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Paul Pope

Paul Pope (born September 25, 1970) is an American alternative cartoonist. Pope's work combines the precision and romance of European comics artists with the energy and page design of the manga tradition. Pope's two protagonist types are the silent, lanky outsider male of The One Trick Rip-Off, Escapo, and Heavy Liquid; or the resourceful, aggressive, humorous young teenage girls of THB. He has self-published some of his work, most notably THB, through his own Horse Press, with other work for such publishers as DC Comics/Vertigo and First Second Books.

Early life
Born in Philadelphia, Pope grew up in Bowling Green, Ohio, with stops in Columbus, Ohio, San Francisco, and Toronto in between. He describes his influences as Daniel Torres, Bruno Premiani, Jack Kirby, Alex Toth, Tony Salmons, Hugo Pratt, Silvio Cadelo, Vittorio Giardino, and Hergé.

Career
Pope introduced THB in 1995, the same year he began work for Kodansha, Japan's manga publisher. Pope eventually developed the manga Supertrouble for Kodansha, which mined the "cutie-pie" girl adventure vein that THB exists in. His storytelling narratives continue to mature with well-paced, deftly-shaded combinations of science fiction, hardboiled crime stories and the Romeo and Juliet archetype.

Pope's One-Trick Ripoff was published by Dark Horse Comics, and Heavy Liquid and 100% were published under DC Comics' Vertigo imprint.

In 2006, Pope received an Eisner Award for Best Short Story for his work, "Teenage Sidekick", published in Solo No. 3.

In 2007, Pope won two additional Eisners, Best Writer/Artist and Best Limited Series, for his Batman mini-series, Batman: Year 100. Discussing the story, which is set in 2039, one hundred years after the first appearance of the caped crusader, Pope said: "I wanted to present a new take on Batman, who is without a doubt a mythic figure in our pop-psyche. My Batman is not only totally science fiction, he's also a very physical superhero: he bleeds, he sweats, he eats. He's someone born into an overarching police state; someone with the body of David Beckham, the brain of Tesla, and the wealth of Howard Hughes... pretending to be Nosferatu." The story, colored by José Villarrubia, was originally presented in a four-part prestige format in 2006. DC Comics later published a trade paperback collecting Batman: Year 100 in early 2007. The trade also includes Pope's "Berlin Batman" story from The Batman Chronicles No. 11. "Berlin Batman" involves a version of Batman who lives in the German Weimar Republic on the eve of World War II. The Weimar Batman helps keep the papers of Austrian School economist Ludwig von Mises from falling into Nazi hands. Both Batman stories in the collection reflect implicit libertarian themes that often appear in Pope's work. He also wrote Endgame for Toonami's website and came up with the character Orcelot Rex.

Aside from comics, in the fall of 2006 Pope worked with Italian clothing company Diesel on a big store installation during their fall fashion week campaign, and a screenprint series based on their 'Chelsea Hotel' campaign as a 51st birthday present to Diesel's founder, Renzo Rosso. In the fall of 2008, Pope went a step further by partnering with DKNY to create the DKNY:2089 collection.

Pope's first art book, titled Pulphope: The Art of Paul Pope, came out in June 2007. A collection of his most representative work, the 224-page hardcover was published by AdHouse Books.

In 2009, Pope was featured in The Cartoonist, a documentary film on the life and work of cartoonist Jeff Smith.

Pope spoke at the 2005 New York and 2006 Sydney Semi-Permanent creative conference.

In 2010, Pope served as a Master Artist with the Atlantic Center for the Arts, a Florida-based artists' community providing artists an opportunity to work and collaborate with contemporary artists in the fields of composing, visual, literary, and performing arts.

Pope lives and works in New York City.

Awards

 * 2000 Friends of Lulu Lulu of the Year nomination
 * 2006 Eisner Award for Best Short Story: "Teenaged Sidekick" in Solo No. 3 (DC Comics)
 * 2007 Eisner Award for Best Limited Series: Batman: Year 100
 * 2007 Eisner Award for Best Writer/Artist: Batman: Year 100
 * 2010 Reuben Award (National Cartoonists Society) for Best Comic Book for Strange Adventures
 * 2014 Eisner Award for Best Publication for Teens: Battling Boy

Horse Press

 * Sin Titulo (w/a, graphic novel, 78 pages, 1993, ISBN 1-882402-13-8)
 * The Corruptor (w/a, 1993)
 * The Ballad of Doctor Richardson (w/a, 1994)
 * THB (w/a):
 * Volume 1 #1–5 (1994–1995)
 * Giant THB Parade (1996)
 * P-City Parade (1997)
 * Giant THB Circus (1998)
 * Mars' Mightiest Mek (one-shot, 2000)
 * Mek-Power #6a-6d (2000–2002)
 * Volume 2 No. 1 (2003)
 * PulpHope 96/7 (w/a, 1996)
 * Buzz Buzz Comics Magazine (w/a, with various writers and artists, 1996)
 * Escapo (w/a, graphic novel, 112 pages, 1999, ISBN 1-882402-16-2)

