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Đồng Tháp province

Đồng Tháp is a province in the Mekong Delta and Plain of Reeds region of southern Vietnam. Đồng Tháp is 165 km from Ho Chi Minh City, bordered by Pray Veng province (Cambodia) in the north with a length of more than 48 km; Vĩnh Long and Cần Thơ in the south; An Giang in the west; and Long An and Tiền Giang in the east.

History
Đồng Tháp is a newly cultivated area from the 17th and 18th centuries, under the Nguyễn lords. The foundation of this area adhered to a powerful struggling history against nature, dangerous animals and aggressors.

The south of Đồng Tháp province whose center is Sa Đéc plays a very significant role. Many researchers have shown that Vietnamese settlers got went to Sa Đéc to establish and set up hamlets between the late 17th century and the early 18th century. Sa Đéc is a Khmer word meaning "iron market". Some questions about this market, such as whether it sold iron agricultural tools or whether the frame of the market was made of iron, has not had any reasonable explanation; however, Sa Đéc is probably considered the newest area on the way to develop the country in 1757 led by Nguyễn Cư Trinh, a mandarin who was known for his achievement in resettling people from Quảng Ngãi.

After the emperor Gia Long defeated the Tây Sơn brothers, Gia Long pacified Sa Đéc and assigned it to Vĩnh An district. Sa Đéc, then with a favorable geographical location, did become the most crowded trading center of the Mekong Delta at that time, only smaller than Cholon within Saigon.

Cao Lãnh, located to the north of Tiền river, also has a glorious history. It is recorded in historical books that at the end of the 17th century, or early in the 18th century, Vietnamese settlers at Bả Canh hamlet (currently belonging to Đập Đá commune, Đập Đá town, Bình Định province) came to cultivate and settled down near Cái Sao Thượng rivulet, forming the Bả Canh commune. Nguyễn Tú was accredited with having gathered people, cultivated and set up hamlets. He was elevated to the status of Tiền Hiền - an anciently righteous person - of the village. Nowadays, that stele has been found near Đình Trung bridge, Ward 2, Cao Lãnh city.

Cao Lãnh, since 30 April 1975, has been merged with Sa Đéc to become Đồng Tháp Province.

Topography
The topography of the province is quite flat with a sloping tendency from north to south and west to east, separating it into two large regions: one to the north of the Tiền River, having an area of 250731 ha, in the Đồng Tháp Muoi area; and one to the south of the Tiền River, having an area of 73074 ha, lying between the Tiền River and Hậu River. Đồng Tháp benefits from a large river, channel and spring system, frequently silt-aggraded soil, and a permanently fresh and non-saline water source.

Climate
The whole of Đồng Tháp is in the tropical climate zone. There are two main seasons; a rainy season from May to November, and a dry season from December to April. Average rainfall ranges from 1682 mm to 2005 mm, mostly in the rainy season which accounts for 90 to 95 per cent of annual rainfall. Such climate is fairly advantageous for agricultural development. The average temperature is 27 C, of which the highest is 34.3 C, and the lowest 21.8 C. The hydrology of the province is under the influence of three factors: floodwater from the upper Mekong River, in-field rain and the tides of the East Sea. The hydrological regime is divided into two seasons: an exhausted season from December to June and a flood season from July to November.

Administrative divisions
Đồng Tháp is subdivided into 12 district-level sub-divisions:

 * 10 districts:
 * Cao Lãnh
 * Châu Thành
 * Hồng Ngự
 * Lai Vung
 * Lấp Vò
 * Tam Nông
 * Tân Hồng
 * Thanh Bình
 * Tháp Mười
 * 3 provincial cities:
 * Cao Lãnh City (capital of province)
 * Hồng Ngự City
 * Sa Đéc City

They are further subdivided into nine commune-level towns (or townlets), 129 communes, and 14 wards.

Vehicle registration plate

 * Cao Lãnh City: 66-P1 XXX.XX, 66-P2 XXX.XX
 * Cao Lãnh District: 66-F1 XXX.XX
 * Châu Thành: 66-C1 XXX.XX
 * Sa Đéc City: 66-S1 XXX.XX
 * Lai Vung: 66-L1 XXX.XX
 * Lấp Vò: 66-V1 XXX.XX
 * Hồng Ngự city: 66-H1 XXX.XX
 * Hồng Ngự district: 66-G1 XXX.XX
 * Tân Hồng: 66-K1 XXX.XX
 * Thanh Bình: 66-B1 XXX.XX
 * Tháp Mười: 66-M1 XXX.XX
 * Tam Nông: 66-N1 XXX.XX

Transport
Highway 80, Highway 30, Highway 54, Highway N2

Growth of agriculture and aquaculture
Enjoying a temperate climate, wide irrigation system, permanent freshwater source supplied by the Tiền and Hậu rivers, and rich river deposits, the agriculture of Đồng Tháp keeps growing. At present, Đồng Tháp is the 3rd largest rice paddy in Vietnam with a planted area of 462,042 ha and paddy output of more than 2.8 million tons. Apart from rice, the province also has more than 38,000 ha for secondary and annual industrial crops. Some farm produce zones across the Tiền and Hậu rivers have been built up as specializing areas which supply agricultural products to serve the need of processing and export.

The Sa Đéc flower village – one of the largest flower villages in Vietnam, at nearly 300 ha wide – provides more than 12 million types of flower and ornamental plant, both locally and overseas every year, taking up a significant proportion of the economic growth target of the province. The village has been further invested to enhance its quality, preserve and develop particular local flowers, and apply advanced biotechnology in breeding to raise floriculture as a potential line of production and develop it to be one of the major ecotourism sites of the province. The Sa Đéc flower village has attracted a large number of tourists, considered one of the most-visited destinations before the Lunar New Year. The tourists can admire the beauty of many different kinds of beautiful flowers blooming and enjoy the New Year atmosphere at the largest supplier of flowers for the southern region during Tết.

Đồng Tháp is also well known for fruits such as the Cao Lãnh mango, Lai Vung mandarin, Châu Thành longan and Phong Hoà grapefruit (able to produce fruit during the year), which bring about high economic values for gardeners. Fruit trees' output can reach more than 150,000 tons per annum. Within the province, there are various typical orchards having been specialized to produce consistent quality fruits, which aims at building up brand names and meeting export requirements.

With a large river body, fishery, after rice, is another important industry of the province. Aquaculture is widely developed all over the region, especially catfish and blue-legged prawn. The water surface area for aquatic breeding reaches 5,285 ha, where farmers focus on breeding prawns in rice fields and fish in warps along the Tiền and Hậu rivers. Each year, Đồng Tháp supplies over 290,000 tons of fish and a thousand tons of blue-legged prawns for export processing, accomplishing an export turnover of US$100 million.

Buddhism
Đồng Tháp has, since December 22, 2008, the largest Buddha statue of the Mekong Delta, built in Quan Âm Pagoda: "The sculpture, 32 meters long and weighing 100 tons, is that of Buddha lying on his side on a lotus petal, his right arm supporting his head and his left arm lying along his body. Buddhist scriptures say the Buddha assumed this position when he attained Nirvana, the release from the cycle of death and rebirth of an enlightened person. Thich Giac An of Quan Âm Pagoda, which from today will be home to the statue, said many Buddhists and locals contributed the 2,000 sacks of cement, five tons of iron and many other necessary materials worth VND1.6 billion (US$94,000) needed to build the statue. Quan Âm Pagoda, founded 200 years ago by a mandarin named Tran Quy Tanh, receives many devotees from across the country for major Buddhist festivals."

Tourism
Generous natural conditions and a submerged inland ecosystem have awarded Đồng Tháp with multiple valuable ecotourism resources, for example, Tràm Chim National Park, known both locally and internationally. This is a miniature ecological model of Đồng Tháp Mười and the habitat of red-head cranes – a precious bird species protected by the world. Tràm Chim National Park also achieves 7 out of 9 criteria in the Ramsar list of wetlands of international importance. Also of importance is the Gáo Giồng ecotourism site. This is a 2,000 ha complex of cajeput forest where more than 15 species of precious bird live, nest and lay eggs. Additionally, the site offers a rich variety of aquatic resources.

Situated by the bank of the Tiền River, the flower village of Sa Đéc is the homeland of hundreds of "uncanny flowers and strange herbs". The village – one of the flower centers in the south of Vietnam – covers an area of around 300 ha for planting flowers and ornamental trees. Here, scarce and priceless bonsai hundreds of years old can be seen. In addition to the economic importance shown in high incomes brought to the regional economy, Sa Đéc flowers also include cultural, art, esthetic and environmental-protecting values. Having been planned for construction, the Sa Đéc flower village will soon become an interesting tourist site bearing original particularities of the Mekong Delta.

