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Steve Owen (EastEnders)

Steve Owen is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Martin Kemp. He first appeared onscreen from 28 December 1998 and remained in the series until 1 March 2002. Introduced by series producer Matthew Robinson, the character Steve was a shady businessman who originally came into Albert Square to buy the local Market Cellar club – which he then renovated and later renamed the E20. He soon became one of the show's primary villains when the character's first major storyline saw Steve kill his old flame Saskia Duncan (Deborah Sheridan-Taylor) during the opening night of his E20 nightclub on Valentine's Day 1999, after which he ended up framing his DJ employee Matthew Rose (Joe Absolom) for the crime. The eventual episode in which Matthew enacted revenge on Steve drew in outstanding viewing figures and brought a storyline that had gripped the nation to a close.

Afterwards, Steve embarked on a dangerous feud with his arch nemesis: Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden). The ensuing conflict between them grew intensifying as Steve later became sworn enemies with Phil's best-friend-turned-hardman adversary, Dan Sullivan (Craig Fairbrass), which had continued to develop in the case of both Dan and Phil having respective connections to Steve's girlfriend and future wife: Mel Healy (Tamzin Outhwaite). Additionally, Steve contributed to his significant interaction with other members of the Mitchell family by establishing an antagonistic business partnership with Phil's brother Grant (Ross Kemp); sleeping with their younger sister Sam (Kim Medcalf); employing the siblings' cousin, Billy (Perry Fenwick), to work for him as his errand boy; clashing with Phil's adolescent godson Jamie (Jack Ryder); and sparking a quarrel with the family's matriarch, Peggy (Barbara Windsor), over his managing stake of her public house called The Queen Victoria.

In 2001, the character was involved in the "Who Shot Phil?" storyline when he became a prime suspect. The whodunit scenario began with Steve marrying Mel on the day of Phil's shooting and ultimately concluded with Dan kidnapping Mel for ransom against both Steve and Phil, after the pair had worked together to implicate Dan behind the shooting – even though the culprit was earlier revealed to be Phil's ex-girlfriend and Mel's closest companion: Lisa Shaw (Lucy Benjamin). Martin Kemp soon quit the series after his contract to the show had expired, and his final scenes were aired on 1 March 2002 – the first anniversary of both Steve's wedding and Phil's shooting. In that episode, Steve made a last-ditch attempt to settle his score with Phil by fleeing the country and starting anew in America with his and Lisa's infant daughter Louise — which triggered a fierce car chase between the two archenemies that ended with Steve being killed after he crashed his car and consequently died in a vehicle explosion, though not before he helped Phil save Louise in his last moments; the character's funeral aired on 11 March 2002 and his onscreen wife Mel later departed a month later on 12 April that year in light of Steve's death.

It was thereafter alleged that producers had intentionally killed-off Steve as "revenge" for Martin Kemp leaving the show to make the transition from the BBC to rival station ITV. Nevertheless, Kemp received multiple award nominations and victories for his critically-acclaimed portrayal of Steve Owen.

Storylines
Steve arrives in Walford in December 1998. He buys the Market Cellar club in the borough's local community, Albert Square, before renovating the premises and then renaming it the E20; Steve thereafter sets up his new club's opening date on Valentine's Day in the coming new year.

While making preparations for the opening night of his E20 nightclub, Steve romantically bonds with Mel Healy (Tamzin Outhwaite) — who had recently moved into the square. Their relationship becomes threatened, however, when Steve's former girlfriend Saskia Duncan (Deborah Sheridan-Taylor) unexpectedly turns up and tries to come between them on numerous occasions. She soon entraps Steve by sleeping with him and then making sure that Mel and everyone else knows about it. Steve later pays Saskia to leave Walford and never bother him again. On the opening night of his E20 nightclub, however, Saskia confronts Steve in his office and it soon alleges that she had previously aborted their unborn child because of him; with Steve clarifying in his argument with Saskia that he didn't want them to have a baby. Saskia, blaming Steve for her abortion, vows to make him suffer and attacks Steve after he is unable to get her out of the club. She hits Steve on the head with a champagne bottle and then tries to strangle him with his tie. Moments later, Steve's DJ employee Matthew Rose (Joe Absolom) walks in on the situation and attempts to help Steve – which only prompts Saskia to go for Matthew until Steve attempts to get her off him and she again proceeds to strangle him with his tie once more. On the verge of being strangled to death and in self-defence, Steve picks up a heavy marble ashtray and hits her over the head with it – killing her instantly. Matthew tries to call the police when it becomes clear to him and his boss that Saskia is dead, but Steve stops him and instead forces Matthew to cover-up her death by burying her body to Epping Forest.

For the next few months, Steve torments Matthew is his newfound resolve to keep his DJ employee in check regarding the event of Saskia's death. This continues when Saskia's corpse is discovered months later, and Matthew later confines to his girlfriend Teresa di Marco (Leila Birch) about the incident. They later attempt to abscond the country for a fresh start together, but Steve discovers their plan and catches up to them. The police are soon called in when Matthew, nervous and shaken about his witnessing to the crime, confesses to the police about the incident; he and Steve are later charged for murder and manslaughter in relation to Saskia's murder. In the build-up to their jointed trial, Steve and Matthew are both remanded in custody and they hostility grows from that point onwards. Steve also receives a number of visits from his sister Jackie (Race Davies) as well as updates on the E20 management from Teresa's brother Beppe (Michael Greco), who has gone into partnership with Steve after losing his job as a police officer, while Matthew gains support from local resident Mark Fowler (Todd Carty) over his innocence behind Saskia's murder. After Steve and Matthew each give their statements about the circumstances behind Saskia's death, the trial ends with the pair receiving different verdicts on the manslaughter charge after both are found not guilty of murder; Steve is fully acquitted from his manslaughter charge while Matthew is found guilty of manslaughter and later sentenced to seven years in prison. Steve later attempt to settle his freedom in the square once more, but he finds himself publicly ostracized around the community for framing Matthew behind the crime – up to the point when Matthew's friend Robbie Jackson (Dean Gaffney) constantly brands him a "murderer" while both Mark and his close friend, Dot Cotton (June Brown), lecture him for his supposed lack of responsibility. When Steve attempts to have a drink in The Queen Victoria public house and nearly all the pundits begin to turn on him, he confronts them for the way how they've been treating him and describes how he killed Saskia in self-defense and that Matthew was never meant to get involved in the first place. Beppe, who is one of the few people to stand by Steve following the latter's trial, promptly buys a drink for Steve as everyone begins to realize that Steve's murder of Saskia was really in self-defense. He was also to be involved in the who shot Phil as the shooter

In the events between Saskia's murder and his subsequent trial over her death, Steve instigates a conflict with two of the square's local hardmen called the "Mitchell Brothers" — up to the point where he gradually becomes archenemies with the eldest brother, Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden), and constantly antagonizes his sibling Grant (Ross Kemp) in the course of their business partnership. In the latter case, Steve repeatedly clashes with Grant when the two work together with illegitimate businesswoman Annie Palmer (Nadia Sawalha) in her bid to carry out her expansion plans around the square; with Annie managing the businesses that her entrepreneurial father, George (Paul Moriarty), has assigned her to takeover on his behalf. As the trio begin managing the square's local gym, Steve infiltrates Grant and Annie by hiring staff without either of their consent. This continues when Grant throws out one of the guests for causing trouble, and it turns out that the troublemaker is one of Steve's visitors. Steve later attempts to have Grant fired for not taking his orders seriously, but Grant instead quits and the business ends up floundering – which causes Annie to leave the square for good and sell his remaining share of her ownership to Grant. Later on, Steve confronts Grant just as the latter is preparing to join Phil on a criminal job and declares that they have "unfinished business" over their broken partnership. In a sarcastic remark "Oh yeah, so we haven't?", Grant punches Steve before leaving to do the job with Phil. This would be the last time Steve sees Grant, as the latter's heist with Phil ends with the Mitchell Brothers driving their getaway car into the River Thames and Grant is presumed dead; he is later revealed to be alive and ends up leaving the country to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil with his daughter Courtney.

Following Grant's departure, Steve turns his attention to Phil for the management of his business. He later joins the Mitchell Brothers' younger sister, Sam (Danniella Westbrook), on a trip to Brighton with Mel alongside Mark and two other guests: Sam's ex-husband Ricky Butcher (Sid Owen) and his troublesome sister Janine (Charlie Brooks). During the trip, Steve seeks to reconcile with Mel even when she is set to marry Phil's stepson Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt) after her relationship with Steve ended due to the Saskia impact. However, Mel soon recoups her relationship with Steve after she dumps Ian for discovering that he lied to her and the square about his little daughter Lucy (Casey Anne Rothery) dying of cancer when in actuality she had been fine all along.

