Archive for December, 2008

Ivan Mari?

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

Ivan Maric
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Personal information
Birth 4 January 1986 (1986-01-04) (age 22)
Recruited from Keilor
Calder Cannons
Height and weight 198 cm / 102 kg
Playing career¹
Debut Round 6, 6 May 2006, Adelaide vs. Port Adelaide, at AAMI Stadium
Team(s) Adelaide (2005-)

30 games, 16 goals

¹ Statistics to end of 2008 season
Career highlights

Ivan Maric (Croatian: Ivan Mari?, born 4 January 1986) is an Australian rules football player of Croatian descent in the Australian Football League and is number 20 of the Adelaide Crows Football Club.

Contents

  • 1 Early career
  • 2 2006
  • 3 2007
  • 4 2008
  • 5 External links
  • 6 References

Early career

A late starter to the game, Maric didn’t play competitive football until he was 16 because of a blossoming basketball career. Maric nearly quit in his second season with the Calder Cannons because of his frustration with the technical aspects of the game. However Maric was talked into playing on and was drafted by the Crows with pick 40 in the 2004 AFL Draft only months later. Maric was assigned to the Port Adelaide Magpies in the SANFL where he quickly became the number one ruckman in 2005.

2006

Maric’s impressive form with the Port Adelaide Magpies continued in early 2006 and he was rewarded with his AFL debut in round six of 2006 in the Showdown against Port Power. He had seven disposals and kicked 1 goal on debut. Maric was a last minute inclusion in the side and had the difficult task of playing 2 matches within 24 hours because he had already played for the Port Adelaide Magpies the day before. Maric played a total of eight matches in 2006 and averaged 6 disposals and 9 hit-outs a game.

2007

Maric was expected to become a regular in the Adelaide Crows line up in 2007 because of the departure of Matthew Clarke and the unavailability of Rhett Biglands. However a hip injury meant that he missed the early parts of the season. While he was injured Jonathon Griffin cemented his place in the Adelaide Crows line up meaning Maric had to return to the Port Adelaide Magpies after recovering from his hip injury. Maric played seven consecutive games for the Magpies before getting his chance in the Adelaide line up for the round 14 match against the Hawthorn Football Club. He had eight disposals and kicked two goals. In the round 19 clash with the Geelong Football Club Maric was promoted to the number 1 ruckman in the absence of Ben Hudson who missed the clash because of a club suspension. He was then dropped for the round 20 clash with the Western Bulldogs as John Meesen was given his AFL debut.

2008

With the departure of number one ruckman Ben Hudson to the Western Bulldogs, John Meesen to the Melbourne Demons and the preseason loss of Rhett Biglands to a serious knee injury for the second consecutive, and ultimately his last, season, Maric was expected to be a certain starter. However, a preseason injury of his own left Maric behind fellow inexperienced ruckmen Griffin and Kurt Tippett. With the Crows opting to develop Tippett as a permanent forward and Griffin sustaining a hip injury midway through the season, Maric was finally given another first team opportunity, and seized it with both hands. He played out the rest of the season in ruck tandems with Tippett and Brad Moran, occasionally rotating forward to kick vital goals, cementing his spot as the new number one ruck with a series of good and excellent performances.

External links

  • Ivan Maric’s statistics from AFL Tables

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New Little Belt Bridge

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

The New Little Belt Bridge (Nye Lillebæltsbro) is a suspension bridge that crosses the Little Belt strait between Jutland (Jylland) and the island of Funen (Fyn). The bridge is 1700 metres long, the main span is 600 metres, the pylons reaching a height of 120 metres, and the maximum clearance from the sea is 44 meters.


New Little Belt Bridge

The New Little Belt Bridge was built from 1965 to 1970. It was opened by King Frederik IX on 21 October 1970.

The bridge was constructed to alleviate congestion on the Old Little Belt Bridge due to the increasing car traffic between Jutland and Funen. It is a motorway on the E20 bridge with three-lane carriageways as opposed to the single lanes of the old bridge. The bridge has heating in the road deck, so it can be kept free of ice and snow in winter.