Đồng Tháp also has a long-term history with different cultural and historical relics. The Gò Tháp historic site is a national cultural and historic site with a complex of 5 typical relics: Gò Tháp Mười, Co Tu Towel, tomb and monument of Đốc binh Kiều, Gò Minh Sư and Bà Chúa Xứ Temple. Archaeologists have also discovered the Óc Eo cultural relics of the Phù Nam Kingdom, which existed around 1,500 years ago. Gò Tháp, in the centre of the vast Đồng Tháp Mười, still maintains a wide ecological environment and beautiful landscapes. The Ministry of Culture – Sports and Tourism has approved the project of constructing an ecotourism site in Gò Tháp with recreational areas, including a 10-storey Lotus culinary tower, Tháp Mười wildlife conservation and showroom site, a historical and religious relics preservation and introduction site and an ecological site with various lotus ponds, cajeput forests and bird grounds and fishing. The south regional committee relic is anticipated to be built and restored. Moreover, Gò Tháp festival (occurring in March and November each year) with cultural and art activities and a folk festive atmosphere has become a remarkable event in the southern provinces, which attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors. Meeting spiritual needs of all levels, religious and cultural tourism in Gò Tháp is an interesting and particular form of tourism which has a potential to grow. Xẻo Quýt relic – the revolutionary base during the US resistance war of wetlands – is covered with 20 ha of primary cajeput forest and contains relics restoring part of the historical period of the previous Kiến Phong provincial committee.

The revered Nguyễn Sinh Sắc historical site with an extended area of nearly 11 ha located in Cao Lãnh city is a construction work to commemorate Nguyễn Sinh Sắc – the father of President Ho Chi Minh. Within the site, the ancient Hòa An traditional village is also restored with Cái Tôm canal, garden, coconut trees, plum trees, mango trees, monkey bridge, bamboo bridge, village wandering paths along the site, especially ancient houses such as "Dinh"-like (a Chinese character) houses, Bat Dan house, San house and Nóc Ngừa house.

In Đồng Tháp, tourists can do activities such as listening to sweet and tormenting Đồng Tháp chanteys on borderless lotus fields or rice fields, visiting the ancient architecture remains of sites such as Kiến An Cung Pagoda (Ong Quach pagoda), Gò Quản Cung – Giồng Thị Đạm monument, Đốc Binh Vàng Palace worshipping Trần Văn Năng, a famous general, or visiting places such as Mỹ An crane garden.

Traditional trade villages is one of the strengths to developing tourism in Đồng Tháp such as: Định Yên mats, Rạch Bà Đài building yard village, Long Thuận towel weaving village, Hồng Ngự fish breeding village, specialties such as Lai Vung mandarin, Châu Thành longan, Cao Lãnh mango, Phong Hòa grapefruit, Lai Vung nem (fermented pork), Hòa An plum, Sa Giang shrimp cracker, and Sa Đéc noodle, and folk dishes such as grilled field mice, "dien dien" flower sour soup, braised anabas fish in clay pot, grilled snakehead fish in young lotus leaf, snakes, frogs, and pickled mud fish are also advantages for tourism that attract visitors to come and enjoy.

Lotus has long been a particular plant of Đồng Tháp Mười, which is now invested to plant in centralization to take seeds for export.

Large-scale tourism investment projects are being implemented such as Bau Dong tourism site near Dinh Ba border gate, Mekong tourism site – Hồng Ngự town and the wet rice culture tourism rite of Lấp Vò district, which will create a difference for Đồng Tháp tourism products from others in the Mekong Delta once they are completed.

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Gia Lai province

Gia Lai is a northern mountainous province in the Central Highlands region, the Central of Vietnam. It borders Kon Tum in the north, Quảng Ngãi in the northeast, Bình Định in the east, Phú Yên in the southeast, Đắk Lắk in the south and Ratanakiri of Cambodia in the west.

As of 2023, Gia Lai province is the 18th most populous administrative unit in Vietnam with a population of 1,613,895 people. It ranks 30th in terms of Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP), 33rd in per capita GRDP, and 33rd in GRDP growth rate. In 2020, the GRDP reached 80,000.32 billion VND, with a per capita GRDP of 51.9 million VND and a GRDP growth rate of 8.00%.

Geography
Gia Lai is a mountainous province located in the northern Central Highlands at an average altitude of 700 - 800 m above sea level with an area of 15510.13 km2, and an average population of 1,426,000 people (2017). Gia Lai borders Kon Tum Province to the north, Dak Lak Province to the south, Cambodia to the west, and Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, and Phu Yen Provinces to the east. The province has 17 administrative units including Pleiku City, 2 towns of An Khe, Ayun Pa, and 14 districts including Chu Pah, Chu Prong, Dak Doa, Chu Se, Chu Puh, Phu Thien, Mang Yang, Krong Pa, Kong Chro, Kbang, Ia Pa, Ia Grai, Duc Co, Dak Po. Pleiku City is the economic, political, cultural, and social center of the province.

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Administrative divisions
Gia Lai is composed of 17 district-level sub-divisions:

They are further subdivided into 15 commune-level towns (or townlets), 184 communes, and 24 wards.

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Paul Nakauchi

Paul Nakauchi is an American actor known for voicing Hanzo Shimada in Overwatch (2016) and Shadowsan in Carmen Sandiego.

Career
In the 1990s, he guest starred in Knots Landing, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (in the episode "The Homecoming"), Batman: The Animated Series and ER.

He lent his voice to the video games Diablo III: Reaper of Souls, Call of Duty: World at War, Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain, Tomb Raider: Legend, World of Warcraft, Lost Planet 2, and Dead or Alive: Dimensions (as Gen Fu). His most productive role to date is in Overwatch as Hanzo Shimada. Nakauchi played Sgt. Shigeno in the motion picture, The Great Raid.

Nakauchi has also appeared in the Broadway musicals Chu Chem (1989) and The King and I (from 1996 to 1998). He starred in the Broadway Asia production of The King and I as King Phra Meha Mongkut. Nakauchi voiced the character "Hutch" in the animated comedy drama film, Alpha and Omega. He portrayed the Kralahome in Lincoln Center Theater's Broadway revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I, directed by Bartlett Sher. He played the role of Watari in Adam Wingard's Death Note.

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Thangkhangin Ngaihte

As of 1 June 2005, Thangkhangin Ngaihte is an Indian politician. He is the president of the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) Manipur State Committee. He was nominated (11 May 2005) by LJP president Ram Vilas Paswan to replace Albert Gengoukhup Mate, the former State Committee president, who was killed in the prior month.

Early life and career
Born into the family of Sonna of the Ngaihte clan of the Paite-Zomi group, Thangkhangin is the first Manipur-born Zomi scholar, having received his Master's degree in Philosophy at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. He is considered to be a trail-blazer for the Zomi Nationalist Movement across the globe. Reportedly, he co-founded the Zomi National Congress (a forerunner for the various branches of the Zo Movement, like ZRO, and ZORO), and is said to have been instrumental in organising the First World Zomi Convention (19–21 May 1988) at Champhai in Mizoram, India.

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Twrch Trwyth

Twrch Trwyth (also Trwyd), is a fabulous wild boar from the Legend of King Arthur, of which a richly elaborate account of its hunt described in the Welsh prose romance Culhwch and Olwen, probably written around 1100.

Its hunt involved King Arthur and his hosts and his hound Cafall, and was also deemed to require other recruited men of talent, other hounds, and additional equipment such as leash, according to the tasks (anoetheu) prescribed by the giant Ysbaddaden, though events did not always unfold as the giant foretold. The boar was brought out of Ireland, driven to Britain, and finally shoved off the cliff into sea at Cornwall.

The legend, in simpler form, dates much earlier, since Arthur's use of his hound Cavall (Cavall (base text, MS. MS. H), caball (MS. K), caballus MS. D1) , caballus (MSS. D2 G) to hunt the boar (Troynt (base text, MSS.H K) , Troit ( MSS.C1 D G Q ); or Terit ( MSS. C2 L )) is glimpsed in a piece of geographical onomasticon composed in Latin in the ninth century, the Historia Brittonum.

A passing reference in the elegy Gwarchan Cynfelyn (7th century), preserved in the Book of Aneirin, reckoned to be its earliest mention in literature. Trwyth/Trwyd is also mentioned in several other pieces of poetry from the Middle Welsh period.

The name in Welsh can be construed to mean "the boar Trwyth", and past scholars argued it may be analogous to the boar Triath of Irish mythology (see below).

Historia Brittonum
The earliest reference to Trwyth in the Arthurian context occurs in the tract De Mirabilibus Britanniae (or Mirabilia in shorthand), variously titled in English as "Wonders of Britain". The Mirabilia though probably a separate work, believed to be near-contemporaneous to pseudo-Nennius's early ninth-century Historia Brittonum.

It claims that Arthur was chasing the great boar Troynt [recte Troit ] assisted by his dog Cabal, and the dog left its pawprint in rock, somewhere in the region of "Buelt"[≈Buellt, the cantref of medieval Wales ], while pursuing the boar. The boar Troynt /Troit is identifiable with Trwyth Trwyth of the Welsh romance of Culhwch, while the dog is also recognizable as the dog Cavall of Welsh literature.