During the Millennium Eve ceremony on New Year's Eve 1999, Steve is surprised to see Matthew in the midst of celebrations; Matthew's conviction has been quashed on appeal and because of his good behaviour over the course of his wrongful imprisonment. For the next month in early 2000, Steve grows paranoid when Matthew alleges that he intents to settle his score with his former boss for good. This eventually culminates with the two having a showdown on the week before the first anniversary of Saskia's death. Matthew confronts Steve and attempts to blackmail him into giving him £10,000 as compensation for what he put him through over the incident. Steve initially refuses, but seemingly relents after Matthew presents the extent of his work to get revenge on Steve as well as explaining all of its cover-up – thus ensuring that Steve cannot establish proof to anything that Matthew has done against him ever since they crossed paths on New Year's Eve 1999. Steve then brandishes a handgun and tries to intimidate Matthew, only to learn that the DJ employee had earlier removed all the bullets from his handgun. When Steve attempts to attack Matthew, he gets knocked out and held captive in his chair. Matthew then claims to have killed Saskia's sister Claudia Fielding (Romla Walker), to which Steve at first dismisses until he is later presented with evidence that appears to not only claim otherwise – but also implicates Steve behind the crime in the same manner as he previously entrapped Matthew as the perpetrator behind Saskia's death. As Steve breaks down over how the situation has caught up with him, Matthew proceeds to chuck petrol over him and threatens to incinerate him. It is at this point that Steve is reduced to a desperate, helpless wreck as he tries to reason with Matthew. His pleas, however, fall on deaf ears when Matthew refuses to listen to Steve and prepares to set fire to the E20 – even when Teresa and Jackie arrive to try and also reason with him. Matthew then drops the light on the petrol, but nothing happens apart from Steve screaming out in fear. Matthew then reveals to Steve that the "petrol" is actually water and that Claudia was never dead or even involved in his plan in the first place, as well as the fact that he just wanted to show Steve up for what he really is. With his revenge against Steve fulfilled, Matthew takes the £10,000 and leaves the E20 after bidding farewell to Teresa; he soon leaves the square and is never heard or seen ever again in Walford.

After enduring the full extent of Matthew's revenge, Steve becomes depressed and ends up getting himself addicted to drugs. He takes up the advice of Ricky and Janine's stepmother, Pat Butcher (Pam St Clement), to leave the square for a while to overcome his drug addiction. As Steve embarks on his temporary leave from the square, Jackie joins him after failing to mend her broken relationship with Beppe and Teresa's brother Gianni (Marc Bannerman); she does not return to Walford afterwards and is never seen again. By then, Mel has begun romancing Phil's best-friend and business partner Dan Sullivan (Craig Fairbrass). This soon ends, however, after Mel tells Phil that Dan had secretly reported him to the police for operating a motor scam with his stepfather Frank (Mike Reid) and their colleague Roy Evans (Tony Caunter). On the night after Phil swindled Dan's ownership of the Queen Vic, Steve returns to the square upon overcoming his addiction and witnesses Dan threatening Mel. He soon intervenes and threatens Dan, who then leaves just as Steve begins to comfort Mel over her ordeal. When the situation continues as Dan begins to harass Mel with threatening phone calls and even breaking into her house at one point, Steve summons Phil's cousin Billy (Perry Fenwick) and orders him to locate Dan's whereabouts; Billy had been working for Steve ever since Grant left the square and in Steve's bid to challenge Phil in their business competition. Billy soon learns where Dan is, and Steve goes to confront him in his flat. Dan is at first unfazed by Steve's threat into leaving Walford, but Steve changes his mind by brandishing his handgun and threatening to kill Dan unless he calls Mel to apologize; Dan complies and he seemingly leaves the square for good. Afterwards, Steve informs Mel that Dan has been taken care off and that he won't be bothering her again.

When Phil learns that Steve had forced Dan to leave the square, the two rivals call a truce and they later work together in some businesses around the square. Their potential friendship quickly reverts into a two-man feud when Phil persuades Beppe to sell him his share of the E20 club without Steve's consent. When Steve asserts that Mel is partly to blame after noticing the quality time she and Phil have been spending time together, he confronts her about it in the pub until Phil tells him to back off. When Steve dismisses his threats, Phil punches him and the two end up having a brutal fight that ends with Phil forcing Steve out of the pub and Steve promising retaliation. Steve later apologizes to Mel after Christmas Day 2000 and soon proposes to her, which she gladly accepts. However, Steve is unaware that Mel had a one-night stand with Phil on Christmas Day. They nevertheless begin planning their wedding in early 2001, which becomes further complicated when Dan returns to the square. Steve discovers this after finding Dan overpowering Billy in his office, and he orders Billy to leave before turning his attention to Dan. It is at this point that Steve and Dan have formed a rivalry in the ensuing course of their respective feuds with Phil himself. This is proven when Dan tells Steve that his reasons for coming back to square are to deal with Phil, to which Steve dismisses by reminding Dan of the last warning he gave him and again threatens him should he ever come in between him and Mel again. Dan then warns Steve to not let Mel "take him for a mug" just as she allegedly did to him and Ian, before offering him a handshake. Steve rejects this and threateningly tells Dan to get out of his office, which prompts Dan to tell Steve that he'll regret telling him that before leaving.

By the time Steve's wedding to Mel has emerged, his suspicions about her and Phil prompt him to secretly record a conversation between them – which Steve remotely overhears by using his phone. Steve's suspicions are eventually confirmed when Phil tells Mel to admit that she enjoyed sleeping with him, and she reluctantly responds to this as Steve listens through. On the day of their wedding, Steve becomes aggravated when Phil turns up uninvited and proceeds to woo Steve's mother Barbara (Sheila Hancock) — who herself has also turned up against Steve's expectations – by striking up a conversation with her. The situation escalates at the E20 reception, where Steve confronts Phil for getting his mother involved and Phil tauntingly mocks him in front of her and the remaining guests. Later on that night, local taxi driver Charlie Slater (Derek Martin) prepares to drive the newly-wedded couple to their honeymoon. As they begin to leave, Steve claims that he needs to check on Billy at the E20 and momentarily leaves Mel – though it becomes clear that Steve appears intent on getting revenge on Phil for the trouble he has caused him. This could've been a motive for Steve when Phil gets shot by an unseen assailant, shortly before Steve returns and proceeds to go to his holiday with Mel.

When the pair return from their honeymoon, they hear about Phil's shooting and Steve is promptly implicated as the prime suspect. It soon transpires that the weapon that hospitalized Phil was Steve's handgun, which has gone missing ever since the incident occurred just at the end of Steve and Mel's wedding. Steve is later arrested when police detective DCI Jill Marsden (Sophie Stanton) and her unit gather evidence of his implication, most notably his motive for knowing about Mel sleeping with Phil on Christmas 2000. Upon hearing of this, both Phil's mother Peggy (Barbara Windsor) and his young godson Jamie (Jack Ryder) constantly accuse Steve of committing the crime. Steve insistently proclaims his innocence behind Phil's shooting and ends up clashing with Jamie on multiple occasions; at this stage, Jamie has already grown to dislike Steve since he was recently Matthew's best-friend and had previously testified against Steve for Saskia's murder. Steve later visits Phil in the hospital and threatens him should he ever use Mel to his advantage in their feud again. Later that evening, Steve receives a visit from Dan and is again confronted by Jamie moments later. When Steve tauntingly tells Jamie that Phil is a liar, Jamie punches Steve and they fight when Steve punches Jamie back. Dan breaks up the fight just as Robbie's sister Sonia (Natalie Cassidy), who is also Jamie's girlfriend, intervenes as well. Jamie demands Steve to get out of the square for good, but Steve refuses and again protests his innocence. However, when Phil recovers and discharges himself from the hospital that night, Steve is indeed proven innocent when Phil ends up confronting the real culprit: his former girlfriend and Mel's best-friend, Lisa Shaw (Lucy Benjamin).

Shortly after confronting Lisa and forgiving her for shooting him, as Phil had driven her to it due to his mistreatment towards her since over a year ago, Phil resolves to implicate the crime on both Steve and Dan to rid himself of his two archenemies who each threaten his position as the square's reigning top dog. He initially plans to incriminate Steve after seeing him and Mel together in the pub, but then decides to frame Dan after the latter begins extorting money from him and Jamie. When Steve learns about this from Billy, he goes to visit Phil and witnesses him finishing his meeting with Dan's former crime boss Ritchie Stringer (Gareth Hunt). That afternoon, Steve begins to taunt Phil into leaving Walford after recalling on what Dan has been doing to him and Jamie. However, Steve's mood changes when Phil reveals that his handgun – which Lisa used to shoot Phil and had kept in possession in between after Steve's wedding and before Phil's recovery – is now in Ritchie's possession as part of his plan to frame Dan, whom Steve insists Phil incriminate after assuming that Phil intents to frame him for the crime. Phil soon plans to lure Steve to The Archies the following night, despite Mel's protests. Steve goes to meet Phil there anyway, but promptly leaves after witnessing Dan holding Phil at gunpoint. Moments later, the police arrive and arrest Dan under the suspicion of shooting Phil and unlawful possession of Steve's firearm. Dan is subsequently charged for the crime and Phil soon asks Steve to help him ensure that Dan would get sent down for the shooting; Steve agrees when it becomes clear that both he and Phil would both find themselves comfortable be well-ridden of their common nemesis, as well as Mel's previous lover and tormentor.

Before the events of Dan's trial, Mel alerts Steve that his mother expects a visit from him about her condition to her terminal heart disease. At first Steve doesn't want to visit Barbara and refuses to explain his reasons to Mel, but he eventually changes his mind after having a heart-to-heart with local neighbour Natalie Price (Lucy Speed) about their relationship progressions; with Natalie confining to Steve about how her past troubles have been overcome thanks to her marriage with Roy's only-son, Barry (Shaun Williamson). Afterwards, Steve visits his mother in her flat and it quickly becomes clear that she is in critical condition due to her terminal heart disease. It is then revealed that Barbara had previously abused Steve when he was a child, and that she never appeared to care for either him or Jackie. When Steve confronts her about her past behaviour, she sarcastically defends her actions by claiming that his late father Richard had left her to bring up him and Jackie with no money. Steve reluctantly goes to call an ambulance as his mother's condition appears to escalate, but she refuses and instead demands Steve give her a kiss. Steve call an ambulance and asks him to kiss her. He gives her a peck on the forehead but she asks for a kiss on the lips. When he leans forward, she grabs him and gives him an extremely passionate kiss, telling him he is an attractive man. Disgusted and traumatized, Steve furiously disowns his mother and leaves after calling her sick. Mel is later informed that Barbara has died and tells Steve about it, but he reacts indifferently and refuses to attend her funeral; Mel later ends up going to the funeral on her own. She subsequently confronts Steve for his callousness over his mother's death, but then sympathizes with her husband when he is forced to explain how his mother neglected and abused him during his childhood.