See also

  • List of bridges in Denmark
  • List of bridges

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Gmina Popielów

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

Gmina Popielów
Popielów Commune
—  Gmina  —
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Opole
County Opole County
Seat Popielów
Area
 - Total 175.57 km2 (67.8 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 - Total 8,502
 - Density 48.4/km2 (125.4/sq mi)
Website: http://www.popielow.pl

Gmina Popielów is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its seat is the village of Popielów.

The gmina covers an area of 175.57 square kilometres (67.8 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 8,502.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Popielów is bordered by the gminas of D?browa, Dobrze? Wielki, Lewin Brzeski, Lubsza, Pokój, Skarbimierz and ?wierczów.

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Professional wrestling in the United States

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

The history of professional wrestling in the United States spans well over 100 years and has had many significant moments during that period of time. From humble beginnings in the late 1880s, the sport boomed throughout the 1970s and peaked during the 1980s when the World Wrestling Federation became an international wrestling giant.

Throughout the 1990s, professional wrestling as a whole reached financial and popularity highs with the Monday Night Wars and the increased exposure of hardcore wrestling.

History

Main article: History of professional wrestling in the United States

See also

  • History of professional wrestling
  • 1980s wrestling boom
  • Independent circuit
  • Professional wrestling in Japan
  • Professional wrestling in United Kingdom
  • Professional wrestling in Australia
  • Lucha libre

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Canon e18 error

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008


The E18 error as it appears on a camera’s LCD display (an Ixus II in this example).

The E18 error is an error message on Canon digital cameras. The E18 error occurs when anything prevents the zoom lens from properly extending or retracting. The error has become notorious in the Canon user community as it can completely disable the camera, requiring expensive repairs.

ConsumerAffairs.com reports that the “lens has a feature called bellows claw, which is a gear that physically extends and retracts the lens. A piece that holds the lens, the barrier plate, is not large enough and can sometimes cause the bellows claw to malfunction, resulting in a stuck lens”. The result is a black screen that only contains the error message, E18. Another problem mentioned on the site blames a sticky iris in the lens, caused by grease entering inside from the microphones built into the lens. The buildup freezes up the ability of the lens to open.

Contents

  • 1 Causes
  • 2 Repairing the E18 error
  • 3 Consumer response and class action
  • 4 References
  • 5 External links

Causes

According to Canon, one may get an E18 due to any of the following:

  • Camera activating and lens opening while in a confined space
  • Extracted lens getting jarred
  • Low battery condition as the unit is turned on or off
  • Dropping of the camera
  • Foreign substances, such as dust, sand or dirt entering into the camera body.
  • General jarring of the camera
  • “General camera malfunction”

Repairing the E18 error

Two different types of problems are reported:

  • 1) The camera can take a couple of shots (clear and in focus), then stops working. Removing the batteries and replacing may produce 2-3 extra shots.
    • Canon’s instructions (by phone) are to ‘remove the batteries, rotate the on button and hold for 5 seconds, and then replace the battery’. The few lucky pictures are clear and in focus.
    • A better solution (not provided by Canon) is to connect the camera to the TV or a computer. This may completely solve the problem. If not, it may at least allow an extra 10-15 shots. There are several forums on the net that mention that connecting the camera to the TV completely resolved the E18 error.
  • 2) A camera lens is out-of-focus. Some users have been able to manipulate the lens back into place (see reference links below). To fix the problem, it is often necessary that the camera and optical assembly is disassembled, realigned and reassembled. A non-warranty repair at an authorized service center reportedly costs between US $79 to $250.

There are a number of online guides to repairing E18 errors oneself, from simple guides on tapping the lens back into place to complete disassembly/realignment/reassembly instructions.