DC Comics/Vertigo

 * The Big Book of... (a, Paradox Press):
 * "Harry Reichenbach: Hollywood's King of Ballyhoo!!" (with Carl Sifakis, in The Big Book of Hoaxes, 1996)
 * "Glam Rock" (with Jonathan Vankin, in The Big Book of the '70s, 2000)
 * Vertigo: Winter's Edge #1: "Tell Me" (a, with Paul Jenkins, 1998)
 * Batman:
 * The Batman Chronicles #11: "The Berlin Batman" (w/a, 1998)
 * Batman: Gotham Knights #3: "Broken Nose" (w/a, 2000) collected in Black & White Volume 2 (tpb, 176 pages, 2003, ISBN 1-563899-17-5)
 * Batman: Turning Points #5: "Old as the Stars" (a, with Greg Rucka, 2000) collected in Turning Points (tpb, 128 pages, 2007, ISBN 1-401213-60-X)
 * Batman: Year 100 #1–4 (w/a, 2006) collected as Year 100 (tpb, 232 pages, 2007, ISBN 1-4012-1192-5)
 * Heavy Liquid #1–5 (w/a, 1999–2000) collected as Heavy Liquid (tpb, 240 pages, 2001, ISBN 1-563896-35-4; hc, 256 pages, 2008, ISBN 1-401219-49-7)
 * 100% #1–5 (w/a, 2002–2003) collected as 100% (tpb, 240 pages, 2005, ISBN 1-401203-49-3; hc, 2009, ISBN 1-401221-33-5)
 * Weird War Tales Special: "Mind Field" (a, with Bruce Jones, 2000)
 * Young Heroes: Fall Fashion 2000 (a, with Heather Elizaldi, a 4-page advertisement ran through all DC books dated October, 2000)
 * The Dreaming #55: "The Further Adventures of Danny Nod, Heroic Library Assistant" (a, with Bill Willingham, among other artists, 2000)
 * Weird Western Tales #1: "Tall Tale" (w/a, 2000)
 * Bizarro Comics: "Help! Superman!" (a, with Jeff Smith, anthology graphic novel, hc, 224 pages, 2001, ISBN 1-563897-79-2)
 * Solo No. 3 (w/a, 2005)
 * Wednesday Comics #1–12: "Adam Strange" (w/a, 2009) collected in Wednesday Comics (hc, 200 pages, 2009, ISBN 1-4012-2747-3)
 * Ghosts: "Treasure Lost" (w/a, with David Lapham, 2012)

Other US publishers

 * Negative Burn (Caliber):
 * "Eulogy to Marx" (w/a, in No. 12, 1994)
 * "The Triumph of Hunger" (w/a, in No. 13, 1994)
 * "Rotten Hubert" (w/a, in No. 18, 1994)
 * "Portrait of a Girl With an Unpronounceable Name" (w/a, in No. 20, 1995)
 * "The Visible Man" (w/a, in No. 21, 1995)
 * "Armadillo/The Island" (a, with Francis Richardson, in No. 23, 1995)
 * "Gangster Strip Dragway" (w/a, in No. 24, 1995)
 * "Strip for 6.30.93" (w/a, in No. 25, 1995)
 * Dark Horse Presents (w/a, Dark Horse):
 * "Pistachio!!" (in v1 #100-0, 1995)
 * "Yes" (in v1 #100-2, 1995)
 * "Pan-Fried Girl" (with Jeff Smith, in v1 #100-5, 1995)
 * "The One Trick Rip-Off" (in v1 #101–112, 1995–1996) collected as The One Trick Rip-Off (tpb, 104 pages, 1997, ISBN 1-569712-44-1)
 * "Four Cats" (in Annual '97, 1998)
 * "1969" (in v2 No. 9, 2012)
 * Roarin' Rick's Rare Bit Fiends #9: "Untitled" (w/a, King Hell, 1995)
 * Dirty Stories #1: "Ukieo-E-Pope" (w/a, Fantagraphics Books, 1997)
 * Oni Double Feature #2–3: "Car Crash" (w/a, Oni Press, 1998)
 * The Spirit: The New Adventures #7: "The Ghost of Tiger Traps" (a, with Jay Stephens, Kitchen Sink, 1998) collected in Will Eisner's The Spirit Archives Volume 27 (hc, 200 pages, Dark Horse, 2009, ISBN 1-56971-732-X)
 * Bone #36: "Woah! Just 36 Seconds to Diffuse This TNT!!" (w/a, Cartoon Books, 1999)
 * Non #5: "Airplanes" (w/a, Red Ink, 2001)
 * Michael Neno's Reactionary Tales No. 1 :"The Ballad of Michael Neno" (w/a, Neno Productions, 2001)
 * Marvel:
 * Spider-Man's Tangled Web #15: "The Collaborator" (w/a, 2002) collected in Volume 3 (tpb, 160 pages, 2002, ISBN 0-785109-51-X)
 * Captain America: Red, White & Blue: "Faces" (w/a, graphic novel, hc, 192 pages, 2002, ISBN 0-785110-33-X)
 * X-Statix #5: "The Mysterious Fan Boy" (a, with Peter Milligan, 2003) collected in Good Omens (tpb, 128 pages, 2003, ISBN 0-785110-59-3)
 * Fantastic Four #543: "A Day at the Races!" (w/a, 2007) collected in Civil War (tpb, 176 pages, 2007, ISBN 0-785122-27-3)
 * Strange Tales #1: "Untitled" (w/a, 2009) collected in Strange Tales (hc, 192 pages, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4626-1; tpb, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-2802-6)
 * Rosetta: A Comics Anthology Volume 2 (w/a, anthology graphic novel, 268 pages, Alternative Comics, 2004, ISBN 1-89186-762-8)
 * AdHouse Books:
 * Project: Superior: "The Rest of Xondex-Xomax" (w/a, anthology graphic novel, 288 pages, 2005, ISBN 0-972179-48-8)
 * PulpHope: The Art of Paul Pope (w/a, graphic novel, 224 pages, 2007, ISBN 0-977030-43-1)
 * THB: Comics from Mars #1–2 (w/a, 2007–2010)
 * The Lone Ranger #11: "Downbeat" (a, with Brett Matthews and Sergio Cariello, Dynamite, 2008)
 * CBLDF Presents: Liberty Comics #2: "Place 4 Loverman!!" (w/a, Image, 2009)
 * Strange Science Fantasy #1–6 (w/a, co-feature, IDW Publishing, 2010) collected in Strange Science Fantasy (tpb, 196 pages 2011, ISBN 1-600108-88-1)
 * Adventure Time #5: "Emit Erutnevda!!" (w/a, co-feature, Boom! Studios, 2012)
 * Battling Boy (First Second Books)
 * The Death of Haggard West (2013) — 32-page pamphlet-format preview of Battling Boy vol. 1
 * vol. 1: Battling Boy (2013)
 * vol. 2: The Rise of Aurora West (2014) — prequel to Battling Boy written with J. T. Petty; art by David Rubín
 * vol. 3: The Fall of the House of West (2015) — written with J. T. Petty; art by David Rubín