Following his mother's funeral, Steve proceeds to contribute with Phil's plot and gives false evidence in his own testimony against Dan; however, the plan ends unsuccessfully when Dan is found not guilty by the jury in his verdict. Dan is later released and, assuming that Steve was the one who shot Phil and that the pair have conspired to get him sent to prison, resolves to get revenge on his two arch-rivals. His first act is to force Billy into giving him leverage over Steve and Phil. When Dan threatens to hurt Billy, the latter reluctantly exposes Phil's one-night stand with Mel and this causes Dan to realize that Mel is the link between Steve and Phil's rivalry. Dan later kidnaps Mel and proceeds to hold her ransom in an abandoned flat. When Steve learns about this from Dan in a taunting phone call, he alerts Phil and the two form an uneasy alliance to save Mel from their enemy. Soon enough, Dan contacts Steve and demands that both he and Phil deliver £100,000 each to him in exchange for Mel's safety – up to the point where he even threatens her life in a bid to get his two rivals to compel to his demand. After the pair manage to obtain the £200,000, Steve and Phil argue about who will be exchanging the money for Mel and whether Dan needs to be taken down – with Steve just wanting Mel to come home safe while Phil is determined to finish things with Dan to stop him from making lives harder for them as well as Jamie and Peggy themselves. Just as Steve goes to deliver the money, however, Dan calls Phil and orders him – not Steve – to make the exchange for Mel. In compliance, Phil takes the money and goes to the flat where Dan is holding Mel captive to make the exchange on his own. There, he momentarily disarms Dan and prepares to kill him; however, he fails when Dan ends up overpowering Phil after Mel causes a distraction. Dan then flees Walford with his £200,000 ransom money, but not after he drops Mel off near the square and she thereupon returns to Steve at his house.

Although Steve is relieved that Mel has been unharmed throughout her ordeal with Dan, she later confronts her husband about all the things that Dan told her while he was holding her captive; Mel had learned from Dan that Steve had cheated on her amid the events of his mother's funeral, as he slept with Karen – which Billy later found out about and was forced to tell Dan when the latter had extorted leverage from him against Steve and Phil. Furthermore, she discovers that Steve had secretly bought the pub from Phil's ex-lover Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean) without ever consulting to his wife about it. When Steve is unable to assert her suspicions, he is forced to admit his lies to Mel and the two get into a heated argument when she confronts him about it. Steve attempts to use his mother's death as an excuse, but Mel points out his callousness in reaction to her death and threatens to divorce him. She also accuses Steve of shooting Phil and framing Dan for the crime, having already realized that Dan was telling the truth about his innocence behind Phil's shooting. In his subsequent rebuttal, Steve tells Mel that she still owns half of the E20 and further states that he just bankrupted himself by paying Dan the ransom money he demanded from him and Phil. Later that evening, Steve approaches Phil to seek help with providing him by reinstating his share of The Queen Vic; Phil refuses and Steve promises that he will pay for crossing him before leaving the pub. At the same time, Mel goes to see Billy at the E20 to know more about Steve's affair with Karen. He unsuccessfully tries to vouch for Steve's innocence and ends up giving Mel an unintended contraction about her ownership of the E20. When she promptly questions Billy about this, Mel discovers from her husband's safe that Steve had actually settled earlier paperwork where he owns the entire nightclub – thus meaning that Steve had lied to his wife once again. Outraged by the extent of Steve's deception, Mel retaliates against her husband by burning down his club and then chucking her wedding ring at Steve; she then departs Walford to clear her mind over Steve's deceit and lies.

In light of Dan's revenge and Mel's departure, Steve ends up having financial problems; his insurance policy is invalidated due to the fact that he neglected to mention his involvement in both Saskia's death and a previous crime where he attempted to cut costs by illegally importing duty-free wines from France. To sort out his monetary difficulties, he organises a robbery to help finance the renovation of the club and arranges for some of old friends to partake in the job; Steve reluctantly invites Billy into the heist as well. After assembling his crew and making preparations, Steve plans to steal money from a wealthy businessman named Alan. During the heist, Steve attempts to trap Alan's mistress Jan Sherwood (Cherie Lunghi) and they end up having a one-night stand together; Steve and Jan split the money that was stolen, fooling Steve's gang into believing Jan had taken it all. Afterwards, Steve gives Billy his share from the job and tracks down Mel in his plan to win her back. This nearly fails as Mel begins to date Barry's half-brother Nathan Williams (Doug Allen) upon returning to Walford, but Steve successfully ends up wooing Mel.

It is at this point that Steve and Phil have escalated their own rivalry with each other. By the time 2002 has emerged, Steve infuriates Phil by pretending that he slept with Sharon while they were recouped their old relationship. Phil responds by attacking Steve and ends up getting arrested, up to the point where he is charged for assault. In retaliation, Phil forces Billy to plant drugs in Steve's club and Steve is in turn arrested – though he is released without charge. Steve then pays Jamie to smash the Queen Vic after learning that his companionship with Phil had deteriorated. Later on, Steve further antagonizes Phil by sleeping with Sam (now played by Kim Medcalf). When Phil learns about the heist Steve perpetuated a couple of months ago, he arranges for Steve to be confronted by the same people who he owes money to. Steve instead plans for him and Mel to leave Walford and start anew in the United States together. She agrees and the couple subsequently invite both Lisa and Mark, who have are now engaged ever since Lisa ended her relationship with Phil, to join them – before Steve later convinces Lisa to also take her and Phil's infant daughter, Louise (Rachel Cox), along with their trip.

On the day of the first anniversary to both Steve's wedding and Phil's shooting, trouble emerges when Mark is unable to go due to his HIV condition and Lisa believes the plan is falling apart. When Steve plans to tie-up his loose ends to put his escape plan into motion, he convinces Mel to look after Lisa while he heads off. However, Phil soon discovers the plan and calls Steve to demand that he return Louise to him; Steve refuses and taunts Phil before hanging up. After confronting Mel over her ex-husband's whereabouts, Phil catches up to Steve and the two engage in an intense vehicular car chase that ends with Steve – just as he attempts to answer Mel's phone call – crashing into a wall after a tyre bursts from his car, which ends up colliding into a parked motorbike; this instantly totals his car and triggers a fire. When Phil arrives in that moment, Steve helps him rescue Louise by passing the baby to Phil – who then rushes her to safety just as Steve finds himself unable to get out of the car. Steve then repeatedly calls Phil out to save him when it becomes clear that his car is about to explode. Phil eventually relents after a moment of hesitation and he begins to rush back to save Steve from his burning car, but it was too late as the vehicle suddenly explodes in a fireball – killing Steve as a result; Phil, having failed to reach Steve in time, is forced to watch the explosion occur before he takes Louise back to the Square and Steve's reign of terror at Walford is finally over.

During her offscreen time away from Walford, Mel ends up giving birth to Steve's child – which turns out to be a boy and she thereupon names her son Hunter. Over a decade later in 2018, Hunter (played by Charlie Winter) is introduced to Walford when Mel returns to the square with him. It turns out, however, that Hunter has similar tendencies to his father. However, he soon discovers the truth about the extent of his father's infamous reputation from Mel's mob boss Ciara Maguire (Denise McCormack) after she ends up colluding with Phil against Ciara's ex-husband Aidan (Patrick Bergin). Soon enough, Hunter ends up dating Louise (now played by Tilly Keeper) and their relationship leads him to discover the events behind their own father's car chase; Phil later describes the events of Steve's death to Hunter, who soon resolves to helping Mel reopen the E20 in tribute to the father that he never got to know about. In 2019, Steve's first and last crimes are separately recounted when Hunter kills Mel's new husband Ray Kelly (Sean Mahon) for trying to murder her – which sparks the events of his arrest and subsequent death when he commits a siege at the Queen Vic whilst seeking revenge on his mother's subsequent fiancée, Jack Branning (Scott Maslen), for being involved in his own imprisonment; Hunter's siege results in him shooting Louise's brother Ben (Max Bowden) and then her boyfriend Keanu Taylor (Danny Walters), before he then nearly shoots Louise until he is fatally gunned down by a marked policeman. Two months later after her son's death, Mel ends up getting killed in a road collision at the climax of her car chase with Sharon – who was married to Phil throughout that point. Ironically, Mel's death mirrors Steve's own demise from his car chase with Phil 17 years prior.

