in Denton, Texas. They later divorced in August 2016.

Filmography

Film

Television

Music Videos

Notes

External links 

1967 births
Living people
Actresses from New Jersey
Actors from Trenton, New Jersey
Entertainers from Dallas
African-American female comedians
Comedians from New Jersey
American stand-up comedians
American women comedians
20th-century American actresses
21st-century American actresses
American television actresses
African-American actresses
American film actresses
Hillcrest High School (Dallas) alumni
20th-century American comedians
21st-century American comedians
20th-century African-American women
20th-century African-American people
21st-century African-American women
21st-century African-American people
Andriy Mikhnov

Andriy Pavlovych "Andrei" Mikhnov (; born 26 November 1983) is a Ukrainian professional ice hockey player currently playing for Steaua Bucharest of the Romanian Hockey League (FRHG). He was drafted in the second round of the 2002 NHL Entry Draft by the St. Louis Blues. He plays center and left wing and shoots left. He is also a member of the Ukrainian national team and has played in several international tournaments, including the 2006 World Championships.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References
 

1983 births
Ak Bars Kazan players
Expatriate ice hockey players in Russia
GKS Tychy (ice hockey) players
HC Berkut players
HC Donbass players
HC Lada Togliatti players
HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk players
Kingston Frontenacs players
Living people
Metallurg Zhlobin players
Salavat Yulaev Ufa players
Ice hockey people from Kyiv
St. Louis Blues draft picks
Sudbury Wolves players
Toronto St. Michael's Majors players
Traktor Chelyabinsk players
Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Canada
Ukrainian ice hockey left wingers
Yunost Minsk players
Sokil Kyiv players
So (kana)

そ, in hiragana, or ソ, in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora.  Both represent . The version of this character used by computer fonts does not match the handwritten form that most native Japanese writers use. The native way is shown here as the alternative form.

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References
 The Compact Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Andrew Nelson, John H Haig) Tuttle Publishing 1999

Specific kana
Packson Ngugi

Packson Ngugi is a Kenyan actor. He has played roles in plays and movies, and appeared in Kenyan TV commercials. He hosted a TV show, Omo Pick A Box, in the late 1990s.

He played a mortuary attendant in the movie The Constant Gardener. He is the founder of Za kikwetu Productions ltd, a Casting Agency that also houses a Recording Studio for Radio commercials and documentaries.}

In the mid 1990s, Ngugi joined actors like the late Joni Nderitu, Paul Onsongo and Ben Mutua Jonathan Muriithi (BMJ Muriithi), in holding demonstrations on the streets of Nairobi to protest the planned acquisition of Kenya National Theatre by the adjacent Norfolk Hotel, an action that made the Kenyan government rescind its decision.

References

External links
 IMDB entry

Kenyan male stage actors
Living people
Kenyan male film actors
20th-century Kenyan male actors
Place of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)
Physcus

Physcus or Physkos () may refer to:
 Marmaris, a port in Turkey
 Physca, a town of ancient Macedon, Greece
 Tornadotus, a river in Iraq
Physcus (mythology)
The Milk of Human Kindness

The Milk of Human Kindness is the third studio album by Canadian musician Dan Snaith, released under the moniker Caribou on April 18, 2005, by The Leaf Label and Domino Recording Company. It is Snaith's first album credited under Caribou, with Snaith having dropped his previous moniker Manitoba following the release of Up in Flames in 2003 due to a threatened lawsuit by Handsome Dick Manitoba of The Dictators.

While the title is a quote from William Shakespeare's play Macbeth, Snaith has been quoted as saying that he read it off the back of a milk truck. The album received critical acclaim.

In 2009, Seattle emcee producer Ryan Lewis sampled the song "Subotnik" for "Vipassana," the first track on their critically acclaimed project, The VS. EP.

Track listing 

Sample credits
 "Subotnick" contains samples of "Love on a Two-Way Street", written by Bert Keyes and Sylvia Robinson and performed by The Moments.

