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Deutscher Beamtenbund

Deutscher Beamtenbund (dbb) (Civil Service Federation) is a national trade union center of Germany. 

The DBB was started in 1918 and organizes workers of public administration. 

DBB has a membership of 1,250,000 members. President is Peter Heesen

Other websites 
dbb homepage

Trade unions in Germany
Gewerkschaft Deutscher Lokomotivführer

Gewerkschaft Deutscher Lokomotivführer (GDL) () is a trade union of Germany. Its president is Claus Weselsky , who took over from Manfred Schell in 2008.

The GDL has a membership of 34,000.  Most members live in the old East Germany.
GDL is a member of the Deutscher Beamtenbund (dbb).

Other websites 
GDL homepage

Trade unions in Germany
TRANSNET Gewerkschaft

TRANSNET, which stands for Transport, Service, and Networks, is a trade union in Germany. It  283,000 workers, and is one of eight industrial affiliations of the Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund (DGB). Its president is Norbert Hansen.

Other websites 
TRANSNET homepage 

Trade unions in Germany
Can-can

The can-can (also spelled cancan or Can Can) is a music hall dance, performed by a chorus line of female dancers who wear costumes with long skirts, petticoats, and black stockings, like the fashions of the 1890s. The can-can was first danced in low class ballrooms of Montparnasse in Paris about 1830. The dancers of the 1890s, such as La Goulue and Jane Avril, were highly paid for their appearances at the Moulin Rouge and elsewhere. The female dancers of the French Second Empire and the fin de siècle developed the various cancan moves.

The Galop from Jacques Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld is the tune most often played with the can-can (a somewhat simplified form and a more evolved one Can-Can (Orpheus in the Underworld). Performed on the accordion ).

The can-can was adapted as an American movie titled "Can Can"(1960), acted by Frank Sinatra and Shirley MacLaine  with music by Cole Porter.

Dances
French culture
American movies
Jacques Offenbach

Jacques Offenbach (20 June 1819, in Cologne – 5 October 1880, in Paris) was a French composer and cellist of the Romantic era. He is seen as one of the originators of the operetta form.  Of German-Jewish descent, he was one of the most influential composers of popular music in Europe in the 19th century. Many of his works are still played today.

Offenbach's many operettas, such as Orpheus in the Underworld, and La belle Hélène, were extremely popular both in France and elsewhere in the 1850s and 1860s.  They combined political and cultural satire with witty grand opera parodies.  His popularity in France declined in the 1870s after the fall of the Second Empire. He fled France, but during the last years of his life, his popularity came back. Several of his operettas are still performed.  While his name remains most closely associated with the French operetta and the Second Empire, it is Offenbach's one fully operatic masterpiece, Les contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann), composed at the end of his career, that has become the most familiar of Offenbach's works in major opera houses.

1819 births
1880 deaths
French composers
Shane MacDougall

Shane MacDougall is a Canadian stand-up comedian, former columnist, television writer, and documentarian. Best known for his 1999 challenge to Queen Elizabeth II to a kickboxing match or math test for the monarchy of Canada, the challenge resulted in him receiving death threats but also brought much media attention to the burgeoning Canadian republican movement.

He is also known for The Dark Show, which in the late 1990s was Canada's longest running independent comedy show. Held at Toronto's famous Rivoli club, The Dark Show featured some of Canada's top comedians doing material on topics from school shootings to date rape, and also generated protests from some citizens.

For two years Shane was a comedy reporter and humorist for eye Weekly in Toronto, then in 2000 moved to New York City where he worked as a writer for various MTV shows. 

In 2005, MacDougall completed filming on a documentary entitled "Wiener Takes All", which followed the competitive dachshund racing circuit. The documentary screened such venues as the San Francisco Documentary Film Festival, the 27th Atlantic Film Festival, BendFilm, the Laguna Beach Film Society/Museum of Art, and the Oklahoma City Museum of Art.

References and Reviews
Variety Review of Wiener Takes All
SFist coverage of the US Premiere 
Frank Decaro (Sirius Radio) interview with director Shane MacDougall
Chronicle Herald front page coverage (Canada) 
Cinematical report on BendFilm 
CBC Radio Interview

Other websites

Canadian comedians
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Alleghany County, North Carolina

Alleghany County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. In 2000, 10,677 people lived there. Its county seat is Sparta.

History 
The county was made in 1859 from the eastern part of Ashe County, North Carolina.

Government 
Alleghany County is part of the High Country Council of Governments.

Weather 
Since it is in the mountains, Alleghany County has cooler summers than most other places in North Carolina. The temperature usually does not go above 85 °F in the summer. But in the winter the temperature is colder than most places in North Carolina.

Adjacent Counties 
These counties are connected to Alleghany County:
 Grayson County, Virginia - north
 Surry County, North Carolina - east
 Wilkes County, North Carolina - south
 Ashe County, North Carolina - west

Important Roads 
These are the biggest roads in Alleghany County:

Cities and Towns 
These cities and towns are in Alleghany County:
 Sparta

 
1859 establishments in North Carolina
Sparta, North Carolina

Sparta is a town in Alleghany County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,817 people as of the year 2000. It is the county seat of Alleghany County.

Teapot Museum 
The Sparta Teapot Museum is being built right now and should be finished by the summer of 2008.

References

Towns in North Carolina
Alleghany County, North Carolina
County seats in North Carolina
Anson County, North Carolina

Anson County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina.  In 2000, 25,275 people lived there.  Its county seat is Wadesboro.

History 
The county was made in 1750 from Bladen County.

In 1753, the northern part of Anson County became Rowan County.  In 1762 the western part of the county became Mecklenburg County.  In 1779 the northern part of the county became Montgomery County, and the part east of the Pee Dee River became Richmond County.  And in 1842 the western part of Anson County was combined with the southeastern part of Mecklenburg County to make Union County.