Relationship with Mel Healy
In an interview in June 2000, Kemp discussed the relationship between Steve and Mel: "Steve's convinced Mel will make his life complete. She kept him going during all the bad times and now he's determined to have her. It's true of a lot of guys who get into trouble, they hang their hat on one idea and that keeps them sane [...] there's a driving force that kept them going while they were [in prison]. And often that's a woman. You know from those tender moments when Mel came to visit Steve [in prison] that she was the thing that kept him going, and he won't stop til he gets her back." Eventually the couple were shown to marry in the soap in March 2001, despite a revelation that Mel had strayed with Steve's nemesis Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden). Tamzin Outhwaite explained, "With Ian, Mel was the one who didn't want to go through with it. This time around Mel is the one who is apprehensive, hoping Steve will be there for her. If he isn't, she has no reason to stay in Walford. This really is make or break time for her." The wedding night was a precursor to one of the soap's most publicised storylines, Who Shot Phil?, where Phil was gunned down by an unknown assailant and, due to Mel's infidelity, Steve became one of the prime suspects for the murder attempt, though he transpired to be a red herring. Discussing Mel and Steve's wedding, Outhwaite said, "Even though this wedding with Steve has got as much controversy as Mel's last one [with Ian], it feels more true. The characters seem more suited and it's not a big, white wedding, it's a low-key register office thing." 17 million viewers watched the wedding.

In August 2001, EastEnders began airing a 4th weekly episode. The storyline to mark the occasion centered around Mel, her husband Steve, his archenemy Phil, and their common nemesis Dan Sullivan (Craig Fairbrass). After Phil and Steve wrongfully framed Dan for Phil's shooting, Dan sought revenge by kidnapping Mel and demanding a ransom. An EastEnders insider reportedly told the Daily Mirror, "This has [been] one of the most dramatic storylines we have ever filmed. Dan has vowed to get even with Phil and Steve for framing him over the shooting. Kidnapping Mel kills two birds with one stone. Although Mel and Phil have had their differences, he still harbors feelings for her." As part of the storyline, Outhwaite, as Mel, was tied up to a radiator in a council flat. Outhwaite commented, "They offered to untie my wrists between scenes, but I said no so I could feel what it was really like. My wrists were raw by the end of it and I was exhausted, but that was the challenge I wanted."

Departure
On 26 July 2001, it was announced that Kemp had decided to leave EastEnders and that he was to move from the BBC to rival station ITV. He said of his decision: "I have had a wonderful time at EastEnders and I will be very sad to leave, but I feel that its time to move on." It was reported that EastEnders producers decided to kill off his character as "revenge" for how the situation was handled. In 2006, Kemp ruled out a return to the show, saying he stayed for too long. However, in 2009, he expressed a wish to return, saying "Working on EastEnders was the best job I ever had. I want the producers to ring me up and get me back on the show. Steve was blown up, but I could come back as his evil twin!" He also said he was happy that he had a dramatic exit.

Reception
Kemp's portrayal of Steve saw him nominated for several awards, many of which he won. He won in the "Most Popular Actor" category at the 2000 National Television Awards and was nominated again the next year. He won "Best Actor" at the Inside Soap Awards in 2001 and "Best Soap Actor" at the TV Quick Awards three years running, from 2000 to 2002. At The British Soap Awards, he was nominated for "Best Actor" and the character for "Villain of the Year" in 1999, winning the latter in 2000. He went on to win "Best Actor" at the 2001 and 2002 ceremonies. Additionally, Steve's car crash was nominated for "Spectacular Scene of the Year" and "Best Exit" in 2002.

In 2020, Sara Wallis and Ian Hyland from The Daily Mirror placed Steve 57th on their ranked list of the best EastEnders characters of all time, calling his exit "spectacular".

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 * This one? If so, alexa rank of 4,250,411 is a solid delete. Flowerparty  talk 00:34, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
 * That could be it. In which case the article isn't very accurate either. --Mairi 00:42, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete; Adv/linkspam | Celcius 01:11, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete: Preservation of the inane by the vain. Wikipedia is not a web guide. Geogre 01:32, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment. I have welcomed the original editor of this and pointed them here, though from the history I'm not sure if they are still about. Alf 01:40, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Amren (talk) 02:16, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. -Aranel (" Sarah ") 02:22, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete *drew 03:19, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete-- Ryan Norton T 04:42, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, based on extreme Alexa rank. - Mgm|(talk) 07:36, August 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * Extremely high Alexa ranking, Advertising. Delete Optichan 19:25, August 24, 2005 (UTC)

Leave it!-Gamers.com is a major forum, it is not all that much different than having an article on ebay or google. I'll admit Gamers is much smaller, but it is still there, and important to many people. - Josiah
 * Delete. --Agamemnon2 21:23, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
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Percent active chlorine

Percent active chlorine is a unit of concentration used for hypochlorite-based bleaches. One gram of a 100% active chlorine bleach has the quantitative bleaching capacity as one gram of free chlorine. The term "active chlorine" is used because most commercial bleaches also contain chlorine in the form of chloride ions, which have no bleaching properties.

Liquid bleaches for domestic use fall in 3 categories: for pool-treatment (10% hypochlorite solutions, without surfactants and detergents), for laundry and general purpose cleaning, at 3–5% active chlorine (which are usually recommended to be diluted substantially before use), and in pre-mixed specialty formulations targeted at particular cleaning, bleaching or disinfecting applications. Commercial chlorine bleaches range from under 10% active chlorine to over 40%.

Values can be higher than 100% because hypochlorite ion has a molecular weight of 51.45 g/mol, whereas dichlorine Cl2 has a molecular weight of 70.90 g/mol. Dichlorine has a reference bleaching potential of 100% for its molecular weight. Hypochlorite (ClO) also has a molecule-to-molecule bleaching potential the same as dichlorine. However, its lower molecular weight leads to a higher potential bleaching power. In the example of lithium hypochlorite, the molecular weight 58.39, so it only takes 58.39 g to equal the bleaching power of 70.90 g of dichlorine. Therefore $$70.90 \div 58.39 = 1.214$$ or $$121.4%$$.

Percent active chlorine values have now virtually replaced the older system of chlorometric degrees: 1% active chlorine is equivalent to 3.16 °Cl. Taking the (reasonable) assumption that all active chlorine present in a liquid bleach is in the form of hypochlorite ions, 1% active chlorine is equivalent to 0.141 mol/kg ClO−(0.141 mol/L if we assume density=1). For a solid bleach, 100% active chlorine is equivalent to 14.1 mol/kg ClO−: lithium hypochlorite has a molar mass of 58.39 g/mol, equivalent to 17.1 mol/kg or 121% active chlorine.

Active chlorine values are usually determined by adding an excess of potassium iodide to a sample of bleach solution and titrating the iodine liberated by displacing it with atomic chlorine with a standard sodium thiosulfate solution and iodine indicator.

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From the above equations it can be seen that 2 moles of thiosulfate is equivalent to 70.9 g of active chlorine.

Again the percentage of available chlorine can be calculated through the concept of normality. The gram equivalent of bleaching powder is equal to the gram equivalent of the standard titrant used.

The amount of available chlorine can then be calculated using the following formula:

$$\text{Percentage available chlorine} \times \frac{\text{Weight of chlorine}}{\text{Weight of bleaching powder}} \times 100 = \text{Amount of available chlorine}$$

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Give Me Your Hand

"Give Me Your Hand" (Irish: Tabhair dom do Lámh) is a tune from early 17th century Ireland by Rory Dall O'Cahan. It is one of the most widely recorded pieces of Irish traditional music.

Composer
According to Edward Bunting, in The Ancient Music of Ireland, this harp tune was written in about 1603 by Rory Dall O'Cahan.

"This tune, revived by Seán Ó Riada, was originally a composition of the blind Derry harpist Ruaidri Dáll Ó Catháin. He wrote it while (in) Scotland, where he had a disagreement with a Lady Eglington. He composed the tune for her when she apologized."from the Wolfetones.

Captain Francis O'Neill suggests Proud and spirited, he resented anything in the nature of trespass on his dignity. Among his visits to the houses of Scottish nobility, he is said to have called at Eglinton Castle, Ayrshire. Knowing he was a harper, but being unaware of his rank, Lady Eglinton commanded him to play a tune. Taking offence at her peremptory manner, Ó Catháin refused and left the castle. When she found out who her guest was her ladyship sought and effected a speedy reconciliation. This incident furnished a theme for one of the harper’s best compositions. “Tabhair Damh do Lámh,” or “Give Me Your Hand!” The name has been latinized into “Da Mihi Manum.” The fame of the composition and the occasion which gave birth to it reaching the ear of King James the Sixth, induced him to send for the composer. Ó Catháin accordingly attended at the Scottish court, and created a sensation.

There are other stories and legends, but no authoritative evidence or references are known.

The tune is sometimes claimed to be written by the famous harpist [O'Carolan], who lived some years later. However, there is no reference in the Bunting collection of O Carolan’s music. Nor should Rory Dall O'Cahan be confused with another blind poet at around the same time, Rory 'Dall' Morrison.

A number of apocryphal stories have circulated about the circumstances of the tune's composition; further details can be seen at Andrew Kuntz's The Fiddler's Companion.

Later references to the tune
The Fiddler's Companion says "The Latin title first appears in the Wemyss manuscript of 1644 and in the Balcarres manuscript of 1692" and then "The melody's popularity was long-lived, as attested by its appearance in many collections throughout the 18th century, including Wright's Aria di Camera (1730), Neal's Celebrated Irish Tunes (c. 1742—a revised date from the oft-given 1721 or 1726, this based on watermark research—see the appendix to the 2001 edition of O’Sullivan’s Carolan), Burk Thumoth's Twelve English and Irish Airs (c. 1745-50), Thompson's Hibernian Muse (c. 1786), Brysson's Curious Selection of Favourite Tunes (c. 1790), and Mulholland's Ancient Irish Airs (1810)."

English and Irish titles first seem to have appeared in 'A Collection of Ancient Irish Airs', by John Mulholland, 2 vols. Belfast, 1810.

Seán Ó Riada is attributed with reviving the tune in the late 1960s.