Lady Charlotte Guest has conjectured that the route in pursuit of Twrch Trwyth (according to the Welsh romance source) must have passed through this cairn: "..across Carn Cavall and the Brecon Mountains [ Brecon Beacons?] to Abergwy [the mouth of the Wye], where the Wye falls into the Severn below Chepstow".

Culhwch and Olwen
Twrch is named as the son of Prince Taredd (Taredd Wledig ), transformed by God for his sins into the form of a swine (hwch); he has venom-dripping bristles, and carries a comb, a pair of scissors, and a razor on his head between his ears.

Culhwch is assigned the task (anoeth; pl. anoetheu) by Ysbaddaden, the giant whose daughter Olwen Culhwch seeks, of obtaining the comb and scissors from Twrch's head. Later in the story it transpires there is also a razor secreted there. These implements are then to be used to cut and treat Ysbaddaden's hair (most of the tasks on the giant's long list are ultimately to do with this ceremony of hair-cutting). Further, Ysbaddaden states that the only hound who can hunt Twrch is Drudwyn, the whelp of Greid, and then goes on to list the requirements of the leash, collar, and chain needed to hold the dog, and Mabon ap Modron who must be recruited as the sole person capable of handling this dog Drudwyn for the hunt. Additional dogs (the two whelps of the bitch Rhymhi, which will need leashes; also Aned and Aethlem ) will be needed to hunt the boar, as well as additional manpower and accoutrements. Although the sword (cledyf) of Wrnach the giant is prescribed as the sole weapon capable of killing the boar,  it is used by Arthur's men to commit murder of the giant, but does not get used upon the boar Ultimately Ysbaddaden calls on Culhwch to seek out Arthur, Culhwch's cousin, to help him hunt Twrch.

The hunt for Twrch takes up the greater portion of the latter half of Culhwch and Olwen, and it is described in great detail, including the geographical route of the pursuit, and those who take active part in it. Although it is Culhwch who is given the task, it is Arthur and his men who take the most prominent role in the chase, Culhwch having successfully enlisted his aid.

Twrch Trwyth and its seven offspring were found by Arthur's host travelling to Ireland, but thence driven to Wales, and finally to Cornwall: Menw son of Teirgwaedd is sent as a flying scout over Ireland to verify that the comb and scissors are between Twrch's ears. He takes the form of a bird and flies to Twrch's lair, encountering the boar with seven piglets. Menw then tries to swoop down and snatch one of the implements from Twrch's scalp, but only manages to take one silver bristle; Twrch is agitated and shakes himself, scattering venom onto Menw, wounding him.

The boar encroached into "Tawy and Ewyas" (some place in southeastern Wales ) already having caused numerous casualties, so that Arthur mustered the troops at the mouth of the Severn (Aber Hafren), and ordered the Cornish and Devon men to halt the boar there. The men ultimately failed this, though they did manage to wrest the razor, scissors, and later the comb from the boar while it waded in the Severn's water. However, when it touched its feet on the riverbed, the beast bolted away and could not be stopped till it reached Cornwall, where the boar was finally driven offshore, and it is not known where it went, still being chased by the dogs Aned and Aethlem: thus the tale leaves the possibility of the boar's survival and eventual return.

Yet another boar, Ysgithyrwyn or "White-Tusk, Chief of Boars", had to be captured for its tusk to complete the grooming of Ysbadadden.

Etymology and Irish cognate
As previously noted, the Welsh word twrch means "wild boar, hog, mole", so Twrch Trwyth means "the boar Trwyth". Its Irish cognate may be Triath, King of the Swine (Triath ri torcraide) or the Torc Triath mentioned in Lebor Gabála Érenn, also recorded as Old Irish Orc tréith "Triath's boar" in Sanas Cormaic; John Rhys was conducive to the idea that these Old Irish words or names had been borrowed by Welsh literature and recorded as Trwyth or Trwyd.

However, Rachel Bromwich took a position contrary to Rhys, and was skeptical that there should be any reason to conclude there had to be any mutual borrowing between the Irish and the Welsh regarding the boar names.

Bromwich regards the form Trwyth as a later scribal corruption and asserts trwyd to be the "original form"; also, the misreading of -d with -t in Welsh Trwyd, together with vowel shifts by copyist led to the Latinised forms Troynt or Troit. Further evidence that Trwyd was the original correct form is found in the aforementioned reference in the Gwarchan Cynfelyn and later poetry.

French analogues
It has been suggested that Trwyth the boar has been remolded as a human character or reconfigured into another boar in French romances.

The Knight of the Round Table named "Tor son of Ares" who appears in Chrétien de Troyes's romance Erec et Enide may have been reinvented out of "Twrch son of Tared" in Culhwch ac Olwen, an idea advanced by Idris Llewelyn Foster Some scholars venture that the authentic patronym in the original lore gave the father's name as closer to "Ares".

Another suggestion is that Trwyth was recast as a different in the story of Caradoc (another Knight of the Round) in the so-called  Livre de Caradoc of the First Peceval Continuation. Here, Cardoc is angered to discover he was in fact illegitimate, a product of cuckoldry, and punishes the wizard who was his biological father by forcing him to mate with a mare, a greyhound, and a sow, each producing an offspring that became Cardoc's brothers. Cardoc's sibling boar, named Tortain, was perhaps a rehash of the Welsh boar Trwyth, according to Gaston Paris.

Popular culture

 * Twrch Trwyth is the name of a Welsh traditional dance group based in Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff.
 * Y Twrch Trwyth is also the mascot of Ysgol Dyffryn Aman (formally Amman Valley Comprehensive School and Amman Valley Grammar School) in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, South West Wales.
 * In the 2016 summer event of the mobile game Fate/Grand Order, Twrch Trwyth is the final boss.

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Percy Nilegård

Percy Nilegård is a fictional character played by Johan Rheborg since 1991, and one of the primary staples of the Swedish comedy group Killinggänget.

As a vain, snobbish and possibly insane businessman with a noticeable underbite, he does almost everything to earn money while also promoting his own ideas of "good taste". Nilegård, whose worldview is very ignorant in general, has a tendency to insert (sometimes poorly worded) English words and phrases into his speech, primarily to describe management and corporate-related concepts, a tendency which makes his character somewhat reminiscent of the Swedish yuppie culture in the late 1980s.

I manegen med Glenn Killing (In the ring with Glenn Killing) 1992
Percy is the producer of a talent-spot show hosted by Glenn Killing on which he makes frequent appearances. There he promotes his own brand of toothpaste called "Niledent" and hosts a short segment called "the guide to the bettre [sic] Sweden" in which he guides the viewer to his vision of Sweden, including what is "good" art and the significance of subway color-codes on social classes.

Nilecity 105,6, 1994
Percy owns a small radio-station located above a fire-department with Glenn as the primary radio-host. In his quest to get rich he tries numerous schemes including airing advertisements for companies and asking them for payments afterwards, a concept which he calls "marketing by not asking any questions first" and which meets with little success. He also runs a mock charity-drive for poor children in Rinkeby.

The male head of the fire-department also develops a crush on him, courting him in various manners. Percy is not happy when he finally reveals his feelings.

Percy tårar (Tears of Percy) 1996
Having left Glenn behind, Percy goes into psychotherapy where he meets Dr J Tull (played by the same actor as Glenn) who listens to the tale of how he - along with his new side-kick Tommy Bohlin - exploited the new boss of an old family-run brewery.

Torsk på Tallinn (Screwed in Tallinn) 1999
Percy runs a travel-agency for lonely men who travel abroad to meet potential wives. He takes them to a shoddy hotel in Tallinn, Estonia, where things get complicated.

Glenn Killing på Grand, 2000
Now in a bad financial situation, Percy and his new business partner make an appearance on stage for a small musical performance. In return, Glenn offers them a hot meal.

Trivia
Percy usually drives or travels in American cars, including a 4-door Cadillac, a Buick Electra station-wagon, a Chevrolet Van and - in one case - a Lincoln Limo.

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Ecks vs. Sever

Ecks vs. Sever is a first-person shooter video game for the Game Boy Advance handheld game console. It was developed by Crawfish Interactive and released in November 2001. The game is based on an early script of the 2002 film Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever, and is the first video game released before the film it is based on had even begun production. The sequel Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever was released within a week of the film and follows its plot line more closely than the first game does.

Gameplay
At the beginning of the game, players choose which character, Ecks or Sever, they wish to control. Both characters' plots intertwine and are given different level designs for each of their missions, amounting to eleven per character, with occasional boss battles against the other character. A password system is used to maintain player progress, with each level's password starting with the same first letter as the name of the character it is associated with. The gameplay is similar to other early FPS titles such as Doom, in that all of the graphics for enemies and weapons are 2D sprites in a 3D setting, and the controls utilize the d-pad for tank-like movement and shoulder buttons for strafing.