Charts

References

External links 
 The Milk of Human Kindness  at official Caribou website
 

2005 albums
Dan Snaith albums
Domino Recording Company albums
The Leaf Label albums
Folktronica albums
Lynn Loyns

Lynn Loyns (born February 21, 1981) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger. A free agent signing by the San Jose Sharks in 2001, he played 34 games in the National Hockey League for the Sharks and Calgary Flames, scoring three goals and two assists in that time. The rest of his career, which lasted from 2001 to 2014, was spent in the minor American Hockey League and then in various European leagues.

Personal life
Born in Naicam, Saskatchewan, Loyns married his sweetheart, Gia, on July 24, 2010 in Boston, MA, then held a reception in Calgary, Alberta a month later.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

References

External links
 

1981 births
Living people
Calgary Flames players
Canadian ice hockey left wingers
Cleveland Barons (2001–2006) players
DEG Metro Stars players
EC VSV players
HC Pustertal Wölfe players
Ice hockey people from Saskatchewan
Krefeld Pinguine players
Lowell Lock Monsters players
Nottingham Panthers players
Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights players
Ravensburg Towerstars players
San Jose Sharks players
Spokane Chiefs players
Undrafted National Hockey League players
Fourth Polish Republic

The Fourth Polish Republic ( or IV RP) was a plan for moral revolution and political change put forth in 1997 by the Polish conservative philosopher Rafał Matyja in the magazine "Nowe Państwo" ("New Country"). "Fourth Republic" was a political slogan used by the right-wing populist Law and Justice (PiS) party in the 2005 Polish parliamentary election.

According to PiS, the current Third Polish Republic is a post-communist creation whose very foundations must be changed to create a truly democratic state free of its past.

“IV RP”, along with its derivative, “V RP” (Fifth Polish Republic), has also been used by critics to satirize the concept of unnecessary constitutional changes made for arbitrary reasons.

See also
 2015 Polish presidential election
 2015 Polish parliamentary election

References
 Polish nationalism resurgent from the BBC
 the project of constitution IV RP made by Prawo i Sprawiedliwość (document in polish)

Conservatism in Poland
History of Poland (1989–present)
Political catchphrases
Polish Republic, Fourth
Joe 90 (band)

Joe 90 is an alternative rock band, which was formed from the group Gods Child, based in New York City, and was later relocated to Los Angeles. Band members include Chris Seefried, Gary DeRosa, Craig Ruda, and Adam Hamilton.

History

Gods Child had released a handful of albums for Warner Brothers records. They had a hit in 1994 with the song "Everybody's 1", which appeared on the Billboard "Modern Rock" and "Album Rock" categories simultaneously.

The band moved to Los Angeles in 1996 and recruited Hamilton as a drummer. 

Seefried and Hamilton wrote the song "Sleeping Pill" to be featured on a CD sampler released by the trade magazine Album Network. The song was credited to "The Amazing Adventures of Joe 90", a reference to the 1968 animated television series Joe 90. The band eventually took on the name.

In September 1999, the band released their debut CD under the new moniker. The album, Dream This, was released through the E Pluribus Unum label, under the Universal label. Joe 90 embarked on a cross-country tour in support of the album, from October 1999 through February 2000. They toured alongside Counting Crows.

Their first single, "Drive", (featuring Adam Duritz on counter lead vocals) garnered major radio airplay across the country and was featured in the second season of Six Feet Under. Song "Cars Go By" was the end title for New Line Cinema 1999 film Body Shots. 

The band's final record remains unreleased.

Discography

Albums
Dream This (1999)
A Raccoons Lunch (2000)

Singles
"Drive" (1999)

References

External links
 Official Myspace page
 

Musical groups established in 1994
Musical groups disestablished in 2000
Alternative rock groups from New York (state)
Neo-psychedelia groups
American dream pop musical groups
1994 establishments in New York City
3rd Dental Battalion

The 3rd Dental Battalion is a unit of the United States Navy that supports United States Marine Corps forces on Okinawa, Japan.  The battalion includes nine dental clinics, approximately 77 Dental Officers, 4 Medical Service Corps officers, 181 Dental Technicians, and 26 civilians.  The unit is based out of Camp Foster and falls under the command of the 3rd Marine Logistics Group and the III Marine Expeditionary Force.