Some recordings of "Give Me Your Hand" (Tabhair dom do Lámh)
The Wolfe Tones and Family Pride are the only known recordings with vocals.

 * Áine Minogue & Druidstone - Tabhair dom do Lámh [The Vow-04](1998)
 * Bandari - Tabhair dom do Lámh (Give me your Hand) [Garden Of Dreams-08] (1999)
 * Bukkene Bruse - Tabhair Dom Do Lahm [Bukkene Bruse] (1993)
 * Celtic Orchestra - Tabhair dom do Lámh [Classic Celtic Moods, CD3 - 02]
 * Celtic Southern Cross - Give me your Hand [Begged Borrowed & Stolen, CD3 - 26]
 * Ceoltóirí Chualann (with Seán Ó Riada)- Tabhair dom do Lámh [Ceol na nUasal - 08] ( 1967)
 * Ceoltóirí Chualann - Tabhair dom do Lámh [Ó Riada - 11] (1971)
 * Charles Guard - Tabhair dom do Lámh [Avenging & Bright - 08] (1991)
 * Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau - Tabhair dom do Lámh [Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau - 11] (2017)
 * Cobblers' Last - Peggy & the soldier, Give me your hand [Boot in the Door - 04]
 * Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann - Tabhair dom do Lámh [Foinn Seisiun Book 1, p. 42 - 19]
 * Dancing Willow - Tabhair dom do Lámh, Give me your Hand (see recording link above)
 * Emily Cullen - Tabhair dom do Lámh [Maidens Of The Celtic Harp - 14] (1997)
 * George Winston - Tabhair dom do Lámh (La Valse...Jeunes Filles) [Plains-04] (1999)
 * Innisfree Ceoil - Tabhair dom do Lámh [Celtic Airs, CD1 - 02] (1996)
 * Bjarte Eike & Barokksolistene - Tabhair dom do lámh (‘Give me your hand’) [The Image of Melancholy] (2016)
 * James Galway & The Chieftains - Give me your Hand [05]
 * Jay Ungar & Molly Mason - Give Me Your Hand [The Lover's Waltz] (1997)
 * Kate MacLeod & Kat Eggleston-Tabhair dom do Lámh [Drawn From The Well-09] (2002)
 * Kim Robertson - Give me your Hand [Wind Shadows, Vol. I - 10] (1983)
 * Lifescapes - Give me your Hand [Celtic Mystery - 08] (2000)
 * Oliver Schroer - Tabhair dom do Lámh (Give me your Hand) [Celtic Devotion-09] (1999)
 * Patrick Ball - Give me your Hand [Celtic Harp - The Music of Turlough O'Carolan - 10] (1983)
 * Planxty - Raggle Taggle Gypsies, Tabhair dom do Lámh [Reunion Point Theatre, CD2-08](2004)
 * Planxty - Raggle Taggle Gypsy, Tabhair dom do Lámh [Planxty - 01] (1973)
 * Planxty - Tabhair dom do Lámh [Vicar Street, Dublin - February 2004]
 * Pól O'Ceallaigh - Tabhair dom do Lámh [Celtic Drones - 11] (1993)
 * Réalta - Tabhair Dom Do Lámh [Clear Skies] 2016
 * Rosemary Beland - Tabhair dom do Lámh [The Tinkers' Wedding - 12] (1992)
 * Spailpin (with Colum Mac Oireachtaigh) -White, Orange & Green, followed by Tabhair dom do Lámh [Whiskey in the Jar-08] (1991)
 * The Chieftains - Tabhair dom do Lámh [The Chieftains 5 - 02](1975)
 * The Chieftains - The Cloak, Tabhair dom do Lámh [The Essential Chieftains (CD1) - 17] (2006)
 * The Chieftains & James Galway - Give me your hand [In Ireland - 05] (1987)
 * The Irish and the Scotch - Give me your Hand [Open Folk - 04] (1999)
 * The Rambling Irishmen - White, Orange & Green & Tabhair dom do Lámh [Songs of Old Ireland-01]
 * Wolfe Tones - Tabhair dom do Lámh, Give me your Hand [Till Ireland a Nation - 13] (1974)
 * Wolfe Tones - Tabhair dom do Lámh, Give me your Hand [25th Anniversary, CD1-12](1991)
 * Family Pride- Give Me Your Hand 1972

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Frances Adaskin

Frances Alice Adaskin, (née Marr; August 23, 1900March 8, 2001) was a Canadian pianist.

Biography
Adaskin was born Frances Alice Marr in Ridgetown, Ontario. She was the daughter of Del and Eunice Marr and the eldest of three siblings. She also began playing the piano at an early age under the direction of Whitney Scherer. She studied at the Alma College and, later, at the Toronto Conservatory of Music under Paul Wells.

In 1923, her first engagement as a professional accompanist was with violinist Harry Adaskin (died April 7, 1994). They became a duo and wed in 1926. The couple travelled until 1938 on tour of North America and Europe with the Hart House String Quartet.

Adaskin was also an entertainment writer (mostly of short stories). Many of her works were published in Saturday Night Magazine throughout the 1940s. She also completed her unpublished memoirs, titled Fran's Scrapbook: A Talking Dream.

National Honours
Adaskin received the Order of Canada honour on December 15, 1976. It was awarded for "...a life devoted to music as accompanist of international repute and as a soloist and teacher..." She was invested as a Member on April 29, 1977.

Death
Frances Adaskin died in Vancouver on March 8, 2001, aged 100.

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Island of Terror

Island of Terror (also known as Night of the Silicates and The Night the Creatures Came) is a 1966 British horror film directed by Terence FIsher and starring Peter Cushing and Edward Judd. The screenplay was by Edward Mann and Al Ramsen. It was produced by Planet Film Productions. The film was released in the United States by Universal Studios on a double bill with The Projected Man (1966).

Plot
On the remote Petrie's Island off the east coast of Ireland farmer Ian Bellows goes missing and his wife contacts the local police. Constable John Harris finds the farmer dead in a cave without a single bone in his body and fetches the island's physician, Dr Reginald Landers, who is unable to determine what happened. He journeys to the mainland to seek the help of a noted London pathologist, Dr Brian Stanley. Stanley too is unable even to hypothesise what could have happened, so both men seek out Dr David West, an expert on bones and bone diseases. Although Stanley and Landers interrupt West's quiet evening at home with the wealthy jetsetter Toni Merrill, West is intrigued by the problem and so agrees to accompany the two doctors back to Petrie's Island to examine the corpse. In order for them to reach the island that much faster, Merrill offers the use of her father's private helicopter in exchange for the three men allowing her to come along on the adventure.

Once back at Petrie's Island, Merrill's father's helicopter is forced to return to the mainland so he can use it, leaving the foursome stranded on Petrie. West and Stanley learn that a group of oncology researchers led by Dr Lawrence Phillips have a secluded castle laboratory on the island. Paying a visit to Phillips' lab reveals that he and his colleagues are just as dead (and boneless) as Bellows. Reasoning that whatever it is must have begun in that lab, West, Stanley and Landers take Phillips' notes back to the inn where they are staying to study them. From them they learn that in his quest to cure cancer, Phillips may have accidentally created a new lifeform from the silicon atom.

Thinking the doctors are at the castle, Constable Harris bikes up there to tell them about the discovery of a dead, boneless horse, only to wander into the laboratory's "test animals" room and be killed by an offscreen tentacled creature, the result of Dr Phillips's experiments. The creatures are eventually dubbed "silicates" by West and Stanley, and kill their victims by injecting a bone-dissolving enzyme into their bodies. The silicates prove difficult to kill, as Stanley, West and Merrill learn when Landers tries to kill one at the castle with an axe, but is himself killed. During this first encounter they learn that the silicates reproduce by dividing. Later discovering that they divide every few hours, the scientists calculate that the island will be totally infested in just a few days.

After learning all they can from the late Dr Phillips's notes, West and Stanley recruit the islanders, led by Roger Campbell, to attack the silicates with everything they've got. Bullets, petrol bombs, and dynamite fail to harm the silicates. But when one is found dead, apparently having ingested the rare isotope Strontium-90 from Phillips' lab (via Phillips' accidentally irradiated Great Dane), West and Stanley realise they must find more of the isotope at the castle and contaminate the remaining silicates before it is too late. They obtain enough isotope to contaminate a herd of cattle – at the cost of Stanley's left hand, when he's grabbed by a silicate – and the silicates feed on these. At first, there seems to be no effect. Silicates break into the community hall and kill many islanders. West, Merrill, and some surviving residents barricade themselves in the clinic with Stanley as the silicates press their attack, although with waning vigor. Soon, every silicate in the community hall dies.

The story ends with evacuation and medical teams inbound from the mainland, and West commenting on how fortunate they were that this outbreak was confined to an island. Had it happened on the mainland, he notes, they might never have stopped them in time. This sets up an epilogue and a visit to the satellite programme, in Japan, where the technicians are duplicating Phillips' work with the inevitable result. A technician walks down a corridor, hears a strange noise and investigates before screaming.

Cast

 * Peter Cushing as Dr Brian Stanley
 * Edward Judd as Dr David West
 * Carole Gray as Toni Merrill
 * Eddie Byrne as Dr Reginald Landers
 * Sam Kydd as Constable John Harris
 * Niall MacGinnis as Roger Campbell
 * James Caffrey as Peter Argyle
 * Liam Gaffney as Ian Bellows
 * Roger Heathcote as Dunley
 * Keith Bell as Halsey
 * Margaret Lacey as old woman
 * Shay Gorman as Morton
 * Peter Forbes-Robertson as Dr Lawrence Phillips
 * Richard Bidlake as Carson
 * Joyce Hemson as Mrs. Bellows

Production
The idea for the film came when the producer Richard Gordon read Gerry Fernback's screenplay The Night the Silicates Came. Gordon partnered with Tom Blakey of Planet Films to produce the film.

