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Cawston Ostrich Farm

Cawston Ostrich Farm, South Pasadena, CA. 1896-1935. Cawston Ostrich Farm was opened in 1886 by Edwin Cawston. It was America's first ostrich farm and was located in the historic Arroyo Seco valley just three miles north of downtown Los Angeles and occupied nine acres. In 1885 Edwin Cawston charted a ship to take fifty of some of the best obtainable ostriches in the world from South Africa to Galveston, TX. From there, the ostriches endured a treacherous train journey to South Pasadena, California. Out of the original fifty, only eighteen survived. Mr. Cawston, bounced back from the loss of over half of his stock and the Ostrich Farm eventually boasted over 100 ostriches from the original batch.

The Cawston Ostrich Farm became a premier a tourist attraction for many years. It's proximity to the trolley line that came through from downtown Los Angeles brought many tourists to vist the farm through the earlier part of the 20th Century. Guests were able to ride on the backs of ostriches, be taken for ostrich drawn carriage rides and buy ostrich feathered hats, boas, capes and fans at the Ostrich Farm store that was connected to the factory. The ostrich farm feather products were shipped and sold throughout the world.

Most of the original brick structure of the factory and store remains today and is South Pasadena Cultural Landmark #18.

Sources

http://windiepinkclassic.wordpress.com/2007/02/22/cawston-ostrich-farm-south-pasadena/ http://www.omaha.lib.ne.us/transmiss/regions/northmid/ostrich.html http://www.erha.org/pelines/pensp.htm http://www.ci.south-pasadena.ca.us/about/history.html http://www.ci.south-pasadena.ca.us/about/landmarks.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Pasadena,_California http://www.pokanoket.com/everything.htm

Ameliariley 01:13, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Dr. Paul F. Gordon

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Dr. Paul F. Gordon (born May 21, 1946 in Carrier, Mississippi) is the author of two books. The first book, entitled "The Borrowed Years," chronicles the miraculous life of Clyde Gordon. Dr. Gordon's second book, entitled "Funny Things Happen to Preachers and Their Friends," is a collection of humorous short stories told by pastors. Dr. Gordon has an earned doctorate from Luther Rice Seminary. Sources Funny Things Happen to Preachers and Their Friends, ISBN 1602662576 65.33.148.155 02:04, 4 July 2007 (UTC) Sorry, a book by this person is not a third-party source. From google it doesn't look like there are any available. Kappa 03:51, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
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David Keelan

David Keelan is a reputable actor from Ireland. With Credits in Theatre, Radio and Film, He joins the ranks of many acccomplished actors to come from Ireland. Born David O' Brien in Cork Ireland, he had to undertake a name change to comply with Equity Performance Regulations. Involved in all aspects of the entertainment industry, he has worked as an actor and a producer. In Theatre his Credits include, First Voice in UnderMilkWood, Baron Zeta in The Merry Wiodow, Will Parker in The Merry Widow, Both Romeo and Paris in Different Productions of Romeo and Juliet, to name but a few. On Screen he can be seen in Strength and Honor, with Richard Chamberlain and Michael Madsen. In Ireland he is an active member of Irish Equity, constantly striving for the rights of performers. He also is an advocate for Theatre Cares, which allows theatre professionals to support all those in need. He lives between London and his native Ireland. www.davidkeelan.com

Sources

www.imdb.com www.irishactorsequity.ie www.cadenza.org

71.172.252.51 04:53, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Yves J. Ma

Yves J. Ma is an award-winning film producer from Canada. After an early interest in photography, he enrolled in the dramatics program at the University of British Columbia and then worked for some time in Vancouver BC’s theatre scene. He then earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and English Literature from Concordia University, completed his business studies at Langara College and studied film production at the Vancouver Film School.

He has worked in Canada’s film industry since 1994, getting his start in Montreal as Associate Producer on the feature film, Obstruction of Justice, starring well-known Canadian actress, Sara Botsford (ER, The Fog.) Since then, Mr. Ma has contributed to the industry on numerous productions from Montreal to Vancouver including award-winning television programs and international co-productions.