Cover work

 * The Comics Journal No. 191 (Fantagraphics Books, 1996)
 * Catwoman #5–9 (DC Comics, 2002)
 * The Escapists No. 5 (Dark Horse, 2006)
 * Cory Doctorow's Futuristic Tales of the Here and Now No. 3 (IDW Publishing, 2007)
 * Silver Surfer: In Thy Name No. 3 (Marvel, 2007)
 * Popgun Volume 2 gn (Image, 2008)
 * The Haunted Tank No. 2 (Vertigo, 2009)
 * The Sandman: The Dream Hunters No. 3 (Vertigo, 2009)
 * Jersey Gods No. 3 (Image, 2009)
 * The Unknown No. 1 (Boom! Studios, 2009)
 * Hexed HC (Boom! Studios, 2009)
 * Electric Ant #1–5 (Marvel, 2010)
 * Jurassic Park No. 3 (IDW Publishing, 2010)
 * American Vampire No. 5 (Vertigo, 2010)
 * Dark Horse Presents No. 1 (Dark Horse, 2011)
 * Strange Adventures No. 1 (Vertigo, 2011)
 * Diamond Comics No. 6 (Floating World Comics, 2011)
 * Before Watchmen: Dr. Manhattan No. 1 (DC Comics, 2012)
 * Adventure Time No. 11 (Boom! Studios, 2012)

Interviews

 * The Podium (1999)
 * Pulp: The Manga Magazine's Carl Gustav Horn (August 2001)
 * Keith Giles (2002)
 * Comic Geek Speak podcast (December 2005)
 * Lost At E Minor (2006)
 * Wired (February 2006)
 * Ain't It Cool News (2010)

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Colomban Cri-cri

The Colomban Cri-Cri, also spelled Cricri, is the smallest twin-engined crewed aircraft in the world, designed in the early 1970s by French aeronautical engineer Michel Colomban.

The name Cri-Cri comes from the nickname of Christine, one of Colomban's daughters. 'Cri-cri' 'or 'cricri' is also the French term for the sound of a cricket or a cicada, or an informal name for the insects themselves, but it is unclear if this double meaning was intended by Colomban himself.

Design and development
Colomban designed the aircraft to be easy to build and fly, and the closeness of the two engines to each other, around the centreline, meant that it could be flown by pilots only qualified to fly single-engined aircraft because even with the complete failure of one engine, with hands and feet off the controls, the only effect would be a gentle turn. The cockpit canopy was carefully designed to direct effective airflow over the tail surfaces in this situation. The plans-built aircraft was also designed to be easy to store in a garage and tow on a trailer, with assembly and disassembly each taking only five minutes.

The Cri-Cri features a cantilever low-wing, a single-seat enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, fixed tricycle landing gear and twin engines mounted on pylons to the nose of the aircraft in tractor configuration. The aircraft is made from aluminum sheet glued to Klegecell foam. Its 4.9 m span wing employs a Wortmann 21.7% mod airfoil, and has an area of 3.1 m2. The aircraft is also capable of aerobatics within the limitations of twin-engined aircraft.

The first flight of the prototype was made on 19 July 1973 and within a few days it had proved to be easy to fly and capable of aerobatics, being stressed to +10g and -5g. It was powered by two Rowena 6507J single cylinder two-stroke engines, each giving 6.7 kW and weighing 6.5 kg.

Variants

 * MC-10 Cri-Cri
 * Prototype and early examples

 * MC-12 Cri-Cri
 * Model with a cruising speed of 185 km/h (100 knots, or 114.9 miles per hour) and range of 500 km (310.6 statute miles, 270 nautical miles).

 * MC-15 Cri-Cri
 * Model powered by two JPX PUL 212 15 hp engines.

 * MC-15 Cri-Cri Jet
 * Model powered by two PBS VB TJ20 210 N turbojet engines.

Operational use
As with any homebuilt aircraft, the existing Cri-Cri planes have often been modified by their builders, departing from the original design to a varying degree, resulting in varying performance. Most versions can climb with one engine inoperative.

In June 2010, EADS partnered with Aero Composites Saintonge and the Greencri-cri Association to present an electric-powered Cri-Cri at the Green Aviation Show in Le Bourget. The modified airframe with composite components can fly for 30 minutes at 110 km/h. The aircraft uses four brushless electric motors with counter-rotating propellers, which makes the aircraft one of the world's smallest four-engine aircraft.

On September 5, 2010 Electravia accomplished a world record speed of 262 km/h (162.33 mph) for a lithium polymer-powered aircraft using a Cri-Cri with two electric motors (each producing 25 hp) during the attempt. The company claimed engine and cooling drag reductions of 46 per cent versus the conventional combustion engine arrangement.

On 9 July 2015 the electric-powered Electravia version of the design flew across the English Channel hours before the Airbus E-Fan, becoming the third electric aircraft to do so. It was pulled aloft by another aircraft and did not take off on its own. The first was the MacCready Solar Challenger in 1981 and the second used electric motors powered by hydrogen.

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Teresa Edwards

Teresa Edwards (born July 19, 1964) is an American former women's basketball player and four time Olympic gold medalist.

In 2000, Sports Illustrated magazine placed her as 22nd of the "100 Greatest Female Athletes of the 20th Century". She played for, and graduated from, the University of Georgia.

The US Olympic Committee appointed Edwards as chef de mission for the 2012 Olympic Games. In 2010, Edwards was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. in 2013, she was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame. In 2021, Edwards published an autobiographical audio book, Black Gold, about her basketball career, with a focus on her Olympic experiences.

High school
Born in Cairo, Georgia, Edwards attended Cairo High School, where she was a four-year starter. In her junior and senior years, the Syrupmakers were 58–3. She scored 1,982 points in her high school career, and was honored as the Georgia High School Player of the Year in 1982.