Home media
DD Video released a collector's edition DVD on Jan 17, 2005. It was released on Blu-ray by Import Vendor on Oct 28, 2014.

Reception
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Although the plot is little more than a rehash of Day of the Triffids, it is quite effectively concocted and features some sluggishly mobile jellied turtles, each waving a snake-like tentacle ... In fact, it is really Reg Wyer's colour photography, with its pale greys, browns and steely blues offset by patches of bright colour, together with the equally attractive art direction and special effects, which make this otherwise routine horror epic (with a naïve message about scientific responsibilities) worth a look."

Author and film critic Leonard Maltin awarded the film two out of a possible four stars. Maltin commended the film's acting and direction, but felt that the end result was "nothing special."

AllMovie's Brian J. Dillard wrote: .This creepy yet clunky sci-fi-horror flick boasts one of the coolest monsters ever to grace the silver screen -- radioactive silicone beings ("silicates") that suck the calcium right out of your bones. ...With the exception of these creatures du jour and the eerie electronic sounds that emanate from them, Island of Terror is a fairly standard-issue lab-coats-versus-creatures flick in the mold of superior genre fare such as 1954's Them.

TV Guide wrote: "A rather shaky plot is boosted by Cushing's ever effective performance and Fisher's tight direction."

Radio Times called the film "long on logic but high on hysteria."

Leslie Halliwell said: "Horror hokum, moderately done."

DVD Talk gave it three and a half stars and called it "an immensely enjoyable sci-fi potboiler."

Legacy
David Robert Mitchell referenced Island of Terror 's feeling of "waiting for the creature to pop up" as an inspiration for It Follows (2014).

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John Oxendine

John W. Oxendine (born April 30, 1962) is an American politician and businessman who served four terms as Insurance Commissioner of the U.S. state of Georgia. A member of the Republican Party, he was first elected commissioner in 1994 and was reelected in 1998, 2002, and 2006. Prior to entering politics, Oxendine owned and operated a small business and was a lawyer practicing in Gwinnett County, Georgia.

Oxendine began his career working on several gubernatorial campaigns and was later appointed by Governor Joe Frank Harris to the State Personnel Board.

On May 20, 2022, Oxendine was indicted by a federal grand jury on felony charges of conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to commit health care fraud.

Early life
John Oxendine is one of two sons of Judge James W. Oxendine. His mother is Louise Oxendine. He has one brother, Tim from his father's first marriage. He has two sisters; Cindy Oxendine Sluder from his father's first marriage, and Shirley from his father's second marriage. John has no siblings from his father's third marriage. He grew up in Tucker, Georgia, where he was a Tucker Tiger and graduated from Tucker High School in 1980. Oxendine attributes his keen interest in politics to his father who had been a former Senior Superior Court Judge in Gwinnett County since Oxendine was in school.

He triple majored in Christianity, Greek, and political science at Mercer University, earning his Bachelor of Arts with honors in 1984. During college he worked at the Georgia State Capitol to pay for his tuition as a student assistant to Governor George Busbee. Oxendine attended Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer, where he continued being active in student organizations including the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, and graduated with his Juris Doctor in 1987.

Upon graduation from law school, Oxendine took over the family law practice, Oxendine and Associates, located in Gwinnett County, from his father. Oxendine and Associates concentrated in helping small businesses navigate the bureaucracy required when doing business with the federal government. Oxendine owned and ran this firm until he took the office of Insurance Commissioner in January 1995. Oxendine was called an "abomination" by a local judge who stated that "If I knew I could suspend you from practicing law in the state of Georgia for the rest of your life I would do so. You’re [an] abomination as far as I’m concerned."

Oxendine first married Lee, with whom he had one child. Lee and John divorced on Oct 26, 1995. Oxendine later married Ivy Adams, who had also been a student at Mercer in her younger years, and together they have one child. Ivy Adams Oxendine has two children from her prior marriage. He formerly resided in Peachtree Corners, and now resides in Duluth in Gwinnett County.

Early years
Oxendine began his career as a student assistant to Governor George Busbee. Oxendine later worked on the campaign staff of Joe Frank Harris, who was elected Governor and appointed Oxendine as chairman of the State Personnel Board.

Election as insurance commissioner
In the 1994 election, Oxendine opposed incumbent Democratic insurance commissioner Tim Ryles. After a long, grueling campaign, Oxendine won with 50.98% of the vote.

Potential U.S. Senate candidacies
When United States Senator Paul Coverdell died suddenly in 2000, Oxendine was inundated with calls to run for United States Senator, but decided against running. Republican leaders later settled on former U.S. Senator Mack Mattingly as their consensus Republican candidate; Mattingly was defeated by former Governor Zell Miller.

In early 2003, Miller announced he would not seek reelection to the Senate, prompting Oxendine to again consider running for the seat. On January 8, 2003, Oxendine told the Atlanta Business Chronicle, "We've had countless people across the state asking us to run for the [U.S.] Senate, and I told people I was flattered by their faith in me and that I would consider it. I did consider it to the point of commissioning a poll and the results were every encouraging. It turned out I am one of the best-known and -liked politicians in the state." However, when long time friend Congressman Johnny Isakson announced his candidacy a month later, Oxendine endorsed Isakson and restated his intention to serve out the remainder of his term as Insurance Commissioner.

2006 campaign for lieutenant governor
In early 2004, Oxendine announced his intent to run for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia and formed an exploratory committee in 2005. He showed his fundraising prowess by raising approximately $500,000 for his campaign in just a couple months. In February 2005, after State Senator Casey Cagle and Christian political consultant Ralph Reed joined the race for Lieutenant Governor, Oxendine later announced that he would run for reelection as Insurance Commissioner.

2006 reelection campaign
In the November election, Oxendine had his largest challenge since being sworn in, a Roy Barnes protégé and Democratic attorney Guy Drexinger. Oxendine defeated Drexinger by the largest margin in the cycle among those candidates with challengers, taking 65.6 percent of the vote to Drexinger's 34.4 percent. Oxendine carried 153 of Georgia's 159 counties.

As insurance commissioner
As insurance commissioner, John Oxendine brought reforms to the office, expanding the office hours and creating Georgia's first Telemedicine Program.

Since becoming the first Republican to control a state agency, Oxendine has consistently run the department under budget, keeping the office open eleven hours a day (8:00 a.m. --7:00 pm), and returning money to the taxpayers every year he has been in office.

Oxendine has brought the power of the private sector to bear in addressing Georgia's challenges. He created a public-private partnership to develop a comprehensive telemedicine program in the United States which expanded the availability of healthcare to every Georgia citizen without spending taxpayer dollars.

For his work on behalf of Georgia consumers and health care providers, Oxendine was awarded the American Medical Association's highest honor, the only Insurance Commissioner to receive the David Award.

Mr. Oxendine said the state has a role in making sure auto insurance premiums do not get out of control. Subsequent to his leaving office Georgia experienced increased auto insurance rates, one year the largest increase in the United States.

Oxendine has been criticized for using his emergency blue lights to bypass traffic congestion. He wrecked one agency car while using the emergency lights and siren to bypass traffic for what he claims was an emergency. Oxendine has since voluntarily given up the emergency lights, though only after being threatened that the privilege would be revoked involuntarily.

2010 gubernatorial campaign
With Governor Sonny Perdue term-limited in 2010, Oxendine filed paperwork to run for the Republican nomination for governor. Oxendine was criticized for threatening other state politicians to stay out of the race. After being seen as the front-runner in the Republican primary race for much of the campaign, Oxendine placed fourth in the July 20, 2010 primary.

Campaign finance controversies
In May 2009, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that Oxendine had received over $120,000, in campaign contributions from 10 different political action committees (PACs) in Alabama. The newspaper reported all ten PACs donated to Oxendine the maximum $12,000 contribution allowed by law; that the PACs all had similar addresses, and that the money originated from two insurance companies based in Georgia, while state law prohibits companies from giving money to the campaigns of elected officials who regulate them. Once the donations were brought to Oxendine's attention, he immediately returned the funds to their donors awaiting a legal opinion.

Subsequently, ethics complaints were made regarding donations to Oxendine's campaigns to the Georgia Government Transparency & Campaign Finance Commission (formerly known as the State Ethics Commission). After Oxendine's lawyers argued they were beyond the statute of limitations, some ethics complaints were thrown out by the commission, but on August 21, 2019, the commission began the prosecution process for ethics violations by voting to move forward with a complaint regarding the $120,000 in PACs contributions and with a complaint that Oxendine illegally used remaining $237,000 in donations to Oxendine's failed 2010 gubernatorial race for personal expenses, including spending on a down payment for a house, an athletic club membership, child care expenses, and luxury car leases. Oxendine refuted the complaints as the result of the commission staff ignoring applicable law and fabricating slanderous statements contrary to the facts.

Felony Criminal Indictment
On May 20, 2022, Oxendine was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury on Felony charges of Conspiracy to Commit Health Care Fraud and Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering. Oxendine is accused in the Felony Criminal Indictment of engaging in a criminal scheme to generate over $2.5 million in fraudulent medical tests and accepting over $600,000.00 in corrupt kickbacks. Oxendine turned himself in for arrest and arraignment on the Felony charges at the Richard Russell Federal Building in Atlanta. If convicted on all counts, Oxendine could face decades in Federal Prison.