Notable productions include: writing, directing and producing the one hour drama, The Fall (1997); associate producer on the multiple award-winning feature film, Lunch with Charles (2001), (starring rocker Bif Naked) the first Canada-Hong Kong international co-production; producing the feature film, Eve & the Fire Horse (2005), starring Vivian Wu (The Last Emperor, The Pillowbook) directed by Julia Kwan and which had its world premier at the Toronto Int’l Film Festival, won the Audience Award at the Vancouver Int’l Film Festival and became the first Canadian feature film ever invited into official competition at the Sundance Film Festival where it was awarded the Special Jury Prize; producing the CBC broadcast documentary, Symphony of Silence (2006), which won the Merit Award at the XXVII Superfest Int’l Film Festival in Berkley, California.

He is the recipient of producer fellowships from both the National Film Board and from British Columbia Film, in addition to also having been awarded with a CTV Fellowship at the Banff International Television Festival. Mr. Ma is an alumnus of the celebrated Berlin Talent Campus in Germany where he attended as a producer and in 2002, Mr. Ma founded the production company, Firelight CineMa.

Mr. Ma has attended most of the major international film festivals as an official delegate, including Berlin, Cannes and Sundance, he has served on the board of his local film society, adjudicated film competitions and has served as a mentor in Ontario and British Columbia for young professionals entering the film industry.

In 2005, Mr. Ma was awarded the Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Best Media/Entertainment Company given by Service Canada and the British Columbia Entrepreneur Association.

Sources

http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=455205 www.eveandthefirehorse.com http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1754636/ http://www.culturedisabilitytalent.org/superfest/sf2007.html

154.20.126.56 06:59, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

eli-sha

eli-sha - elite hacker (as known as elisha), active in 1990-2004, specialist for search&destroy of pre-teen porn web pages (White Angel), cooperate with anti-pedophile special units, saved more than 10.000 children - e.g. Séverine Nars ("star" of pre-teen porn movies, sold by their own parents in her 3 years, saved in her 9 years), member of UN-aTTack0 commando (half legal hackers army - active in Kuvait/Iraq conflict and Afghanistan war, e.g. they changed parameters of SCUD rackets on the fly, what saved thousands lives), found the way how to go through BLACK BOX security, he is man behind National Center For Missing And Exploited Children. Nationality, age and real name are unknown.

Sources

BOOK - in czech language only: Byli jsme oni.. (We were they..) by Fosi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisha

http://www.2smrt4u.com

195.39.55.20 11:58, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

PRULIFLOXACIN (abbr. PUFX)

<Brand Name: Sword 100® (Japan) Originator: Discovered by Nippon Shinyaku and co- developed by Meiji Seika Keisha in 2002 and Launch Launched by Meiji Seika Keisha as Sword 100 in Japan Licensing: In overseas, Nippon Shinyaku has entered into license agreements with Angelini in Italy and Yuhan in Korea in 2004. The company has out licensed the product to Optimer Pharmaceuticals to market this compound in US. Angelini launched the product in Italy in 2005 under the brand name of Unidrox®

Dosage: 100 mg tablet Indication: Broad spectrum oral fluoroquinolone antibacterial agent PUFX is the prodrug for Ulifloxacin. After absorption, PUFX is metabolized by esterases to ulifloxacin. The drug has a long elimination half life allowing once daily administration. In vitro ulifloxacin is generally more active than other floroquinolones against a variety of clinical isolates of Gram negative bacteria, including community and nosocomial isolates of Escherichia coli, Klebsiella spp, Proteus, Providencia and Morganella spp, Morabella catarrhalis, Haemophilus spp and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Gram positive orgainisms including methicillin or oxacillin susceptible Staphyloccus aureus, Enterococcus spp and Streptococcus pneumoniae are susceptible to ulifloxacin. The drug is used for the treatment of urinary tract infection (acute uncomplicated and complicated) and respiratory tract infections (acute exacerbations and chronic bronchitis, AECB) in comparison with the widely used ciprofloxacin, co-amoxiclav and pefloxacin. The high urinary concentrations of prulifloxacin as compared to ciprofloxacin, combined with a broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity, allow its use in the empiric therapy of complicated UTIs. The drug is a good candidate to cure AECB as it has high efficiency in penetrating into the lung tissues as compared to Co-amoxiclav and ciprofloxacin. Optimer Phamaceuticals is developing prulifloxacin (currently a Phase III trial drug) for the treatment of infectious diarrhea including traveler’s diarrhea, which can be caused by broad range of bacteria.

