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United States v. X-Citement Video, Inc.

United States v. X-Citement Video, Inc., 513 U.S. 64 (1994), was a federal criminal prosecution filed in the United States District Court for the Central District of California in Los Angeles against X-Citement Video and its owner, Rubin Gottesman, on three charges of trafficking in child pornography, specifically videos featuring the underaged Traci Lords. In 1989, a federal judge found Gottesman guilty and later sentenced him to one year in jail and a $100,000 fine.

The defense challenged the constitutionality of certain sections of the federal laws against child pornography, claiming they were unconstitutionally vague. On appeal, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit agreed and reversed the district decision in 1992. The case was appealed again to the Supreme Court, which, in turn, by a 7-2 vote, reversed the ruling of the Ninth Circuit on November 29, 1994, because the relevant sections could be interpreted in a way that is constitutional.

Background
In 1986, federal and local authorities discovered that actress Traci Lords had made pornographic movies while she was underage. This incident formed the basis of several actions against people working in the pornography industry.

Rubin Gottesman owned X-Citement Video. In June 1986 he was visited by Los Angeles Police Officer Steven Takeshita and FBI Agent Nellie Magdaloyo. They posed as pornography retailers who wanted to buy videos from him. They made several more visits that year, culminating in Gottesman sending Lords videos to Hawaii in early 1987. In the course of the investigation, they witnessed Gottesman giving acknowledgement of prior knowledge that Lords was underage during the making of those movies.

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling
The Ninth Circuit ruled that the sections in the Protection of Children Against Sexual Exploitation Act of 1977 dealing with the interstate transportation of underage pornography is unconstitutional. Part of the relevant provision states:

(a) Any person who: (1) knowingly transports or ships in interstate or foreign commerce by any means, including by computer or mails, any visual depiction, if
 * (A) the producing of such visual depiction involves the use of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct and
 * (B) such visual depiction is of such conduct;

shall be punished as provided in subsection (b) of this section.

The defense asserted that the word "knowingly" in section (1), judging from the grammar, did not extend to the conduct described in subsection (A) or (B).

If interpreted this way, the result would be that anybody buying or selling movies without knowing their content might be held criminally liable. This was the basis for the Ninth Circuit Court finding the law in violation of the First Amendment.

Supreme Court
The decision was appealed to the United States Supreme Court. With a majority of 7–2, they ruled to reverse the decision of the Ninth Circuit and uphold the criminal conviction.

They explained that if a law can be interpreted in a way that is constitutional, then that interpretation must be used rather than declaring the law unconstitutional. In effect, they made the word "knowingly" extend to the other clauses.

Justice Antonin Scalia filed a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Clarence Thomas joined. In Scalia's dissent, he acknowledged this rule but only in cases where the new interpretation does not need an ungrammatical reading of the statute.

Gottesman was incarcerated at the Federal Medical Center, Fort Worth, Texas and released on June 20, 1997.

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Darrell S. Cole

Sergeant Darrell Samuel Cole (July 20, 1920 – February 19, 1945) was a United States Marine who posthumously received the United States' highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his conspicuous gallantry at the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II.

Although he was originally assigned to play the bugle, Sergeant Cole repeatedly requested that his rating be changed from field musician to machine-gunner. Although rated as a bugler he fought as a machine-gunner in several major campaigns of World War II including Guadalcanal, Tinian, and Saipan.

On his fourth request to change his rating to machine-gunner the request was approved 4 months before he was sent into combat again on Iwo Jima. During the battle, Cole made a successful one-man attack against two gun emplacements impeding the advance of his company. Upon returning to his squad, he was killed by an enemy grenade.

In 1996 the United States Navy named USS Cole (DDG-67), a destroyer, in his honor. This destroyer was damaged in a suicide attack in Yemen but subsequently repaired and is currently in service.

Early life
Darrell Cole was born July 20, 1920, in Esther (now part of Park Hills), Missouri. He attended high school in Esther, graduating in 1938. Before graduating, his main interests were sports; particularly basketball, hunting and photography. He also learned to play the french horn which later led to him being assigned as a bugler.

After graduating from high school, he joined the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), where he became an assistant forestry clerk and assistant educational advisor for his company. He left after one year and he went to Detroit, Michigan where he worked at a company that made engine gaskets.

Military service
On August 25, 1941, he enlisted in the Marine Corps. Following United States Marine Corps Recruit Training at MCRD Parris Island, South Carolina, he was appointed to the Field Music School for training as a Marine Corps Field Musician (a bugler). He was unhappy with being a field musician because he had joined the Marine Corps to fight. He applied for a change in rating to be a machine-gunner, but was refused due to the shortage of buglers. After completing field music school, he was transferred to the 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division.