College years
Edwards began her college career for the Georgia Lady Bulldogs basketball at the University of Georgia where she was a two time All-American. She was the starting point guard for the Georgia Lady Bulldogs, helping lead them to the Final Four in 1983 and 1985. Edwards played in her first Olympic Games in 1984 as a collegian, and won her first of four gold medals as the youngest member of the team. Her college jersey number (#5) was retired, making her one of only three Lady Bulldog players given that honor. She earned her degree in leisure studies in 1990.

Georgia statistics
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ABL career
Edwards was the star player and head coach for the Atlanta Glory of the American Basketball League (ABL). She played in the ABL inaugural game between the Glory and the San Jose Lasers, won by the Lasers 78–70. She was traded to the Philadelphia Rage in 1998.

WNBA career
During the 2003 WNBA draft, at the urging of Minnesota Lynx head coach Suzie McConnell Serio, the Lynx selected Edwards even though she was 38 years old. Edwards and Serio were teammates on the women's basketball team during the Summer Olympics of 1988 and 1992.

Edwards played for the Lynx during the 2003 and 2004 seasons. Afterwards, her contract expired and she became a free agent. But no other WNBA team offered her a contract for the 2005 season.

In December 2006, Edwards returned to Lynx, as an assistant coach.

Edwards served as an analyst for NBC Sports coverage of Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

In 2011, Edwards was named as assistant coach of the Tulsa Shock. She would later become the interim head coach after Nolan Richardson resigned on July 9, 2011.

On March 4, 2014, Edwards was hired by the Atlanta Dream as the assistant coach.

Regular season

 * align="left" | 2003
 * align="left" | Minnesota
 * 34 || 34 || 25.1 || .375 || .300 || .775 || 3.1 || 4.4 || 1.2 || 0.3 || 2.7 || 5.3
 * align="left" | 2004
 * align="left" | Minnesota
 * 34 || 34 || 20.5 || .370 || .294 || .700 || 2.6 || 2.3 || 1.4 || 0.2 || 2.7 || 5.7
 * align="left" | Career
 * align="left" | 2 years, 1 team
 * 68 || 68 || 22.8 || .372 || .297 || .743 || 2.9 || 3.3 || 1.3 || 0.3 || 2.7 || 5.5
 * align="left" | Career
 * align="left" | 2 years, 1 team
 * 68 || 68 || 22.8 || .372 || .297 || .743 || 2.9 || 3.3 || 1.3 || 0.3 || 2.7 || 5.5

Playoffs

 * align="left" | 2003
 * align="left" | Minnesota
 * 3 || 3 || 27.7 || .316 || .333 || 1.000 || 3.3 || 6.3 || 1.7 || 0.3 || 2.7 || 6.7
 * align="left" | 2004
 * align="left" | Minnesota
 * 2 || 2 || 21.5 || .167 || .200 || .750 || 2.5 || 1.0 || 1.5 || 0.5 || 2.0 || 3.0
 * align="left" | Career
 * align="left" | 2 years, 1 team
 * 5 || 5 || 25.2 || .280 || .294 || .875 || 3.0 || 4.2 || 1.6 || 0.4 || 2.4 || 2.2 || 5.2
 * align="left" | Career
 * align="left" | 2 years, 1 team
 * 5 || 5 || 25.2 || .280 || .294 || .875 || 3.0 || 4.2 || 1.6 || 0.4 || 2.4 || 2.2 || 5.2

International career
After Edwards graduated, she played abroad for nine seasons splitting time between Vicenza- Italy, Nagoya- Japan, Spain (Dorna Godella), and France (Tarbes and Valenciennes). During this time, she also continued to appear in international competition.

After the 1994 season, she stayed in the United States to train for her fourth Olympic appearance at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Edwards was selected to take the competitors' oath at the Opening Ceremonies in Atlanta (the opening ceremonies took place on her 32nd birthday). She was named the 1996 Sportswoman of the Year (in the team category) by the Women's Sports Foundation.

She competed for the United States in international competition a total of 19 times. Her teams won 14 gold medals.

In 1984, the USA sent its National team to the 1984 William Jones Cup competition in Taipei, Taiwan, for pre-Olympic practice. The team easily beat each of the eight teams they played, winning by an average of just under 50 points per game. Edwards averaged 5.5 points per game.

Edwards is the first female basketball player to have played in five Olympics. She is jointly (with Australian Andrew Gaze) the third basketball player to compete at five Olympics along with Puerto Rican Teófilo Cruz and Brazilian Oscar Schmidt.

She also holds the unique distinction of being the youngest gold medalist in women's basketball (age 20 in 1984) and the oldest gold medalist in women's basketball (age 36 in 2000).

She made a record fifth Olympic basketball team, earning a fourth gold medal to go with her bronze medal. She returned to Europe in 2002.

Edwards was named to the team representing the US at the 1987 William Jones Cup competition in Taipei, Taiwan. The team won all seven games to win the gold medal for the event. Edwards led the team in scoring with 23 points against China. The USA won the gold medal game by a single point over South Korea, helped by Edwards key free throws with a minute left in the game. She was the team's second leading scorer with 12.4 points per game over the seven games, and was named to the all-tournament team. In the following year, 1988, Edwards was also named to the Jones Cup team. The USA team was not as successful, with a 3–2 record, but that was enough to secure the silver medal. She averaged 15.4 points per game to lead her team in scoring.

Edwards was a member of the 1987 gold medal-winning USA Women's Pan American Team in Indiana, and the 1991 bronze medal-winning team in Havana, Cuba.

Edwards was a member of the USA National team at the 1990 World Championships, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The team won their opening round games fairly easily, with the closest of the first three games a 27-point victory over Czechoslovakia. Then they faced Cuba, a team that had beaten the US in exhibition matches only a few weeks earlier. The USA team was losing at halftime, but came back to win 87–78. Edwards hit four of her five three-point attempts, and scored 32 points, along with five steals. The USA team found itself behind at halftime to Canada in their next game, but came back to win easily 95–70. After an easy match against Bulgaria, the USA team faced Czechoslovakia again, end achieved an almost identical result, winning 87–59. In the title match, the USA team won the gold medal with a score of 88–78. Edwards led the team in scoring and assists, averaging 21.9 points per game and recording 24 assist for the event.