Consumer response and class action

Much of the consumer anger results from feeling that the failure is not their fault, and that Canon is leaving the consumer to pay for the repair. The consumer is then left to have the unit sent back to them at their own cost or pay to have it repaired.

A Chicago law firm, Horwitz, Horwitz & Associates, filed a class action lawsuit in 2005. The law firm Girard Gibbs & De Bartolomeo LLP is investigating this camera error and may file a class-action lawsuit against Canon. A lawsuit was filed and dismissed in a court of law and the plaintiffs are appealing.

References

  1. ^ Digital Camera Disasters: Will Yours Get Fixed? One widespread camera problem gets out-of-warranty repairs, another gets a lawsuit. (Grace Aquino, PC World, Tuesday 21 February 2006)
  2. ^ Repair guide
  3. ^ IXUS 40 aka SD300 Repair Guide
  4. ^ E18 quick fix (CNet Digital cameras forum)
  5. ^ Action by Horwitz, Horwitz & Associates
  6. ^ Investigation by Girard Gibbs & De Bartolomeo LLP (currently accepting users to help with the investigation)

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Barney Hicks

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

Charles Barney Hicks (? – 1902) was an African American advance man, manager, performer, and owner of blackface minstrel troupes composed of African American performers. Hicks himself was a talented minstrel performer who could sing and play challenging roles such as the minstrel-show interlocutor or endmen. However, he was most interested in the business side of minstrelsy. Over the course of his career, he worked with most successful black minstrel troupes as manager, owner or both. The white-dominated minstrel market proved hostile to a black owner, and Hicks (like his contemporary, Lew Johnson) had to travel abroad or manage for white owners in order to make a reliable living. Nevertheless, both white and black rivals came to respect him. One observer in 1891 wrote, “This man Hicks was a dangerous man to all outside managers and they all were afraid of him.” In 1912, Hicks was the sole African American listed on M. B. Leavitt’s list of “best known advance agents during the last fifty years”.

Career

Hicks’s first major accomplishment was the key role he played in 1865 to form Brooker and Clayton’s Georgia Minstrels. He served as the manager and probably performed with them during a tour through the Northeastern United States in 1865-6. Hicks and company became the first black minstrel troupe to have a successful season.

Hicks left Brooker and Clayton’s in 1866 to try his hand at owning and managing a company of his own, becoming the first black man to do both simultaneously. Over the next four years, Hicks started and disbanded a number of unsuccessful groups. He played up his black minstrels’ connection to legitimate black culture with names like the Slave Troupe or the Georgia Slave Brothers, and evidence suggests that Hicks’s companies did draw significant numbers of black viewers. In early 1869, a Pittsburgh newspaper reported that the “colored element of the city turned out en masse” to see Hicks’s Georgia Slave Troupe. In 1870, Hicks and his partner Bob Height led Hicks and Height’s Georgia Minstrels on tour in Germany, the first black minstrel troupe to perform in that country.

Hicks left mid-tour to star with Sam Hague’s Slave Troupe of Georgia Minstrels. He also became a correspondent for the New York entertainment journal, The Clipper, a position he used to tout his accomplishments abroad. Upon their return to the United States in 1872, the troupe was bought by Charles Callender, and Hicks stayed on until 1873 as business manager. He next managed two more ill-fated troupes, Charles Hick’s African Minstrels and Charles Hick’s Georgia Minstrels. His next job was as manager of Sprague and Blodgett’s Georgia Minstrels in 1876.

In 1877, Hicks lured a company away from promoter J. H. Haverly and Tom Maguire and called them Hick’s Georgia Minstrels. Within a few months, Hicks led them to a tour in Australia. They played there for three years, during which Hicks wrote again for The Clipper. Hicks also perfected his flare for promotion in Australia. Ads raved, “PIRATES BEWARE! WE ARE STILL ON THE WAR PATH” and “THE HEROES OF MONTREAL, SARATOGA, CHICAGO, SAN FRANCISCO AND NOW AUSTRALIA STILL LIVE!” He advertised his return to U.S. soil in July 1880 with an ad that read, “MISSING MAN TURNS UP HOME AGAIN.” Over the next few years, he managed and performed with a number of troupes owned by others.