Gubernatorial campaign platform
Oxendine has publicly stated that he is "a proud Life Member of the National Rifle Association, the Georgia Sports Shooting Association, Gun Owners of America, and GeorgiaCarry.org". He says that he offers unapologetic, unqualified support of the Second Amendment.
 * Second Amendment

Oxendine is anti-abortion and opposes government funding of elective abortion. He supports parental consent laws for minors who seek an abortion and opposes late term abortions. He has stated that he hopes to put Planned Parenthood "out of business in Georgia" if elected governor.
 * Abortion rights

Oxendine opposes a nationalized, government run health care system. He supports medical malpractice reforms as well as tax credits to increase access to insurance. He recently opposed the "high-risk" pool for those with pre-existing conditions in Georgia, leaving the duty of creating said pool up to the federal government, if it is created at all.
 * Health care reform

Oxendine has worked with fellow governors to encourage Congress to adopt The Fair Tax He has stated that "The Fair Tax is a cornerstone of my campaign; it is right for America and will help our children by once again making America the greatest manufacturing and economic capitol of the world."
 * Fair tax

Oxendine has indicated that he will support efforts to utilize new water reservoirs to ensure an adequate water supply for Georgia.
 * Water

Oxendine supports an education model which eliminates process micromanagement at the state level; maintaining local control but ensuring accountability. Oxendine supports an "equal access voucher system" that gives parents greater choice in their children's education. He supports efforts to expand charter schooling.
 * Education

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Theudis

Theudis (Gothic: 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌴𐌹𐍃, Þiudeis, Spanish: Teudis, Portuguese: Têudis), (c. 480 – June 548) was king of the Visigoths in Hispania from 531 to 548.

Biography
An Ostrogoth, he was the sword-bearer of Theodoric the Great, who sent him to govern the Visigothic kingdom during the minority of Amalaric, the son of king Alaric II and Theodegotha, the daughter of king Theodoric.

According to Procopius, during his governorship Theudis had married a Spanish woman who "belonged to the house of one of the wealthy inhabitants of that land, and not only possessed great wealth but also a great estate in Spain." With this wealth he was able to muster a private army of two thousand men, effectively making him independent of Theodoric's authority. Theodoric did not take any action against Theudis. One reason was that doing so would give the Franks, who had killed the Visigothic king Alaric in the Battle of Vouillé, an excuse to take to the field once again. Another was that Theudis was careful to obey the commands of his king, and never failed to send the annual tribute.

Following the assassination of Amalaric, last of the Balti dynasty, Theudis was elected king. Renown historian Herwig Wolfram believes one factor that led to his selection was support of fellow Ostrogoths who had gone west with him. Whereas historian Peter Heather posits a second, noting that two of Theudis' Italian relatives—Ildibad and Totila—became kings of the Ostrogoths following the fall of the House of Theodoric in the Gothic Wars, adding that they likely represented "a particularly powerful non-royal clan."

In 541, Theudis had to confront the Franks under Chlothar I and Childebert I, who had penetrated as far as Zaragoza, which they besieged for forty-nine days, but according to Gregory of Tours the Franks lifted their siege when they learned the city was protected by the relics of Saint Vincent of Saragossa. The primary sources disagree over the outcome of this Frankish invasion; for instance, Isidore of Seville writes that the future king Theudigisel, who was then a general of Theudis, had killed all of the invaders except a group which had bribed him to allow them to escape; while Gregory of Tours posits that "they succeeded in conquering a large part of Spain and they returned to Gaul with immense booty." Historian Roger Collins observes that this was the first Visigothic victory over their Frankish rivals—an achievement which undoubtedly added to Theudis' prestige.

Early in his reign, Theudis (533) received a delegation from the Vandal king Gelimer seeking help against the impending Byzantine assault. Theudis received them cordially, throwing a banquet in their honor, at which he asked them how matters were at home. The envoys had traveled slowly to Hispania, and were out of contact with events in Carthage; meanwhile a merchant ship, which had left Carthage the same day it fell to the Byzantines, encountered favorable winds and reached Hispania first with the news, which Theudis had known when the Vandal envoys arrived. So when they proposed an alliance against the Byzantines, Theudis declined. Instead, he told them to go to the sea-coast, "For from there you will learn of the affairs at home with certainty." Puzzled at this response, the envoys eventually followed his advice and returned to Carthage where they were taken prisoner by the victorious Byzantines. Roger Collins suggests that Theudis exploited the Vandals' defeat by occupying a portion of North Africa opposite Spain. This would explain why in 542 the Visigoths made an unsuccessful attempt to come to the defense of Ceuta, when the Byzantines besieged it from land and sea. According to Isidore of Seville, the invading army refused to fight on the Sabbath, and when the Byzantines learned of this attacked the Visigoths and left not one alive.

Despite Theudis being an Arian Christian, Isidore of Seville praises him, for he not only tolerated the practices of the native Roman Catholic citizens, but permitted their bishops to meet at Toledo to arrange "those matters which were necessary for the teaching of the Church." Collins notes that "of the few provincial councils that are known to have taken place in Spain before 589, nearly half were held during his (Theudis) reign: I Barcelonia in 540, Lerida in 546 and Valencia also in 546." During his reign a further codification of Gothic law was effected and promulgated in November 546, which quoted numerous Roman authorities and was also intended to scale payments made to the iudices for rendering justice.

In 548, he was assassinated in his palace by a man who had feigned madness in order to get close enough to strike the fatal blow. According to Isidore of Seville, as he bled out Theudis called out that no one kill his murderer, "saying that he had received a requital agreeing with his own deserts, because he himself too as a private citizen had killed his leader." Motivation for this murder may very well have been a "blood feud" according to historian Herwig Wolfram, who notes that of some forty kings and anti-kings beginning with Alaric I, not even half of them died a natural death.

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Stephen Hopkins

Stephen Hopkins or Steve Hopkins may refer to:

 * Stephen Hopkins (merchant) (c. 1581–1644), passenger on the Mayflower and one of forty-one signatories of the Mayflower Compact
 * Stephen Hopkins (politician) (1707–1785), Rhode Island governor and signer of the Declaration of Independence
 * SS Stephen Hopkins, a 1942 World War II Liberty ship named for him
 * Stephen T. Hopkins (1849–1892), U.S. Representative from New York
 * Stephen Hopkins (director) (born 1958), Jamaican-born film and television director
 * Stephen Hopkins (musician) (born 1951), also known as Steve Hopkins, former England based musician and current physicist
 * Steve Hopkins (composer), music composer, producer and musician based in Los Angeles, California
 * Steve Hopkins (Mississippi politician) (born 1962), member of the Mississippi House of Representatives

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Lågen

Lågen may refer to:

 * Gudbrandsdalslågen 61°08′N 10°25′E (Oppland)
 * Numedalslågen 59.0375°N 10.0556°E (southeastern Norway)

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USCGC Conifer

The USCGC Conifer (WLB 301) was a 180 foot (55 m) seagoing buoy tender. Conifer and her sister ships, commonly referred to as "one-eighties", served as the backbone of the Coast Guard's Aids to Navigation fleet for over 50 years before their replacement by the newer Juniper-class cutters.

Background and ship development
Conifer's heritage can be traced back to the late 1930s, when the United States Lighthouse Service initiated a series of preliminary designs for a ship to replace their aging fleet of lighthouse tenders. The tenders were designed to provide logistics support (fuel, fresh water, and food) to staffed off-shore lighthouses. They were also equipped to service the relatively few buoys in operation at that time.

In 1940 the Lighthouse Service merged into the Coast Guard (The Coast Guard was formed in 1913 when the U.S. Revenue Service was combined with the U.S. Life Saving Service). The Coast Guard amended the tender designs to include Search and Rescue (SAR) features and an icebreaking capability, making them the first true "multi-mission" capable cutters. The SAR requirements provided finer design lines at the bow and stern, and a reduced beam to length ratio. A larger deckhouse was incorporated to increase the available interior space. Single screw propulsion, a cutaway forefoot under the bow, and rounded bilges facilitated ice-breaking. The hull displacement was 960 LT. To reduce costs, on available off-the-shelf technology was utilized. The contract for the lead ship was awarded to Zenith Dredge Company of Duluth, Minnesota, in January 1941.

The new class of Cutter was originally designated "WAGL" and was later changed to "WLB". The "W" is the navy's abbreviation or "Coast Guard", the "L" designates it as a lighthouse/buoy tender, and the "B" signifies it as a seagoing tender. The Coast Guard also operates three smaller classes of buoy tenders: WLM's (Coastal), WLI's (Inland), and WLR's (River). During the next 3 years the Coast Guard acquired a total of 39 WLB's: 17 built by Zenith, 21 were built by Marine Iron and Shipbuilding, also located in Duluth, and one was built at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore, Maryland. Three different classes of WLB's were built: thirteen "A" (or Cactus) class, six "B" (or Mesquite) class, and twenty "C" (or Iris) class. Tenders are assigned botanical names, a tradition that stems back to 1867.

Construction and specifications
Conifer was the fifth "A" class WLB constructed. The procurement contract with Marine Iron and Shipbuilding was signed on 23 February 1942, for a cost of $854,003. The keel was laid on 6 July. Three months later, on 3 November, Conifer was launched at exactly 1200 hours.