Edwards was named to the USA national team and competed in the 1994 World Championships, held in June 1994 in Sydney, Australia. The team was coached by Tara VanDerveer, and won their first six games, when they faced Brazil. In a closely contested, high-scoring game, Brazil hit ten of ten free throws in the final minute to secure a 110–107 victory. The USA won a close final game against Australia 100–95 to earn the bronze medal. Edwards had the second highest scoring average on the team with 12.7 points per game.

She also holds the record for points in an ABL game with 46.

Awards and honors

 * 2001: Georgia Sports Hall of Fame
 * 2010: Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
 * 2009–2012: USA Basketball Board of Directors
 * 2011: Inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
 * 2011: NCAA Silver Anniversary Award
 * 2013: FIBA Hall of Fame

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Draper Fisher Jurvetson

Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) is an American venture capital firm. In January 2019, DFJ Venture, the early-stage team, spun out and formed Threshold Ventures. DFJ Growth continues to be managed by co-founder John Fisher and co-founders Mark Bailey, Randy Glein, and Barry Schuler.

History
DFJ was founded in 1985 by Tim Draper. John Fisher became a partner in 1991 and Steve Jurvetson joined in 1994.

In 2013, founding partner Draper announced his departure from future DFJ Venture funds, with John Fisher continuing in his role with DFJ Growth. Draper announced he will continue investing out of an early stage venture fund Draper Associates V and assisting his son in running an incubator.

In November 2017, Jurvetson stepped down from his position at DFJ after allegations of sexual harassment.

DFJ Growth's investments include Anaplan, Coinbase, Cylance, Ring, Sisense, SpaceX, Tesla, Twitter, Unity, and Yammer.

Organization
DFJ Growth is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, and is currently investing DFJ Growth’s fourth fund of nearly $1 Billion which closed in 2021. DFJ Growth partner Randy Glein has been named to the Forbes Midas List several times, most recently in 2019. He was also named one of the world’s top venture capitalists in 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 by the New York Times/CB Insights. Barry Schuler was named to the Forbes Midas List in 2022 and 2023.

Affiliates
The DFJ Network was renamed the Draper Venture Network in 2015 and is operated by Tim Draper.

Venture capital investments

 * Anaplan (2014)
 * Coinbase (2014)
 * Cylance (2015)
 * Ring (company) (2016)
 * Sisense (2016)
 * SpaceX (2009)
 * Tesla,_Inc. (2010)
 * Twitter (2008)
 * Unity Technologies (2016)
 * Yammer (2012)

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William Cecil Ross

William Cecil Ross (May 11, 1911 – June 4, 1998) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada, the leader of the Young Communist League and later the leader of that province's Communist Party from 1948 until his retirement in 1981.

Ross was raised in a secular Jewish family that moved from the Ukraine to Winnipeg, Manitoba, in 1917. He was originally named Cecil Zuken, but legally changed his name in 1936 (in part to protect his family from anti-Communist harassment). His brother Joseph Zuken also became a Communist politician, and was for many years a prominent alderman from Winnipeg's working-class North End.

With the editorial backing of Dos Yiddishe Vort (a local Jewish newspaper), Ross was elected to the Winnipeg school board in 1936 and served in that capacity until 1939. He was also active in labour organization outside the city, and was imprisoned for six months on sedition charges after leading a strike in Flin Flon. In 1940, Ross campaigned for Leslie Morris in the federal riding of Winnipeg North, and thereby contributed to the defeat of Co-operative Commonwealth Federation incumbent Abraham Albert Heaps, the most prominent Jewish politician in the city.

Ross first ran for provincial office in the 1945 election, campaigning for the "Labor-Progressive Party" (as the Communist Party had renamed itself) in the riding of Assiniboia. He finished well behind the winner, Ernest Draffin of the Manitoba CCF.

Ross became leader of the provincial LPP on December 12, 1948, being elected by acclamation after former leader Bill Kardash resigned due to health concerns. Ross did not run in the election of 1949 because of a decision by the party to concentrate its resources—the LPP ran only two candidates, one of whom was elected. Ross continued to lead the LPP (which was renamed the Communist Party in 1959) for thirty-three years, though he was unable to prevent it from declining to a marginal political force.

Ross and Joseph Zuken had a strained relationship in the 1970s, due to Zuken's frequent criticisms of the Soviet Union and official Communist Party policy. While Zuken voiced concerns about anti-Semitism in the Soviet Union and restrictions on Jewish travel, Ross was unwilling to make public statements which violated the principle of party unity. Ross defended the Communist government of Czechoslovakia against accusations of anti-Semitism in 1952, following the trials of Rudolf Slánský and others.

Despite their differences, the brothers remained close throughout their lives. Ross played a prominent role at Zuken's funeral in 1986.

During the 1980s, Ross wrote in opposition to the Winnipeg School Board's education policy concerning the Ukrainian famine of the early 1930s. Ross acknowledged the death of millions, but denied that the government of Joseph Stalin had consciously planned an act of genocide against the Ukrainian people. (Mary Kardash, a Winnipeg school trustee of Ukrainian background, made essentially the same arguments as Ross during the course of these debates).

Ross's wife, Anne Ross, was also a public figure, serving as an administrator at the Mount Carmel Clinic in Winnipeg. In the early 1970s, this clinic became involved in a public controversy over its decision to offer abortion referral services.