Benefits of Prulifloxacin over other fluoroquinolones 1. 600mg pufx once daily for 10 days is more effective in curing complicated UTIs as compared to ciprofloxacin, administered as 500 md twice daily. 2. Higher concentrations of the drug found in the urine makes it a superior candidate over ciprofloxacin to cure complicated UTIs . -->

Sources

<http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/adis/dgs/2004/00000064/00000019/art00005

210.211.167.33 11:58, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Amaravati Express

Amaravati Express or Amaravathi Express(Hindi:-अमरावति एक्सप्रेस), (Telugu:-అమరావతి ఎక్స్ ప్రెస్),(Kannada:-ಅಮರಾವತಿ ಎಕ್ಸ್ ಪ್ರೆಸ್) was previously organized by Vijayawada Division of South Central Railways between Vasco-Da-Gama of Indian State Goa and Vijayawada, a Major Junction on Indian Railways in the state of Andhra Pradesh as a Tri Weekly Express train on Vijayawada-Mormugao Main Line Via, Guntur-Guntakal-Gadag-Hubli-Castle-rock-Madgaon-Vasco-Da-Gama with number

  7227UP Vijaywada - Vasco-Da-Gama Amaravati Express ( Three Days of week)
  7228DN Vasco-Da-Gama - Vijayawada Amaravati Express (Three Days of week)

and

  7225UP Vijayawada-Hubli Amaravati Express (4 Days)
  7226DN Hubli - Vijayawada  Amaravati Express      (4 Days)

Days)

Also the train has a Slip Coach Service between Kacheguda(for Hyderabad and Secunderabad) Amaravati Express is a very popular train among the people of Andhra Pradesh especially, for whome residing in Nandyal, Markapur, Guntakal, Guntur and Vinukonda.

Present Status

In the begining of March-2007^{Correct Information needed}, the train was extended to Howrah of West Bengal on 4 days a week basis by cancelling Vijayawada Amaravti Express. The train now bears number

  2847UP Howrah - Vasco-Da-Gama Amaravathi Express  ( 4 Days)
  2848DN Vasco-Da-Gama - Howrah Amaravathi Express  (4  Days)

now is a Super Fast Express Train. 7225UP and 7226DN Vijayawada-Hubli-Vijayawada Amaravathi Express frequency is reduced to 3 days a week.

Stoppages

Some important Stops are, Kharagpur,Balasore, Bhubaneswar,Khurda Road, Palasa, Vijayanagaram, Duvvada ( a suburb near Visakhapatnam), Rajamundry, Vijayawada, Guntur, Nandyal, Dhone, Guntakal, Bellary, Gadag, Hubli, Londa and Madgaon. The train transit through Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka states of India.

The stoppages between Guntakal - Vijayawada sections are retained or not altered, while few stops are removed in between Guntakal and Londa Junction, like Dharwad( 7227/7228 amaravati had a stoppage here while 2847/2848 does not halt here.

Slip Route

The Slip Service between Vasco-Da-Gama and Kacheguda(for Hyderabad) is also increased from Tri-weekly to Four days of week after extension. while The slip service is terminated at Hubli for remaining three days with 7225/7226 Vijayawada-Hubli-Vijayawada Amaravati Express. The Kacheguda-Vasco-Da-gama is Amalgamated/Bifurcated at Guntakal Junction with

slip Route Amalgamation for Kacheguda -Vasco

   7603UP Kacheguda - Yeshwantpur Express (Daily)
                      and 
   2848 UP Howrah -Vasco-Da-Gama Amaravathi Express ( 4-Days)

for 4 days

Slip Route Bifurcation for Vasco-Kacheguda

   2848DN Vasco-Da-Gama -  Howrah  Amaravati Express (4-Days) 
                       and 
   7604DN Yeswantpur - Kacheguda Express (Daily)

For remaining Three days the slip route terminates at Hubli as,

slip Route Amalgamation for Kacheguda -Vasco

   7603UP Kacheguda - Yeshwantpur Express (Daily)
                      and 
   7225UP Vijayawada Hubli Amaravathi Express ( 3-Days)

for 4 days

Slip Route Bifurcation for Vasco-Kacheguda

   7226DN Hubli-Vijayawada  Amaravati Express (4-Days) 
                       and 
   7604DN Yeswantpur - Kacheguda Express (Daily)

The amalgamation and bifurcation of Slip coaches take place at Guntakal Junction.