Development

Ecks vs. Sever was developed by Crawfish Interactive, which obtained the license to create the game based on an early rendition of a script for Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever, an upcoming action film which had not yet entered production. The close relationship between game publisher BAM! Entertainment and Franchise Pictures allowed for the option to develop games based on any of the film company's received scripts. Video game producer Tim Mawson explained that the decision to release the game prior to the film was based on the confidence by Bam! and Crawfish that Ecks vs. Sever was "a good enough game to stand on its own two feet". Mawson further stated that the creative team was "given free reign [sic] to a degree", allowing them mold a gameplay model around the base narrative, characters, and environments already provided. The team constantly referred to the film script during the early developmental phases "to ensure the gameplay elements were relevant to the license in terms of atmosphere, theme and content".

The Ecks vs. Sever video game was in development for about ten months. Because the game began production long before the release of the film, adjustments had to be made based on the changing screenplay. Most notably, the titular lead Sever was switched from male to female, forcing Crawfish to replace the graphical artwork for that character. Ecks vs. Sever utilizes an in-house graphics engine, first showcased by Crawfish with the opening level of Doom II, leading up to the launch of the GBA. This "pseudo-3D" engine lacks sloping floors, rooms above rooms, and textured ceilings so the game can run quicker. Mawson admitted that building a proprietary, first-person engine for the GBA was very difficult, requiring much trial and error. Crawfish's 3D raycasting engine for Ecks vs. Sever was originally written in C, but was later optimized into machine code for higher processing speeds. Lighting effects and more sprites existed in early stages of the project's development, but were scrapped to maintain acceptable frame rates. Multiplayer levels were also adjusted to prevent engine slowdown. Bam! European developmental director Joe Booth felt that although the game's engine was meant to "push the GBA envelope" of environment interaction and background animation, its multiple game modes set it apart from other FPSs on the handheld.

A PlayStation 2 version of Ecks vs. Sever was in development by Zombie Studios slated for release in November 2002. However, it was eventually cancelled.

Reception
Whereas the film is considered one of the worst ever made, the game Ecks vs. Sever received positive reviews, garnering an aggregate score of 80 out of 100 on Metacritic. IGN gave the game an "outstanding" 9.0/10 and an Editor's Choice award, calling it "the best GBA first person shooter to date" and "one of the best four player games made yet for the Game Boy Advance."

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London Lock Hospital

The London Lock Hospital was the first voluntary hospital for venereal disease. It was also the most famous and first of the Lock Hospitals which were developed for the treatment of syphilis following the end of the use of lazar hospitals, as leprosy declined. The hospital later developed maternity and gynaecology services before being incorporated into the National Health Service in 1948 and closing in 1952.

History
The hospital was founded by William Bromfeild at Grosvenor Place in London as a hospital for the treatment of venereal disease and opened on 31 January 1747.

The religious commentator, Thomas Scott, who published a Commentary on the Whole Bible and who became the founding Secretary of the Church Missionary Society, founded the Lock Asylum for the Reception of Penitent Female Patients in 1787 as a refuge for women who had been treated at the hospital. The Lock Asylum opened in Osnaburg Row in 1792 and moved, first to Knightsbridge in 1812, then to Lower Eaton Street in 1816 and finally co-located with the Lock Hospital in 1849.

Meanwhile, the Lock Hospital had moved to 283 Harrow Road in Westbourne Grove in 1842. It was renamed the Female Hospital when a new site in Dean Street, Soho, opened for male outpatients in 1862. It was expanded as a result of the Contagious Diseases Prevention Act 1864 in 1867.

The Lock Asylum, which had continued to occupy a wing in the Female Hospital, became known as the 'Rescue Home' in 1893. The whole facility (the Female Hospital and the Lock Asylum) became known as the London Lock Hospital and Rescue Home at that time.

A maternity unit opened in 1917, followed by an ophthalmology unit and a genitourinary unit that treated venereal and non-venereal gynaecological disorders. A new maternity centre opened at 283A Harrow Road in 1938. During the Second World War the facility was used as a Military Isolation Hospital. It joined the National Health Service in 1948 when it became an outpatients department for Paddington Hospital. After it closed in 1952, the hospital was demolished and the site is now occupied by flats.

History of the name
The Oxford English Dictionary states that the single word term 'lock' was used to describe a leper hospital in Southwark, where lepers were isolated and treated. The sources for this usage go back to 1359. A 1375 source states that the foreman, William Cook, was sworn to prevent lepers from entering the City of London. The same source asserts that eventually the term 'lock' came to be used attributively, as in 'lock hospital'.

The memory of the London Lock Hospital continues with the London Lock Hospital Memorial Prize in Sexually Transmitted Diseases at the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, which was established by bequest in 1965 by an old student and staff member of the school. With subsequent mergers of London medical schools, it is now part of the awards in communicable diseases for final-year medical students at the UCL Medical School.

Traditional folk song
The Lock Hospital is just one of the many alternative titles for a popular traditional British folk song, The Unfortunate Lad, a warning against venereal disease, dating from the late 18th century. The hospital is mentioned by name in the first verse:
 * As I was walking down by the Lock Hospital,
 * As I was walking one morning of late,
 * Who did I spy but my own dear comrade,
 * Wrapped in flannel, so hard is his fate.

Subsequent lines mention the "salts and pills of white mercury" that might have saved the unfortunate youth's life if only his lover had warned him in time. There are many variants of the song (such as St. James Infirmary Blues, Streets of Laredo, The Trooper Cut Down in His Prime, etc.) in which the personae are variously a gambler, cowboy, soldier, sailor, or even a young girl, "cut down in their prime".

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User:NevilleDNZ/Scafell Pike

At 978 metres, or 3,210 feet, Scafell Pike is the highest mountain in England. It is located within the Lake District National Park in Cumbria. It is sometimes confused with the neighbouring Sca Fell, to which it is connected by the pass of Mickledore. The name Pikes of Sca Fell was originally applied collectively to the peaks now known as Scafell Pike, Ill Crag and Broad Crag, which were considered subsidiary tops of Sca Fell. The contracted Scafell Pike originated as an error on an Ordnance Survey map, but is now standard.

The land was donated to the National Trust in 1920 by Lord Leconfield in memory of the men of the Lake District "who fell for God and King, for freedom, peace and right in the Great War".

The ascent of the Pike is most often attempted from Wasdale Head at the end of Wastwater, on the West face. On summer weekends, crowds of people can be found attempting this steep but straightforward walk.

A more taxing, but scenically far superior, approach begins at Seathwaite Farm at the end of Borrowdale, proceeding via Styhead Tarn, then taking the Corridor Route (formerly known as the Guides Route), a delightful walk along the western flank of the Scafell massif with intimate views of the mountain, before joining the route from Wasdale near the summit. The return journey can then be made along a high ridge, taking in any or all of the neighbouring summits of Broad Crag, Ill Crag, Great End, Allen Crags and Glaramara. An alternative route from Borrowdale, longer but perhaps less taxing than that via the Corridor Route, runs from Seathwaite via Grains Gill and the high pass of Esk Hause.

A further ascent may be made from Langdale. From Dungeon Ghyll, the route proceeds up alongside Rossett Gill (which perhaps has a more fearsome reputation than it deserves) and then onto Esk Hause before joining a rocky path to the summit. Energetic walkers can vary the return route by ascending Esk Pike and Bowfell from Esk Hause and then come down the Bowfell Band. The total distance is about 21 kilometres. Esk Hause is also accessible from Styhead Tarn, making another possible route from Seathwaite.

Another ascent can be made from Eskdale - the longest and most arduous way up but it has some very fine scenery. You can either go up to Esk Hause or Mickledore, the low ridge between Scafell and Scafell Pike.

Scafell Pike is one of three British mountain climbed as part of the (National) Three Peaks Challenge.

Scafell Pike consists of igneous rock dating from the Ordovician period, and is geologically part of the Borrowdale Volcanics.

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Leslie Evershed-Martin

Leslie Eric Evershed-Martin, CBE (1903–1991) was a British theatre manager, city councillor and optician, and founder of the Chichester Festival Theatre.

Evershed-Martin was born in Clapham, London in 1903. His father was a bank manager, and he trained as an optician. He was twice Mayor of Chichester and founded Chichester Players in 1933. In 1959, Evershed-Martin founded the Chichester Festival Theatre, and then successfully raised the funding to see this 'Impossible theatre' built, in 1960. The theatre opened with Laurence Olivier as its first artistic director, and attracted a host of prominent directors during its first two decades. In July 1963 he was recognised with the award of member (serving brother) of the Order of Saint John. He was awarded an OBE in June 1967, and a CBE in June 1990 for his services to theatre.

He was married with two sons and died in 1991.

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 * "The Impossible Theatre"

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Đàn tỳ bà

The đàn tỳ bà or đàn tì bà (, Chữ Nôm: ) is a Vietnamese traditional plucked string instrument derived from the Chinese pipa, That first gained popularity in China before spreading throughout East Asia, eventually reaching Vietnam sometime during the Trần dynasty.

It is made of wood, with a pear shape and four strings made of nylon (formerly twisted silk). The instrument is held in a near-vertical position when playing and its playing technique involves frequent bending of the tones with the fingers of the left hand. The strings are plucked with a small plectrum similar to a guitar's but larger. It was associated with the royal court and is still used in the ensemble that performs at the Imperial Palace at Huế.