In 1985 most of the movie The Color Purple (film), starring Oprah Winfrey and Whoopi Goldberg along with Danny Glover, was filmed in Anson county.

Government 
Anson County is part of the Centralina Council of Governments.

Connected Counties 
These counties are connected to Anson County:
Stanly County, North Carolina - north
Richmond County, North Carolina - east
Marlboro County, South Carolina - south east
Chesterfield County, South Carolina -south
Union County, North Carolina -west

Cities and Towns 
These cities and towns are in Anson County
Ansonville
Lilesville
McFarlan
Morven
Peachland
Polkton
Wadesboro

Other websites 
Anson County government official website

 
1750 establishments
1750s establishments in North Carolina
Wadesboro, North Carolina

Wadesboro is a town in Anson County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 3,552 people as of the year 2000. It is the county seat of Anson County.

Other websites 
 Official website of Wadesboro, NC

Anson County, North Carolina
Towns in North Carolina
County seats in North Carolina
Alexander County, North Carolina

Alexander County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina.  In 2000, 33,603 people lived there.  Its county seat is Taylorsville.

Government 
Alexander County is part of the Western Piedmont Council of Governments.

Connected Counties 
These counties are connected to Alexander County:
Wilkes County, North Carolina - north
Iredell County, North Carolina - east
Catawba County, North Carolina - south
Caldwell County, North Carolina - west

Cities and Towns 
These cities and towns are in Alexander County:
Taylorsville

Other websites 
Alexander County government official website 

North Carolina counties
1847 establishments in the United States
1840s establishments in North Carolina
Ashe County, North Carolina

Ashe County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina.  In 2000, 24,384 people lived there.  Its county seat is Jefferson.

History 
Native Americans used to live in Ashe County.  Pieces of broken pottery, arrowheads, and other Native American things have been found in the county.

In 1849, the southwestern part of Ashe County was combined with parts of Caldwell County, Wilkes County, and Yancey County to make Watauga County.  In 1859, the eastern part of Ashe County became Alleghany County.

Cities and towns  
These cities and towns are in Ashe County:
Jefferson
Lansing
West Jefferson.

Connected counties 
These counties are connected to Ashe County:
Grayson County, Virginia - north
Alleghany County, North Carolina - east
Wilkes County, North Carolina - southeast
Watauga County, North Carolina - southwest
Johnson County, Tennessee - west

Other websites 
Ashe County government official website

North Carolina counties
1799 establishments in the United States
1790s establishments in North Carolina
Avery County, North Carolina

Avery County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina.  In 2000, 17,167 people lived there.  Its county seat is Newland. It is known for growing Fraser Fir Christmas trees. Avery County is part of the High Council of Governments.

History 
The county was made in 1911 from parts of Caldwell County, Mitchell County, and Watauga County.  Avery County was the last county made in North Carolina.

Bordering counties 
These counties border, or connect to, Avery County:
Johnson County, Tennessee – north
Carter County, Tennessee – west
Caldwell County, North Carolina – southeast
Burke County, North Carolina – south
McDowell County, North Carolina – south
Mitchell County, North Carolina – west
Watauga County, North Carolina – north

Cities and towns 
These cities and towns are in Avery County:
Banner Elk
Beech Mountain
Crossnore
Elk Park
Grandfather
Linville
Minneapolis
Newland
Seven Devils
Sugar Mountain

Other websites 
Avery County government official website

North Carolina counties
1911 establishments in the United States
20th-century establishments in North Carolina
Hersfeld-Rotenburg

Hersfeld-Rotenburg is a Kreis (district) in the east of Hesse, Germany.

History 
In 1821 districts were created in Hesse, including the districts Hersfeld and Rotenburg, which stayed nearly unchanged after Hesse-Kassel was taken over by Prussia. In 1972 both districts were joined into one.

Coat of arms

Towns and municipalities

References

Other websites
Official website 
Touristic website 

Districts of Hesse
Werra-Meißner-Kreis

Werra-Meißner is a Kreis (district) in the north of Hesse, Germany.

History 
The district was created in 1974 by merging the two district Eschwege and Witzenhausen, which both existed with only slight modifications since 1821.

Geography 
The main river in the district is the Werra. The Hohe Meißner with  is the highest of the Meißner mountains. The river and the mountain gave the district its name.

The Hohe Meißner was also home to USA military forces up to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Soldiers of the Special Forces guarded the eavesdropping listening post situated on the hilltop.

Coat of arms

Towns and municipalities

References

Other websites 
 Official website 

Districts of Hesse
Waldeck-Frankenberg

Waldeck-Frankenberg is a Kreis (district) in the north of Hesse, Germany.

History 
The district was created in 1972 by merging the two districts Frankenberg and Waldeck. Most of the area of the district was previously part of the old principality of Waldeck.

Coat of arms

Towns and municipalities

References

Other websites
Official website 

Districts of Hesse
Schwalm-Eder-Kreis

Schwalm-Eder is a Kreis (district) in the north of Hesse, Germany.

Partnerships 
The district has partnerships with
 , Kajaani City,
 , district of Sedgemoor
 , district of Piła and
 , the Rayon ov (Yaroslavl Oblast).

Geography 
The two rivers Schwalm and Eder gave the district its name.

Coat of arms

Towns and municipalities

References

Other websites 
 Official website 

Districts of Hesse
Velvet Revolver

Velvet Revolver (VR), was a Grammy Award-winning rock supergroup that started in 2002. The members of the band are Slash (guitarist), Duff McKagan (bassist, backing vocals), Matt Sorum (drums) of Guns N' Roses, and Dave Kushner (guitarist) of Wasted Youth. Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots was previously the lead singer. He joined the band after Stone Temple Pilots broke up in 2003. The band got success with their first album Contraband and released their second album Libertad in 2007. Scott Weiland left the band in 2008, though he did one more one-off show with the band in 2012. Velvet Revolver have had several searches for a new singer since then, but have yet to announce a replacement.