Brief History

Vasco-Da-gama comes under [[Hubli] division of South Western Railways of India. Till 2004, Hubli Division was under South Central Railways whose Head Quarter is locate at Secunderabad.

Till 1980s,Guntur - Marmugaon section via Guntakal track was Meter Gauge and long before Konkan Railways, Hubli Division of then South Central Railways and now South Western Railways. Goa was linked to Miraj in Maharashtra, Guntur in Andhra Pradesh, and Bangalore by Meter Gauge. Miraj was the gate way to Mumbai and North India while, Guntur and Bangalore to East and Souther India. With the evolution of Konkan Railway track, distance between North India, South India reduced considerably and Gauge Conversion between Vijayawada and Marmugaon reduced distance between East, south and Goa.

Hartenštejn, Czechia

The castle ruin Hartenštejn (in German language: Hartenstein) has been a gothic castle of the 15th century, close to the town of Bochov in the district of Karlovy Vary, Czechia. The castle has been first mentioned in 1473 as a military base. Often the owner has changed and since 1554 it has been no more inhabited.

Literature

• Tomáš Durdík: Ilustrovaná encyklopedie ceských hradu
• Dobroslava Menclová: Ceské hrady

Weblinks

Photogalerie

Varthur

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59.92.150.96 12:28, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Varthur

Varthur is a town and a hobli in eastern part of Bangalore city in India but now is a part of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, it is one the legislative assembly in Karnataka state in India. The Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) representing this place currently is A.Krishnappa. Lake ecosystems are an integral part of the Bangalore city. Lakes in Bangalore were mainly created to serve the need for drinking and agriculture. But unplanned urbanisation and industrialisation has lead to the contamination of these water bodies. Varthur lake, situated in east Bangalore has a water-spread area of 2.5 sq. km. The lake water is mainly used for agriculture and supports a wide diversity of flora and fauna. The inflow of sewage and agricultural runoff in addition to the inflow of contaminated water from Bellandur lake has lead to the rapid deterioration of the lake.

Towns/Villages arround Varthur:

Gunjur

Balagere

Panathur

Marathahalli

HAL

Whitefield

Kadugodi

Sorahunase

Ramagondanahalli

Places You can visit near include:

Varthur Lake

Bangalore Internatinal Airport

ITPL

Satya Sai Ashram in Kadugodi

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59.92.150.96 12:34, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

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59.92.150.96 12:47, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Hartenstein Castle, Austria

The Hartenstein Castle in Austria is located about 10 miles west of the town of Krems an der Donau, a town in Lower Austria. The core of the castle is about 800 years old. But later it has been remodelled and extended in gothic style. Currently it is used by an IT firm named BEKO informatik. Located close to the castle Hartenstein is the Gudenus cave, with an age of almost 100,000 years having been Austria's oldest Neandertal settlement, where hand axes and other tools have been found.

Links

List of castles in Austria

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champakara

Champakara - the word is derived from the Malayalam word “Sampal kara” or “Sampath kara”, which means the land of prosperity.

Champakara is a beautiful, peaceful village in Kottayam Dist. 18 km away from Kottayam. The State highway from Kottayam to Punaloor passes through this land. Karukachal, a major center of it.

Champakara is the land of "KALARIPAYATTU", the martial art of kerala. Many different kinds of kalari & ayurvedic massaging centers are there. Late Shri. Gopinatha Kurup from Chanmpakara is famous for Kalari Treatment and martial arts

The people of Champakara are dedicated to nature, because one can see lot of ‘SARPPAKAVU’ which is for the preservation of mother earth.

People show keen interest in the protection of Indian culture. and the arts & music. It’s the birthplace of many musicians,one of whom is the late Shri. Kalanilayam Narayana kaimal who was famous for KADHAKALI

Champakara sreeraman, Mangudi Elephant are the elephants here. Many elephant lovers are present in Champakara.

In ancient time people were concentrated in agricultural activities. Now rubber is the main crop grown here. Champakara bus service, Match factory,Sreerangom hospital, Pepper factory are the main industries providing employment here.

The youths are very efficient in a wonderful game called "NADAN PANTHUKALI", which is a village game mainly happening at the ground of Devi temple.Many arts & sports clubs are present for the promotion of youth activities.

Politically, it is a LDF and UDF dominated society .RSS is also very strong here.The former minister for transport, Prof. K. Narayana kurup is from here.

