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Can't Get a Date

Can't Get a Date is a documentary-style reality show on VH1 and Logo.

The show takes a variety of individuals from New York City who feel that they have personal issues that are holding them back from finding romance. An anonymous host, producer Stefan Springman, guides them through lifestyle changes  physical, emotional, and behavioral  to help them improve themselves and ultimately become more "dateable".

As VH1 states on its website, Can't Get a Date "explores the problems of such people and teaches them the skills to find love in an honest, amusing, and unique way".

The working title of the program was "Crushed Out", and the program was co-created by Stefan Springman, Toby Barraud, and Manny Kivowitz.

The final original episode of Can't Get A Date aired on June 28, 2006. The series run is available free to watch on the Logo website. It was also licensed exclusively to Netflix as part of an ongoing licensing agreement between the network and the company; it can be watched by Netflix account holders via their website, and an exclusive DVD (by "Red Envelope Entertainment") can be rented through Netflix. It contains only the gay and lesbian episodes.

List of episodes 

Episodes are listed by their original air-date.

 April 7, 2006 - Morgan (VH1)
 April 14, 2006 - Mya (VH1)
 April 21, 2006 - Jim (VH1)
 April 28, 2006 - Leticia (VH1)
 May 5, 2006 - Marc (VH1)
 May 12, 2006 - Will (VH1)
 May 19, 2006 - Bennet (VH1)
 May 26, 2006 - Mandy (VH1)
 June 7, 2006 - Jenni (Logo)
 June 14, 2006 - James Bradford (Logo)
 June 21, 2006 - Verushka (Logo)
 June 28, 2006 - Robert (Logo)

External links 

 Official Can't Get a Date Logo site
 Official Can't Get a Date VH1 site
 Unofficial "Can't Get a Date" clip site
 KSK:STUDIOS, Co-Producers & Production/Post Co. for "Can't Get a Date"
 Can't Get a Date Myspace page (Not Updated since August 2007; video clips removed)
 NFGTV Creators and Co-Producers of "Can't Get a Date"
 Video Promo of "Can't Get a Date"
 

VH1 original programming
2000s American reality television series
2006 American television series debuts
2006 American television series endings
American dating and relationship reality television series
Visual Science (game company)

Visual Sciences Limited (later branded as Visual Science) was a British video game developer based in Dundee and founded in 1993 by former DMA Design employee Russel Kay. Kay sold a controlling interest in the studio to Tim Christian—who had previously been hired as a non-executive chairman—in January 2005, with Christian becoming its chief executive officer. Following the cancellation of a project by Vivendi Universal Games and Visual Science's subsequent inability to secure further funding, the studio filed for administration and laid off all staff in February 2006.

History 
Visual Sciences was established in 1993 by Russell Kay, a former employee of DMA Design and the creator DMA's 1991 game Lemmings.

In 2003, Visual Science hired Tim Christian (a former managing director of MicroProse and Hasbro Interactive) and Andy Campbell (a former managing director of Red Lemon) as non-executive chairman and commercial director, respectively. During Christian's tenure in this role, Visual Science recorded high revenue growth and the addition of large video game publishers to its clients. By July 2004, the company had doubled its staff count to 75 in its Dundee headquarters and Los Angeles satellite office. In January 2005, Christian acquired 55% of the company's shares—a controlling interest—from Kay. Christian became Visual Science's chief executive officer, while Kay assumed the role of chief technical officer.

In January 2006, Vivendi Universal Games cancelled an unannounced project that Visual Science was developing, leaving the latter without funding. Visual Science had just moved into new Dundee offices for which it had not yet signed the lease. Christian informed the company's more than 100 staff to not leave personal belongings in the new building, fearing that the landlord could lock the team out as a result of the project's cancellation. Due to this, some employees believed that they were being laid off and the company shut down, however, Christian stated that this was not the case and that Visual Science would be pitching the project to other companies. As Visual Science could not find replacement work for the cancelled project, it filed for administration by early February, laying off all employees. Christian stated that he was seeking to use the proceeds generated through the administration process to initiate legal action against Vivendi Universal Games, which he believed had terminated their contract baselessly. Some former Visual Science employees went on to found Cohort Studios in 2006 and release its first game—Buzz! Junior: Dino Den—in February 2008. Other ex-employees founded Proper Games, also in 2006.

References 

1993 establishments in Scotland
2006 disestablishments in Scotland
Companies based in Dundee
Defunct companies of Scotland
Video game companies disestablished in 2006
Video game companies established in 1993
Defunct video game companies of the United Kingdom
British companies disestablished in 2006
British companies established in 1993
Ryan Lilja

Ryan Matthew Lilja (born October 15, 1981) is a former American football center and guard. He played college football at Kansas State, and signed with the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent in 2004, and later played with them from 2010 to 2012. Lilja also played with the Indianapolis Colts from 2004 to 2009, with whom he won Super Bowl XLI over the Chicago Bears.

Early years
Ryan and his brothers were raised in Kansas City.
Lilja attended Shawnee Mission Northwest High School and was a student and a letterman in football and golf. In football, he was a three-year starter.

College career
He was a two-year starter at Coffeyville Community College before he transferred to Kansas State University, where he  was a two-year player who started 14 of 23 career games.  Lilja was named to the second-team All-Big Twelve squad in 2003.

Professional career

First stint with Chiefs
The Kansas City Chiefs signed Lilja as an undrafted free agent prior to the 2004 season. He was waived on September 5, 2004, with the intention of signing him to the practice squad if he cleared waivers.