Other websites
Velvet Revolver Official Site (dot com) / Velvet Revolver Official Site (dot net)
Velvet Revolver @ RCA Records 
RCA Records
Velvet Revolver VH1 Artist Page  
Velvet Revolver MTV Artist Page 
Velvet Revolver AOL Artist Page  
Velvet Revolver Billboard Artist Page  
Velvet Revolver All Music Guide Artist Page 
Velvet Revolver Rolling Stone Artist Page  
Scott Weiland talks about "Libertad" 
 Officiële Velvet Revolver Benelux Website 
Online wiki for Velvet Revolver concerts and setlists 

2002 establishments in the United States
2000s American music groups
2000s establishments in California
American hard rock bands
Grammy Award winners
Musical groups established in 2002
Musical groups from California
Orange County, California
Manchu

The Manchu people are a Tungusic people who came from Manchuria (today's Northeastern China). During their rise in the seventeenth century they conquered the Ming Dynasty and founded the Qing Dynasty, which ruled China until  the Xinhai Revolution in 1911, which established a republican government in its place.

The Qing Dynasty required by law that all males must wear a hairstyle called the Manchu queue, in which men had to shave the front of their heads and wear a long braid on the back of their heads.

The Manchu are still a separate ethnicity from the Han Chinese and are categorized as a seperaet ethnic minority by the government of China but the majority of Manchus no longer speak their own language much as the majority of the Irish people remain separate from English but speak English as their first language.

Other websites 
 http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/EthnicGroups/136932.htm
 Qiren.cn (Simplified Chinese)

Notes 

Ethnic groups in China
Kristanna Loken

Kristanna Sommer Loken or Kristanna Sommer Løken (born October 8, 1979) is an American actress known for her work in both film and television, and a former fashion model. She is perhaps known as T-X from the movie Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) and Rayne from the movie Bloodrayne (2006).

All of Loken's four grandparents were immigrants to the United States from Norway. She is openly bisexual.

Filmography
 Mortal Kombat Conquest (1998) (as Taja)
 Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) as T-X
 Ring of the Nibelungs (2004) as Brunhild
 BloodRayne (2006) as Rayne
 The L Word (2007) as Paige Sobel
 Painkiller Jane (2007) as Jane Vasco / Painkiller Jane
 In the Name of the King (2008) as Elora

References

Other websites
KristannaLoken.net (Official website) (requires Flash)
 (Official)

Kristana Loken Comes Out

Interviews
Manila Standard Today interview (January 27, 2006)
Curve interview  (January 2006)
JoBlo.com interview (December 29, 2005)

1979 births
Living people
Actors from New York
LGBT people from New York
Models from New York
American movie actors
American television actors
Bisexual people
LGBT actors
LGBT models
Concubinage

Concubinage is the state of a woman in a relationship with a man of higher social status that gives her less rights than a marriage. In most of the cases the man has an official wife and one or more concubines. Concubines have only limited rights of support from the man, and their children have lower status than children born by the official wife or wives; these legal rights distinguish a concubine from a mistress.

Historically, the family of a girl were in favour of a concubinage with a mighty man, as it meant economic security for the woman. But concubinage could also mean sexual slavery of one member of the relationship, typically the woman, who was a pleasure slave to the man.

In the Western world there is no legal status of concubines, as only monogamous marriages are allowed.  Any other relationship does not enjoy legal protection; the woman is necessarily a mistress.

References

 Rosales v. Battle (2003) 113 Cal.App.4th 1178 (California court decision involving status of concubine. Link requires free registration.)

Marriage
Mistress (lover)

A mistress is a man's long term female sexual partner and companion who is not married to him. This term is especially used when the man is married to another woman.  The relationship is generally stable; however, the couple do not live together openly.  Also, the relationship is usually but not always secret. Rather often the man is paying for some of the woman's living expenses. A mistress has no legal relationship to the man, that makes the difference to the status of a concubine.

The term can also be used to describe the "other" companion in a female same-sex marriage. Likewise, a woman may be married to a man and have a mistress of her own.

Definition
Historically, the term was used for women who could afford a comfortable lifestyle, because a wealthy man financed that so that she will be available for his sexual pleasure. Such a woman could move between the roles of a mistress and a courtesan. Today however, the word mistress is used primarily to refer to the female companion of a man who is married to another woman; in the case of an unmarried man it is usual to speak of a "girlfriend".

The historically best known and most researched mistresses are the royal mistresses of European monarchs, for example Madame de Pompadour. 
In the courts of Europe, particularly Versailles and Whitehall in the 17th and 18th centuries, a mistress often had great power and influence.  A king might hold numerous mistresses but have a single "favourite mistress" or "official mistress" (in French, "maîtresse en titre"), as with Louis XV and Madame de Pompadour.

Adultery
Eastern Front

Eastern Front can be one of the following:

 Eastern Front (World War I)
 Eastern Front (World War II)
 Eastern Front (Sudan)
List of counties in Wisconsin

The following is a '''list of the counties of Wisconsin:

References

Wisconsin
Eastern Front (World War I)

The Eastern Front of World War I was the theatre in which Germany and Austria-Hungary fought against the Russian Empire. Planning places to concentrate forces was very important because there were few railways on the Eastern Front, and troops could not be moved and reinforced as quickly as on the Western Front. 

Russia lost many battles, but its overall situation improved as Russia improved its forces, and more and more allies entered the war. The Eastern Front ended when the Russian Civil War broke out in 1917. The communists signed a peace treaty with Germany so that they could focus on winning the civil war.

Other websites
 WWI Eastern Front Photo.
 WWI Eastern Front Part II
 With the Russian army, 1914-1917 by Alfred Knox

World War I
Gibbon

Gibbons belong to the group of lesser apes. They are known for their ability to swing from one tree to another with great agility and swiftness. 

There are four genera of gibbons. Gibbons live in dense tropical forests, for example, in Sumatra, Thailand, and Malaysia.