Champakara is a land of communal harmony, Devi temple, Champakara, Devi temple Nethalloor, Champakara church are the famous pilgrim centers. Meenabharani, Sreekrishnajayanthi are the main religious occasions.

In Devi temple, on the meenabharani day, the "SEVA" and "Anpolivazhipadu” is very famous all over the country, because it contains huge number of "PARA" (a vessel used for measurement of paddy) arranged in rows and is the main attraction. On the day of Kumbhabharani in Champakara temple at the evening, “PINDIVILAKKU” made out of plantain is lit . These can be seen only here in Kerala. Champakara church is famous for a procession called “Raasa”.In Champakara, Hindus, Christians & a small number of Muslims live peacefully. Majority of the people are Hindus. The Nair Service Society and SNDP are very strong here.

Govt L P School Thommachery ,Subhash memorial UP school, Rajahamsasramam school, Sarada Vidyamandiram & St joseph school are the schools and Balikasadanam is an orphanage for girls. Ekathmathakendram is the cultural centre here.

Puthooram channel & Channel nine are the local channels for broadcasting local news on television

Sources

http://champakarakkaran.googlepages.com/

60.254.103.129 14:16, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Triple Negative Breast Cancer

Breast cancer is not one single form of cancer, but composed of many different "subtypes" of cancer. These subtypes of breast cancer are generally diagnosed based upon the presence, or lack of, three "receptors" known to fuel most breast cancers: estrogen receptors, progesterone receptors and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2). The most successful treatments for breast cancer target these receptors.

None of these receptors are found in women with triple negative breast cancer. In other words, a triple negative breast cancer diagnosis means that the tumor is estrogen receptor-negative, progesterone receptor-negative and HER2-negative, thus giving rise to the name "triple negative breast cancer." On a positive note, this type of breast cancer is typically responsive to chemotherapy. Because of its triple negative status, however, triple negative tumors generally do not respond to receptor targeted treatments. Depending on the stage of its diagnosis, triple negative breast cancer can be particularly aggressive, and more likely to recur than other subtypes of breast cancer.

Triple negative breast cancer accounts for approximately 15% of all breast cancer cases. In the United States, it occurs most often in African American and younger women.

Sources

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/554234
http://www.y-me.org/programs/ShareRing/transcripts/LivingThroughBC1.php
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/03/070326095316.htm
http://www.tnbcfoundation.org/tnbc/Home.asp

67.80.30.106 14:59, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Meredith effect

In 1935, F. W. Meredith of the Royal Aircraft Establishment suggested that the resistance offered to the air which must pass through the radiator, the cooling drag, is to some extent offset by the conversion into thrust of the heat energy obsorbed from the properly ducted radiator.

Sources

F. W. Meredith, Note on the cooling of aircraft engines (Aeronautical Research Committee, "Report and Memoranda," No 1683, August 1935) (London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1937)

71.255.76.92 15:02, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Teprice

The capital, Teprice was a free state established by the preaching of the Paulicians. It was the first free state in the Roman Empire. (Holland was the second free state allowing religious liberty and USA was the 3rd) It remained free for about 150 years until it was overthrown by the Moslims. "The number of the Paulicians constantly increased, and they soon attracted the attention of their enemies. In the year 690 Constantine, their leader, was stoned to death by the command of the emperor; and the successor of Constantine was burned to death. The Empress Theodora instituted a persecution in which one hundred thousand Paulicians in Grecian Armenia are said to have lost their lives. (Ref "The Faithful Baptist Witness" By Dr. Phil Stringer pp84)

 John T. Christian writes in "A History of The Baptists Vol 1" Chapter 4:
  "The Paulicians, in the ninth century, rebelled against their enemies, drove out Michael III, and established in Armenia the, free state of Teprice. This is a well-known site, some seventy miles from Sivas, on the river Chalta. They gave absolute freedom of opinion to all of its inhabitants (Evans, Historical View of Bosnia, p. 30). From the capital of this free state, itself called Teprice, went forth a host of missionaries to convert the Slavonic tribes of Bulgaria, Bosnia, and Servia to the Paulician faith. This is positively stated by Sikeliotes. Great was their success—so great that a large portion of the inhabitants of the free state migrated to what were then independent states beyond the emperor’s control. The state of Teprice lasted one hundred and fifty years, when it was overcome by the Saracens. All around them were persecutions for conscience sake—they themselves had lost one hundred thousand members by persecutions in the reign of Theodora—yet here was a shelter offered to every creed and unbeliever alike. This is a striking Baptist peculiarity.
  "The Baptists have always set up religious liberty when they had opportunity."