Mission
Ensure dental readiness and optimize dental health for all beneficiaries while supporting operational and humanitarian mission.

Subordinate units
 Headquarters and Services Company
 3rd Dental Company
 11th Dental Company
 21st Dental Company
 U.S. Naval Dental Center.

History

The 3rd Dental Battalion was activated on November 1, 1979, at Camp Kinser, Okinawa, Japan and assigned to the 3rd Force Service Support Group, Fleet Marine Forces, Pacific. 3rd Dental Company and 11th Dental Company were activated in 1955. Both companies served in the Republic of Vietnam from June 1965 to November 1969 and were awarded the Presidential Unit Citation, the National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal and the Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with palm. 3rd Dental Battalion headquarters relocated from Camp Kinser to Camp Foster in April 1992.

See also

List of United States Marine Corps battalions
Organization of the United States Marine Corps

External links
 3rd Dental Battalion's official website
 3rd Dental Battalion on the Marines website

Medical battalions of the United States Marine Corps
Naval dentistry
No Good Deed

No good deed goes unpunished (often shortened to No Good Deed) is a sardonic commentary on the frequency with which acts of kindness backfire on those who offer them.

No Good Deed may also refer to:
 No Good Deed (2002 film), an American film by Bob Rafelson
 No Good Deed (2014 film), an American film by Sam Miller
 No Good Deed (2017 film), an American short film featuring Deadpool
 No Good Deed (novel), by John Niven (2017)
 "No Good Deed" (song), a 2003 song from the Broadway musical Wicked
 "No Good Deed" (CSI: NY), a 2009 episode of CSI: New York
 "No Good Deed" (Parenthood), a 2010 episode of Parenthood
 "No Good Deed" (Person of Interest), an episode of the American television drama series Person of Interest

See also
 Only the good die young (disambiguation)
 Nice guys finish last
TacOps

TacOps is a turn-based wargame originally released in 1994. The game, developed by Major I.L. Holdridge, USMC (ret), details modern, hypothetical combat between U.S. troops versus the OPFOR who are armed with various equipment from across the globe. Later additions added units for the Canadian, Australian and New Zealand armies, and the US Marines.

The game is noted for its encyclopedic array of modern arms and units, and the detailing of the combat.

Gameplay
Instead of typical hex or square based movement, the forces move around without a grid. Players take turns giving orders and then watching the battles unfold on the map. Also, players cannot directly control where their troops fire, but rather control parameters such as fire zones, and range of engagement. The game is considered very realistic, and includes a database with information and photos for all of the units in the game.

Game play is divided into two phases.  In the order phase time does not pass in the game and orders can be entered.  During a combat phase these orders are executed and the player can only watch the results as 60 seconds of game time passes.

Order phase
During the order phase of a turn, when a player clicks on a unit its Order Box comes up. The player can order where the unit moves and, among other options, where it faces, whether it is exposed, and fire sector orders (with varying priorities).

Combat phase
After a player is satisfied with the orders they have given, they may move on to the combat phase. A combat phase represents 60 seconds, and is typically divided into four 15-second segments in which units fire and move.

Reception
TacOps was a runner-up for Computer Game Entertainments 1996 "Best War Game" prize, which ultimately went to Tigers on the Prowl 2. The editors summarized TacOps as "excellent".

References

External links 
 Battlefront.com — Original publisher

1994 video games
Computer wargames
Classic Mac OS games
Video games developed in the United States
Windows games
Abd al-Haqq

ʻAbd al-Ḥaqq (ALA-LC romanization of ) is an Arabic male given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words ʻabd and al-Ḥaqq, one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names. It means "servant of the Truth".