After completing his first overseas tour, he returned to the United States in February 1943 and was assigned to the First Battalion, 23rd Marines, 4th Marine Division at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. When his unit moved to California he again asked for relief as a field musician; and for permission to perform line duties. Again, due to the shortage of buglers in the Marine Corps, his request was denied. Throughout the course of World War II, until his death on Iwo Jima, Cole participated in several battles and campaigns as a machine-gunner and was promoted to the rank of sergeant in 1944.

Battle of Guadalcanal
The Battle of Guadalcanal, was fought between August 7, 1942, and February 7, 1943, in the Pacific theatre of World War II and was the first major offensive launched by allied forces against the Empire of Japan. Cole arrived on Guadalcanal on August 7, 1942, for the first American offensive of World War II; and his first opportunity to fill in as a machine-gunner in the absence of the regular gunner.

Battles of Kwajalein, Saipan and Tinian
After Guadalcanal, Cole served in several more battles throughout the Pacific theatre, including the battles of Kwajalein, Saipan and Tinian. The United States launched an assault on the main islands of Kwajalein in the south and Roi-Namur in the north from January 31, 1944, to February 3, 1944. The Japanese defenders put up a stiff resistance though outnumbered and under-prepared. Although the United States won the battle the determined defenses of Roi-Namur left only 51 Japanese survivors of an original garrison of 3,500. During this engagement of the 4th Division Cole, again forsaking his bugle, stepped in as a machine-gunner.

When Cole was sent to fight with his unit in Saipan, he was assigned to a machine gun unit; and was designated as a machine gun section leader. During the battle his squad leader was killed and Cole, although wounded, assumed command of the entire squad. He was awarded the Bronze Star for "…his resolute leadership, indomitable fighting spirit and tenacious determination in the face of terrific opposition." and was awarded the Purple Heart for the wounds he received.

When fighting began on the island of Tinian in the Mariana Islands from July 24 to August 1, 1944, Cole's unit was sent in a few days after the battle began. Cole again led his squad ashore in the invasion and defeat of the neighboring islands of Tinian; and continued to build his reputation as "The Fighting Field Musician."

Mariana and Palau Islands campaign
The Mariana and Palau Islands campaign was an offensive launched by United States forces against Imperial Japanese forces in the Mariana Islands and Palau in the Pacific Ocean, between June and November, 1944 during the Pacific War. It was after the Marianas campaign, that he submitted a request for a change of rating for the third time. Pointing out his experience and combat record, he stated that he felt he would be of more benefit to the Marine Corps performing line duties than those of field music. This time his request was approved and he was redesignated Corporal and subsequently promoted to Sergeant in November 1944.

Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima was fought between the United States and the Japanese Empire, in February and March 1945 during the Pacific Campaign of World War II. Ground fighting on the island took place over approximately 36 days; lasting from the landings of February 17 to a final Japanese charge the morning of March 26, 1945. The U.S. invasion, known as Operation Detachment, was charged with the mission of capturing the island's airfields. The Japanese positions on the island were heavily fortified, with vast bunkers, hidden artillery, and 18 kilometers (11 mi) of tunnels.

On February 19, Sergeant Cole led his machine gun section ashore in the D-Day assault of Iwo Jima. Moving forward with the initial assault wave, a hail of fire from two enemy emplacements halted his section's advance. Sergeant Cole personally destroyed them with hand grenades. His unit continued to advance until pinned down for a second time by enemy fire from three Japanese gun emplacements. One of these emplacements was destroyed by a machine-gunner in Cole's squad. When his machine guns jammed, armed only with a pistol and one hand grenade, Sergeant Cole made a one-man attack against the two remaining gun emplacements. Twice he returned to his own lines for additional grenades and continued the attack under fierce enemy fire until he had succeeded in destroying the enemy strong points.

Upon returning to his own squad, he was killed by an enemy grenade. As a result of his one-man attack, Sergeant Cole's company could move forward against the fortifications and attain their ultimate objective. Sergeant Cole was initially buried in the 4th Marine Division Cemetery on Iwo Jima, but at the request of his father, his remains were returned to the United States to be buried in Parkview Cemetery, Farmington, Missouri.

Military decorations
In addition to the Medal of Honor and Bronze Star Medal, Sergeant Cole was awarded the Purple Heart with Gold Star in lieu of a second award, the Presidential Unit Citation, American Defense Service Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, and the World War II Victory Medal.

Medal of Honor
Cole was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, which was presented to his widow on April 17, 1947. The citation reads as follows.