In late 1881 or early 1882, Hicks persuaded Callender’s current black troupe to join him in western New York. On Callender’s orders, Gustave and Charles Frohman won them back, possibly by threatening to blacklist the wayward performers. Hicks’s later stint as business manager for A. D. Sawyer and Tom McIntosh failed, possibly indicating that Hicks had himself been blacklisted.

In 1885, Hicks managed Billy Kersands’s troupe but left after less than a year. He again formed his own company, this time with A. D. Sawyer. They bickered, and within a year, they were managing rival troupes, both under the name Hicks and Sawyer’s Consolidated Colored Minstrels. Hicks’s portion failed to make money, so he moved to playing dime shows, museums, and other lower-paying venues. Eventually, Hicks formed another troupe and took them to Australia, New Zealand, and other Pacific countries. He died in 1902 in Suraboya, Java.

Notes

  1. ^ Simond (1892). Old Slack’s Reminiscence, and Pocket History of the Colored Profession from 1865 to 1891. Chicago. Quoted in Toll 212.
  2. ^ Leavitt, M. B. (1912). Fifty Years of Theatrical Management, p. 273. Quoted in Toll 214.
  3. ^ Quoted in Watkins 125.
  4. ^ Advertisements quoted in Toll 213.
  5. ^ Advertisement quoted in Toll 214.

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Little Hogweed

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

Portulaca oleracea

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Portulacaceae
Genus: Portulaca
Species: P. oleracea
Binomial name
Portulaca oleracea
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Portulaca oleracea showing blooms

Portulaca oleracea (Common Purslane, also known as Verdolaga, Pigweed, Little Hogweed or Pusley), is an annual succulent in the family Portulacaceae, which can reach 40 cm in height. About 40 varieties are currently cultivated. It has an extensive old-world distribution extending from North Africa through the Middle East and the Indian Subcontinent to Malesia and Australasia. The species status in the New World is uncertain: it is generally considered an exotic weed however there is evidence that the species was in Crawford Lake deposits (Ontario) in 1430-89, suggesting that it reached North America in the pre-Columbian era. It is naturalised elsewhere and in some regions is considered an invasive weed. It has smooth, reddish, mostly prostrate stems and alternate leaves clustered at stem joints and ends. The yellow flowers have five regular parts and are up to 6 mm wide. The flowers appear depending upon rainfall and may occur year round. The flowers open singly at the center of the leaf cluster for only a few hours on sunny mornings. Seeds are formed in a tiny pod, which opens when the seeds are ready. Purslane has a taproot with fibrous secondary roots and is able to tolerate poor, compacted soils and drought.

Contents

  • 1 Culinary usage
  • 2 Medicinal usage
  • 3 History
  • 4 Gallery
  • 5 References
  • 6 External links

Culinary usage


A Purslane cultivar grown as a vegetable

Although purslane is considered a weed in the United States, it can be eaten as a leaf vegetable. It has a slightly sour and salty taste and is eaten throughout much of Europe, Asia and Mexico. The stems, leaves and flower buds are all good to eat. Purslane can be used fresh as a salad, stir-fried, or cooked like spinach, and because of its mucilaginous quality it is also suitable for soups and stews. Australian Aborigines used to use the seeds to make seedcakes.

Purslane contains more Omega-3 fatty acids (alpha-linolenic acid in particular) than any other leafy vegetable plant. Simopoulos states that Purslane has .01 mg/g of EPA. This is an extraordinary amount of EPA for land based vegetable sources. EPA is an Omega-3 fatty acid normally found mostly in fish and some algae. It also contains vitamins (mainly vitamin A, vitamin C, and some vitamin B and carotenoids), as well as dietary minerals, such as magnesium, calcium, potassium and iron. Also present are two types of betalain alkaloid pigments, the reddish betacyanins (visible in the coloration of the stems) and the yellow betaxanthins (noticeable in the flowers and in the slight yellowish cast of the leaves). Both of these pigment types are potent antioxidants and have been found to have antimutagenic properties in laboratory studies.