The instrument's name is a Vietnamization of the name of the Chinese pear-shaped lute, called pipa, from which the đàn tỳ bà is derived. "Đàn" is the Vietnamese prefix meaning "stringed instruments", which is part of the name of most traditional stringed instruments of the Viet majority. During the Ly–Tran dynasties (possibly to the Later Le dynasty), the đàn tỳ bà had a similar shape to the Japanese biwa, but no longer used now. Instead, from the Nguyen dynasty to the present day, the đàn tỳ bà was influenced by the pipa from the Ming dynasty and Qing dynasty of China, but it was also improved to fit Vietnamese culture.

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Nominated for deletion? Pfft, what a joke.  R o  gerthat  Talk  13:24, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

Fender helping him make a Gretsch?
Am I missing something here? Fender is helping him refine a Gretsch? Does the article mean to say Gretsch instead of Fender? Or is he now making a custom guitar for a brand he doesn't to our knowledge use with the same model number as his Gretsch?

I'm just going to fix this, if I'm wrong, please revert to my last edit, as I really fixed up the article, in accordance to the gent below me.--TheChrisParker (talk) 07:10, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Fixing up the article
This could definitely do with some fixing-upping. Is there anyone who'd be willing to help out? We'd need get the stuff in the Trivia section into the main article somewhere, at the very least. GoodOrEvil 09:58, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

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Tamisuke Watanuki

Tamisuke Watanuki (綿貫 民輔) is a Japanese politician from the Toyama Prefecture. He started his own export-import company at age 28.

He graduated from the Department of Economics at Keio University and ran for the Prefectural Assembly in 1959. He was elected to the Diet in 1969 as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.

He served as Vice Minister of International Trade and Industry in 1975 in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Miki, and as Vice Minister of the Post Office under Prime Minister Fukuda, as well as some other cabinet positions through the 1980s. He was Speaker of the House of Representatives from July 2000 to November 2003.

He vigorously opposed Prime Minister Koizumi's plan to privatize the national post office and formed the People's New Party in 2005 to oppose the plan. Although Koizumi's party handily won a strong majority in the elections on 11 September 2005, Watanuki crushed the challenger in his district.

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Divine law

Divine law is any body of law that is perceived as deriving from a transcendent source, such as the will of God or gods – in contrast to man-made law or to secular law. According to Angelos Chaniotis and Rudolph F. Peters, divine laws are typically perceived as superior to man-made laws, sometimes due to an assumption that their source has resources beyond human knowledge and human reason. Believers in divine laws might accord them greater authority than other laws, for example by assuming that divine law cannot be changed by human authorities.

According to Chaniotis, divine laws are noted for their apparent inflexibility. The introduction of interpretation into divine law is a controversial issue, since believers place high significance on adhering to the law precisely. Opponents to the application of divine law typically deny that it is purely divine and point out human influences in the law. These opponents characterize such laws as belonging to a particular cultural tradition. Conversely, adherents of divine law are sometimes reluctant to adapt inflexible divine laws to cultural contexts.

Medieval Christianity assumed the existence of three kinds of laws: divine law, natural law, and man-made law. Theologians have substantially debated the scope of natural law, with the Enlightenment encouraging greater use of reason and expanding the scope of natural law and marginalizing divine law in a process of secularization. Since the authority of divine law is rooted in its source, the origins and transmission-history of divine law are important.

Conflicts frequently arise between secular understandings of justice or morality and divine law.

Religious law, such as canon law, includes both divine law and additional interpretations, logical extensions, and traditions.

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The Prestige

The Prestige is a 1995 science fiction novel by British writer Christopher Priest. It tells the story of a prolonged feud between two stage magicians in late 1800s England. Its structure is that of a collection of diaries that were kept by the protagonists and later collated. The title derives from the novel's fictional practice of stage illusions having three parts: the setup, the performance, and the prestige (effect).

The novel received the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for best fiction and the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel.

Plot
The events of the past are told through the diaries of nineteenth century magicians Rupert Angier and Alfred Borden. The diaries are read by their great-grandchildren, Kate Angier and Andrew Westley (born Nicholas Borden) who meet in the present day, with the two diary accounts being interspersed with events of Kate's and Andrew's framing story throughout the novel. Andrew's story is related to his childhood, being adopted and his current job as a journalist. Kate's story is related to a traumatic event that happened when she was five years old where she witnessed a small boy murdered by her father. This leads her to search for Andrew whom she believes was the twin of the boy she witnessed die. As the diaries are read, the truth of the what happened to Andrew's twin is explained by the history of Angier and Borden.

The central plot focuses on a feud between the magicians, begun in the fledgling years of their careers when Borden disrupts a fake seance being conducted by Angier and his pregnant wife Julia after they had conducted a previous one for one of Borden's relatives. Borden was upset that they had presented it as real when he realized it was an illusion. During the scuffle, Julia is thrown to the ground, resulting in a miscarriage. The two men are mutually antagonistic for many years afterwards as they rise to become world-renowned stage magicians, with the feud affecting the later generations of their families to come, including Kate and Andrew.

Borden develops a teleportation act called "The Transported Man", and later creates an improved version named "The New Transported Man", which appears to move him from one closed cabinet to another in the blink of an eye without appearing to pass through the intervening space. The act seems to defy physics and puts all previous magic acts to shame. The reader learns that Alfred Borden is actually not one man but two: identical twins named Albert and Frederick who share the identity of "Alfred Borden" secretly to ensure their professional success with "The New Transported Man". Angier suspects that Borden uses a double, but dismisses the idea because he thinks it is too easy.

In the meantime, Angier had developed his own act and left his wife for his stage assistant, Olivia. Desperate to discover how Borden's trick is performed, Angier sends Olivia to spy on Borden. However, Olivia begins to fall in love with Borden, and they conspire to send Angier on a wild goose chase thinking that the act relies on technology from the acclaimed inventor Nikola Tesla. After being contacted by Angier, Tesla eventually constructs a machine which Angier uses to develop an act called "In a Flash". Tesla's device teleports a human being from one place to another by creating an exact physical duplicate at a specified destination into which the person's consciousness is instantly transmitted while the original body is left behind, lifeless. Because of this method, Angier is forced to devise a way to conceal the original bodies whenever the trick is performed. He clinically refers to these near-lifeless shells in his diary as "the prestiges".

Angier's new act is as successful as Borden's. The infuriated and obsessed Borden attempts to discover how "In a Flash" is performed. During one performance he breaks into the backstage area and turns off the power to Angier's device, mistakenly believing the generator powering it is about to catch fire and light the theatre ablaze. The subsequent teleportation is incomplete and both the duplicated Angier and the "prestige" Angier survive as separate persons after this incident, though the duplicate seems to lack physical substance while the original feels increasingly weak physically. The original "prestige" Angier fakes his own death as part of a previous plan to put behind his public persona of a magician, and returns as the heir to his family estate of Caldlow House without any publicity. While there, he becomes terminally ill.

Angier had discovered Borden's secret as a twin prior to the accident that created his duplicate. Angier's duplicate, feeling alienated from the world by his ghostly form and consumed with thoughts of revenge, attacks one of the Borden twins before a performance. However, Borden's apparent poor health, age, and the duplicate Angier's resurgent sense of morality cause him to stop short of murdering the twin. It is implied that this particular Borden twin dies a few days later, and the incorporeal Angier travels to meet the original "prestige" Angier, now living as the 14th Earl of Colderdale. They come into possession of Borden's diary, courtesy of a disgruntled third party in need of money, but publish it without revealing the twins' secret. Shortly afterwards, the corporeal Angier dies and his ghostly duplicate uses Tesla's device one last time to teleport himself into the body, hoping that he will either reanimate it and become whole again or kill himself instantly and so reunite with his other self in death.

In the final section of the novel, Kate and Andrew's mystery is revealed. Andrew Westley goes into the Angier family vault and finds all of Rupert Angier's near-lifeless shells (the prestiges) labelled with the date and place they were created. Andrew also finds a prestige of a small boy labeled Nicholas Julius Borden, with his place of creation listed as Caldlow House. It is then understood that Andrew himself never had a twin. When Kate and Andrew were children, their families had met in an attempt to mend the rift between them. However, during an argument, Kate's father had cast the young Nicholas Borden into the Tesla device, rendering the "prestige" Nicholas Borden lifeless on the ground and creating the duplicate who later became Andrew Westley. It is also revealed to Kate Angier and Andrew Westley that Angier's attempt to become whole again was successful, and some form of Rupert Angier had continued to survive in the Caldlow House to the present day.

Critical reception
David Langford wrote in a 1996 review, "It seems entirely logical that Christopher Priest's latest novel should centre on stage magic and magicians. The particular brand of misdirection that lies at the heart of theatrical conjuring is also a favourite Priest literary ploy – the art of not so much fooling the audience as encouraging them to fool themselves... The final section is strange indeed, more Gothic than science fiction in flavour, heavy with metaphorical power. There are revelations, and more is implied about the peculiar nature of the Angier/Tesla effect's payoff or 'prestige' – a term used in this sense by both magicians. The trick is done; before and after, Priest has rolled up both sleeves; his hands are empty and he fixes you with an honest look. And yet ... you realise that it is necessary to read The Prestige again. It's an extraordinary performance, his best book in years, perhaps his best ever. Highly recommended."