"For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as Leader of a Machine-gun Section of Company B, First Battalion, Twenty-Third Marines, Fourth Marine Division, in action against enemy Japanese forces during the assault on Iwo Jima in the Volcano Islands, 19 February 1945. Assailed by a tremendous volume of small-arms, mortar and artillery fire as he advanced with one squad of his section in the initial assault wave, Sergeant Cole boldly led his men up the sloping beach toward Airfield Number One despite the blanketing curtain of flying shrapnel and, personally destroying with hand grenades two hostile emplacements which menaced the progress of his unit, continued to move forward until a merciless barrage of fire emanating from three Japanese pillboxes halted the advance. Instantly placing his one remaining machine gun in action, he delivered a shattering fusillade and succeeded in silencing the nearest and most threatening emplacement before his weapon jammed and the enemy, reopening fire with knee mortars and grenades, pinned down his unit for the second time. Shrewdly gauging the tactical situation and evolving a daring plan of counterattack, Sergeant Cole, armed solely with a pistol and one grenade, coolly advanced alone to the hostile pillboxes. Hurling his one grenade at the enemy in sudden, swift attack, he quickly withdrew, returned to his own lines for additional grenades and again advanced, attacked, and withdrew. With enemy guns still active, he ran the gauntlet of slashing fire a third time to complete the total destruction of the Japanese strong point and the annihilation of the defending garrison in this final assault. Although instantly killed by an enemy grenade as he returned to his squad, Sergeant Cole had eliminated a formidable Japanese position, thereby enabling his company to storm the remaining fortifications, continue the advance and seize the objective. By his dauntless initiative, unfaltering courage and indomitable determination during a critical period of action, Sergeant Cole served as an inspiration to his comrades, and his stouthearted leadership in the face of almost certain death sustained and enhanced the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country."

Other honors
The second USS Cole (DDG-67), an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Aegis-equipped guided missile destroyer was named for Sergeant Cole. Cole is homeported in NS Norfolk, Virginia. The ship was built by Ingalls Shipbuilding and delivered to the Navy on March 11, 1996. On October 12, 2000, Cole was damaged by a suicide attack in an act of terrorism while harbored in the Yemeni port of Aden. The first USS Cole (DD-155), launched in 1919, was named for a Marine who was killed in World War I.

The Marine Corps Reserve training center in Camp Las Flores aboard Marine Corps base Camp Pendleton, California is also named in his honor.

The Sgt Darrell S. Cole Band Hall aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico is also named in his honor.

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Tournay-sur-Odon

Tournay-sur-Odon (, literally Tournay on the Odon River) is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Val d'Arry.

Geography
The village lies near the river Odon.

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Dug

Dug may refer to:

 * past tense of dig
 * nipple of a female mammal
 * Dug, Phagwara, a village in Kapurthala district of Punjab State, India
 * Doug Pinnick (dUg), an American musician
 * An alien race in Star Wars
 * A talking dog in the Pixar movie Up (2009 film)
 * A fictional character in the 2019 Indian animated series Chacha Chaudhary
 * Scots for dog
 * Another name for Doug (tuber), a tuber in the Cucurbitaceae family

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Catlow

Catlow is a 1971 American Western film, based on a 1963 novel of the same name by Louis L'Amour. It stars Yul Brynner as a renegade outlaw determined to pull off a Confederate gold heist. It co-stars Richard Crenna and Leonard Nimoy. Nimoy mentioned this film in both of his autobiographies because it gave him a chance to break away from his role as Spock on Star Trek. He mentioned that the time he made the film was one of the happiest of his life, even though his part was rather brief. The film contains a lot of tongue-in-cheek and sardonic humor, especially between Brynner and Crenna's characters.

Plot
Jed Catlow and Ben Cowan served together in the Civil War and became friends, but now Catlow is a thief and Cowan a marshal tracking him down. Catlow is accused of rustling cattle, especially from the wealthy rancher Parkman. Parkman has hired a vicious gunfighter, Orville Miller, to kill Catlow. Offering to turn himself in, Catlow joins Cowan on a stagecoach to Fort Smith, but his men stage an ambush. Catlow heads for Hermosillo, Mexico, where a woman named Rosita is in love with him and a $2 million shipment of gold is arriving soon by mule train. The ranchers send Cowan after him along with Miller. Catlow gets the drop on Miller during a bath and hits him with a jug that shatters, cutting Miller's vocal cords. After a later confrontation, Catlow tosses the bound marshal across a horse with a badge pinned on his backside and turns him loose. He is later bushwhacked by Miller; and even later he rescues the nephew of a Mexican general who had been attacked by Apaches, then both are attacked by Apaches and Cowan barely avoids a plunge to his death off a cliff. Allowed to recover at General Calderon's grand hacienda because he saved his nephew, Cowan becomes attracted to Christina, the general's daughter. After stealing the army's gold, Catlow flees toward the scorching desert and into dangerous Apache territory. He rejects Rosita, who angrily recruits men to go with her after Catlow and kill him. Cowan follows, as usual, but Miller shows up and shoots Cowan, wounding him. Catlow picks up Cowan's gun and shoots Miller. Christina will take care of Cowan. Meantime, a smiling Catlow puts on his friend's badge and gives an indication that he will turn to the right side of the law.