Indianapolis Colts
On September 6, 2004, Lilja was claimed off waivers by the Indianapolis Colts soon after the Chiefs waived him.

The Colts re-signed Lilja on February 19, 2008, to a five-year deal worth $20 million.

Lilja was released on March 8, 2010. He started 59 of 66 games for them and two Super Bowls.

Second stint with Chiefs
On March 16, 2010, Lilja re-signed with the Kansas City Chiefs.

Denver Broncos
After announcing his retirement on December 31, 2012, Lilja agreed to terms to join the Denver Broncos on July 31, 2013. He was released on August 31, 2013.

References

External links

Kansas City Chiefs bio
Indianapolis Colts bio

1981 births
Living people
Players of American football from Kansas City, Missouri
American football offensive guards
American football centers
Coffeyville Red Ravens football players
Kansas State Wildcats football players
Kansas City Chiefs players
Indianapolis Colts players
Denver Broncos players
Magnum Force (album)

Magnum Force is the second studio album by the American hip hop duo Heltah Skeltah. It was released on October 13, 1998, through Duck Down/Priority Records.

After the release of their acclaimed 1996 debut, Nocturnal, Rock and Ruck (who later became known as Sean Price) recorded an album titled For the People, with its crew, the Boot Camp Clik, in 1997. They followed up in 1998 with their second full-length, which received harsh reviews, and accusations of the duo toning down its content to receive more sales. The album is the first solo BCC album to feature no production work from Da Beatminerz and second overall after For the People. Despite the success of the single "I Ain't Havin' That", the album received mediocre sales, which led the duo to a temporary break up.

Track listing

Charts

References

External links

1998 albums
Heltah Skeltah albums
Duck Down Music albums
Priority Records albums
Albums produced by Daz Dillinger
Bonpas Creek

Bonpas Creek is a tributary of the Wabash River in Illinois. It rises to the east of Olney in Richland County, Illinois. Flowing south, it forms the boundary between Edwards and Wabash counties. The creek is  long. It joins the Wabash near Grayville, Illinois.  In the last  of its watercourse, it occupies part of a former Wabash oxbow bend. As such, the creek now also forms part of the state boundary between White County, Illinois, and Gibson County, Indiana, as flows past Grayville in the former channel.

The name is derived from the early French settlers of the Illinois Country. The name probably means "good steps" or "good path". The name is pronounced locally as "Bom Paw".

Other locals such as those in nearby villages of Bone Gap, Browns, Bellmont and southern Illinois communities pronounce the name as Bum-paw, with the emphasis on the Bum. This pronunciation, though not completely true to the original French, is still much closer to the correct way to say the name.  A legend about how Bum-paw got its name tells of an early pioneer father traveling in his wagon across the creek with his young son from their cabin to a nearby settlement.  The father it is told gets his wagon and team of horses stuck in the creek.  As he wades into the water it is said the young son is saying, "Bum-paw, Bum-paw" as the father pulls the team of horses and wagon across the creek.

See also
List of Illinois rivers

References

External links
Prairie Rivers Network
USGS Real-Time Stream Gage, Bonpas Creek
Surfing the Lower Wabash with USEPA

Rivers of Illinois
Rivers of Richland County, Illinois
Rivers of Edwards County, Illinois
Rivers of Wabash County, Illinois
Carleton East

Carleton East was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created for the 1967 election and was abolished in 1999 into Carleton—Gloucester and Ottawa—Vanier.

From 1986 until its abolition in 1998, the riding included most of the (now former) City of Gloucester, except the area north of Leitrim Road between Limebank Road and Conroy Road and the area north of the Queensway and west of Blair Road. Carleton East also included the (now former) Village of Rockcliffe Park and the City of Ottawa north of Montreal Road and east of Rockcliffe Park.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Election results

References

 

Former provincial electoral districts of Ontario
Constituencies established in 1967
Constituencies disestablished in 1999
Gilbert Gardner

Gilbert Ravelle Gardner, II (born May 9, 1982, in Angleton, Texas) is a former American football linebacker. He was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in the third round of the 2004 NFL Draft. He played college football at Purdue.

Gardner earned a Super Bowl ring with the Colts in Super Bowl XLI over the Chicago Bears. He also played for the Tennessee Titans, the Detroit Lions and the Bears.

Early years
Gardner attended Angleton High School in Angleton, Texas and was a letterman in football, baseball, and track. In football, he was a three-time All-District selection and a three-time All-County selection. Gilbert Gardner graduated from Angleton High School in 2000. He and his wife, Emily, have a son named Gilbert Ravelle Gardner III. Gilbert has returned to his roots and is a coach at his hometown Angleton High School.

College career
At Purdue University, he started 31 of 46 games, recording 215 tackles with 3.5 sacks, 23 stops for losses, seven fumble recoveries, three forced fumbles, 11 pass deflections and three interceptions.

Professional career

Indianapolis Colts
Gardner was drafted by the Colts in the 3rd round (69th overall) of the 2004 NFL Draft. He played for the Indianapolis Colts as a backup during the 2004 and 2005 seasons, eventually rising to starting LB by 2006. His 2006 season is remembered negatively by fans, as he was a key cog of the worst run defense in the league, until he was benched late in the season in favor of veteran LB Rob Morris. Gardner was released from the Indianapolis Colts on May 8, 2007.

Tennessee Titans
He was claimed off waivers by the Titans on May 9, 2007, and played one season with the team before becoming a free agent in 2008.

Detroit Lions
Gardner was signed by the Detroit Lions on March 25, 2008. During the first seven weeks of the season, Gardner appeared in two games for the Lions in a reserve role and recorded no tackles. He was placed on injured reserve on October 25 after the team signed linebacker Anthony Cannon. Gardner was released on November 5.