Extraordinary abilities
Gibbons are the best tree travelers in the animal kingdom. They almost seem to be flying as they swing themselves hand over hand through the trees. Like great apes, gibbons can also walk upright on the ground. When they walk on the ground, gibbons hold their long arms in the air to keep them from dragging.

Gibbons are "singers" too. Their powerful voices travel for kilometers through the forests of Southeast Asia. At times, a male, a female, and their young get together and "sing" in a chorus. These sounds help groups of gibbons stay in contact. They also tell unwelcome visitors to stay away.

Gibbons stay busy for most of the day. They swing through the trees, looking for leaves, flowers, fruit, and insects to eat. When night falls, small groups settle down in familiar trees for the night.

Male and female
Unlike most other primates, male and female gibbons are not very different in size and shape, although they may differ in color. The males are usually black, while the females tend to be ash blond. Female gibbons have one offspring per gestation period and live about 25 years.

Taxonomy 
The family is divided into four genera based on their diploid chromosome number: Hylobates (44), Hoolock (38), Nomascus (52), and Symphalangus (50).

 Family Hylobatidae: gibbons
 Genus Hylobates
 Lar gibbon or White-handed gibbon, Hylobates lar
 Agile gibbon or Black-handed gibbon, Hylobates agilis
 Müller's Bornean gibbon, Hylobates muelleri
 Silvery gibbon, Hylobates moloch
 Pileated gibbon or Capped gibbon, Hylobates pileatus
 Kloss's gibbon or Mentawai gibbon or Bilou, Hylobates klossii
 Genus Hoolock
 Western Hoolock gibbon, Hoolock hoolock
 Eastern Hoolock gibbon, Hoolock leuconedys
 Genus Symphalangus
 Siamang, Symphalangus syndactylus
 Genus Nomascus

References

Other websites 

Gibbon Conservation Center
Gibbon Network and Research Lab

Apes
Chiron (hypothetical moon)

Chiron is the name given to a moon of Saturn claimed to be sighted by Hermann Goldschmidt in 1861. It has since been determined that it does not exist as it was never seen again.

Saturn's moons
Dual monarchy

Dual monarchy  is a union of two monarchies where the thrones of each monarchy are combined. A typical case is a personal union in which the crowns of the separate kingdoms are held by one person. The following are examples of dual monarchies, listed alphabetically with the dominant or co-dominant nation first:

Austria-Hungary, a dual monarchy that existed from 1867 to 1918.
Babylon and Nippur during the second half of the rule of the Kassite government in Babylonia, the 13th and 12th centuries BC; the governor of Nippur, the guennakku, ruled as a secondary administrative monarch.
Brandenburg-Prussia from 1618 until 1701, when King Frederick III became King in Prussia
Castile and Aragón from the union of 1469 resulting from the marriage of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella of Castile until the abolition of the Crown of Aragón by the Nueva Planta decrees in 1707. The Kingdom of Spain technically existed as a dual monarchy for 238 years and, for this reason, American history lessons about Spain at the time of the voyages of Christopher Columbus teach not simply about "King Ferdinand," but about "Ferdinand and Isabella."
Denmark and England from the conquest of England by Sweyn I of Denmark in 1013 until the death of Harthacanute in 1042 and the dissolution of the union.
Denmark-Norway, a dual monarchy that existed from 1536 to 1814.
Sweden-Norway, a dual monarchy that existed from 1814 to 1905
Various periods of personal unions between the monarchies on the British Isles:
England and Ireland from 1541 to 1707. (Including  Scotland between 1603 and 1707, although parts of Scotland held out until 1652.)
Great Britain and Ireland from 1707 to 1800.
United Kingdom and the Irish Free State from 1927 to 1936/1949. (See Monarchy in the Irish Free State.)
Kush and Egypt during the Twenty-fifth dynasty of Egypt, with Kushite kings on a dual throne from circa 780 BC to 672 BC.
The Netherlands and Great Britain from 1689 to 1702 as a result of the British Glorious Revolution replacing James II of England with the stadtholder William III of Orange-Nassau and his co-ruler and wife Mary II of England
Oman and Zanzibar as a dual sultanate from the death of Said bin Sultan in 1856 until the British conquest of Zanzibar in 1896.
Poland-Lithuania from the Union of Krewo in 1385 to its liquidation by the third and final of the Partitions of Poland in 1795. This was the personal union known as the Polish-Lithuanian Union from 1385 to 1569, when the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was founded. In 1401, Lithuania was granted vast internal autonomy by the Union of Vilnius and Radom.
Portugal and Brazil from the relocation of the Portuguese monarchy from Napoleonic-occupied Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro in 1808 until the independence of the Brazilian Empire in 1825.
Spain and Portugal during the Iberian Union from 1580 to 1640.  This was technically a triple monarchy of Castile, Aragón, and Portugal (see above).  The Kalmar Union between Denmark, Norway and Sweden was also a triple monarchy.

Related pages
Personal union 

Monarchy
Carl von Moers

Carl von Moers (9 December 1871 in Neuwied – 26 May 1957) was a German horse rider who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

He and his horse May-Queen won the silver medal as members of the German team at the 1912 Summer Olympics.  But he was 15th in the individual eventing competition.

He also participated in the individual dressage event at the 1912 Summer Olympics with his horse New Bank. They finished twelfth.

References

Other websites
Data for Moers at sports-reference.com 
list of German equestrians 

1871 births
1957 deaths
Equestrians
German Olympic silver medalists
German sportspeople
Sportspeople from Rhineland-Palatinate
Burnham Grammar School

Burnham Grammar School (BGS) is a grammar school in Burnham, Buckinghamshire. It was started in 1960. It is a community school. The school takes children from the age of 11 to the age of 18. The school has about 900 pupils. They are split into five houses.

The school has an all weather sports pitch which the Wycombe Wanderers first team sometimes train on.

In September 2004 the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) awarded the school status as a Science College.