Production
The film was produced by Euan Lloyd, who had made a film of Louis L'Amour's novel, Shalako. In June 1968 he announced he had bought the screen rights to another L'Amour novel, Catlow. The script was written by Scott Finch who had written Shalako.

In June 1970, L'Amour said the film would be the first of five made from his novels starring Stephen Boyd, the others being Down the Long Hills, Fint, Radigan, and Hanging Woman Creek.

Raising the finance for Shalako had been complicated but Lloyd managed to get the entire budget for Catlow from MGM.

The film was to have been directed by Peter Hunt. However Sam Wanamaker ended up doing the job. In March 1971 Yul Brynner signed to star. Within the month Richard Crenna, Leonard Nimoy and David Ladd had been cast.

Filming took place in Almería, Spain in August 1971. "This picture has a sense of humour but that's not the same as being a comedy Western," said Wanamaker.

Reception
Lloyd ended up producing The Man Called Noon, also based on a L'Amour novel. He bought the rights to ten more for $1 million. However he produced no further L'Amour adaptations.

Quentin Tarantino called it "along with Burt Kennedy's Dirty Dingus Magee & Andrew V. McLaglen's Something Big... my nomination for worst studio western of the seventies" in which Brynner gives "the worst performance of his career."

It grossed $159,500 in its first week from 29 theaters, finishing seventh for the week at the box office in the United States and Canada.

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Tournebu

Tournebu is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune of Cesny-les-Sources.

Sights

 * Donjon (the keep)

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Le Tourneur

Le Tourneur is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Souleuvre-en-Bocage.

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User:Bbx/Contributions

Articles I have created or made major edits to:

Last update: bbx 12:07, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Companies

 * Alko
 * Ginza Musik AB
 * IDG
 * Marli

Ship companies

 * Alang Ship Recycling Yard
 * Birka Line
 * Euroway
 * Jadrolinija
 * Jakob Lines
 * Kristina Cruises
 * Rederi AB Slite
 * RG Line
 * SeaWind Line
 * Tallink

Computer stuff

 * Idle RPG - RPG on IRC
 * The Last Ninja - C64 ninja game
 * NukeZone - textbased online war game

Movies

 * Can't Hardly Wait - 1998 US high school
 * Cyclomania - 2001 Finnish teen
 * Long Time Dead - 2002 Brittish horror
 * Restless (movie) - 2000 Finnish romantic
 * The Station Agent - 2003 US independent

Music

 * Amaran - Swedish metal band
 * Big Brovaz - UK hiphop band
 * Cool James - Tanzanian eurodance musician
 * Critical Mass (band) - Dutch happy hardcore
 * Killer (Finnish band) - Finnish rock
 * Lame Ducks - Norwegian ska punk
 * Nectarine (radio) - demoscene radio
 * Radioseven - Swedish internet radio
 * Ruisrock - Finnish rockfestival
 * The Smackdown - Swedish hardcore punk
 * Solid Base - Swedish eurodance group
 * Summer hit
 * Van (music) - Swedish eurotechno group

Albums

 * Desireless (album) - Eagle Eye Cherry
 * Once (Nightwish album)

Songs

 * Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes
 * Danke Schoen - Wayne Newton
 * Jump (Kris Kross song) - Kris Kross
 * Nemo (song) - Nightwish
 * No Limit (song) - 2 Unlimited
 * Only Time - Enya
 * We'll Meet Again (song) - Vera Lynn

People

 * Maud Adams - actor and supermodel
 * John Bouvin - Swedish politician
 * Linda Brava - Finnish violinist and model
 * Andrés Escobar - footballer
 * Therese Grankvist - aka Drömhus, Swedish singer
 * Sighsten Herrgård - fashion designer
 * Edvin Hevonkoski - Finnish sculptor
 * Kitty Jutbring - Swedish tv/radio personality
 * Leapy Lee - British singer
 * Leila K - Swedish singer
 * Marko Kemppainen - Finnish bronze medalist at the 2004 Summer Olympics
 * Hanna Marklund - Swedish footballer
 * Anna Q. Nilsson - American-Swedish actress
 * Tuva Novotny- Swedish actress
 * Siiri Nordin - Finnish singer
 * Mari Piuva - Finnish silver medalist at the 2004 Summer Olympics
 * Razzle - Hanoi Rocks drummer
 * Frans Suell - Swedish businessman
 * André Wickström - Finnish comedian
 * Marta Wisniewska - Polish singer/actor
 * Jonas Åkerlund - music video/movie director