Chicago Bears
Gardner was signed by the Chicago Bears on December 12, 2008, after running back Garrett Wolfe was placed on injured reserve. He was released the following offseason on February 13, 2009.

References

External links
Chicago Bears bio
Detroit Lions bio
Indianapolis Colts bio
 
Tennessee Titans bio

1982 births
Living people
People from Angleton, Texas
Players of American football from Brazoria County, Texas
American football linebackers
Angleton High School alumni
Purdue Boilermakers football players
Indianapolis Colts players
Tennessee Titans players
Detroit Lions players
Chicago Bears players
Harwood Mill

The Harwood Sugar Mill (also known as Sunshine Sugar Mill) is located on Harwood Island on the Clarence River in the Northern Rivers region in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia. It began operations in 1874, and is the oldest sugar cane crushing mill still operating in Australia. Harwood Mill is one of the three sugar mills in NSW with the other mills located at Condong on the Tweed River and Broadwater on the Richmond River.

Harwood mill is currently owned by the New South Wales Sugar Milling Co-operative, formed when cane growers purchased the three NSW sugar mills in 1978 from the Colonial Sugar Refining Company (CSR). CSR built and operated the three for-mentioned mills up until this time. The Harwood site, unlike most sugar mills also includes a sugar refinery (built in 1989) which converts the raw sugar produced by conventional mills into white sugars. The sugar produced by NSW mills is used primarily for domestic consumption.

External links
 http://www.nswsugar.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23&Itemid=42
 http://www.ballarat.edu.au/projects/ensus/case_studies/sugar/index.html

References
 Briody, Patrick.(2003) Sunshine sugar : secrets of success : the history of the New South Wales Sugar Milling Co-operative Limited Broadwater, N.S.W.: The Co-operative. 

Industrial buildings in New South Wales
Economy of New South Wales
Industrial archaeological sites
Sugar companies of Australia
Grafton, New South Wales
Sugar mills in Australia
Flag of Portland, Oregon

The city flag of Portland, Oregon, consists of a green field on which is placed a white four-pointed star (a truncated hypocycloid) from which radiate blue stripes, each bordered by L-shaped yellow elements. Narrow white fimbriations separate the blue and yellow elements from each other and from the green background. The official ordinance specifies a height of 3 feet and a length of 5 feet.

Design and history
City ordinance 176874, adopted September 4, 2002, designates the design and its symbolism. Green stands for "the forests and our green City"; yellow for "agriculture and commerce"; blue for "our rivers". Portland straddles the Willamette River near its confluence with the Columbia River. City Ordinance 186794, adopted September 3, 2014, updated the proportions and the Pantone color specifications: White, PMS 279 (Blue); PMS 349 (Green); and PMS 1235 (Yellow).

The flag was designed in 1969 by a longtime Portland resident, noted graphic designer R. Douglas Lynch (1913–2009). That version of the flag was adopted in January 1970 and at that time included, over Lynch's objections, a dark blue canton containing the city seal in yellow and white; in 2002 Lynch and fellow members of the Portland Flag Association persuaded the Portland City Council to simplify the design to better reflect his original intent.

The flag's design ranked seventh among the flags of 150 US cities in the North American Vexillological Association's "American City Flag Survey of 2004".

Gallery

See also
 Flag of Oregon
 Seal of Portland, Oregon

References

Further reading

External links
 City Flag general description and legal specification (from City Auditor's website)
 
 99% Invisible podcast, Episode 140: Vexillonaire – Tells the story of the 1969 & 2002 Portland flags
 website of the Portland Flag Association

Flag
Flags of cities in Oregon
Flags introduced in 1969
1969 establishments in Oregon
Steve Jeltz

Larry Steven Jeltz (born May 28, 1959) is a French-born American former professional baseball player. He played in parts of eight seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Philadelphia Phillies and Kansas City Royals. Jeltz primarily played shortstop and batted .210 in his career. Jeltz is one of only a handful of MLB players to have been born in France, and he leads that nation's MLB players in several career statistical categories.

Biography
Jeltz was born in Paris to a military family. When he was young, Jeltz moved with his family to Lawrence, Kansas, where he attended Lawrence High School. He then attended the University of Kansas. He set the school's stolen base record with 65. Jeltz spent three years in college before he was drafted by the Phillies in the ninth round of the 1980 MLB draft. He made his MLB debut in 1983.

On June 8, 1989, Jeltz hit two of his five career home runs in a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, despite not even starting the game. A switch-hitter, Jeltz hit one of these homers from the right side of the plate and one from the left side. This was the first time in the history of the Phillies that this feat had been accomplished. It was in this same game that, after the Pirates scored 10 runs in the top of the first, Pirate broadcaster Jim Rooker said on the air, "If we lose this game, I'll walk back to Pittsburgh." The Phillies came back to win 15-11, and after the season Rooker conducted a 300-mile charity walk from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh.

In 1990, Jeltz spent his last MLB season with the Kansas City Royals. He did not play much, and Jeltz said that he was distracted by issues facing his brother, who committed suicide in 1991. After retiring as a player, Jeltz became a bail bondsman and bounty hunter, and then he entered the construction business. In 2003, he had surgery to remove a benign brain tumor.

Jeltz holds the records for most games played, at bats, runs, hits, doubles, triples, runs batted in, walks and strikeouts among players born in France, and second in home runs (behind Bruce Bochy). In total, only seven major league players have been born in France .