100 grams of fresh purslane leaves (about 1 cup) contain 300 to 400 mg of alpha-linolenic acid. One cup of cooked leaves contains 90 mg of calcium, 561 mg of potassium, and more than 2,000 IUs of vitamin A.

Medicinal usage

In Greek popular medicine, purslane is used as a remedy for constipation and inflammation of the urinary system. In antiquity its healing properties were thought so reliable that Pliny advised wearing the plant as an amulet to expel all evil (Natural History 20.120).

History

Widely used in Greece, archaeobotanical finds are common at many prehistoric sites. In historic contexts, seeds have been retrieved from a protogeometric layer in Kastanas, as well as from the Samian Heraion dating to 7th century BC. Theophrastus in the 4th century BC names purslane, andrákhne, as one of the several summer pot herbs that must be sown in April (H.P 7.12).

Known as “Sanhti or Punarva” in North India it is known to act as a liver tonic and is used in diseases of the liver.

Known as Ma Chi Xian (pinyin: translates literally as “horse tooth amaranth”) in Traditional Chinese Medicine, it is used to treat infections or bleeding of the genito-urinary tract as well as dysentery. The fresh herb may also be applied topically to relieve sores and insect or snake bites on the skin.

Gallery

References

  1. ^ a b Marlena Spieler (July 5, 2006). “Something Tasty? Just Look Down”, The New York Times. 
  2. ^ Byrne, R. and McAndrews, J. H. (1975). “Pre-Columbian puslane (Portulaca oleracea L.) in the New World”. Nature 253: 726–727. doi:10.1038/253726a0. 
  3. ^ Pests in Landscapes and Gardens: Common Purslane. Pest Notes University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources Publication 7461. October 2003
  4. ^ David Beaulieu. “Edible Landscaping With Purslane”. About.com. http://landscaping.about.com/cs/weedsdiseases/a/purslane.htm. 
  5. ^ ARTEMIS P SIMOPOULOS Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Antioxidants in Edible Wild Plants. 2004. Biol Res 37: 263-277, 2004
  6. ^ Evaluation of the Antimutagenic Activity of Different Vegetable Extracts Using an In Vitro Screening Test
  7. ^ a b Megaloudi, Fragiska (2005). Wild and Cultivated Vegetables, Herbs and Spices in Greek Antiquity. Environmental Archaeology 10 (1): 73-82
  8. ^ Bensky, Dan, et al. Chinese Herbal Medicine, Materia Medica. China: Eastland Press Inc., 2004.

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List of mammals in Fiji

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Fiji. There are 15 mammal species in Fiji, of which 1 is critically endangered, 1 is endangered, 3 are vulnerable, and 0 are near-threatened.

The following tags are used to highlight each species’ conservation status as assessed by the IUCN:

EX Extinct No reasonable doubt that the last individual has died.
EW Extinct in the wild Known only to survive in captivity or as a naturalized populations well outside its previous range.
CR Critically Endangered The species is in imminent risk of extinction in the wild.
EN Endangered The species is facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.
VU Vulnerable The species is facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.
NT Near Threatened The species does not meet any of the criteria that would categorise it as risking extinction but it is likely to do so in the future.
LC Least Concern There are no current identifiable risks to the species.
DD Data Deficient There is inadequate information to make an assessment of the risks to this species.

Some species were assessed using an earlier set of criteria. Species assessed using this system have the following instead of Near Threatened and Least Concern categories:

LR/cd Lower Risk/conservation dependent Species which were the focus of conservation programmes and may have moved into a higher risk category if that programme was discontinued.
LR/nt Lower Risk/near threatened Species which are close to being classified as Vulnerable but are not the subject of conservation programmes.
LR/lc Lower Risk/least concern Species for which there are no identifiable risks.