It may refer to:

People
Abd al-Haqq I (died 1217), Marinid sheikh (Morocco)
Uthman ibn Abd al-Haqq (died 1240), son of Abd al-Haqq I
Muhammad ibn Abd Al-Haqq (died 1244), son of Abd al-Haqq I
Abu Yahya ibn Abd al-Haqq (died 1258), son of Abd al-Haqq I
Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Abd Al-Haqq (died 1286), son of Abd al-Haqq I
Abdul Haque (1918–1997), Bangladeshi author
Abdul Hoque (1930–1971), Bangladeshi politician
Abu Mohammed Abd el-Hakh Ibn Sabin (1217–1269), Spanish Sufi philosopher
Abdul-Haqq Dehlavi (1551–1642), Indian scholar
Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan (1851–1937), Turkish playwright and poet
Maulvi Abdul Haq (Urdu scholar) (1872–1961), Pakistani Urdu-language scholar
Abdülhak Adnan Adıvar (1882–1955), Turkish politician
Miangul Abdul-Haqq Jahan Zeb, or just Miangul Jahan Zeb (1908–1987), ruler of Swat (Pakistan)
 Abdul Haq Akorwi (1912 – 1988), founder of Darul Uloom Haqqania.
Mehr Abdul Haq (1915–1995), Pakistani linguist
 Abdul Haq Azmi (1928 – 2016), former Shaykh al-Hadith of Darul Uloom Deoband
Abdul Haq Ansari (born 1931), Indian religious scholar
Shaher Abdulhak (born ca. 1938), Yemeni businessman
Abd al Haqq Kielan (born 1941), Swedish imam
Abdul Haq (Afghan leader) (1958–2001), Afghan leader against both the communists and the Taliban
Abdelhak Achik (born 1959), Moroccan featherweight boxer (1988 Olympics)
Huda bin Abdul Haq (1960–2008), Indonesian executed for terrorism
Abdelhak Benchikha (born 1963), Algerian football manager
Mohamed Abdelhak Achik, or just Mohammed Achik (born 1965), Moroccan bantamweight boxer (1992 Olympics)
Abdul Haq (ETIP) (born 1971), Uyghur Islamic militant and current leader of the Islamic extremist group Turkistan Islamic Party
Abdul Haq Wasiq (born ca. 1971), Afghan held in Guantanamo
Mohammed Abdelhak Zakaria (born 1974), Moroccan-Bahraini runner
Abdul-Haq, Muslim name of Anthony Small (born 1981), British boxer
Abdelhaq Ait Laarif (born 1983), Moroccan footballer
Abdelhak Boutasgount (born 1986), French footballer
Abdul Haq Bin Seidu Osman, or just Abdul Osman (born 1987), Ghanaian-English footballer
Abdul Haq Shafaq, Afghan politician
Abdelhak Layada, Algerian Islamic militant
Abdul Haque Faridi, Bangladeshi academic

See also
 Haqq (surname)

References

Arabic-language masculine given names
Turkish masculine given names
Masculine given names
Tobias Stephan

Tobias Stephan (born 21 January 1984) is a Swiss former professional ice hockey goaltender who predominately played in the Swiss National League (NL) from 2001 to 2023. He also played 11 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Dallas Stars during the 2007–08 and 2008–9 seasons. Internationally he played for the Swiss national team at three World Championships.

Playing career
Stephan was born in Zürich, Switzerland. As a youth, he played in the 1997 and 1998 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a team from Zürich.

In 2001, he was named the best goaltender at U18 World Junior Championships. Stephan first played for EHC Chur and then for the Kloten Flyers in Switzerland. In 2002, he was named the best rookie in the Swiss Hockey League.

Stephan was drafted 34th overall in the second round of the 2002 NHL Entry Draft by the Dallas Stars, and is the third highest Swiss drafted in history. He is the fourth Swiss goalie who has been drafted by an NHL team after Pauli Jaks, David Aebischer and Martin Gerber.