References

External links

 List of players born in France
 How to score 10 runs in the first inning and lose, an SB Nation video featuring commentary on Jeltz using the June 8, 1989 game against the Pirates where Jeltz had two home runs

1959 births
Living people
Philadelphia Phillies players
Kansas City Royals players
Reading Phillies players
Portland Beavers players
Rochester Red Wings players
Syracuse Chiefs players
Major League Baseball shortstops
Major League Baseball players from France
Sportspeople from Lawrence, Kansas
Sportspeople from Paris
Kansas Jayhawks baseball players
African-American baseball players
Maine Guides players
Peninsula Pilots players
Spartanburg Phillies players
21st-century African-American people
20th-century African-American sportspeople
Gerome Sapp

Gerome Daren Sapp (born February 8, 1981) is a former American football safety. He was originally drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the sixth round of the 2003 NFL Draft. He played college football at Notre Dame.

High school career
Sapp attended Lamar High School where he was an All-American and was in the USA Today for the 100 top football players in his class. He participated in the Texas vs. California High School Football All-Star game.

College career
Sapp attended the University of Notre Dame, and finished his college football career with 155 tackles, 3 fumble recoveries and 5 INTs, adding 9 passes defended and 1 forced fumble.

Professional career
Sapp was drafted in the 2003 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Ravens and would later play for the Indianapolis Colts before going back to Baltimore. Through his career, Sapp had 106 tackles.

References

External links

1981 births
Living people
African-American players of American football
American football safeties
Baltimore Ravens players
Indianapolis Colts players
Lamar High School (Houston, Texas) alumni
Notre Dame Fighting Irish football players
Players of American football from Houston
21st-century African-American sportspeople
20th-century African-American people
Bari Koral

Bari Koral is a singer-songwriter and Yoga instructor from New York City. Her music career began in pop-rock, touring the college circuit for months at a time to finance the release of her records herself. In 2007, she formed The Bari Koral Family Band with jazz bassist Dred Scott and drummer Eric Halverson, releasing a self-titled 6-song EP of "rock songs for kids that parents dig." Their first LP, Rock and Roll Garden, was released in 2010 on Koral's label, Loopytunes. Anna and the Cupcakes, was released in 2012, also on Loopytunes. Bari tours extensively throughout the United States, both with (and sometimes without) the band, playing private events, children's shows, fundraisers and parties.

Discography
Joy (1999)
Cloudwalking (2002)
Confessions of An Indiegirl (2004)
Bari Koral Family Rock Band (2007)
Rock and Roll Garden (2010)
Anna and the Cupcakes (2012)

References

External links
Official site

Singer-songwriters from New York (state)
Jewish American musicians
American women singer-songwriters
Living people
Jewish rock musicians
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American Jews
21st-century American women
Celebrity (disambiguation)

A celebrity is a person who is famously recognized in a society or societies, be it in the physical or virtual world, such as social media; also, the state of being such a person.

Celebrity may also refer to:

Music
 Celebrity (album), a 2001 album by NSYNC
 "Celebrity" (Barenaked Ladies song), a 2004 UK-only single by the Canadian-based group Barenaked Ladies
 "Celebrity" (Brad Paisley song), a 2003 song by Brad Paisley on his album Mud on the Tires
 "C-lebrity", a song by Queen and Paul Rodgers
"Celebrity", a 2010 song by Lloyd Banks featuring Akon from the album H.F.M. 2 (The Hunger for More 2)
 "Celebrity" (IU song), a 2021 song by South Korean singer IU from her album Lilac

Publications
 The Celebrity, an 1897 novel by the American author Winston Churchill
 Celebrity, a promotional magazine published by the Church of Scientology

Film and television
 Celebrity (1928 film), an American silent comedy film
 Celebrity (1998 film), a film by Woody Allen
 Celebrity (TV programme), a 2000 British breakfast programme
 Celebrity (American TV series), a 1984 miniseries adaptation of a novel by Thomas Thompson
 Celeb (TV series), a British television comedy series starring Harry Enfield and Amanda Holden, based on a cartoon strip from Private Eye magazine
 Celebrity (South Korean TV series), a 2023 South Korean television series

Other uses
 Chevrolet Celebrity, a midsize car produced by Chevrolet (1982–1990)
 Fisher Celebrity, homebuilt aircraft
 Celebrity (game), a party game
 Celebrity Cruises, a cruise line
 Celebrity tomato, a tomato cultivar

See also
Marine Wing Support Squadron 371

Marine Wing Support Squadron 371 (MWSS 371) is an aviation ground support unit of the United States Marine Corps. They are based out of Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona. The squadron is part of Marine Air Control Group 38 and the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing.

Mission
Provide all essential Aviation Ground Support requirements to a designated fixed-wing component of an Aviation Combat Element (ACE) and all supporting or attached elements of the Marine Air Control Group.

History
Marine Wing Support Squadron 371 was activated on 2 June 1986 at Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, California. They relocated during April 1987 to MCAS Yuma, Arizona. The squadrons first combat deployment was in support of Operation Desert Storm in Southwest Asia from August 1990 to April 1991. Elements of MWSS-371 have also participated in Operation Restore Hope in Somalia from January to May 1993 and Operation Southern Watch over Iraq from March to June 2001. They also deployed for Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003, 2005, 2007 and to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in 2009.

See also

 United States Marine Corps Aviation
 Organization of the United States Marine Corps
 List of United States Marine Corps aviation support units

References

External links
 

MWSS371
Overcast! (EP)

Overcast! is Atmosphere's breakthrough EP album, released in 1997.