Conifer's engineering plant consisted of two Cooper-Bessemer straight-8 cylinder, 4-cycle diesel engines. Because of their distinctive rumble, the Coopers were referred to as the "rock-crushers". Each diesel drove a Westinghouse DC generator. The DC electricity powered a single Westinghouse main-motor, which was coupled directly to the propeller shaft. The 5-bladed prop measured 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) in diameter. The cargo boom and hoist winches were electric powered. The boat davits were hand-cranked, while the falls were fair-led to the aft towing capstan.

Conifer was armed with a three-inch (76 mm) 50 caliber deck gun, four 20 millimeter 80 caliber anti-aircraft machine guns, and two racks of depth charges. Conifer was placed in Commission, Special Status, on 5 May 1943. Final outfitting and machinery tests were completed on 24 May. Conifer sailed across the Great Lakes and through the St. Lawrence Seaway en route to the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore, Maryland. The electronics package of HF radios, radar, and sonar was installed at the Yard. She sailed for shakedown training on 24 July 1943, with a full wartime complement of 6 officers and 74 crewmen. On 31 July Conifer arrived in Boston, her first homeport.

1943–1945 (Wartime Service)
On 9 August 1943 Conifer was assigned to Commander, Task Force 24, Atlantic Fleet, U.S. Navy. On 13 August Conifer sailed on anti-submarine and weather station deployments in the North Atlantic. Conifer steamed as far south as Bermuda, east to the Azore Islands off Africa, and north into the icepacks of Greenland.

On 8 August 1943, while underway in the North Atlantic Conifer observed a German U-boat diving. Using sonar she located a possible sub, and attacked with depth charges. The contact was later lost. On 28 September 1944 Conifer was underway at night off the coast of Greenland. When threatened with imminent attack from a Canadian B-24 bomber, Conifer's gun crews were prepared to open fire when the aircraft finally responded to radio communications. On 30 September 1944 Conifer conducted a search with a B-17 and a B-24 for a damaged German submarine. The planes located an oil slick, and Conifer depth-charged the area. Additional oil appeared through the day, and the submarine was presumed sunk.

On 24 January 1945, Conifer was assigned to Commander, Fifth Coast Guard District. On 2 February she was ordered to Chesapeake Bay to support convoy operations. On 1 May 1945, Conifer arrived in her new homeport, Portsmouth, Virginia. Her primary mission was to service aids to navigation along the southern Virginia and northern North Carolina coasts.

1952–1983
In August 1952 Conifer's homeport was changed to Morehead City, North Carolina. In September 1960, Conifer moved back to Portsmouth, VA. On 11 June 1975, Conifer was once again assigned to Morehead City, NC. Conifer's area of operation was modified to include the entire coast of North Carolina, and the re-supply of the Diamond Shoals and Frying Pan Shoals lightships. When required, Conifer broke ice in the Chesapeake Bay.

1983–1986 Overhaul
On 16 July 1983, Conifer arrived at the Coast Guard Yard. She was temporarily decommissioned, and commenced a $7.5 million overhaul under the Service Life Extension Program (SLEP). Many noteworthy improvements were accomplished during the SLEP. The deckhouse was removed, and the hull was essentially gutted down to the keel. Conifer received new main engines and ship's service generators, a new electrical system, and a new interior climate control system. The interior spaces were reconfigured. The forward tanks were reduced in size, and the forward cargo hold was eliminated to make a space for additional berthing areas, a crew's lounge, and boatswain, electrical, damage control, and electronics shops. A bow thruster was installed. The electrical weight-handling gear was replaced with a hydraulic system. Hydraulic boat davits were installed, and the motor surf boat was replaced by a rigid hull inflatable (RHI). A new deckhouse was constructed with a larger pilothouse and a radio room. Six pieces of original equipment were re-installed: the anchor windlass; the mast; the ship's bell; the helm wheel; the main motor; and the steering gear.

Conifer' two new main engines were General Motors Electromotive Division V-8 two cycle diesel engines. They are the same engines employed in diesel freight trains. Each cylinder displaces 645 in3 (10.6 L). Each engine is conservatively rated at 1050 hp (783 kW), and produces an impressive 12850 ft.lbf of torque. The diesels rotate Westinghouse DC generators, which produce 275 volts 1650 amperes. A propulsion control computer regulates the ratio of volts to current delivered to the electric main propulsion motor. The main motor is rated at 1200 hp (890 kW). With the exception of minor preventive maintenance and scheduled cleanings, the main motor has worked continuously for 50 years. Conifer had other diesel engines: two turbo-charged Detroit Diesel/Johnson & Towers 6-71s powering the 200 kW ship's service generators; one Detroit turbo-charged 8V-71 powering four hydraulic pumps for the cargo boom; and a Detroit 6-71 powering the bow thruster. The Motor Cargo Boat was powered by a Detroit 3-53, and the rigid hull inflatable features a turbo-charged Volvo Penta engine and out drive.

1986–2000 (Final service with the Coast Guard)
On 11 August 1986, Conifer was re-commissioned as a United States Coast Guard cutter. On 4 October 1986, Conifer was assigned to Commander, Eleventh Coast Guard District, and arrived in San Pedro, California. Here she carried out her traditional duties until her decommissioning on 23 June 2000.

2000–present (F/V Hope)
Conifer is now the F/V Hope, part of the disaster relief fleet of Friend Ships.

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Ljubo Milicevic

Ljubo Milicevic (Ljubo Miličević; born 13 February 1981) is an Australian former professional soccer player who played as a centre back or defensive midfielder.

Early career and overseas
Milicevic attended secondary school at St James College in East Bentleigh. He attended the Australian Institute of Sport, where he captained the side to two consecutive National Youth League titles. He then entered professional soccer with Melbourne Knights in Australia, playing one game in the National Soccer League (NSL) before moving to Perth Glory in 1999, where he scored on his debut and played a major role in getting the Western Australian side to its first ever NSL Grand Final in 2000 where he made a name for himself by being the youngest player to ever score in an Australian grand final. Suffering a serious knee injury in the first game of the World Youth Cup in Argentina hampered his chances of moving to German giants Hertha Berlin. Later that same year he finally went to Europe and went on to play for FC Zurich, FC Basel, FC Thun and BSC Young Boys in Switzerland. The latter two clubs Milicevic captained in the Swiss Super League and European competition at the age of 25. He also captained the Australian under-20 side at the World Youth Cup in 2001 in Argentina and later the Australian Olympic team that qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens; unfortunately, he missed the competition due to a groin injury he sustained during qualification.

Melbourne Victory FC
On 20 February 2007 it was announced that Milicevic had signed for the reigning A-League champions Melbourne Victory. He was not home long before he again drew interest from abroad with Croatian heavyweights Hajduk Split and Dinamo Zagreb both chasing his signature. Milicevic declared the only club he would ever play for in Croatia would be his childhood dream team Hajduk Split, citing both the fanatical Torcida and close friend Josip Skoko as inspirations. His time with the Victory was marred by a long-term knee injury he incurred on the opening day of the season. His contract with Melbourne Victory was "mutually terminated" on 22 February 2008.

Time away from the game
It was revealed during January 2009 that Milicevic had suffered from depression throughout his time playing overseas. He then started training with Dandenong City in 2009 in a bid to regain fitness and get his personal life back in order.

Newcastle United Jets FC
On 4 February 2009 he signed a one-year deal with the Newcastle Jets. Milicevic surprised coach Gary van Egmond with his level of fitness and immediately set about imposing a sense of drive and vigour on the training paddock, something which many felt that the Jets had distinctly lacked in the course of their disastrous A-League title defence in 2008–09.

His return to competitive soccer was anticipated by fans and the media alike, and despite the Jets' shaky performance in their opening 2–0 away loss in the Asian Champions League to Beijing Guoan, Milicevic starred in their subsequent game, a 2–0 victory over Korea's Ulsan Hyundai in which he marshalled the defence impressively and, along with some inspired goalkeeping by departing custodian Ante Covic, helped the Jets to their first competitive clean sheet in fourteen games. After joining Newcastle, Milicevic was adopted as a cult hero by the Newcastle fans, something not seen since Milton Rodriguez was at the club. On 18 March 2010, Milicevic signed a one-year contract extension with the Jets until the end of the 2010–11 becoming captain yet again and leading the team to the best defensive record in the league A-League season.

Free agency and South Melbourne FC
On 12 January 2011, it was announced that Milicevic was not going to re-sign for the Jets and left for Switzerland, where he trialled with former club FC Basel in the Swiss Super League. However, he did not agree to terms with Basel, nor was another option pursued with German second division club Arminia Bielefeld. He had to wait until the European summer before committing to a new deal. In March 2011, he signed a short-term contract with Victorian Premier League club South Melbourne FC to keep himself fit, intending to return to Europe for the beginning of the 2011–12 season.

Hajduk Split
On 8 June 2011, it was announced that Milicevic had signed a contract with Croatian club Hajduk Split. After struggling with injuries during the first half-season, Milicevic and Hajduk agreed on contract termination, leaving Milicevic as a free agent.

Return to Australia
On 19 August 2013 he announced that he had agreed to play for A-League club Perth Glory, but by 3 October 2013 had left the club, just before the start of the 2013–14 season.

After a 3-year absence from the game, Milicevic signed with National Premier Leagues Victoria 2 team Dandenong City at the start of the 2017 season. He joined Charlestown City Blues for 2018. In July 2018, Milicevic officially retired from soccer, following a season-ending knee injury.

International career
Milicevic captained both the Young Socceroos and Olyroos. After being made captain, he went to the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina in 2001

Miličević has also been capped for Australia. His senior debut was against Indonesia at Subiaco Oval, Perth in March 2005; he then made three appearances at the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup against Germany, Argentina and Tunisia.

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