The Corporation was a professional wrestling stable in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). The team was led by Mr. McMahon and then later by Shane McMahon. The Corporation had a corrupt attitude towards rebellious wrestlers. The stable lasted from November 16, 1998 until April 29, 1999. The Corporation would feud with the likes of Stone Cold Steve Austin, Mankind, D-Generation X, the Union, and the Ministry of Darkness. The Corporation would eventually merge with the Ministry of Darkness and form The Corporate Ministry. During their time in The Corporation, The Rock was a three-time WWF Champion, Shane McMahon was a one-time WWF European Champion, Big Boss Man was a one-time WWF Hardcore Champion, Ken Shamrock was a one-time WWF Intercontinental Champion, and Big Boss Man and Ken Shamrock were one-time WWF Tag Team Champions.
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Iring Fetscher
Iring Fetscher (4 March 1922 – 19 July 2014) was a German academic, political scientist and researcher on Hegel and Marxism.
Fetscher was born at Marbach am Neckar. He was raised in Dresden. After World War II, he studied at Tübingen and Paris. He belatedly published his thesis "Hegels Lehre vom Menschen" in 1970.
From 1963 to 1988 Fetschler was Professor of Political Science and Social Philosophy at the Goethe University Frankfurt. He is identified with the "second generation" of the Frankfurt School, along with Jürgen Habermas and Alfred Schmidt.
In 1993, Fetscher was honored with induction into the Ordre des Palmes Académiques.
Fetscher died in Frankfurt, aged 92.
Alfred Schmidt
Alfred Schmidt (born 19 May 1931, Berlin – 28 August 2012, Frankfurt am Main) was a German philosopher.
Schmidt studied history, English and philology at the Goethe University Frankfurt and later philosophy and sociology.
Schmidt was professor of philosophy and sociology at the University of Frankfurt from 1972 and was made emeritus in 1999.
Schmidt was a member of the International PEN and an honorary member of the Schopenhauer Society.
Max Horkheimer
Max Horkheimer (February 14, 1895 – July 7, 1973) was a German-American philosopher and sociologist. He was famous for his work in critical theory as a member of the 'Frankfurt School' of social research.
His most important works include "The Eclipse of Reason" (1947), "Between Philosophy and Social Science" (1930–1938) and, in collaboration with Theodor Adorno, "The Dialectic of Enlightenment" (1947). Through the Frankfurt School, Horkheimer planned, supported and made other significant works possible.
After Hitler had become Chancellor of Germany, Horkheimer, who was of Jewish descent, migrated via Switzerland to the United States.
His collected works have been issued in German as "Gesammelte Schriften", 19 volumes, edited by Alfred Schmidt and Gunzelin Schmid Noerr. S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1985-1996.
Rubem Alves
Rubem Azevedo Alves (September 15, 1933 – July 19, 2014), was a Brazilian theologian, philosopher, academic, writer and psychoanalyst. Alves was one of the founders of liberation theology.
Alves was a Lutheran.
Almaty Province
Almaty (, "Almatı oblısı", "الماتى وبلىسى"; ) is a region of Kazakhstan. Capital of this region is Taldykorgan, which has a population of 123,000. Population of the region: 1,807,894 (2009); 1,557,269 (1999).
Almaty Region is the province which surrounds the city of Almaty. The province borders Kyrgyzstan and Xinjiang (East Turkestan) autonomous province in China. The province also touches three other Kazakh provinces: Jambyl Province to the west, Karagandy Province to the northwest and East Kazakhstan Province to the north. Almaty Province has an area of 224,000 square kilometres.
Alma-Ata Province, the predecessor of today's Almaty Province, was created from the historical region of Zhetysu on March 10, 1932. Its capital was Alma-Ata (Almaty). Several times during the Soviet period, the north-eastern part of the province, centered on Taldykorgan, was separated from Alma-Ata Province, forming a separate Taldy-Kurgan Province, only to be merged into Alma-Ata Province again several years later.
In April 2001 the administrative center of Almaty Province was moved from Almaty to Taldykorgan. Thus Taldykorgan has become a provincial capital again - this time without splitting a province.
In the 1989 census (excepting Alma-Ata)
Kazakhs 54.2%
Russians 28.6%
Uigurs 7.8%
Others 9.4% .
In the 1999 census (excepting Almaty)
Kazakhs 66.4%
Russians 23.8%
Uigurs 7.0%
Others 4.6% .
In the 2009 census (excepting Almaty)
Kazakhs 68.2%
Russians 22.8%
Uigurs 6.2%
Other 3.8%
The Walking Dead (video game)
The Walking Dead (also known as The Walking Dead: The Game and The Walking Dead: Season One) is an episodic graphic adventure video game developed and published by Telltale Games. It is published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the Vita. It is based on "The Walking Dead" comic book series by Robert Kirkman. An additional downloadable episode titled "400 Days" was released on July 2, 2013 to extend the first season as well as bridge the gap towards the second season. The 's first episode was released in December 2013.
The first season for the game consists of five episodes and they were released in two-month intervals. The episodes were released between April and November 2012. The game is available for the Android, iOS, Kindle Fire HDX, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita and Xbox 360. There are versions for the Ouya, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One that are planned for 2014.
The game has won many year-end accolades, which includes Game of the Year awards from many different gaming publications. The Game of the Year Award was awarded to The Walking Dead by publishers like USA Today, Wired, Complex, GamesRadar and Official Xbox Magazine. The game also won the "Game of the Year", "Best Adapted Video Game", and "Best Downloadable Game" at the 2012 Spike Video Game Awards. Melissa Hutchison won "Best Performance By a Human Female" for her role as Clementine and Dave Fennoy was nominated for "Best Performance by a Human Male". Telltale Games was named as "Studio of the Year" also.
The Ministry of Darkness
The Ministry of Darkness was a heel professional wrestling stable in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). The team was led by The Undertaker. The stable was controversial due to their pseudo-Satanic themed storylines which included rituals and sacrifices. The stable lasted from January 1999. The Ministry of Darkness would eventually merge with The Corporation and form The Corporate Ministry.
During their time in The Ministry of Darkness, The Undertaker was a one-time WWF Champion, The Acolytes were two-time WWF Tag Team Champions and Mideon was a one-time WWF European Champion.
Great Recession
The Great Recession (also called the Second Great Depression or Long Recession) was a global economic decline in the late 2000s decade. The effects of the economic problem are still obvious. A few countries, including Italy and Greece, are still in recession.
The Great Recession affected world economies to different degrees. It caused more problems for some countries than others. Overall, this was the worst global recession since World War II. Southern Europe was badly affected. Some countries, including China, India, South Korea, Poland and Australia, did not have a recession during this time.
Economic side-effects include household debt, low wages, high levels of unemployment and very limited chances of global growth as of 2014 in many countries.
Bubbly Creek
Bubbly Creek is a nickname for the South Fork of the Chicago River's South Branch. It is the border between the Bridgeport and McKinley Park community areas of the city. The nickname for the creek comes from gases that bubbled out of the riverbed due to the decomposition of blood and entrails that were dumped in the river in the early 20th century by local meatpacking businesses that surrounded the Union Stock Yards.