Track listing
 Scapegoat (Album Version)
 Multip
 Primer
 The Outernet 
 Scapegoat (...It's Edited For The Radio) 
 Sound Is Vibration
 Brief Description
 God's Bathroom Floor (Stress's 4-track Fiasco)

Reception 
In 2013, Sputnik Music praised Slug's and Spawn's lyricism saying the release was one of the most important to underground hip hop.

References

Atmosphere (music group) albums
1998 EPs
Rhymesayers Entertainment EPs
Rocky Calmus

Rocky Ayres Calmus (born August 1, 1979) is an American former college and professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for three seasons during the early 2000s.  He played college football for the University of Oklahoma, earned consensus All-American honors twice, and was recognized as the nation's top college linebacker.  The Tennessee Titans picked him in the third round of the 2002 NFL Draft.

Early years
Calmus was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma.  He is one of several high school football players to reach the professional ranks from the highly successful football program at Jenks High School in Jenks, Oklahoma.  There, he was a star linebacker and running back on a team ranked third in nation and helped start a run to six consecutive Oklahoma Class 6A state championships.

College career
While attending the University of Oklahoma, Calmus played for coach John Blake and Bob Stoops's Oklahoma Sooners football team from 1998 to 2001. He was a three-time first-team All-Big 12 selection (1999, 2000, 2001), and a two-time consensus first-team All-American (2000, 2001). Calmus was recognized as the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year as a junior and senior, and won the Butkus Award as the nation's premier college linebacker following his senior season in 2001. Calmus was a key defensive starter on the 2000 Sooners team that defeated the Florida State Seminoles 13–2 in the Orange Bowl to win the BCS National Championship.

Professional career
The Tennessee Titans selected Calmus in the third round (77th overall pick) of the 2002 NFL Draft, and he played for the Titans from  to . Signed by the Indianapolis Colts for the  season, he appeared in no regular season games for the team.  Hampered by injuries throughout his professional career, he retired after the 2005 season.  As of 2010 he owned a landscaping business in Franklin, Tennessee.

Personal
His uncle, Dick Calmus, was a baseball pitcher who was signed as a bonus baby and played for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs in the 1960s.

References

External links
 "All-American: Rocky Calmus" at Oklahoma Sooners football official website
 Rocky Calmus at NFL.com

1979 births
Living people
All-American college football players
American football linebackers
Indianapolis Colts players
Oklahoma Sooners football players
Players of American football from Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tennessee Titans players
Alcalde (disambiguation)

Alcalde may have one of the following meanings.
Alcalde, the Spanish title of the chief administrator of a town
Alcalde-Presidente, a mayor with attributions of a higher level
 Alcalde, New Mexico
The Alcalde, a magazine
Alcalde and Fay, an American lobbying firm
Manuel Alcalde (1956-2004), Spanish race walker
Gem Pier

Gem Pier is an historic pier  on Port Phillip Bay, in Williamstown, Victoria, Australia. The pier is  in length and is currently home to the museum ship HMAS Castlemaine and Melbourne Seaplanes.

History
The first pier was built in 1839 near the present-day Gem Pier. Originally known as "The Jetty", in 1853 it was renamed "Old Pier" following the construction of the "New Pier" (the Ann Street Pier). Throughout the 1860s and 1870s it was known as "Steamboat Pier". In the 1870s it was renamed "Gem Pier" after the paddle steamer Gem that ran a ferry service from Williamstown to Port Melbourne from 1846 to 1886.

The pier was rebuilt in 1992.

External links
 Picture Victoria - A photo of the old Gem passenger ferry and quarantine launch Greswell at the pier.

Piers in Australia
Port Phillip
Transport buildings and structures in Victoria (state)
Williamstown, Victoria
Okama (artist)

Okama is a Japanese manga artist and illustrator. He is known as the artist of Cloth Road as well as the original character designer for Himawari and Glass no Kantai. He was also involved in Gunbuster 2, most noticeably in the ending design.

Okama began his career by publishing various dōjin works (usually hentai themed), and made his debut in the professional world in 1998, with most of his early work also being hentai erotica themed. In late 1999, he began his first non-adult orientated serialization Cat's World.

Okama also means a gay, effeminate or female-presenting man. The artist's explanation for his name is that he always plays female characters in online games.

Works

Anime
Kamichu! (production design)
Glass no Kantai (original character design)
The Wings of Rean (visual concept)
Le Portrait de Petite Cossette (production design)
Genesis of Aquarion (concept design)
Diebuster (future visual)
Himawari! (original character design, production design)
Getsumen to Heiki Mina (character design)
Saint October (original character design)
Rebuild of Evangelion (design)
Welcome to the Space Show (production design)
Lotte no Omocha! (world visual design)
Senki Zesshō Symphogear (creature design)

Printed works
Artbooks
 Okamax
 Getsumen Toheiki Mina Calendar
 okamarble
 Food Girls
Manga
 Cat's World
 Cloth Road
 Food Girls
 Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World
 Tail Star
Hentai manga
 Hanafuda
 School
 Meguri Kuru Haru
Contributions
 Range Murata - Robot - Volume 01
 Range Murata - Robot - Volume 03
 Range Murata - Robot - Volume 04
 Range Murata - Robot - Volume 10

Games
No More Heroes (Costume Designer)
Busou Shinki (Designer for Zyrdarya and Juvisy)

Software
Vocaloid Nekomura Iroha (character design and illustration)

References

External links
  
 Okama  at Media Arts Database 

Manga artists
Japanese illustrators
Hentai doujin creators
1974 births
Living people
Jerry Flint

Jerry Flint (June 20, 1931 – August 7, 2010) was a senior automotive editor for Forbes magazine, continuing as a columnist from his official retirement in 1996 until his death. Flint also wrote articles for a variety of media, including Ward's AutoWorld, with whom he continued until his death, from a stroke on August 7, 2010.