Contents

  • 1 Subclass: Theria
    • 1.1 Infraclass: Eutheria
      • 1.1.1 Order: Chiroptera (bats)
      • 1.1.2 Order: Cetacea (whales)
  • 2 Notes
  • 3 References
  • 4 See also

Subclass: Theria

Infraclass: Eutheria

Order: Chiroptera (bats)


The bats’ most distinguishing feature is that their forelimbs are developed as wings, making them the only mammals in the world naturally capable of flight. Bat species account for about 20% of all mammals.

  • Family: Pteropodidae (flying foxes, Old World fruit bats)
    • Subfamily: Pteropodinae
      • Genus: Pteralopex
        • Fijian monkey-faced bat Mirimiri acrodonta (formerly in Pteralopex) CR
      • Genus: Pteropus
        • Samoa Flying-fox Pteropus samoensis VU
        • Insular Flying-fox Pteropus tonganus LR/lc
    • Subfamily: Macroglossinae
      • Genus: Notopteris
        • Long-tailed Fruit Bat Notopteris macdonaldi VU
  • Family: Molossidae
    • Genus: Chaerephon
      • Chaerephon bregullae LR/nt
  • Family: Emballonuridae
    • Genus: Emballonura
      • Polynesian Sheath-tailed Bat Emballonura semicaudata EN

Order: Cetacea (whales)



Bryde’s Whale


Humpback Whale


Pantropical Spotted Dolphin

The order Cetacea includes whales, dolphins and porpoises. They are the mammals most fully adapted to aquatic life with a spindle-shaped nearly hairless body, protected by a thick layer of blubber, and forelimbs and tail modified to provide propulsion underwater.

  • Suborder: Mysticeti
    • Family: Balaenopteridae
      • Subfamily: Balaenopterinae
        • Genus: Balaenoptera
          • Bryde’s Whale Balaenoptera edeni DD
      • Subfamily: Megapterinae
        • Genus: Megaptera
          • Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae VU
  • Suborder: Odontoceti
    • Superfamily: Platanistoidea
      • Family: Kogiidae
        • Genus: Kogia
          • Pygmy Sperm Whale Kogia breviceps LR/lc
      • Family: Ziphidae
        • Subfamily: Hyperoodontidae
          • Genus: Mesoplodon
            • Blainville’s Beaked Whale Mesoplodon densirostris DD
            • Ginkgo-toothed Beaked Whale Mesoplodon ginkgodens DD
            • Hector’s Beaked Whale Mesoplodon hectori DD
      • Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins)
        • Genus: Stenella
          • Pantropical Spotted Dolphin Stenella attenuata LR/cd
        • Genus: Lagenodelphis
          • Fraser’s Dolphin Lagenodelphis hosei DD
        • Genus: Feresa
          • Pygmy Killer Whale Feresa attenuata DD

Notes

  1. ^ This list is derived from the IUCN Red List which lists species of mammals and includes those mammals that have recently been classified as extinct (since 1500 AD). The taxonomy and naming of the individual species is based on those used in existing Wikipedia articles as of 21 May 2007 and supplemented by the common names and taxonomy from the IUCN, Smithsonian Institute, or University of Michigan where no Wikipedia article was available.