Ships

 * M/S Crown of Scandinavia
 * M/S Frans Suell
 * M/T Frans Suell
 * M/S Mariella
 * M/S Olympia
 * M/S Scandinavian Star
 * M/S Silja Europa
 * M/S Silja Festival
 * M/S Silja Opera
 * M/S Silja Serenade
 * M/S Silja Symphony

Television

 * 100 höjdare
 * Big Brother (Swedish TV series)
 * Blossom (television)
 * Cleo (television)
 * Extreme Duudsonit
 * Pimp My Ride -
 * På spåret
 * TV-nytt
 * Up North (television)
 * Veckans nyheter
 * Vänner och Fiender

Other

 * Bare-boat charter
 * Chokladboll
 * Lesbian bukkake
 * Rocky (comic strip)
 * Trip (drink)
 * Vessel emergency codes

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Strider 2 (1999 video game)

Strider 2, released in Japan as Strider Hiryū 2 (ストライダー飛竜２), and then as Strider Hiryū 1&2 (ストライダー飛竜1&2), is a platform video game. It is developer and publisher Capcom's 1999 sequel to the original Strider. This game is the second sequel to Strider produced, following U.S. Gold's 1990 noncanonical Strider II (Journey from Darkness: Strider Returns in North America), a game with which Capcom was not directly involved. The Capcom-produced Strider 2 makes no references to the Western-only Strider Returns/Strider II. The game was released for arcades in 1999 and was ported to the PlayStation in 2000.

Development
A Capcom artist known as Harumaru redesigned the character for Strider 2, inspired by American comics he had found at a bookshelf of the Design Office (among them DC Comics, Mike Mignola, Simon Bisley, and Spawn by Todd McFarlane). In 2014's Strider Hiryu's scarf serves as a visual cue for the Cypher upgrade the player is using (Reflect, Explosive, Cold, Magnetic), changing colors accordingly.

Gameplay

While the graphics in Strider 2 now consist of 2D character sprites overlaid over 3D backgrounds, its gameplay remains similar to its 2D side-scrolling predecessor. The controls consists of an eight-way joystick and three action buttons. The playable character Strider Hiryu can now perform new actions in addition to the ones he had in the first game. Hiryu can walk, jump, crouch, slide, and climb walls and ceilings like he would in the original game, as well as dash by pushing the joystick left or right twice, do a double jump by pressing jump in mid-air, and do a backward somersault jump while sliding. When climbing a wall, Hiryu can perform a thrust jump by holding the joystick away from the wall and pressing the Jump button. Added to his regular sword attack, Hiryu can now do a "Savage Slash" technique in mid-air by pressing the joystick down and up in mid-air. In addition to the Attack and Jump buttons, the player can power-up their character by pressing the "Boost" button if they have at least one Boost item in stock. While in Boost mode, Hiryu can shoot Plasma Waves with his sword for a limited period until the Boost gauge under Hiryu's life gauge runs out. Throughout the game, the player can pick up power-up items such as health replenishments and extensions, a cypher extension, and additional boosts. The player can obtain various miscellaneous point items based on other Capcom games, such as the Yashichi and the Sakichi symbols from Vulgus and the "zenny" coins from Black Tiger and Forgotten Worlds, that will increase the player's score.

The coin-op version of Strider 2 consists of five stages or missions, each with a different objective that is explained to the player beforehand. The first three missions can be played in any order the player wishes to undertake them, and are set in different locations on Earth (Hong Kong, Germany, Antarctica). The final two stages take place in the Flying Battleship Balrog and the space station Third Moon, both of which were locations in the original Strider.

Plot
Around 2000 years after his defeat in the original game, the mysterious Grandmaster has returned once again to finish his plans and claim total control over the world. However, Strider Hiryu, a Strider carrying the same codename of the man who slew the Grandmaster in the past, has also surfaced. According to Capcom, this version of Hiryu is a clone of the original Hiryu created by the Strider organization in order to reincarnate Hiryu back from the dead. As one of the last survivors after the Striders were wiped out, he carries the mission to destroy the Grandmaster once and for all.