Ross campaigned for federal and provincial office a total of fourteen times. Aside from the 1945 campaign mentioned above, he was a candidate in:

 * Winnipeg Ward Two (municipal), 1953 Winnipeg election, (635 votes)
 * Winnipeg North Centre (federal), 1953 (1606 votes), winner: Stanley Knowles (CCF)
 * Winnipeg North (federal), 1957 (1579 votes), winner: Alistair Stewart (CCF)
 * Winnipeg North (federal), 1958 (1503 votes), winner: Murray Smith (PC)
 * Burrows (provincial), 1959 (675 votes), winner: John Hawryluk (CCF)
 * Winnipeg North (federal), 1962 (1504 votes), winner: David Orlikow (NDP)
 * Inkster (provincial), 1966 (312 votes), winner: Sidney Green (NDP)
 * Winnipeg North (federal), 1968 (869 votes), winner: David Orlikow (NDP)
 * Winnipeg North (federal), 1972 (587 votes), winner: David Orlikow (NDP)
 * St. Johns (provincial), 1973 (66 votes), winner: Saul Cherniack (NDP)
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Statistical parametric mapping

Statistical parametric mapping (SPM) is a statistical technique for examining differences in brain activity recorded during functional neuroimaging experiments. It was created by Karl Friston. It may alternatively refer to software created by the Wellcome Department of Imaging Neuroscience at University College London to carry out such analyses.

Unit of measurement
Functional neuroimaging is one type of 'brain scanning'. It involves the measurement of brain activity. The measurement technique depends on the imaging technology (e.g., fMRI and PET). The scanner produces a 'map' of the area that is represented as voxels. Each voxel represents the activity of a specific volume in three-dimensional space. The exact size of a voxel varies depending on the technology. fMRI voxels typically represent a volume of 27 mm3 in an equilateral cuboid.

Experimental design
Researchers examine brain activity linked to a specific mental process or processes. One approach involves asking 'which areas of the brain are significantly more active when doing task A compared to task B?'. Although the tasks might be designed to be identical, except for the behaviour under investigation, the brain is still likely to show changes in activity between tasks due to factors other than task differences (as the brain coordinates many parallel functions unrelated to the task). Further, the signal may contain noise from the imaging process itself.

To filter out these random effects, and to highlight the areas of activity linked specifically to the process under investigation, statistics look for the most significant differences. This involves a multi-stage process to prepare the data, and to analyse it using a general linear model.

Image pre-processing
Images from the scanner may be pre-processed to remove noise or correct for sampling errors.

A study usually scans a subject several times. To account for the motion of the head between scans, the images are typically adjusted so voxels in each image correspond (approximately) to the same site in the brain. This is referred to as realignment or motion correction, see image realignment.

Functional neuroimaging studies usually involve multiple participants, each of whom have differently shaped brains. All are likely to have the same gross anatomy, saving minor differences in overall brain size, individual variation in topography of the gyri and sulci of the cerebral cortex, and morphological differences in deep structures such as the corpus callosum. To aid comparisons, the 3D image of each brain is transformed so that superficial structures line up, via spatial normalization. Such normalization typically involves translation, rotation and scaling and nonlinear warping of the brain surface to match a standard template. Standard brain maps such as the Talairach-Tournoux or templates from the Montréal Neurological Institute (MNI) allow researchers from across the world to compare their results.

Images can be smoothed to make the data less noisy (similar to the 'blur' effect used in some image-editing software) by which voxels are averaged with their neighbours, typically using a Gaussian filter or by wavelet transformation.

Statistical comparison
Parametric statistical models are assumed at each voxel, using the general linear model to describe the data variability in terms of experimental and confounding effects, with residual variability. Hypotheses expressed in terms of the model parameters are assessed at each voxel with univariate statistics.

Analyses may examine differences over time (i.e. correlations between a task variable and brain activity in a certain area) using linear convolution models of how the measured signal is caused by underlying changes in neural activity.

Because many statistical tests are conducted, adjustments have to be made to control for type I errors (false positives) potentially caused by the comparison of levels of activity over many voxels. A type I error would result in falsely assessing background brain activity as related to the task. Adjustments are made based on the number of resels in the image and the theory of continuous random fields in order to set a new criterion for statistical significance that adjusts for the problem of multiple comparisons.

Graphical representations

Differences in measured brain activity can be represented in various ways.

They can be presented as a table, displaying coordinates that show the most significant differences in activity between tasks. Alternatively, differences in brain activity can be shown as patches of colour on a brain 'slice', with the colours representing the location of voxels with statistically significant differences between conditions. The color gradient is mapped to statistical values, such as t-values or z-scores. This creates an intuitive and visually appealing map of the relative statistical strength of a given area.

Differences in activity can be represented as a 'glass brain', a representation of three outline views of the brain as if it were transparent. Only the patches of activation are visible as areas of shading. This is useful as a means of summarizing the total area of significant change in a given statistical comparison.

Software
SPM is software written by the Wellcome Department of Imaging Neuroscience at University College London to aid in the analysis of functional neuroimaging data. It is written using MATLAB and is distributed as free software.

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 * How do I get an Old English wikipedia and wiktionary started?
 * If you'd like to help out, I have a website to help with Old English, http://home.comcast.net/~modean52

English
Hi. Please disambiguate English on your user page. For example, English. Thanks. RedWolf 02:56, Sep 3, 2004 (UTC)

Contributors
I saw your announcement on the Anglo-Saxon Wikipedia. I mentioned it to a friend who's interested in such things, and she has posted a link to the new page on an Anglo-Saxon mailing list. You'll probably see some new faces showing up soon. They won't be wiki-veterans but they should be enthusiastic. Isomorphic 14:41, 15 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Adminship
Hi James. You need to link the admin pages to requests for permissions before I can sysop you on those wikis. Please make the request on that page after following the how to request status steps. Thanks. Angela. 18:20, Jan 10, 2005 (UTC)

 * Yes, and also link to those from Meta, in the local request pages section. Angela. 21:01, Jan 10, 2005 (UTC)

 * Ok, you are now an admin on the Wiktionary and Wikiquote, but I can not make you a sysop on a wiki that doesn't exist, so you're not one at Wikibooks yet. Are you sure it is sensible to create three new projects at once in this language? Angela. 21:52, Jan 10, 2005 (UTC)

Hi, I have the same problem when trying to make an account there. I've reported it at 1313. Angela. 21:44, Jan 11, 2005 (UTC)

 * This is fixed now. Angela.