References

  • “The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Mammals of Fiji”. IUCN. 2001. http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/search.php?kingname=ANIMALIA&phyname=CHORDATA&claname=MAMMALIA&freetext=&modifier=phrase&criteria=wholedb&taxa_species=1&redlistCategory%5B0%5D=all&redlistAssessyear%5B0%5D=all&country%5B0%5D=FJ&aquatic%5B0%5D=all&regions%5B0%5D=all&habitats%5B0%5D=all&threats%5B0%5D=all&Submit_x=34&Submit_y=9&extendedResults=0&terrestrial=0&marine=0&freshwater=0&offset=0&sortorder%5B0%5D=spcscientificname&sortorder%5B1%5D=genname&sortorder%5B2%5D=spcname&sortorder%5B3%5D=spcauthor&sortorder%5B4%5D=spcinfrarank&sortorder%5B5%5D=spcinfraepithet&sortorder%5B6%5D=spcinfrarankauthor&sortorder%5B7%5D=spcstockname&sortorder%5B8%5D=comname_comp&sortorder%5B9%5D=rlcabb&sortorder%5B10%5D=rlscriteria&sortorder%5B11%5D=poptrend_code&sortorder%5B12%5D=rlcatcrit2001&sortorder%5B13%5D=spcrecid&sortorder%5B14%5D=kingname&debug=0&taxa_subspc=0&taxa_stock=0&newsort=Genus. 
  • “Mammal Species of the World”. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. 2005. http://nmnhgoph.si.edu/msw/. 
  • “Animal Diversity Web”. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. 1995-2006. http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html. 

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The Patriot (1998 film)

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

The Patriot
Directed by Dean Semler
Produced by Howard Baldwin
Written by William C. Heine (novel),
M. Sussman
Starring Steven Seagal,
Gailard Sartain,
L.Q. Jones
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment (USA)
Release date(s) 1998
Running time 90 min
Language English
Budget ~ US$44,000,000
IMDb

The Patriot is a 1998 action film based on the novel, The Last Canadian by William C. Heine. The film stars Steven Seagal, Gallard Sartain, L.Q. Jones, Whitney Yellow Robe, and Camilla Belle. It was directed by Dean Semler, written by M. Sussman, and produced by Patrick Choi, Nile Niami, Howard L. Baldwin, Steven Seagal, and Julius R. Nasso. The plot involves a Canadian patriot who has to foil the plot of a militia to release a deadly virus. The film is rated R by the MPAA. It is Seagal’s first direct to video film.

Synopsis

Near the town of Ennis, Montana, local doctor and former government research immunologist Wesley McClaren,(Steven Seagal) who has an interest in herbal medicine and is also a weapons and self-defense expert, is called to hospital when people start dying from an unknown but very deadly disease. He determines that the cause is a highly dangerous airborne toxin and calls in a Biological Response team, who seal off the town whilst doctors start treating sufferers with an anti-toxin. Several have already died.

The source of the toxin is traced to a local self-styled rebel militia leader, Floyd Chisolm, who has given himself up after a long siege and has been arrested on weapons charges. In court, having ingested the toxin himself (believing that he also possesses the anti-toxin) he spits at the judge, and starts the rapid spread of the disease.

Floyd’s militia followers, who have been allowed to go free, attack and capture the hospital, including Wesley and his daughter Holly, with much loss of life, and rescue him. But too late, they realise that the anti-toxin they possess doesn’t actually work.

Working at gunpoint, Wesley takes a sample of Holly’s blood; it shows that Holly has been infected, but somehow her body is fighting it off. Wesley and Holly contrive to escape and travel to a farm where Holly’s Grandfather lives. Wesley takes a blood sample from his friend Dr Ann White Cloud, and realizes that her body is also fighting off the infection.

Wesley and Ann gain access to a secret underground laboratory where Wesley used to work, where they hope to come up with a cure. Wesley finds out why Ann and Holly are not being affected by the toxin; they have been drinking tea made with a specific wild herb that’s known to native American healers.

Back at the hospital, Wesley and Holly are captured by the militia, but he manages to kill Floyd and disable the other soldiers. As soon as the biological protection team learn of the cure, they go out and pick all the flowers they can find and drop them by helicopter over the town, telling the people to boil them and drink the liquid.

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No Long Thing

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

No Long Thing
No Long Thing cover
Studio album by D’banj
Released 2005
Genre R&B
Length 42:56
Label Mo’Hits Records
Producer Don Jazzy
D’banj

No Long Thing is a the debut album by D’banj,it was released in 2005.

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