Home version
A home version of Strider 2 was released for the PlayStation in 2000 (a simple port, given the PlayStation's similarity to the arcade's Sony ZN-2 board ), which was released as a 2-disc set, with a second disc devoted to a direct port of the original Strider coin-op. Due to a labeling error in the American release, the Strider 2 discs were labeled as the original Strider, and vice versa.

Finishing both games and saving the achievements on the same memory card unlocks a secret level in Strider 2: "Mission 00", a waterfall stage. Completion of all missions unlocks the former Strider Hien as a playable character, who wields two ranged cyphers; completion of the game using Hien unlocks the Boost skill for unlimited use in the game's menu.

Reception
In Japan, Game Machine listed Strider 2 on their March 1, 2000 issue as being the fifth most-successful arcade game of the month.

The PlayStation version of Strider 2 received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. James Mielke, writing for GameSpot, called it "a deliberate throwback to the arcade-dominant '80s" and "an excellent starter kit for the uninitiated, but for veterans of the series, it's like dinner without the dessert." David Zydrko of IGN described it as "a must-have package for fans of arcade-style action games", adding, "if you don't mind the fact that it's a very short game, you owe it to yourself to add this game to your collection." In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 30 out of 40.

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Tournières

Tournières is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

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EO Personal Communicator

The EO is an early commercial tablet computer that was created by Eo Inc. (later acquired by AT&T Corporation), and released in April 1993. Eo (Latin for "I go") was the hardware spin-out of GO Corporation. Officially named the AT&T EO Personal Communicator, it is similar to a large personal digital assistant with wireless communications, and competed against the Apple Newton. The unit was produced in conjunction with David Kelley Design, frog design, and the Matsushita, Olivetti and Marubeni corporations.

Among the EO customers AT&T claimed were: New York Stock Exchange, Andersen Consulting, Lawrence Livermore Laboratories, FD Titus & Sons and Woolworths.

Eo, Inc., 52 percent owned by AT&T, shut down operations on July 29, 1994, after failing to meet its revenue targets and to secure the funding to continue. It was reported that 10,000 of the computers had been sold.

In 2012, PC Magazine called the AT&T EO 440, "the first true phablet".

Product specifics
Two models, the Communicator 440 and 880, were produced and measure about the size of a small clipboard. Both are powered by the AT&T Hobbit chip, created by AT&T specifically for running code written in the C programming language. They feature I/O ports such as modem, parallel, serial, VGA out and SCSI. The devices come with a wireless cellular network modem, a built-in microphone with speaker, and a free subscription to AT&T EasyLink Mail for both fax and e-mail messages.

The operating system, PenPoint OS, was created by GO Corporation. Widely praised for its simplicity and ease of use, the OS did not gain widespread use. The applications suite, Perspective, was licensed to EO by Pensoft.

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Tourville-en-Auge

Tourville-en-Auge (, literally Tourville in Auge) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

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Tourville-sur-Odon

Tourville-sur-Odon (, literally Tourville on Odon) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

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Denver, Ross County, Ohio

Denver is an unincorporated community located in southern Huntington Township, Ross County, Ohio, United States. It is in the south of the county, near the boundary with Pike County.

History
The community's name is a transfer from Denver, Colorado. A post office called Denver was established in 1882, and remained in operation until 1935. Besides the post office, Denver had a country store.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mira Costa High School

Mira Costa High School
It breaks my heart to list this place. My best friend since kindergarten as well as his brothers and sister graduated from MCHS. His father taught math and science there for goodness knows how many years. His mom did some teaching there as well as I recall. Beyond the fact that Shaquille O'Neill used the gym to practice free throws before he moved to Miami, this article says nothing about an otherwise ordinary high school...including the fact about Shaq. Personally, I'd love to see this expanded but if not, delete for lack of content and/or notability. - Lucky 6.9 16:27, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)

 * Delete, unless enormously improved before expiration of VfD. Notability not established, BEEFSTEW (my measure of article quality) score 0/10. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith (talk)]] 16:34, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)