Image:HPIM0843.JPG
Hi there, i'm working on ascertaining the copyrights of images (over at untagged images) and I was wondering about the image you uploaded of the yellow stars of David (Image:HPIM0843.JPG). I'm guessing you photographed and uploaded, but just in case, i'm checking :-). If I haven't heard from you for a bit i'll go ahead and tag with a GFDL-Presumed. Thanks, Datepalm17 10:29, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Old Norse Wikipedia
While waiting for the creation of the Old Norse Wikipedia, I would like as much people as possible to come on this page to dicuss the "neologisms" we should use on it. Please take a look. Yours sincerly. 82.235.122.163 09:36, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

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The image and its listing are deleted so I cannot be for sure, but 99% of the images I'm putting up for deletion are orphans and have no source. You are not tagging your images (See Image copyright tags. All images must be tagged. If you do not do it then someone like me will and if it gets tagged "no source" then it may be deleted eventually. Image:Linda-purl-005.jpg that you just uploaded is an example. There is no tag. You also got the image from a third party source which does not really specify the copyright status of the image. It would be better if you went to the official web site like www.lindapurl.net and then tagged the image as promophoto with the website listed.

Also, by policy, (See What Wikipedia is not), Wikipedia is not a repository of images and images must be linked to an article. Even if you linked your image when you uploaded it, someone else, may have replaced it leaving it orphaned. This is the nature of Wikipedia.

Of course, images must be good images and encyclopedic in nature. Hope this helps --Nv8200p 13:48, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

Old English macron or accent vote
Sorry, I can't vote there; I've made no edits to the Old English wiki, so I'm not eligible. Equally, whilst I prefer macrons (for the reasons listed), I can't honestly say I feel strongly enough about it to vote on the matter. Sorry, but thanks for letting me know about it. — OwenBlacker 16:36, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

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Salutations, we need your opinion
Hello, I would like you to participate in a discussion regarding the Brazil article, and how some users have demonstrated to have some racist attitudes, we need to have a more objective perspective besides that of white-rich Brazilians that have been trying to portrait it as a Scandinavian country.

Here is the link, please put your comment, help us stop racism, thank you. Supaman89 —Preceding signed but undated comment was added at 23:52, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

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Meetup
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Your question on Gau Bayreuth and other talk pages
I had a quick search through some websites I used when I wrote the article. Its hard to come by information but you may be able to put some puzzle pieces together. This website is the most useful to you, I reckon. It breaks the Gaue down into Kreise and in those it tells you the population. For example:
 * Kreis Kaplitz came from Czechoslovakia to Oberdonau in 1938, see here
 * same goes for Kreis Znaim that went to Niederdonau, see here
 * and Prachatitz to Ostmark, see here

Its going to be a tough search but you may find what you want. In any case, have fun, EA210269 (talk) 14:06, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

A few more:
 * Kreis Krummau an der Moldau, to Oberdonau, see here
 * Kreis Neubistritz, to Niederdonau, see here
 * Kreis Nikolsburg, to Niederdonau, see here
 * Kreis Waidhofen, really tricky, only got a few villages, see here

This should be most of it but no garanties! EA210269 (talk) 14:14, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Anglo-Saxon
I responded on my own page. -- Evertype·✆ 16:45, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

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User:Togo~enwiki/Holomovement

Holomovement is a metaphysical concept invented by David Bohm describing his visual description of the 'fabric of reality', implying 'undivided wholeness in flowing movement'. The holomovement is the underlying flow (of possibly not yet defined qualities related to thought, matter and energy) in which reality (or the possible realities) can be experienced. The prefix 'holo' combines the reference to 'holistic' with the dimensional depth of the concurrent influencing worlds or flows, that like in a hologram project reality in the interference patterns of its 'substructure'.

An interesting aid to visualize the essence of the holomovement can be reached if one imagines a creature living in the Mandelbrot set (fractal), perceiving its surroundings, yet unable to see the entire set. Like the fractal-dweller would try, scientists are attempting to deduce a mathematical understanding of the underlying structure, seeing the repetitive patterns of reality (such as the spreading of Electromagnetic waves). Similar to the complex Mandelbrot function, where local effects depend on iteration of distant results, the holomovement description was invented to aid further discoveries in the levels of interconnectedness of our universe such as the explanation of the EPR paradox. This aspect gains special sense when one remembers that by Einstein´s theory we ´Know´ that even if we experience light to apear to take ´quite some time´, for the light ´Particle´ itself, to travel from a far away galaxy to earth for the light at lightspeed no time passes. Light could therefore to be thought of as bridging spacetime instantaneously. It´s wave could be thought of as the echo of the two quantic states in their transition between present and future. The wave described by differentiall equations from Maxwell and Pointing are a projection in linear timespace. That De Broglie discovered with moving matter asociated waves surprises less in avareness of the holomovement. We can not yet imagine a proceding of a ray of light touching all possible spots and its interrelation with the observers.

The idea Bohm proposes as holomovement originate in philosophical arguments based on scientific observation of hundreds of years. Bohms understanding suggest a revolutionary new interpretation of concepts in quantum physics and in many ways the liberation of the human consciousness similar to the situation described in Plato's allegory of the cave.

Related Theories and Philosophical Argumentations
The widely accepted Many-worlds interpretation by Hugh Everett was invented to explain particle-wave duality effects but it offers more in suggesting that many possibilities are always simultaneously investigated while it remains unlikely that every possibility is thought through to the end. Rather the parallel possibilities seem to coincide with Bohm’s holomovement.