Stephan made his first career NHL start on 13 October 2007 against the Chicago Blackhawks, since both of the Stars' goaltenders — Marty Turco and Mike Smith — were injured. Until the Blackhawks tied the game with two seconds remaining in regulation, Stephan had saved all 39 shots and was looking forward to a shutout in his first game. However, the Blackhawks scored again on their first shot in overtime and won the game 2–1. He would go back to the AHL after the game .  Before the 08/09 season started, he would learn that he will be backing up Marty Turco. His first win was on 29 October against the Minnesota Wild — the Stars won 4–2. Stephan left the Stars on 31 July 2009 to sign for Genève-Servette in Switzerland.

At the conclusion of the 2018–19 season, Stephan joined Lausanne HC on a three-year deal worth CHF 3 million.

On 6 February 2023, during his fourth year with Lausanne HC, Stephan announced he would retire from professional hockey at the conclusion of the 2022–23 season, following 22 professional seasons.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

External links 
 
 Statistics and Biography

1984 births
Living people
Dallas Stars draft picks
Dallas Stars players
EV Zug players
Genève-Servette HC players
Ice hockey people from Zürich
Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Iowa Stars players
EHC Kloten players
Lausanne HC players
Olympic ice hockey players for Switzerland
Swiss ice hockey goaltenders
Michał Gajownik

Michał Gajownik (15 December 1981 – 13 November 2009) was a Polish sprint canoer who competed from 2000 to 2006. He won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (C-4 1000 m: 2002, 2005) and a bronze (C-4 500 m: 2005). He was born in Chrzanów.

Gajownik won silver medal in C-1 500 m in Junior European Championships in 1998, after year became C-2 500 m Junior World Championships silver medalist. The following year, at age 19, he became senior European C-2 1000 m champion with Paweł Baraszkiewicz who became later a member of Posnania Poznań . At the Sydney Olympics, however, they finished in eighth place.

After Sydney, Gajownik concentrated on the four-man canoe. At the start of the 2003 season, however, he tested positive for nandrolone – same as Marcin Kobierski, twice medalist in C-2 1000 m. Both denied the charge but were given a two-year ban, which cost them a place at the 2004 Olympics.

Gajownik returned to competitive action in 2005. He was a member of the Posnania Poznań club until 2006. He was killed in a traffic collision on 13 November 2009 in Chrzanów.

References

 
Posnania Club

External links

1981 births
2009 deaths
Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic canoeists for Poland
Doping cases in canoeing
Polish male canoeists
Polish sportspeople in doping cases
Road incident deaths in Poland
People from Chrzanów
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian
Sportspeople from Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Shenango River

The Shenango River is a principal tributary of the Beaver River, approximately 100 mi (160 km) long, in western Pennsylvania in the United States.  It also briefly flows through small portions of northeastern Ohio.  Via the Beaver and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.

The Shenango, whose name comes from the Iroquoian "Shanango," meaning "the beautiful one," rises in west-central Crawford County and initially flows northwestwardly into the Pymatuning Reservoir, which was formed in 1934 by the construction of a dam on the river.  The lake turns to the south, widening into Ashtabula County, Ohio, and passing through Pymatuning State Park.  Below the dam and after returning fully to Pennsylvania, the Shenango flows south-southeastwardly into Mercer County, flowing through Jamestown and Greenville before turning westwardly into Shenango River Lake, formed in 1965 by a United States Army Corps of Engineers dam.  Below that dam, the Shenango flows southwestwardly through the communities of Sharpsville and Sharon (near which it briefly enters Trumbull County, Ohio); then south-southeastwardly past  Farrell, Wheatland and West Middlesex into Lawrence County, where it passes New Castle and Oakland.  It joins the Mahoning River to form the Beaver River, 3 mi (4.8 km) southwest of New Castle.

Tributaries of the Shenango include the short Little Shenango River, which flows for its entire length in Mercer County and joins the Shenango from the east at Greenville; Pymatuning Creek, which flows into Shenango River Lake; and Neshannock Creek, which joins the river at New Castle.