 * Delete Dsmdgold 16:49, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete for lack of notability. -- WOT 17:40, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Just another wonderful high school of which so many people have memories almost like the memories other people have of thousands of other wonderful high schools. Jallan 17:42, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Does this school stand out from the crowd? I see no evidence in the article. Average Earthman 17:58, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. Wonderful high school. The Recycling Troll 20:23, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Non-notable school.   — Gwalla | Talk 21:20, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Maybe if there were a lot more information it would seem more notably important--ScottyBoy900Q ∞ 00:08, 01 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. I don't care if it's a wonderful high school as long as it's not notable. (If it were a wonderful school that were somehow notable, or for that matter a really mediocre school that were somehow notable, that would be a different story.) [[User:Aranel|Aranel ("Sarah")]] 01:03, 1 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. I'm the user who added the page.  I graduated from MCHS in 1987, and I was planning to expand the article tomorrow after I verify a few facts; I put a few thoughts on possible topics for expansion onto the article's talk page.  However, I won't be offended if the group decides otherwise.  slambo 02:56, 1 Oct 2004 (UTC) - I've added more content to it; I've got more about the school's sports programs but haven't had a chance to put it together yet.  Please review the page again.  Thanks.  slambo 00:16, 2 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Compare with Torrance High School and Fremont High School (Sunnyvale).  Anyone famous graduate there?  Was it used in a movie or television series?  Anything that it was first in California to accomplish?  Any unique or noteworthy architectural styles in the buildings?  Any famous faculty/administrators?  Was it the site of groundbreaking educational innovations or educational history?  If so, the contributor (slambo) needs to step up to the plate and put this material in, with references/sources to save the article.  If not, not notable.  (I say this in the kindest way I know how. . .  really I do)  --avnative 17:02, Oct 1, 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Schools need to go unless they're exceptionally notable. --Improv 19:20, 1 Oct 2004 (UTC)


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Under franchise history: should include mention of the Twins being one of the two teams targeted for "contraction" in 2002. The Twins were mentioned in the article on the Expos (the other team targeted).

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Please take Didi Gregorius off as our team owner Philgorden (talk) 03:59, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

Looks like one photo is a mirror image
It sure looks like the guy is crossing the plate from the first base side and not the third base side!

I'm not yet good with photos. If someone wants to help teach me or work with me on reversing this photo back and/or getting a better photo, please, I'd appreciate the help. :-) FriendlyRiverOtter (talk) 19:49, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
 * I don't know. To me, it looks like it's oriented correctly. It appears he is crossing into the batter's box outline on the 3rd base side of home plate, with the photographer shooting from the 1st base side, based on the direction of the box outline - the box has its long side parallel more or less to bottom edge of photo. The catcher would therefore be standing in fair ground between the foul lines. If instead the runner was coming down the first base line, and therefore the catcher was in foul territory, then the lines for the batter's box would be more parallel to the photo's right side. Another clue is the bat boy's shirt; the shadow where it is buttoned suggests that it is buttoned the way that men's clothes usually are, with the buttons sewn to the portion on the wearer's right, with the fabric on the left folded over. If the photo was flipped, there wouldn't be as dark a shadow line visible since the fabric would fold over in the opposite direction. Echoedmyron (talk) 20:59, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Yet another clue is that the Giants catcher here is right-handed, as evidenced by wearing a glove on the left. Per Baseball Reference the catcher in that game was Hank Gowdy, who was indeed right-handed. If the photo was flipped, then the glove would be on the other hand. Echoedmyron (talk) 21:04, 15 November 2018 (UTC)

 * This is what I love about Wikipedia! :-)  And the Internet in general.  People can look at a situation, or even a picture, and see very different things.  And I learn something almost every time.  Yes, the catcher has his glove on his left hand, which means a right-handed ballplayer.  But all the same, the runner is coming in diagonally from the right, which clear as a bell is the first base side.  At least it looks that way to me.
 * Well again, if runner is coming from the first place side, that would mean there is a batter's box line oriented in front of the plate, rather than next to it. And, if he were coming from first place, that would mean that the prominent white line between the runner and the catcher is the first base line, which would mean we should see a similar line extending to the left behind the bat boy for the third base line. The absence of a second foul line, and the position of the batter's box line, indicates the photographer is positioned to the right of home plate and not behind it. The runner is coming from third base. Echoedmyron (talk) 20:13, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
 * In addition, modern infields have a larger dirt area on the foul side of home plate. Which is as this picture shows, even for 1924.  FriendlyRiverOtter (talk) 19:28, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
 * And looking at it again several weeks later, I'm not just seeing the photographer being in the field of play, which is where he or she would have had to have been. I mean, did photographers enter the field of play back then during live action?  I don't think so.  Plus, the angle still doesn't look right.  I'm still concluding that it's a mirror image. FriendlyRiverOtter (talk) 20:38, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
 * As I said a month ago: Yet another clue is that the Giants catcher here is right-handed, as evidenced by wearing a glove on the left. Per Baseball Reference the catcher in that game was Hank Gowdy, who was indeed right-handed. If the photo was flipped, then the glove would be on the other hand. A right-throwing catcher must have his glove on his left hand, as in this presentation. To your latest suggestion, that the photographer must be on the field - well, sometimes they were. That said, the image is pretty clearly taken from an elevated position, as in, the photographer is probably in the stands and zooming in to take the photo. A quick look at Griffith Stadium (where this photo was taken) suggests it was taken from somewhere behind and above the first-base side dugout. Maybe from a ladder on the field, but really it makes no difference. The catcher is standing in front of the plate. The batboy is behind the plate. The runner is crossing the plate from third base.Echoedmyron (talk) 23:26, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Even turning it around in my mind, the line that Bucky Harris is on does not look like a proper third base line. And I'd really encourage you to look at the aspect of the field:  Is the greater amount of dirt surrounding home plate in or out of the field of play? FriendlyRiverOtter (talk) 18:05, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