Early life and career
Of Polish Jewish descent, Flint was born in a working-class neighborhood, in Detroit, on June 20, 1931, a time when the Great Depression had sunk so deep he and family would walk miles to the Fisher Theater, for a film, hoping to save a few nickels on streetcar fares.  He was educated at what was then Detroit's city college but is now Wayne State University.  He finally saw the world beyond as an Army intelligence officer, stationed in Herzogenaurach, Germany, starting in 1953.

Upon his return, Flint entered journalism.  By 1958 he was working first in Chicago and then Detroit for The Wall Street Journal.  In 1967 he went to work for The New York Times in Detroit and became Detroit bureau chief.  He moved to New York with the Times and remained there until 1979, when he moved to Forbes as Washington bureau chief.   Flint returned to New York with Forbes and again covered the auto industry. Retiring from Forbes editorial staff in 1996, at the age of 65, he continued as a columnist (Backseat Driver) and contributor until his death on August 7, 2010.

Flint won the Gerald Loeb Award for Commentary in 2003. The Journal of Financial Reporting named him one 100 most prominent business reporters of the 20th century.  Among the honors he was most proud of, however, was being chosen as one of the 40 finalists for NASA's Journalist in Space program.  The program was canceled following the explosion that destroyed the shuttle Challenger.

Flint also served as President of the International Motor Press Association.

Legacy Costs Insights
He was one of the earliest automotive writers to discuss the looming legacy cost crisis for GM and Ford. In this article, Flint proposed the controversial measure of taxing all U.S. auto sales in order to fund legacy healthcare and pension costs for GM, Ford and Chrysler workers. He premised this proposal on the idea that, in bankruptcy, the United States public would have to pay these costs anyway due to the American government's pension guaranty program.

References 

Forbes Magazine, Jerry Flint
 "Jerry Flint, Longtime Auto Journalist, Dies at 79" Margalit Fox, The New York Times, 9 August 2010

1931 births
2010 deaths
American male journalists
American magazine editors
Gerald Loeb Award winners for Columns, Commentary, and Editorials
Portulaca grandiflora

Portulaca grandiflora is a succulent flowering plant in the purslane family Portulacaceae, native to southern Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay and often cultivated in gardens. It has many common names, including rose moss, eleven o'clock, Mexican rose, moss rose,  sun rose, table rose, rock rose, and moss-rose purslane. Despite these names and the superficial resemblance of some cultivars' flowers to roses, it is not a true rose, nor even a part of the rose family or rosid group; rather, it is much more closely related to carnations and cacti.

It is also seen in South Asia and widely spread in most of the cities with old 18th- and 19th-century architecture in the Balkans.

Description
It is a small, but fast-growing annual plant growing to 30 cm tall, though usually less. However, if it is cultivated properly, it can easily reach this height. The leaves are thick and fleshy, up to 2.5 cm long, arranged alternately or in small clusters. The flowers are 2.5–3 cm diameter with five petals, variably red, orange, pink, white, and yellow. Their upright, or ascending, long shoots branch usually near the base. The spreading 20-to-25-millimeters-long and 2-to-3-millimeters-wide leaves are almost or completely stalk-shaped, and taper towards the tip.

The axillary leaves have few to numerous whitish, woolly hairs which are usually shorter than the sheets. The compressed inflorescences are surrounded by eight to ten leaves. The large flowers reach a diameter of up to 4 centimetres. The five bright magenta-coloured petals are obovate and 15 to 26 millimeters long. Around the ovary with four to nine whitish scars are about 50 stamens. Capsules and seeds are not visible.

P. grandiflora is one of the few plants that is a /CAM intermediate, utilizing both  carbon fixation and Crassulacean acid metabolism pathways in different cells for photosynthesis.

Cultivation and uses
Numerous cultivars have been selected for double flowers with additional petals, and for variation in flower colour, plain or variegated. It is widely grown in temperate climates as an ornamental plant for annual bedding or as a container plant. It requires ample sunlight and well-drained soils. It requires almost no attention and spreads itself very easily. In places with old architecture it can grow between the stones of the road or sidewalk. Seeds are often sold as mixtures, such as Double Flowering Mixture (see illustrations). It grows on sandy soils. In countries with a frost-free climate, it is wild.

Unlike P. oleracea and P. umbraticola , it is not edible because of its bitter taste. There are hybrids of P. grandiflora with P. oleracea, umbraticola and villosa.

It is visited by honeybees for its pollen and nectar.

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Flora of Southern America
Vinayaditya of Vatapi

Vinayaditya ruled the Chalukya kingdom from 681 to 696 AD. He was the son of Vikramaditya I and the successor of the chalukya kingdom. Similar to his forefathers, he took up titles such as "Shri-Prithivi-Vallabha", "Satyasraya", "Yuddhamalla" and "Rajasraya". He carried campaigns against the Pallavas, Kalabhras, Haihayas, Vilas, Cholas, Pandyas, Gangas and many more. He levied tribute from the kings of Kavera, Parasika (Iran), Sinhala (Ceylon). He acquired the banner called Palidhvaja by defeating the Lord of the entire Uttarapatha. (The name of the Lord of Uttarapatha is not known or mentioned anywhere)

Northern expedition 
Inscriptions speak of many victories to Vinyaditya.  He had fought alongside his father against the Pallavas. According to the Jejuri record of 684, he defeated the Pallavas, Kalabhras, Keralas (Cheras, the rulers of western Tamil Nadu and central Kerala) and the Kalachuris of central India. From the Kolhapur plates of 678, it can be seen that he defeated the kingdoms of Lanka and Kamera, which according to Dr. S. Nagaraju was Khmer or Cambodia. The Vakkaleri plates confirm the Chalukya levying tribute on Kamera, Lanka and Parasika (Persia).