If one visualizes what the Many-worlds interpretation suggests and considers that each individual consciousness creates on its path through dimensional reality many possible worlds; the question arises how these spectra of worlds of two or more individuals interact. It is interesting to notice that Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz discussed similar metaphysical theories long before Everett introduced the concept of "possible worlds". He speaks about the "interactions between mind and matter" and the 'divinity' of the lived (experienced) reality as the "best of the possible worlds". Leibniz uses the term Monad, which in many ways coincides with David Bohm's suggested differentiation into Implicate and Explicate Order of the measurable reality and the underlying flow. David Bohm's specific functions confirm Heisenberg's uncertainty principle as an accurate statistical average that does not describe the actual causal variables. To further explain his understanding of the Schrödinger equation, Bohm introduces a mathematical term that he calls the quantum potential (compare qith Qi). Bohm's interpretation does also postulate that Planck's constant may indeed be variable in very small ranges of time and space.

People that may be wondering how 'Morphogenetic Fields' of Rupert Sheldrake and the 'Gaia Hypothesis' of Lynn Margulis and James Lovelock may be explained, find great consolidation in Bohm’s suggested underlying order of flow and the holomorphic connectedness of reality.

Similarities in teachings of Eastern and Alternative Religions
Considering Bohm's fascination with eastern philosophy, comparisons to Eastern religion are in order. For example Hinduism visualizes Kali's cosmic energy dance in which the goddess creates and destroys worlds as if thoughts. Meditating monks and Healers achive spiritual power and appear to bend reality through their mental preparation, controlling their doubts and wishes, achieving personal focus, more than once they have been reported to radiate light (glow). Considering the synchronicity within human tribes, animal consciousness (intuition/instinct) in a microcosm and a biosphere, the first live in the hydration cycles of the mud, the electrons protons neutrons etc. are not separate! As we know Carlos Castañeda reports from shamanism speaking about underlying world structures. In the West, Jewish Kaballah, Sufic ideas of 'the Unity of all Things', the cosmology of the Hermetica and neo-Platonic Christianity (indeed the teachings of St Paul) all have similar ideas of Multiplicity within Unity.

The oneness of all things, the cessation of time and/or the simultaneity of all time are things a person can experience by way of certain mental exercises for example meditation or possibly, by using psychoactive substances (see entheogen).

Bohms holomovement in many ways fit the descriptions of those that are in any way experienced (illuminated) in these mental realms. Bohm has described a theory that wants to introduce a functional hypothesis of mind matter interaction to modern science.

External link

 * David Bohm's Suggestive Metaphors and Constructs
 * Causal Variables and David Bohm
 * Consciousness and Quantum Measurement
 * The Holographic Universe: Parallels between some of Emanuel Swedenborg's observations and David Bohm and Karl Pribram's theory

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Spanish Main

During the Spanish colonization of the Americas, the Spanish Main was the collective term for the parts of the Spanish Empire that were on the mainland of the Americas and had coastlines on the Caribbean Sea or Gulf of Mexico. The term was used to distinguish those regions from the numerous islands Spain controlled in the Caribbean, which were known as the Spanish West Indies.

Etymology
The word "main" in the expression is a contraction of mainland.

Composition
The Spanish Main included Spanish Florida and New Spain, the latter extending through modern-day Texas, Mexico, all of Central America, to Colombia and Venezuela on the north coast of South America. Major ports along this stretch of coastline included Veracruz, Porto Bello, Cartagena de Indias and Maracaibo.

The term is sometimes used in a more restricted sense that excludes the territories on the Gulf of Mexico. The Spanish Main then encompassed the Caribbean coastline from the Isthmus of Darien in Panama to the Orinoco delta on the coast of Venezuela. In this sense, the Spanish Main roughly coincides with the 16th century Province of Tierra Firme (Spanish for "mainland province").

Economic importance and piracy

From the 16th to the early 19th century, enormous wealth was shipped from the Spanish Main to Spain in the form of gold, silver, gemstones, spices, hardwoods, hides and other valuable goods. Much of the wealth was silver in the form of pieces of eight, from the mines near Potosí. It was carried to the Spanish Main by llama and mule trains via the Pacific coast. Other goods originated in the Far East, having been carried to the Pacific coast of Spain's possessions on the Manila galleons, often through the port of Acapulco, then transported overland to the Spanish Main for onward shipment to Europe.

The Spanish Main became a frequent target for pirates, buccaneers, privateers and countries at war with Spain, seeking to capture some of these riches. To protect this wealth, the Spanish treasure fleet was equipped with heavily armed galleons. The organization of the fleets in large convoys proved highly successful, with only a few successful examples of major privateer attacks along the Spanish Main, such as the capture of Cartagena de Indias by Francis Drake in 1586; the capture of a Spanish treasure fleet sailing from Mexico by the Dutch West India Company in 1628; the capture of Chagres and Panama City by Henry Morgan in 1670–71; and the Raid on Cartagena by the French in 1697. Pirates operating in the area included the Dutchman Laurens de Graaf, who raided Veracruz in 1683 and Cartagena in 1697.

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Qantas Defence Services

Qantas Defence Services is a defence service company that was formerly a wholly owned subsidiary of Qantas. In August 2013, QDS was sold to Northrop Grumman for A$80 million.

The subsidiary had been providing maintenance for Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft, as well as work on the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transports and also maintained both Prime Ministerial Boeing Business Jets.

Qantas is providing increasing support for the RAAF:
 * Partnered with Airbus for the supply of Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport to replace the RAAF's Boeing 707s in the aerial refueling and strategic transport roles
 * Lease to RAAF of 2 Boeing Business Jets, including maintenance
 * Support of RAAF Boeing Wedgetail aircraft
 * Repair, Overhaul and Engineering Support of the T-56 Turboprop Engine (powering the RAAF Fleet of C-130H and P-3C Aircraft)
 * Repair and Overhaul of the Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Adour Mk 871-05 Turbofan Engine (powering the RAAF Fleet of BAE Hawks)
 * Deeper Level maintenance support of the RAAF's fleet of C-130 Hercules transport aircraft
 * Maintenance and Engineering support of the RAAF's fleet of P&W R2000-7M2 engines installed on Caribou transport aircraft.

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