The current head teacher is Dr Andrew Gillespie who took over from Cathy Long in January 2008.

Famous alumni
 Mike Ashley, entrepreneur and owner of Newcastle United F.
 Jimmy Carr, comedian
 David Connolly, professional footballer
 Ulrika Jonsson, television presenter

References

Other websites 
 School Website 
 Ofsted Reports 
 Department for Children, Schools and Families GCSE Performance Tables

1960 establishments in the United Kingdom
1960s establishments in England
Grammar schools in England
Schools in Buckinghamshire
Avant-garde

Avant-garde (pronounced ) in French means "front guard", "advance guard", or "vanguard". The term is commonly used in French, English, and German for people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly in the areas of art, culture, and politics. 

Avant-garde represents a going against what is accepted as the norm, especially in culture.

Avant-garde art movements 

 Avant-garde music
 Bauhaus
 Cubism
 Dadaism
 Expressionism
 Impressionism
 Modern art
 Pop art
 Social realism
 Surrealism

Related pages
 Bohemianism

References and notes 

Philosophy
Art
Dumb Luck

Dumb Luck is a 2001 movie written and directed by Craig Clyde and starring  Scott Baio, Tracy Nelson, Hal Linden and Eileen Brennan.

Cast

Scott Baio
Tracy Nelson
Richard Moll
Hal Linden
Bobby Edner
Joey Miyashima
Todd Bridges
Eileen Brennan

Other websites

2001 movies
American independent movies
Gil Fates

Gil Fates (born Joseph Gilbert Fates on 29 September 1914 in Newark, New Jersey, United States; died 1 May 2000 in New York City, United States) was an American television producer. Fates who also hosted CBS Television Quiz, which was the first television game show to be shown often. Before World War 2, he was a stage actor.

References

Other websites
 

1914 births
2000 deaths
American television producers
American stage actors
American game show hosts
American television directors
American television writers
Businesspeople from Newark, New Jersey
Screenwriters from New Jersey
Innovation

The classic definitions of innovation include: 
the introduction of something new. (Merriam-Webster Online) 
 a new idea, method or device. (Merriam-Webster Online)
 the successful exploitation of new ideas  (Department of Trade and Industry, UK). 
change that creates a new dimension of performance Peter Drucker (Hesselbein, 2002)

In economics, business and government policy,- something new - must be substantially different, not an unimportant change. In economics the change must increase value, customer value, or producer value. Innovations are intended to make someone better off, and the succession of many innovations grows the whole economy.

Related pages
 Creativity
 Entrepreneur
 History of science
 Ingenuity
 Invention
 Paradigm shift
 Patent
 Public domain
 Research
 Joseph Schumpeter
 Technological singularity

Other websites

 Academic article on Being a Systems Innovator on SSRN
"Communication on Innovation policy: updating the Union’s approach in the context of the Lisbon strategy" - The European Commission.

 
Science
Santieh River

The Santieh River is a river in Taiwan. It flows through Tainan County for .

Related pages
List of rivers of Taiwan

Rivers of Taiwan
Scott S. Sheppard

Scott S. Sheppard is an astronomer in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution of Washington. He graduated from the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii.

He discovered many small moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, the second known Neptune Trojan, 2004 UP10 as well as several Kuiper Belt Objects, Centaurs, and near Earth asteroids.

Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
American astronomers
List of mountains in Taiwan

Taiwan has a lot of mountains, and mountain climbing is a favorite activity of the and many Taiwanese people.  A list of One Hundred Mountains Ranking () was created in 1971, which listed the best mountains for climbing on the island.  Climbing all one hundred mountains is the greatest challenge for Taiwanese climbers.

High peaks 
 Jade Mountain (Yushan, Yu Shan, Mt. Yu, Niitakayama, Mount Niitaka, Mt. Morrison)  玉山:   
Main Peak 主峰 3,952 m 
Eastern Peak 東峰 3,940 m
Northern Peak 北峰 3,920 m 
Southern Peak 南峰 3,900 m 
 
 Snow Mountain 雪山 3,886 m (Hsuehshan)
 Siouguluan Mountain 秀姑巒山 3,860 m 
 
 Wulameng Mountain 烏拉孟山 3,805 m 
 Nanhu Mountain 南湖大山 3,740 m 
 Central Range Point 中央尖山 3,703 m 
 Mount Guan 關山 3,666 m 
 
 Dongjyun Mountain 東郡大山 3,619 m 
 Cilai Mountain 奇萊山:  
Northern Peak 北峰 3,605 m 
Main Peak 主峰 3,559 m 
 Siangyang Mountain 向陽山 3,603 m 
 Dajian Mountain 大劍山 3,593 m 
 Cloud Peak 雲峰 3,562 m (Yunfeng) 
 Dasyue Mountain 大雪山 3,529 m 
 Tao Mountain 桃山 3,525 m 
 Pintien Mountain 品田山 3,524 m 
 Dabajian Mountain 大霸尖山 3,505 m
 Wuming Mountain 無明山 3,449 m
 Hehuan Mountain 合歡山 3,416 m (Hehuanshan)
 Nenggao Mountain 能高山:  
Southern Peak 南峰 3,349 m 
Main Peak 主峰 3,261 m 
 Jhuoshe Mountain 卓社大山 3,343 m 
 Baigu Mountain 白姑大山 3,341 m 
 Sinkang Mountain 新康山 3,335 m 
 Taroko Mountain 太魯閣大山 3,282 m
 Dan Mountain 丹大山 3,240 m

Other mountains 
 Yangmingshan 陽明山 (Mt. Yangming, a mountain area in north Taiwan)
 Seven Star Mountain 1,120 m (Taiwan's tallest extinct volcano)
 Taipingshan 太平山 1950 m (Mt. Taiping)

Other websites 
 Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of China.  
 The Department of National Parks. 
 List of the one hundred mountains (Chinese Wikipedia)

Taiwan
Geography of Taiwan
Geography-related lists
Mario Kart DS

Mario Kart DS is a racing game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. It is the fifth game in the series and the first which used Nintendo's free online service, Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. The game was released in the North America, Australia, and Europe in November 2005, and in Japan in December 2005, and in South Korea in which it is the very first Wi-Fi Connection game launched in April 2007.