Publishers Weekly said, "This is a complex tale that must have been extremely difficult to tell in exactly the right sequence, while still maintaining a series of shocks to the very end. Priest has brought it off with great imagination and skill. It's only fair to say, though, that the book's very considerable narrative grip is its principal virtue. The characters and incidents have a decidedly Gothic cast, and only the restraint that marks the story's telling keeps it on the rails."

Elizabeth Hand wrote, "There is a certain amount of grim humor to The Prestige, the blatant Can-You-Top-This? careerism of dueling prestidigitators whose feud is carried out against the lush backdrop of fin-de-siècle London. And the novel provides the pleasures of a mystery as well, as the reader attempts to find the man (or men) behind the curtain, and discover the true parentage of Andrew Westley, who may or may not be related to Borden. But at its core The Prestige is a horror novel, and a particularly terrifying one because its secret is revealed so slowly, and in such splendid language... The Prestige is both disturbing and exhilarating – one closes the book shaken, wondering how it was done; and eager to see what the master illusionist will produce for his next trick."

Adam Kirkman called the novel "vastly underrated... Priest weaves together a tale of two feuding stage magicians at the turn of the century, a dark but mesmerising story that sees two men become consumed with, and eventually destroyed by, obsession. While the film hammers you over the head with clues about the final twist, so much so that you feel embarrassed when re-watching it, Priest's novel is more subtle, although a smart reader is in on the trick from the start. The real beauty of this novel is the characters, who are fleshed out more fully here than on screen, and the magical elements of the story achieve a fantastical, creepy edge. If you enjoyed the film, then Priest's novel is grander in scope and more chilling in nature, and is a gem that should not be ignored."

The Guardian review said, "Behind all the surface trickery lies an intelligent and thoughtful novel about the nature of illusion and secrecy, and about the damage done to those who appoint themselves keepers of such dangerous secrets."

A review in Kliatt of the audiobook version narrated by Simon Vance described it as "a spellbinding and entirely original neo-gothic thriller that moves the listener adroitly from the world of staged illusion to the otherworldly, from the historical...to the horror-laden, with all sorts of strange and dazzling stops along the way. The plot is convoluted and occasionally technical, spanning generations and incorporating multiple narrators and a large cast of characters. A lesser audiobook narrator might inadvertently muddle the story, but, as usual, Vance displays a dramatic and vocal range that is more than equal to his task. He enhances Priest's novel with superb pacing and a host of highly convincing voices and accents."

Awards and nominations

 * British Fantasy Award nominee, 1995
 * James Tait Black Memorial Prize winner, 1996
 * Bram Stoker Award nominee, 1996
 * World Fantasy Award winner, 1996
 * Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee, 1996

2006 film adaptation
A motion picture adaptation, which had been optioned by Newmarket Films, and which was directed by Christopher Nolan, was released on 20 October 2006 in the United States. It stars Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman as Borden and Angier, respectively, as well as Michael Caine, Scarlett Johansson and David Bowie. The novel was adapted by Christopher and Jonathan Nolan.

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WENI-FM

WENI-FM (92.7 MHz) is an American radio station licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to serve the community of South Waverly, Pennsylvania (located south of Waverly, New York). Starting in early 2010, the then-WPHD moved to Comfort Hill in Ashland, New York, just south of Elmira. WENI-FM is located on the same radio tower as Elmira-licensed WCBF. WENI-FM now has one of the strongest signals in Chemung County, New York, and the greater Elmira area.

At one time, the call sign WPHD was assigned to FM station WMTT (94.7 FM) in Tioga, Pennsylvania, but changed in 2005. WMTT remains a sister station of WPHD. WMTT is co-located within the WPHD studios located on Chemung Street in Horseheads, New York.

In 2017, owner Europa Communications filed to swap the license for WPHD to Sound Communications in exchange for the license to WENY-FM. The station swap was consummated on November 15, 2017, along with the formats. Additionally, the stations swapped call signs on November 20, 2017. On December 8, 2017, WENY-FM moved from 96.1 FM to 92.7 FM. The station swapped call signs with its Big Flats, New York–based sister station on December 27, 2017, assuming the WENI-FM call sign. The trade was largely a legal fiction to allow both stations to swap cities of license and allow each station's respective owners to make potential expansions (as Europa's stations were mostly rimshots that did not count toward FCC ownership caps the same way in-market stations do).

Standard Media announced its purchase of Sound Communications and its affiliated companies in November 2019.

In June 2021 WENI-FM changed their format from adult contemporary, which moved to WENY (1230 AM), to classic rock, branded as "The Met"; this format moved from WMTT-FM (100.9) in Horseheads, which had been acquired by the Family Life Network and became WCID.

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Political arbitrage

Political arbitrage is a trading strategy which involves using knowledge or estimates of future political activity to forecast and discount security values. For example, the major factor in the values of some foreign government bonds is the risk of default, which is a political decision taken by the country's government. The values of companies in war-sensitive sectors such as oil and arms are affected by political decisions to make war.

Legal trading must be based on publicly available information. However, there is a grey area involving lobbyists and market rumours. Like insider trading there is scope for conflicts of interest when political decision makers themselves are in positions to profit from private investments whose values are linked to their own public political actions.

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Science?
Brassratgirl: I am impressed with your expansions to this article. I think that it is developing nicely. Why do you characterise Marine conservation as a science? I see it more as an application of science (like, say, agriculture). —Theo (Talk) 10:26, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks! As far as science or no, it's true that 'a new branch of science' is probably not accurate, but I don't think marine conservation is solely an applied science.. like conservation biology, it's both applied and theoretical (academic). I will change this to read 'discipline' until I figure out how to make it clearer. Thanks for your help! Brassratgirl 00:27, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

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Someone has changed the title of this article, without seeking consensus, from "Marine conservation" to "Marine resources conservation". I have reverted this. It is a somewhat awkward and unnecessary change. As can be seen in the following Google hit table, the original term is much more commonly preferred by academics. --Epipelagic (talk) 16:52, 28 August 2016 (UTC)

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Hello everyone, As I was just evaluating this page to make sure it reads smoothly and that reference links worked; I came across 2 refs that led to their proper site, but said site said "Page Not Found". If anyone else would like to take a look and let me know if you find the same problem that would be greatly apreciated. I will be looking for new links until then. Reference/Citation 2 and 8 are the ones I am having issues with. Thanks everyone. Mackenzzzie (talk) 04:36, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

New effort to update this page
Hi all, I will be more actively adding sources to this page and ensuring the page includes a more adequate representation of marine conservation organisations, perhaps through a separate list page. Looking forward to collaborate. WritersCo (talk) 07:45, 23 February 2019 (UTC)

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Content evaluation
 * This group does a great job by adding new sections in the article that are very relevant to the Marine Conservation issue. For one, I think the layout of "Issue > Impact> Solutions to put in place" is a great outline for the subsections of "Human Impact." This is because I feel the article itself is lacking that currently. It would be great if the group could go further and make each subsection this layout. Also, I really like their campaign section they will be adding because I think it is really important to speak on the fact that this issue has been aware of due to many social media campaigns. Yes, all information is up to date.

Tone and balance evaluation
 * The overall tone of the draft is neutral and encyclopedic.

Overall evaluation
 * Overall, the group's draft is excellent and has a really great job in identifying the portions of the original article that need improvement. I recommend adding a few images to enhance the sections added.

Malberk (talk) 02:50, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

Peer Review
The lead in this article clearly explains the topic while describing some of the article's major sections in a concise manner. The content of this article is well rounded and provides an educational tone to the reader. This makes it easier to understand what the article is about and how it ties in with the main topic. As an informational article, the tone remains neutral as it is more factual than opinionated. Overall this article seems well developed with quality sources that support the topic. The article could use more pictures to make it more visually appealing. Ju13serv (talk) 05:55, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

Response to peer reviews
Malberk: Thanks for the review and we would take your suggestions into consideration when we elaborate the Wiki page. We would consider the following: 1. layout of "Issue > Impact> Solutions to put in place" is a great outline for the subsections of "Human Impact." 2. include pictures and images to enhance the sections added.

Peer Review
Very detailed article and interesting section on marine conservation technologies. However, I would say it would be great if you would expand more on halfway technologies or at least redirect the section to a more detailed article so to allow the reader to have a more complete understanding on these technologies.

The Law and Treaties section is incomplete to my knowledge: for example, UNCLOS fails to be mentioned under this section when it is without a doubt a highly significant aspect of marine conservation, denoting a great collaborative effort on an international level.

Btryce (talk) 06:05, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

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Hi everyone.