The tracing of our religious liberty takes an important stand in the little state of Teprice, and an important step thanks to the Baptistic preaching of the Paulicians.

Sources

"The Faithful Baptist Witness" By Dr. Phil Stringer pp84, @1998 Landmark Baptist Press, 222E. Hinson Ave., Haines City, FL 33844 1800-700-5322 "A History of The Baptists" Vol 1 Chapter 4 published at (www.pbministries.org/History/John%20T.%20Christian/vol1/history_04.htm) Submitted by: Pastor Edward Rice, Good Samaritan Baptist Church, 54 Main Street Box 99, Dresden NY 14441 (315) 536-0878 www.GSBaptistChurch.com 69.95.18.44 16:32, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Ian Forrest: Scottish Motor Racing Driver

Ian Forrest (born: Kirkliston, Scotland. 22.02.1950)

Ian Forrest has won 26 Scottish national motorsport titles since 1971 in cars ranging from the famous Drambuie Imps to BMW M3s in the BTCC and now in Radical & Ligier Sports GT cars. In season 2007 he will compete throughout Europe endurance races in a Ligier.

When he attended the Scottish Motor Racing Club's annual dinner and prize giving in December 2006, the 56 year old racing driver, who has enjoyed a Motorsport career spanning almost four decades, never imagined he was in the running for any trophies this year.

However, having only competed in a couple of races in season 2006, the popular Knockhill Racing Circuit's Operations Manager had applauded the cream of the current crop of top Scottish Racing Drivers as they received their various trophies and with just one final award left to present, his thoughts were beginning to stray towards a wee after-dinner dram and chat with his fellow racing enthusiasts.

The MC announced that the final and very special award was for the Sir Jackie Stewart medal for Services to Motorsport in Scotland and was only the 4th of the 5 limited edition cherished medals to be awarded since being instigated by Scotland's celebrated former Formula One Champion.

As he began his introduction with some history about which era the recipient began his Motorsport career in, several well known and highly respected names who were present - including international stars Dario Franchitti, Alan McNish and David Coultard - could all have fitted the bill. It wasn't long however, before it became clear who the worthy winner was and after a resume of probably the longest ever continuous racing career in Scotland, an almost speechless Ian stepped on stage to tumultuous applause from 300 fellow racers, sponsors and friends.

Ian, who lives in Dunfermline in Fife said "I was almost speechless and after many successful years in the sport I cannot imagine ever receiving a higher award than this, it's really special to me".

File:Http://i15.tinypic.com/6cmsm8m.jpg.

Sources

The Scotsman Newspaper www.ifmotorsport.com and www.smrc-uk.com/ (Scottish Motor Racing Club) The Scotsman Newspaper.

217.44.202.141 17:14, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Fuglesang

Fuglesang is a Swedish "space-rock" / "krautrock" band, signed to Airwaves Records.

Sources

http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=1323&a=653233 80.217.60.112 20:50, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Parminder Singh

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68.90.10.248 20:53, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Swim Kids

'Swim Kids' is the swimming tuition service of First Choice Holidays Plc. It is an independent company providing swimming lessons to children and families on package holidays with First Choice. It operates in six European countries, as well as Dominican Republic and Egypt.The Swim Kids service was formed by Karen Webb-Meek, a UK swimming teacher & waterpolo coach in 2000, and to date, has taught over 20,000 children to swim or improve their swimming skills. The Swim Kids service headed a national TV and advertising campaign for First Choice in 2006, the advert showing children running down sand dunes townards the sea accompanied by the words 'Last Year we taught 5000 kids learned to swim...thats why we're First Choice' won a national industry award. Swim Kids has the backing of the UK governing body of swimming the A.S.A. and provides an opportunity for UK swimming teachers to work overseas.

Sources

www.firstchoice.co.uk www.swimming.org www.holidaytruths.co.uk www.swimkids.uk.com

86.149.22.71 21:20, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

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72.94.124.140 21:30, 4 July 2007 (UTC) Eddie Eddon rulz!

Pasquale "Pat" Ferruccio

Ferruccio operated several businesses in Canton, Ohio, among them vending machines, a lounge and a bail bonds office. He also owned downtown properties.