According to Dr. Sircar, it is very possible that the chiefs of Lanka and Persia may have sought protection from the Chalukya, considering the unstable political situation in those countries. During this time, Persia was under Islamic invasion. Vinayaditya sent an expedition to the north under the command of his son Vijayaditya. According to some accounts, Vijayaditya was captured and held prisoner and after a period of incarceration, escaped and returned to the Chalukyan kingdom to be crowned the monarch of the empire. Vinayaditya sent an ambassador to the Chinese court in 692. Vijayaditya succeeded his father in 696.

Rule
Vinayaditya converted a village named Hadagile in Beluvala-300 into a dana-shala (charity-house) in year 683.

References

Citations

Sources
 Dr. Suryanath U. Kamat (2001). Concise History of Karnataka, MCC, Bangalore (Reprinted 2002). 
 Nilakanta Sastri, K.A. (1935). The CōĻas, University of Madras, Madras (Reprinted 1984). 
 Nilakanta Sastri, K.A. (1955). A History of South India, OUP, New Delhi (Reprinted 2002).
 
 South Indian Inscriptions - http://www.whatisindia.com/inscriptions/
 History of Karnataka, Mr. Arthikaje

696 deaths
Early Chalukyas
7th-century Indian monarchs
680 births
Bernadette Zurbriggen

Bernadette Zurbriggen (born 30 August 1956) is a former Swiss alpine skier.

Career
During her career she has achieved 18 results among the top 3 in the World Cup. In the 1970s, Zurbriggen won seven World Cup races: five in Downhill, one in Giant slalom and one in Alpine Combined.  She competed at three Winter Olympics between 1972 and 1980, with a seventh position in the women's Downhill in both 1972 and 1976 her best finish.

World Cup results
Victories

References

External links
 
 

1956 births
Living people
Swiss female alpine skiers
Alpine skiers at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiers at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiers at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Olympic alpine skiers for Switzerland
20th-century Swiss women
Hu Jia

Hu Jia may refer to:

Hu Jia (activist) (born 1973), Chinese pro-democracy and HIV/AIDS activist 
Hu Jia (diver) (born 1983), Chinese Olympic diver

See also
 Hujia, a traditional Mongolian instrument
The M-Pire Shrikez Back

The M-Pire Shrikez Back is the second studio album by American hip hop trio Originoo Gunn Clappaz. It was released on August 31, 1999, through Duck Down/Priority Records. Production was handled by Emperor Searcy, Robert "Rob" McDowell, Justin "JT" Trugman, Rebell, Baby Paul, DJ Greyboy, Don J, Drew "Dru-Ha" Friedman, Havoc, Knobody, Shaleek and Vincent Davis. It features guest appearances from Boot Camp Clik, Hardcore, Thurderfoot, Havoc and MFC.

The album peaked at number 170 on the Billboard 200. The single "Bounce to the Ounce" received moderate airplay, but not enough to attract strong sales.

Track listing

Charts

References

External links

1999 albums
O.G.C. albums
Duck Down Music albums
Priority Records albums
Albums produced by Havoc (musician)
René Diekstra

René F.W. Diekstra (born 20 July 1946, Sneek, the Netherlands) is a Dutch psychologist. Apart from being a scientist, he is also well known as an author of popular psychology books. He is the developer of many psychological programs for policy and well-being and writes for Dutch regional newspapers and several magazines.
From 1987 to 1989, he was appointed manager of the programme on Psychosocial and Behavioral aspects of Health and Development of the World Health Organization in Geneva. He was also the founder of the International Academy of Suicide Research and the scientific journal Archives of Suicide Research. Diekstra became one of the foremost researchers in the field of suicidal behavior and author of many scientific papers and books in the field. He was also one of the first recipients of the Stengel Award, the world's most prestigious honor in the field of research on suicide.

He left Leiden University in 1997, after accusations of scientific plagiarism. The lawsuit was complicated by the fact that there was no solid definition of plagiarism available.
From 2002 to 2011 Diekstra was head of the research group for Youth and Development at The Hague University of Applied Sciences. Between 2004 and 2011, he was head of the social science department and professor of psychology at the Roosevelt Academy in Middelburg, the Honors College of the University of Utrecht.

References

External links
 Personal web page (in Dutch)

1946 births
Living people
Dutch columnists
Dutch psychologists
Radboud University Nijmegen alumni
Academic staff of Leiden University
People from Sneek
Academic staff of The Hague University of Applied Sciences
Robert Douglas

Robert Douglas may refer to:

Entertainment
 Robert Langton Douglas (1864–1951), British art critic and director of the National Gallery of Ireland
 Robert Douglas (actor) (1909–1999), British actor
 Róbert Ingi Douglas (born 1973), Icelandic film director

Military
 Robert Douglas, Count of Skenninge (1611–1662), Scottish-born field-marshal in the Swedish army
 Sir Robert Douglas, 3rd Baronet (died 1692), Scottish soldier
 Robert Douglas (1727–1809), career soldier, field marshal of the Netherlands
 Robert Percy Douglas (1805–1891), British Army officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Jersey
 Robert Douglas (Royal Navy officer) (1829–1910), British admiral