My group members and I are working on editing this page for our writing class. We are planning on adding some information about sea turtle conservation in the sea turtle section under Extinct and Endangered Species. Should we start a new section for this information or just add it to the existing one? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mountsainthelena (talk • contribs) 22:04, 9 November 2022 (UTC)

Sea Turtle Section under Extinct and Endangered Species
Here is what my group is looking to publish. Please let us know if there are any changes or additions that need to be made.

Loggerheads are not the most endangered species of sea turtles, but they are still in need of protection. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has determined that out of eleven of the most threatened sea turtle populations, three of them are loggerheads. These populations have nesting sites located in Japan, Cape Verde, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Myanmar. Other critical loggerhead sea turtle nesting sites include Florida, Sal island in Cape Verde and Masirah in Oman [6]. In Florida, over the past thirty years there is no evidence of loggerhead sea turtle population recovery, leading experts to advocate for more conservation practices [7]. There are also many loggerhead nesting sites located in the Mediterranean. According to a study done in 2017, about 98% of the loggerhead sea turtles that needed rehabilitation in the Mediterranean were due to human impaction such as the ingestion of plastic and debris, accidental longline catching, boat collision, or entanglement. The other 2% were impaired due to infectious disease. These numbers are a large reason for why the IUCN is calling for greater protection of all marine life in the Mediterranean..

Current conservation efforts include tracking sea turtles, timed release of hatchling sea turtles and rezoning critical beaches that are used by sea turtles. Satellite tracking devices are used to determine the areas most critical to protect in conservation efforts [4]. A study found that if sea turtles hatch and emerge in large numbers, there are lower instances of predation [5]. In terms of conservation, young loggerhead sea turtles should be released in large numbers at twilight in areas where ghost crab density is low [5]. Rezoning critical beach habitats for sea turtles, is a part of conservation efforts used [8]. When areas are rezoned, it allows the prohibition of vehicles, beach furniture, prohibits fishing gear on the beach, and limits lights at night [8].

References

Blasi, M. F., & Mattei, D. (2017). Seasonal encounter rate, life stages and main threats to the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) in the Aeolian Archipelago (southern Thyrrenian Sea). Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 27(3), 617-630.

Camiñas, J. A., Kaska, Y., & Hochscheid, S. (2020). Conservation of Marine Turtles in the Mediterranean Sea. IUCN Center for Mediterranean Cooperation.

Experts identify world's most threatened sea turtle populations. IUCN. (2022, June 27). Retrieved October 17, 2022, from https://www.iucn.org/content/experts-identify-worlds-most-threatened-sea-turtle-populations

[4]Abalo-Morla, Sara; Belda, Eduardo J.; March, David; Revuelta, Ohiana; Cardona, Luis; Giralt, Silvia; Crespo-Picazo, Jose Luis; Hochscheid, Sandra; Marco, Adolfo; Merchán, Manuel; Sagarminaga, Ricardo; Swimmer, Yonat; Tomás, Jesús (2022-10-01). "Assessing the use of marine protected areas by loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) tracked from the western Mediterranean". Global Ecology and Conservation. 38: e02196. doi:10.1016/j.gecco.2022.e02196

[5] Martins, S; Sierra, L; Rodrigues, E; Oñate-Casado, J; Torres Galán, I; Clarke, Lj; Marco, A (2021-06-24). "Ecological drivers of the high predation of sea turtle hatchlings during emergence". Marine Ecology Progress Series. 668: 97–106. doi:10.3354/meps13751

[6] Laloë, Jacques-Olivier; Cozens, Jacquie; Renom, Berta; Taxonera, Albert; Hays, Graeme C. (2020-05). "Conservation importance of previously undescribed abundance trends: increase in loggerhead turtle numbers nesting on an Atlantic island". Oryx. 54 (3): 315–322. doi:10.1017/S0030605318001497

[7] Ceriani, S. A.; Casale, P.; Brost, M.; Leone, E. H.; Witherington, B. E. (2019-11). "Conservation implications of sea turtle nesting trends: elusive recovery of a globally important loggerhead population". Ecosphere. 10 (11). doi:10.1002/ecs2.2936

[8] Rae, Vicky; Boura, Liza; Andreanidou, Konstantina; Sampson, Georgios (2020). "Conservation assessment of two important loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) nesting beaches in Turkey" (PDF). Testudo. 9 (2). Mountsainthelena (talk) 22:02, 16 November 2022 (UTC)

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This article was the subject of an AfD discussion closed on 22 August 2007. The result was no consensus. Xoloz 15:53, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

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Does anyone have more information for this game, like an English release? Jbernoski 21:46, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I was going to ask also about an english release.69.158.49.42 20:39, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
 * There is no English version, but there is this guide for non-Chinese speaking people: http://www.savefile.com/files/440535 Note that it is a .doc file.--67.70.38.125 13:27, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Changed the "see also" section because only Marti made LittleFighter, he hadn't met Starski yet. --Mr. Jenkins 12:17, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Shouldn't "littlefighteronline" link to this article? --67.70.38.125 21:53, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

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Rune Elmqvist

Rune Elmqvist (1 December 1906 – 15 December 1996) was a Swedish physician turned engineer who developed the first implantable pacemaker in 1958, working under the direction of Åke Senning, senior physician and cardiac surgeon at the Karolinska University Hospital in Solna, Sweden.

Elmqvist was born in Lund, and received his MD in 1939. Elmqvist initially worked as a medical doctor (having trained in Lund), but later worked as an engineer and inventor. In 1927 he developed an electronic potentiometer to measure pH and in 1931 he developed a multichannel electrocardiograph. In 1940 he joined the electronics firm Elema-Schönander which would later become Siemens-Elema. In 1948, he developed the first inkjet ECG printer which he called the mingograph while working at Elema-Schönander. The first pacemaker was developed in the 1950s and it was tested by Dr Senning on patient Arne Larsson at the request of the patient's wife. It was implanted in a surgery on October 8, 1958. The pacemaker was based on a single transistor and gave 2V pulses at intervals of 1.5 milliseconds to produce 70 heartbeats per minute. The first pacemaker worked for three hours only and then it had to be replaced and the second lasted for six weeks. The earliest pacemaker had been moulded with Araldite epoxy which was biocompatible inside a Kiwi shoe-polish container. Larsson needed nearly 30 pacemakers during his lifetime and he lived until 2001, outliving both Elmquist and his surgeon Dr Senning who died in 2000. In 1957, Elmquist received an honorary doctorate and in 1976 he received a gold medal of the Royal Academy of Technology and Science of Sweden.

In 1960, he became head of development at Elema-Schönander. Siemens-Elema's pacemaker operations were sold to the American company Pacesetter Systems in 1994, which was subsequently sold to St Jude Medical of Minnesota. His son Hakan Elmqvist became a professor of medical technology at the Karolinska Institute.

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J. E. Stanley Lewis

J. E. Stanley Lewis (February 29, 1888 – August 18, 1970) was Ottawa's second longest-serving mayor, holding that position from 1936 to 1948.

He was born in Ottawa in 1888 to Edward and Isabella Lewis. He owned and operated an electrical store in the city. He was first elected to City Council as an alderman in 1930. It was during Lewis' term as mayor, in early September 1946, that 25 veterans of World War II and their families took over the abandoned Kildare Barracks at 323 Chapel St. to protest the lack of housing.

When Barbara Ann Scott won the World Figure Skating Championships in 1947, she was presented with a car by Lewis on her triumphant return; however, she was not able to accept the gift from the city because she wished to retain amateur status.

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Hải Dương province

Hải Dương is a province in the Red River Delta of northern Vietnam. Its name derives from Sino-Vietnamese "ocean sun", though the modern province is in fact landlocked. Located in the Northern Key Economic Region, Hai Duong Province has a dynamic economy with a focus on industrial manufacturing.

Name
Hải Dương is Sino-Vietnamese for "ocean sun" (海陽). The name first appeared officially in 1498. In feudal times, Hải Dương indicated a vast area from east of Hanoi to the South China Sea. The area corresponded to all of modern Hải Dương, Hải Phòng, most of Hưng Yên and the southwestern corner of Quảng Ninh.

Geography
The province is located in the Red River Delta of north-eastern Vietnam, about mid-distance from Hanoi to Haiphong. Two famous pagodas, Côn Sơn and Kiếp Bạc, are situated in this province. The province is known for its lychees and for the traditional sweet bánh đậu xanh (mung bean paste).

Hải Dương is located in the center of North Vietnam. The natural area of the province is 1668.28 km2, the 51st largest in Vietnam. Hải Dương province borders six provinces: Bắc Ninh, Bắc Giang and Quảng Ninh in the north; Hưng Yên in the west; Hải Phòng in the east; and Thái Bình to the south.

There are important roads and railways running through the province, including Highways No. 5, No. 18, No. 183 and No. 37.

Administrative divisions
Hải Dương is subdivided into 12 district-level sub-divisions:

 * 9 districts:
 * Bình Giang
 * Cẩm Giàng
 * Gia Lộc
 * Kim Thành
 * Nam Sách
 * Ninh Giang
 * Thanh Hà
 * Thanh Miện
 * Tứ Kỳ
 * 1 district-level town:
 * Kinh Môn
 * 2 provincial cities:
 * Chí Linh
 * Hải Dương (capital)

They are further subdivided into 13 commune-level towns (or townlets), 227 communes, and 25 wards.