It got positive reviews, and scored an average of 91% from Metacritic.

Like other games in the Mario Kart series, Mario Kart DS involves characters from  Mario games racing each other in go-karts on tracks themed from locations in the Mario series.  The game, like other Mario Kart games, employs various weapons or items that players can use to help themselves or slow down others.  These weapons make Mario Kart different from other racing games.

DS is the first Mario Kart game ever to have computer opponents in battle mode. In battle mode, up to eight carts have four balloons and battle each other until one wins. Another change is that players start with one balloon and must blow into the microphone to blow up other balloons.  With fewer balloons, players get better items, but run the risk of getting knocked out early.  With more balloons, they are safer, but get items that are not as good.

DS is also the first online Mario Kart title.  It used the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.  Players used "friend codes" and pick four tracks to race.  Some tracks cannot be played over Wi-Fi because the game might slow down due to large obstacles.

References

2005 video games
Mario Kart games
Nintendo DS games
Nintendo DS-only games
de:Mario Kart#Mario Kart DS (Nintendo DS)
Metacritic

Metacritic is a website which collects expert reviews for movies, TV, video games, music and formally books. It provides a Metascore, an average score out of 100 possible points based on published reviews. It has the score in one of three colours, red being negative, yellow being mixed and green being positive.

Related pages 
 Rotten Tomatoes

References

Entertainment websites
Marktbreit

Marktbreit am Main () is a town in Kitzingen in the  Regierungsbezirk Unterfranken in Bavaria, Germany. It is at the most southern point of the Main river. Marktbreit is the birthplace of Alois Alzheimer who first identified the symptoms of what is now known as Alzheimer's disease. With its suburb , Marktbreit has about 3,700 residents.

Geography

Place
Marktbreit is in Kitzingen, in Lower Franconia, Bavaria. Its territory is on the left bank of  the Main river, at the river's southernmost curve. Kitzingen is upriver, while downriver are Ochsenfurt and Würzburg.

Marktbreit is on the southwestern edge of the district, where it borders on the districts of Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim and Würzburg.

Subdivisions
The town has two Stadtteile: Marktbreit and Gnodstadt.

Neighbouring communities
The municipality borders on (from the north clockwise): Marktsteft, Obernbreit, Martinsheim, Oberickelsheim, Ochsenfurt, Frickenhausen am Main and Segnitz.

References

Other websites

 

Kitzingen (district)
Eclipse

An eclipse is an astronomical event.  It is when one object in the sky moves into the shadow of another such object.  When an eclipse happens within a system of stars, like the Solar System, it makes a type of syzygy. This means that three or more objects in the sky are lined up in a straight line in the same gravitational system.

The term eclipse is most often used to describe a solar eclipse, when the Moon's shadow crosses the Earth's surface, or a lunar eclipse, when the Moon moves into the shadow of Earth. No solar eclipse can last longer than 7 minutes and 58 seconds because of the speed at which the Earth and Moon move. 

When the Sun is not involved, the event is called occultation.

Etymology 
The word comes from the ancient Greek noun  (), which is from the verb  (). This means "to cease (stop) to exist (be there)".

References 

Astronomical phenomena
Eclipses
Lena Gercke

Lena Johanna Gercke is a model. She is the winner of the first cycle (season) of Germany’s Next Topmodel by Heidi Klum.

After a casting, Lena Gercke made it to the last 12 girls and eventually won the competition.

Other websites
Lena Gercke  at IMG Models
Lena Gercke in the Fashion Model Directory
 Official website
 Lena Gercke's second homepage

German models
1988 births
Living people
Eclipse (disambiguation)

Eclipse can be any of the following:

 Eclipse
 Lunar eclipse
 Solar eclipse
 Eclipse (novel), the third book in the series by Stephenie Meyer
The Warriors

The Warriors can mean:

The Warriors (novel), a novel by Sol Yurick
The Warriors (movie), a 1979 movie based on the novel by Sol Yurick
The Warriors (video game), a 2005 video game based on the 1979 film
The Warriors (band), a hardcore/metal band
The New Zealand Warriors (formerly the Auckland Warriors), a professional rugby league team
The Golden State Warriors, an NBA team
Musa (movie), a 2001 South Korean movie that is called The Warrior in English-speaking countries

Related pages
The Warrior
Warrior (disambiguation)
Warriors
Eliot Spitzer

Eliot Laurence Spitzer (born June 10, 1959) is an American lawyer and politician. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He was the New York State Attorney General before becoming Governor of New York in 2007.

Spitzer resigned as Governor of New York on March 17, 2008 because of a prostitution incident. Spitzer's lieutenant governor, David Paterson, became Governor. Spitzer hosted In the Arena on the Cable News Network (CNN). He was hired by CNN President Jonathan Klein to co-host a different program along with a conservative debating him called Parker Spitzer. The other co-host left, and the show was renamed In the Arena. The show was cancelled by CNN in 2011.

References

Governors of New York
US Democratic Party politicians
1959 births
Living people
Banda

Banda can be any of the following:

People 
Hastings Banda, former president of Malawi

Places 
Banda District in Uttar Pradesh, India
Banda, Ghana
Banda, India, administrative headquarters of Banda District
Banda Islands, a group of ten small volcanic islands in the Banda Sea
Banda, Maharashtra, India
Banda Sea, the sea of the South Moluccas in Indonesia, a part of the Pacific Ocean.