Politics and law
 Sir Robert Douglas of Lochleven (died 1547), Scottish courtier and landowner
 Robert Douglas, Provost of Lincluden (died 1609), Scottish landowner, courtier, and administrator
 Robert Douglas, 1st Viscount of Belhaven (1573–1639), Scottish courtier
 Robert Douglas, 8th Earl of Morton (died 1649), Scottish nobleman
 Robert Douglas (British politician) (c.  1703–1745), MP for Orkney and Shetland, British army officer
 Robert Douglas (New Zealand politician) (1837–1884)
 Robert M. Douglas (1849–1917), North Carolina Supreme Court justice
 Robert Dick Douglas (1875–1960), American lawyer and son of Robert M. Douglas
 Robert Albert Douglas (1887–1959), contractor and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada

Science
 Robert Douglas (horticulturist) (1813–1897), English American horticulturalist and forestry consultant
 R. J. W. Douglas (1920–1979), Canadian geologist
 Robert M. Douglas (doctor) (born 1936), academic, researcher, and administrator

Sports
 Robert Noel Douglas (1868–1957), English cricketer and priest
 Robert Douglas (American football) (born 1982), retired American football fullback
 Rab Douglas (born 1972), Scottish football goalkeeper
 Rob Douglas (born 1971), American speed sailor

Other
 Robert Douglas (minister) (1594–1674), minister in the Church of Scotland
 Sir Robert Douglas, 6th Baronet (1694–1770), Scottish genealogist
 Robert Douglas (bishop) (died 1716), Scottish prelate
 Robert Kennaway Douglas (1838–1913), British oriental scholar
 Robert Waite Douglas (1854–1931), Canadian librarian

See also
 Bob Douglas (1882–1979), American sports manager, founder of the New York Renaissance
 Bobby Douglas (born 1942), wrestling coach
 Bobby Douglass (born 1947), American football player
 Robert Douglass Jr. (1809–1887), African-American artist and activist
Capite censi

Capite censi were the lowest class of citizens in ancient Rome, people not of the nobility or middle classes. The term in Latin means "those counted by head" in the ancient Roman census. Also known as "the head count", the  owned little or no property, so they were counted by the head rather than by their property. Initially capite censi was synonymous with proletarii, meaning those citizens whose property was too small to be rated for the census. Later, though, the proletarii were distinguished from the capite censi as having "appreciable property" to the value of 11,000 asses or less. In contrast, the capite censi are assumed to have not owned any property of significance.

See also

Notes

Social classes in ancient Rome
Vijayaditya

Vijayaditya (696–733 CE)  followed his father, Vinayaditya on to the Chalukya throne.  His long reign was marked by general peace and prosperity.  Vijayaditya also built a number of temples.
He fought against the Pallavas and extracted tributes from Paramesvaravarman II. The Alupas of South Canara who were
loyal to the Chalukyas and led by Alupa Chitravahana, brother-in-law of Vijayaditya defeated a Pandyan invasion of Mangalore in 705.
Vijayaditya was succeeded by his son Vikramaditya II in 733. Vijayaditya ruled for 18 years.

Rule
Vijayaditya donated a village named Kadamma, located to the south of Purikaranagara, to Sankha-Jinendra temple at Lakshmeshwara, Gadag district in 730 CE.

References

Citations

Sources
 Dr. Suryanath U. Kamat (2001). Concise History of Karnataka, MCC, Bangalore (Reprinted 2002).
 Nilakanta Sastri, K.A. (1935). The CōĻas, University of Madras, Madras (Reprinted 1984).
 Nilakanta Sastri, K.A. (1955). A History of South India, OUP, New Delhi (Reprinted 2002).
 
 South Indian Inscriptions - http://www.whatisindia.com/inscriptions/
  History of Karnataka, Mr. Arthikaje

Early Chalukyas
696 births
733 deaths
7th-century Indian monarchs
8th-century Indian monarchs
The BDI Thug

The BDI Thug is the only studio album by American rapper Buckshot. It was released on October 26, 1999, via Duck Down Records. Production was handled by Mark "Boogie" Brown, Baby Paul, Chris Ward, DJ Akshun, Just Blaze, Lord Jamar, Master Beats and Buckshot himself, who also served as executive producer together with Drew "Dru-Ha" Friedman. It features guest appearances from BJ Swan, Blue Flame, FT, Half a Mill, Harly Hearts, Sweet Mellodye, Tone Capone and Top Dog. The album peaked at number 63 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and number 21 on the Heatseekers Albums in the United States.

The album's title came from the nickname Tupac Shakur gave to Buckshot in the summer of 1996 during the recording of the unreleased 2Pac's One Nation album.

Track listing

Notes
 signifies an additional producer

Personnel
Kenyatta "Buckshot" Blake – executive producer
Drew "Dru-Ha" Friedman – executive producer
Leo "Swift" Morris – engineering (tracks: 2, 11)
Ed Miller – engineering (tracks: 3, 7, 10, 12)
Ronald Williams – engineering & mixing (track 5)
Ken Lewis – engineering (track 8)
DJ Eli – engineering (track 9)
Michael Sarsfield – mastering
Andre Simmons – artwork, design
Marc Ecko – artwork, design
Jen Petrashock – photography

Charts

References

External links

1999 debut albums
Duck Down Music albums
Buckshot (rapper) albums
Albums produced by Just Blaze
Albums produced by Lord Jamar
Head count

Head count may refer to:

 Capite censi, a Latin expression referring to the non-nobility
 Head count (Australian rules football)
 HeadCount, a democracy non-profit organisation in the United States