1960s
In this section, the article says Rod Carew set the all-time record with 7 steals of home in 1969. Not true. Ty Cobb stole home 8 times in 1912. 73.210.139.10 (talk)
 * Good catch - fixed. Ckruschke (talk) 17:46, 15 September 2020 (UTC)ckruschke

Primary Logo
The interlocking TC is the official team logo. The Twins listed here is just the Jersey logo. 142.198.55.158 (talk) 00:15, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

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Old Major

Major (also called Willingdon Beauty, his name used when showing) is the first major character described by George Orwell in his 1945 novel Animal Farm. An elderly Middle White boar, his "purebred" of pigs is a kind, grandfatherly philosopher of change.

Major proposes a solution to the animals' desperate plight on Manor Farm under the Jones administration and inspires thoughts of a rebellion. He does not specify a time for the rebellion; it could be tomorrow or several generations down the road. But when he dies three days after delivering his speech, the animals immediately set to work on bringing about the rebellion, driving Jones and the farmhands off the farm and removing many of the implements of his rule.

The Seven Commandments that Snowball transcribes, which are supposed to encompass Major's general philosophy, are gradually altered and deformed under Napoleon until they have entirely different meanings from those originally intended. "Beasts of England", the song that came to Major in his dream, is later banned on Animal Farm by Napoleon and replaced by "Comrade Napoleon", a hymn composed by Minimus the pig that pledges allegiance to Animal Farm and to work to protect it.

Major's skull is dug up and saluted by the animals every day, even after the rebellion, as a sign of respect that the animals remember their roots and the roots of the Rebellion. Later, after Napoleon decides to accept the humans and strike bargains with them, he announces that the remains are to be disposed of because they represent the old days when Animal Farm was "violent and primitive" toward humans; toward the end of the story, Napoleon announces that he has reburied the skull.

In both film adaptations, Major dies while provoking the animals into rebelling. In the 1954 adaption (voiced by Maurice Denham), he dies suddenly while the animals are singing. In the 1999 version (voiced by Peter Ustinov), Farmer Jones slips in mud while investigating the sounds coming from the barn, setting off his shotgun and indirectly hitting Major in his backside so that he staggers backward and falls from the top of the barn to his death.

Major is broadly based on Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin.

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Alexander Zasyadko (general)

Alexander Dmitrievich Zasyadko (Александр Дмитриевич Засядко; ; 1779 – 8 June 1837) was a Russian general of Cossack origin. A military engineer, he played an important role in the development of rocket artillery in Russia.

Biography
Zasyadko was born into a Cossack (his father had been the head of artillery of the Zaporozhian Cossacks) family in the village of Lyutenka, in the Poltava Governorate. In 1797, Zasyadko graduated from the Artillery and Engineering Szlachta Cadet Corps in Saint Petersburg (today the building of the Cadet Corps hosts the A.F. Mozhaysky Military-Space Academy).

In 1815, Zasyadko began his work on military gunpowder rockets. He built rocket-launching platforms, which allowed to fire in salvos (6 rockets at a time), and gun-laying devices, and also developed a tactics for the military use of rocket weaponry. In 1820, Zasyadko was appointed head of the Petersburg Armory, the Okhtensky Powder Factory, a pyrotechnic laboratory, and the first Higher Artillery School in Russia. In 1826 he was appointed chief of staff of the Russian artillery. The following year he was in charge of the Artillery Headquarters of the Russian army and took part in the Russo-Turkish War of 1828-1829, in which his rockets played an important role during the sieges of Brăila and Varna.

Zasyadko organised the development and production of rockets in a specialised workshop, and created the first rocket sub-unit in the Russian Imperial Army. Promoted to lieutenant general in 1829, due to ill health he retired from active service in 1834, settling in the Kharkov area, where his wife's estate was located. He passed away in 1837.

Legacy and commemoration

 * The crater Zasyadko on the far side of the Moon is named after him.
 * In 2003 a stamp in honour of Zasyadko was issued in Ukraine.

title: Alexander Zasyadko (general)