Other uses 
Banda languages, spoken by the Banda people
Banda music, a traditional Mexican form of music
Banda people, an ethnic group of the Central African Republic
Arena, Wisconsin

Arena is a village in Iowa County, Wisconsin, USA. There were 685 people living in the village of Arena as of the 2000 census. The village of Arena can be found inside of the town of Arena.  The village has an area of 1.1 square miles, says the United States Census Bureau.

References

Other websites
Information about the Village of Arena, Wisconsin 

Villages in Wisconsin
Iowa County, Wisconsin
Volta

Volta can be any of the following:

Rivers and lakes 
 Lake Volta in Ghana
 Burkina Faso, the country formerly named Upper Volta
 The Volta River, consisting of the:
 Black Volta
 Red Volta
 White Volta

Famous people 
 Alessandro Volta

Other 
 Volta (album), a 2007 album by Björk
List of rivers of Alabama

The following is a list of rivers of Alabama, by letter:
Alabama River
Bear Creek
Black Warrior River
Blackwater River
Broglen River
Buttahatchee River
Cahaba River
Chattahoochee River
Chattooga River
Choctawhatchee River
Conecuh River
Coosa River
Dog River
Duck River
Elk River
Escambia River
Escatawpa River
Fish River
Flint River
Fowl River
Little Choctawhatchee River
Little New River
Little River
Little Tallapoosa River
Little Warrior River
Locust Fork
Magnolia River
Mobile River
Mulberry Fork
New River
North River
Noxubee River
Paint Rock River
Patsaliga Creek
Pea River
Perdido River
Sepulga River
Sipsey River
Sipsey Fork
Styx River
Sucarnoochee River
Tallapoosa River
Tennessee River
Tensaw River
Tombigbee River
Waxahatchee Creek
Yellow River

Alabama
List of rivers of Arizona

This is a list of rivers in Arizona:

Agua Fria River
Big Sandy River
Bill Williams River
Black River
Blue River, Arizona
Burro Creek
Cañada del Oro
Cave Creek
Colorado River
Eagle Creek
Fossil Creek
Gila River
Hassayampa River
Kanab Creek
Little Colorado River
Navajo Creek
New River
Oak Creek
Paria River
Puerco River
Salt River
San Carlos River
San Francisco River
San Pedro River
San Simon River
Santa Cruz River
Santa Maria River
Silver Creek
Sonoita Creek
Tonto Creek
White River
Verde River
Virgin River
Zuni River

Arizona

Rivers
List of rivers of Arkansas

This is a list of rivers in Arkansas:

Antoine River
Arkansas River
Bayou des Arc
Bennetts River
Black River
Boeuf River
Buffalo River (Buffalo National River)
Cache River
Caddo River
Cossatot River
Current River
Eleven Point River
Fourche River
Fourche La Fave River
Illinois River
Kings River
L'Anguille River
Little Antoine River
Little Black River
Little Buffalo River
Little Cossatot River
Little Maumelle River
Little Missouri River
Little Red River
Little River in northeastern Arkansas, a tributary of the St. Francis River
Little River in southwestern Arkansas, a tributary of the Red River
Little Strawberry River
Maumelle River
Mississippi River
Mountain Fork
Mulberry River
North Fork River
Ouachita River
Petit Jean River
Poteau River
Red River
Rolling Fork
St. Francis River
Saline River in southwestern Arkansas, a tributary of the Little River
Saline River in southern Arkansas, a tributary of the Ouachita River
Spring River
Strawberry River
Sulphur River
Tyronza River
White River

Arkansas

Arkansas-related lists
List of rivers of Albania

The following is a list of Albanian rivers, by letter:
 Berisha River
 Bistrica River
 Bushtrica River
 Buna River
 Drini River
 Drini i Zi River
 Devolli River
 Drino River
 Dunaveci River
 Fani River
 Fani i Madh River
 Fani i Vogël River
 Erzeni River
 Gomsiqja River
 Gostima River
 Gjadri River
 Gjanica River
 Gjolja River
 Ishmi River
 Kalasa River
 Kiri River
 Lana River
 Lesniqja River
 Mati River
 Nikaj River
 Osumi River
 Qarishta River
 Rapuni River
 Semani River
 Shkumbini River
 Shushica River
 Vjosa River
 Pavllo River
 Drini i Bardhë River
 Tërkuza River
 Tirana River
 Zeza River

Geography of Albania
Albania
Albania
Battle of Tannenberg (1914)

The Battle of Tannenberg was a decisive engagement between the Russian Empire and the German Empire in the first days of World War I. It was fought by the Russian First and Second Armies and the German Eighth Army between 17 August and 2 September 1914. The battle ended with the almost complete destruction of the Russian Second Army.

The battle took place near Allenstein.  The Germans named it after Tannenberg.  They wanted to express that they had made good their defeat at the medieval Battle of Tannenberg or (Grunwald).  In that 1410 battle the Lithuanians finally defeated the Teutonic Knights.

Bibliographic references
 .

 .
 Tannenberg 1914 by John Sweetman. Includes battle plans in colour and archived black and white photographic plates of the battle.

Other websites
 Battle of Tannenberg

1914 in Europe
20th century in Poland
Battles involving Germany
Battles involving Russia
Battles of World War I
List of rivers of Argentina

The following is an incomplete list of rivers in Argentina, by letter:

Río Abaucan - Abaucan River
Río Aguapey - Aguapey River
Río Arrecifes - Arrecifes River
Río Atuel - Atuel River
Río Bermejo - Bermejo River
Río Carapari - Carapari River
Río Carcarañá - Carcarañá River
Río Carrenleufú - Carrenleufú River
Río Chico - Chico River
Río Chubut - Chubut River
Río Coig - Coig River
Río Coile - Coile River
Río Colorado - Colorado River
Río Conlara - Conlara River
Río Corrientes - Corrientes River
Río Cosquín - Cosquín River
Río Cuarto - Cuarto River
Río De La Plata - De La Plata River
Río Desaguadero - Desaguadero River
Río Deseado - Deseado River
Río Diamante - Diamante River
Río Dulce - Dulce River
Río Feliciano - Feliciano River
Río Futaleufú - Futaleufú River
Río Gallegos - Gallegos River
Río Gualeguay - Gualeguay River
Río Gualeguaychú - Gualeguaychú River
Río Guayquiraro - Guayquiraro River
Río Horcones - Horcones River
Río Hua-Hum - Hua-Hum River
Río Iguazú - Iguazú River
Río Itiyuro - Itiyuro River
Río Jachal - Jachal River
Río Juramento - Juramento River
Río La Matanza - La Matanza River (Riachuelo)
Río Limay - Limay River
Río Manso - Manso River
Río Mayer - Mayer River
Río Mendoza - Mendoza River
Río Miriñay - Miriñay River
Río Mocoretá - Mocoretá River
Río Mojotoro - Mojotoro River
Río Negro - Negro River
Río Negro (Chaco) - Negro River (Chaco)
Río Neuquén - Neuquén River
Río Nogoya - Nogoya River
Río Paraguay - Paraguay River
Río Paraná - Paraná River
Río Pasaje - Pasaje River
Río Pepiri-Guazu - Pepiri-Guazu River
Río Pico - Pico River
Río Pilcomayo - Pilcomayo River
Río Primero - Primero River
Río Puelo - Puelo River
Río Quinto - Quinto River
Río Rosario - Rosario River
Río Salado - Salado River
Río Salado (Buenos Aires) - Salado River (Buenos Aires)
Río Sali - Sali River
Río San Fransisco - San Fransisco River
Río San Javier - San Javier River
Río San Juan - San Juan River
Río Santa Cruz - Santa Cruz River
Río Santa Lucía - Santa Lucía River
Río Segundo - Segundo River
Río Senguerr - Senguerr River
Río Simpson - Simpson River
Río Tercero - Tercero River
Río Tunuyán - Tunuyán River
Río Urueña - Urueña River
Río Uruguay - Uruguay River
Río Vinchina - Vinchina River
Río Vizcachas - Vizcachas River

Argentina

Argentina
List of rivers of Asia

The following is a list of the major rivers of Asia, by letter. See the articles for tributaries and other information.

 Amu Darya - Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan - Aral Sea
 Amur - China (Manchuria), Russia (Siberia) - Sea of Okhotsk
 Angara
 Aras -Turkey
 Buriganga River - Bangladesh
 Büyük Menderes( Maeander) - Turkey
 Brahmaputra - China (Tibet), India (Assam), Bangladesh - Bay of Bengal
 Cagayan - Philippines (Luzon)
 Chao Phraya - Thailand - Gulf of Thailand
 DicleTigris - Turkey, Iraq 
 Fırat Euphrates - Turkey, Syria, Iraq
 Ganges River - India
 Ghaggar River
 Godavari - India
 Habur (Khabur) Turkey, Syria
 Hai - China - Yellow Sea
 Han River - Korea - Yellow Sea
 Hari River, Afghanistan - Afghanistan and Turkministan
 Huai - China - Yellow Sea
 Huangpu River - China
 Indus - China (Tibet), Pakistan
 Ayeyarwady River - Burma
 Irtysh - China
 Jordan - Israel, Jordan
 Kapuas - Borneo
 Karakash - China (Takla Makan)
 Karnaphuli - India, Bangladesh
 Karun Iran
 Kaveri River- India
 Kızılırmak Halys - Turkey
 Krishna - India - Bay of Bengal
 Kolyma - Russia (Siberia)
 Küçük Menderes (Cayster) - Turkey
 Lena - Russia (Siberia)
 Lishui (Li)- China
 Liao - China (Manchuria) - Bohai Gulf
 Marikina River - Philippines (Marikina City, Metro Manila)
 Mekong - China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia.
 Mindanao - Philippines
 Ob - Russia (Siberia) - Gulf of Ob of the Arctic Ocean
 Om - Russia
 Orontes ('Asi) - Lebanon, Syria
 Pasig River - Philippines (Pasig City and Manila, Metro Manila)
 Pearl River - China - South China Sea
 Lijiang
 Rajang River - Malaysia - South China Sea
 Red River - China, Vietnam - South China Sea
 Sakarya River - Turkey
 Salween - China (Tibet, Yunnan), Myanmar, Thailand - Andaman Sea
 Sefid River Iran
 Selenga - Russia (Siberia), Mongolia
 Shatt al-Arab - Iraq, Iran - Persian Gulf
 Songhua - China (Manchuria), Russia (Siberia)
 Syr Darya - Kazakhstan
 Tumen River - China, North Korea, Russia - Sea of Japan
 Vaigai River - India
 Xi - China
 Xiang - China
 Yangtze (Chang Jiang) - China - East China Sea
 Yalu - North Korea, China - Korea Bay of the Yellow Sea
 Yellow River (Huang He) - China - Yellow Sea
 Yenisei - Russia (Siberia)
 Yeşilırmak -Turkey
 Yuan- China
 Yurungkash - China (Takla Makan)
 Zijiang (Zi)- China
 Zeravshan - Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Erich Ludendorff

Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff (sometimes given as von Ludendorff) (April 9, 1865 – December 20, 1937) was a German Army officer, Generalquartiermeister during World War I, victor of Liège, and, with Paul von Hindenburg, one of the victors of the battle of Tannenberg.  

After the war, he briefly supported Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party.  He was not found guilty for his role in the Nazis' unsuccessful Beer Hall Putsch.  He became disillusioned with politics and retired from public life that year.

Other websites 

 Erich Ludendorff Firstworldwar.com Who's Who
  Ludendorff by H. L. Mencken published in the June 1917 edition of the Atlantic Monthly
 Biography of Erich Ludendorff  From Spartacus Educational
 My War Memories by Erich Ludendorff at archive.org
 The Triumph Of The Immortal Will by Mathilde Ludendorff at archive.org

1865 births
1937 deaths
German generals
German military personnel of World War I