See also
 List of rivers of Ohio
 List of rivers of Pennsylvania

References

External links
 U.S. Geological Survey: PA stream gaging stations
 Shenango River Watchers

Rivers of Ashtabula County, Ohio
Rivers of Crawford County, Pennsylvania
Rivers of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania
Rivers of Mercer County, Pennsylvania
Rivers of Ohio
Rivers of Pennsylvania
Tributaries of the Beaver River
Rivers of Trumbull County, Ohio
SB1394

SB1394 is Creative Labs implementation of IEEE 1394 interface (also known as i.Link or FireWire) and was included on the Sound Blaster Audigy and Audigy 2 family of sound cards. 

Also OEM Audigy card with model number SB0090 is often referred as "Audigy SB1394".

Creative Technology products
IEEE standards
National Development Finance Corporation

The National Development Finance Corporation (NDFC) was a corporation owned by the Government of Pakistan, with the original main purpose of providing financing to public enterprises. Later its objectives were expanded to also provide financing to private enterprises as well. It was created in 1973 through an Act passed by the Parliament of Pakistan, under the premiership of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. It was amalgamated into the National Bank of Pakistan, by the regime of General Pervez Musharraf in 2001.

References

Government-owned companies of Pakistan
Banks of Pakistan
2001 mergers and acquisitions
Defunct government departments and agencies of Pakistan
1973 establishments in Pakistan
2001 disestablishments in Pakistan
Government of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Pakistani companies disestablished in 2001
Pakistani companies established in 1973
Torborg Nedreaas

Torborg Nedreaas (13 November 1906 – 30 June 1987) was a Norwegian writer. She received  the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature, the Dobloug Prize, the Nordic Council's Literature Prize.

Biography
She was born in  Bergen, Norway. Until 1947 she lived at Leirvik in Hordaland. Then she relocated to Nesodden in Akershus. She trained as a music teacher.

She debuted with the collection of short stories Bak skapet står øksen in 1945. The majority of the stories centered on events and interactions during the Second World War. It was not war literature, but an examination of the occurrences and situations which the war created for people who were not directly involved in the war, but who nonetheless paid a high price because they lived during the Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany.

She wrote a series of novels, novellas, plays and pieces for television.  Many of her books were set in the environment and in settings from Leirvik, where she spent many summers in her childhood. Class differences and poverty are central themes that permeate her work. Her work was recognized with numerous prizes. She received  prestigious Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature (Kritikerprisen) in 1950, the Dobloug Prize (Doblougprisen) in 1964 and in 1972 the Nordic Council's Literature Prize (Nordisk Råds litteraturpris).

Bibliography 
Bak skapet står øksen – short stories (1945)
Før det ringer tredje gang – short stories (1945)
Av måneskinn gror det ingenting – (Available in translation: Nothing Grows by Moonlight) novel (1947) 
Trylleglasset – short stories(1950)
De varme hendene – short stories (1952)
Den siste polka – short stories (1953)
Musikk fra en blå brønn – novel (1960)
Ytringer i det blå – kåserier (1967)
Ved neste nymåne – novel (1971)
Det dumme hjertet – play (1978)
Vintervår – essays (1982)
Gjennom et prisme – collection of text (1983)
Noveller – og noen essays – short stories, essays (1995)

Prizes 
Kritikerprisen 1950 for Trylleglasset
Dobloug Prize 1964
Mads Wiel Nygaards Endowment  1966
Det Norske Akademis Pris 1986

References

External links
  NRK: Lydfiler med Torborg Nedreaas
  Norgeslexi: Torborg Nedreaas
   Torborg Nedreaas
  Aftenposten: Profile of the author
  Jan Erik Østlie: Nedreaas

1906 births
1987 deaths
Writers from Bergen
Norwegian women short story writers
Norwegian television writers
Norwegian dramatists and playwrights
20th-century Norwegian novelists
20th-century Norwegian women writers
20th-century Norwegian short story writers
Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature winners
Dobloug Prize winners
Women television writers
20th-century screenwriters