In the early 1980s, the Pennsylvania Crime Commission identified Ferruccio as a Mafia figure close to crime families in Cleveland and Pittsburgh. According to the report, Ferruccio had mediated a war between the factions in the late 1970s.

In 1986, investigators found more traction.

They raided Ferruccio’s Liberty Vending Co. in Canton and confiscated video gambling machines and records. Three years later, a federal grand jury indicted him on racketeering charges.

Federal prosecutors said Ferruccio ran illegal gambling operations in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, West Virginia, South Carolina and Florida between 1978 and 1988. His video poker machines were distributed generally to social clubs, and his associates included Youngstown mob figure Lenine Strollo, who later became an informant.

In 1990, the Pennsylvania Crime Commission identified Ferruccio as a member of the Pittsburgh crime family.

After lengthy legal wrangling, Ferruccio pleaded guilty to racketeering charges in 1991, and a judge sentenced him to prison in 1992.

Ferruccio served 27 months. After his release from prison, FBI agents observed him meeting with Strollo in downtown Canton in 1994, a violation of the terms of his prison release.

A judge sentenced Ferruccio to prison for two years, but another federal indictment followed before Ferruccio reported to prison.

In 1997, at the age of 80, Ferruccio pleaded guilty to trying to get involved with an Indian casino in California without revealing his criminal background.

Ferruccio passed away in Canton, Ohio in April 2007.

Sources

http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?Category=11&ID=277996&r=1

24.166.66.118 22:34, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Steven Crist

Steven Crist is the Chairman and Publisher of Daily Racing Form, the 112-year-old “bible” of thoroughbred racing, an industry in which Crist has worked in a variety of roles as a journalist, author, bettor and executive.

Crist, a 1978 graduate of Harvard College, where he edited the Harvard Lampoon, was was the racing reporter and columnist for The New York Times from 1981 through 1990; founding editor-in-chief of The Racing Times, which revolutionized horse-racing data and past performances, in 1991-92; a member of Gov. Mario Cuomo’s Advisory Commission on Racing from 1992 to 1994; and a vice-president of the New York Racing Association, which operates Aqueduct, Belmont and Saratoga, from 1994 to 1997. In 1998, Crist assembled an investment group to purchase Daily Racing Form, where he also served as chief executive until 2002. He currently writes a twice-weekly column on racing and gambling-industry issues and is the editor of the Form’s DRF Press book-publishing division.

Crist is best known not only as a writer but also for having upgraded the depth and sophistication of dta made available to American horseplayers for wagering and racehorse-evaluation purposes. He also has been an outspoken proponent for reforms favorable to horse bettors, including expanded offtrack and online wagering, and changes in the Federal and state tax codes regarding gambling proceeds.

Crist is the author of several books on the sport including Offtrack; The Horse Traders; Betting on Myself; and the June 2006 release Exotic Betting. He lives in Hempstead, N.Y. with his wife, Robin Foster, and two retired racing greyhounds.

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www.drf.com "Exotic Betting" (Book published by DRF Press, 2006) "Betting on Myself" (subject's autobiography, published by DRF PRess, 2003) "The Horse Traders" (published by WW Norton, 1986)

69.122.159.167 23:43, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

kyle Dillard

Kyle Dillard. Hier to the Crakin' cracker factory of Augusta, Georgia. A multidollar empire. His father is the former CEO of Defjam Records. Kyle has played golf on the moon with various celebrities including: Lance Bass, Will Smith, Deke Copenhaver "present mayor of Augusta, GA", and Infamous Zack Clooney Savage. He has recently completed his GED. Kyle Dillard is ongoing in a battle between Buger King boyz, not to be confused with the Z-boyz, and the MickeyDeez bro's. Kyle has completed his Doctorate in donkey kong country 4, he beat the game!. Kyle in his, youth was a civil right's leader, known as Kyle Shabaz Moheinekan Ali X. He traveled the country in the singing jazz band group. He has been married three time's. biancha Jager, known for riding the horse through the Charlie brown arena. If you would like to know more about kyle, just go to your local venue where all the street wanna bee's are, and look for the only orgrish clint howard guy there, wearing a ripped painted Koolaid shirt.

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Augusta Metro Magazine, April 2005 69.241.212.33 23:56, 4 July 2007 (UTC) -

Tom Townsend

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Tomelle1 23:57, 4 July 2007 (UTC)