Climate

 * Hải Dương has a tropical monsoon climate with typical cold winter, potential heat and high humidity. The prevailing winds come from the southeast and northeast. The climate is divided into four distinct seasons. From early February to early April, there is a transition period between the dry and wet seasons in which there is spray and rain. The rainy season lasts from April to October.
 * The annual average rainfall is between 1300 mm and 1700 mm.
 * The average temperature 23.3 °C.
 * The average amount of sunshine annually is 1,524 hours.
 * The average relative humidity is between 85 and 87%.

Demography

 * Over the last 20 years, Hải Dương province has been experiencing a big change in its demographics. During this period, the rate of fertility decreased dramatically from a high rate at 6.7% to 2.14% between 2000 and 2008. The same pattern is found with the mortality rate. This is a result of the success of the family planning program and the improvement of the health care system in the province as well as innovations in medicine. In addition, life expectancy also increased over time. These changes have taken place at a speed that is much quicker than the world average rate and the rate of many other places in Asia.
 * The number of persons aged 60 years or older in Hải Dương province is estimated to be 600,000 in 2010. This number is projected to grow to nearly 800,000 by 2050, at which time it will be equal to the population of children under 15. This historic crossover of an increasing share of older persons and a declining share of children will mark the first time that the number of children and older persons are the same.
 * There are many ethnic groups of which the Kinh make up 99% of the population. Major religions include Buddhism, Catholicism and Protestantism of Christianity, Confucianism, Caodaism and the Hòa Hảo faith. With that being said, ancestor worship is probably the predominant "religion", although they may not realize it.

History

 * Hải Dương is located in the Red River Delta and originated from the civilization of the Red River. Hải Dương has had many name changes throughout history, such as Dương Tuyền (in the period of the Hùng kings), Giao Chỉ and Giao Châu (in the 1st millennium), Nam Sách Lo, Hồng Lo (under the Ly and Trần dynasties), Hồng Châu, Nam Sách (in the 16th century), Thừa tuyên and Hải Dương (in the 10th year of Quang Thuận's reign).
 * Hải Dương province was established in 1831 and was first called "Thành Đông" (East Province) which means "the city to the east of Thăng Long citadel".
 * In the early 20th century, the patriotic movement was expanded in Hải Dương.
 * In the 1930s, the Hải Dương people carried out two resistance wars against the imperial French and American empires and then achieved victory after prolonged fighting.
 * In 1968, Hải Dương was merged with Hưng Yên to become Hải Hưng Province.
 * In January 1997, Hải Hưng was separated into Hải Dương and Hưng Yên.
 * In August 1997, the government decided to upgrade Hải Dương from a town to city status. Since 1997, Hải Dương has had 11 districts and a city.

Economy
Located in the Northern Key Economic Region, Hai Duong Province has a dynamic economy with a focus on industrial manufacturing.

 * Hải Dương province is located in the center of the Red River Delta, which has good conditions in transportation, agriculture and industrial production. Hải Dương province has an important role in the social economic development of the country. Its natural land area and sources are favorable for developing the economy. More than 800,000 of the 1.7 million people are employed, with over 500,000 employed in the agriculture industry. This is a benefit for the social and economic development of Hải Dương.
 * Hải Dương has prioritized developing agriculture and industrial production. Hải Dương received domestic and international investment in over 50 industrial areas in the whole province. There are foreign business partners from places such as Britain, Germany, France and Hong Kong. Hải Dương also developed agriculture in the direction of economic, industrialization and modernization.
 * For the past few years, Hải Dương has provided big cities such as Hanoi, Haiphong, and also consumers throughout Vietnam, with special produce such as lychee or traditional specialties such as green bean cake.
 * In recent years, agriculture in Hải Dương has developed quickly and steadily.

Population

 * According to the Hải Dương Statistical Yearbook 2008, Hải Dương has an area of 1,651.8 km2, with a population of 1,732,814. The population density is 1,049 per/km2. The average population in 2007 by sex and by region is as follows:
 * By sex: Male: 842,002; female: 890,812
 * By region: Urban: 279,850; rural: 1,452,964
 * The rate of population growth:
 * Whole province: 9.60%
 * Urban: 10.38%
 * Rural: 9.50%
 * Number of people at working age: 1,094,272

New urban areas
Presently Hải Dương City has two new urban areas. The first one is located in eastern Hải Dương, with an area of 108 ha and consists of two wards: Ngọc Châu and Hải Tân. The second is in western Hải Dương, and has an area of 433 ha. It is located in the territory of Thanh Bình ward and Tứ Minh commune. Both of the two new urban areas are invested by Nam Cuong Group. Currently there are many families living here but the cost of land and the cost of building the homes is quite high in comparison with living standard in Hải Dương. The two new urban area expanding Hải Dương City is one of main reasons Hải Dương City became a second level city on May 16, 2009.

Education system
Hải Dương's education system is divided into 5 phases: pre-primary, primary, intermediate, secondary, and higher education, as the national education system suggests.

In addition students have some additional requirements such as education outside the classroom on time management, direction of education (grade 9) and use of school. To study at higher levels students must participate in the examination enrollment process. Students wanting to study in public schools must attend an examination of birth. The exam is held every year, by the Department of Education and Training at the local level. At this level, students also study subjects similar to middle school. However, students in secondary school also take a number of other activities such as business and vocational.
 * Pre-primary for children from 2 to 5 years old to form thinking for children and creating the daily habits needed for this age group, although not all children must learn at this level.
 * Primary school starts at age 6, consisting of 5 levels, from grades 1 to 5. This is a grade school and is required for all students.
 * Level II of intermediate school includes 4 levels, from grades 6 to 9. Students must learn Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry (grades 8 and 9), Biology, Informative Technology, written language, History, Geography, Civic Education, Foreign Language, Health, Parenting, Music and Visual Arts.
 * Level III of secondary school consists of 3 levels, from grades 10 to 12. To graduate level III, students must participate in the graduation exam for secondary schools of education and training.

At present Hải Dương provincial education consists of:
 * 1 Department of Education and Training
 * 12 Offices of Education
 * 13 Education Centers
 * 12 Vocational Centers

There are a number of schools, listed by province and type:

Public health
Hải Dương was one of the first six provinces in Vietnam to construct a public safety program for children. A public safety site for children was constructed in Đức Chính village, Cẩm Giàng district. As the injury/accident rate amongst children had decreased significantly after only one year, this experimental trial project seems to have had a positive impact.

Hải Dương city has a public general hospital on Nguyễn Lương Bằng street.

Transportation
12 year ago (1997), nobody in Hải Dương province believed that the agricultural products of Hải Dương Province, after a few hours of being transported, could be readied for sale in Hanoi. Nowadays, however, it only takes about one hour to go to Hanoi from Hải Dương. This big change is due to the outstanding development in the traffic network.
 * In fact, transport in Hải Dương province developed very fast. During the last 5 years, the whole land transportation in Hải Dương was upgraded and improved with various projects. In 1999, the National Road No. 5 connecting Hanoi and Haiphong was upgraded to first-class status.
 * Today, there are 649 km of roads under the central management including National Road Nos. 5, 18, 183 and 37 that have been completely built or upgraded. These roads are favorable for traveling and goods transportation within the Hải Dương province. Furthermore, there are 11 provincial asphalt land routes with a total length of 258 km and 27 land routes at district level with a total length of 352 km, of which 70% have been asphalt.
 * Hải Dương has 10 waterways with a total length of nearly 300 km under the central management and six waterways with a total length of 140 km under local management. However, most of the transport operations on these waterways have not been planned yet.
 * Hải Dương also has 70 km of railway (including 15 km of railways serving for the Phả Lại company)

Media, culture, and entertainment
At present, Hải Dương has one provincial newspaper, publishing daily, weekend, and monthly editions. There are additional magazines published by different departments of the province in related fields. E-newspapers such as at www.haiduong.gov.vn and www.truyenhinhhaiduong.com.vn have made it easier to get information about the province than ever before.

Hải Dương Provincial People's Voice and Television Broadcasting Center is known as one of the most developed in the northern region. Cable TV networks have also been installed, providing customers with more than 40 international channels.

Hải Dương is famous for being a "sacred land with pre-eminent people" with hundreds of well-known historical, cultural relics and scenic beauty areas such as Côn Sơn - Kiếp Bạc, Nguyễn Trãi Temple and Chi Lăng Nam Storks island. The province is also a place of many traditional handicraft villages with well-known products for centuries. Cultural festivals are organized annually during spring and autumn, attracting visitors from all over the nation.

Hải Dương has over 100 hotels ranging from 2 stars to 4 stars and many are motels or guest-houses. Restaurants serving traditional food can be found on almost every street in the city center, but visitors may also enjoy foreign cuisines at specialty restaurants around Bạch Đằng Lake. International restaurants are getting more popular and choices expanding, and you may find Chinese, Korean, and Japanese restaurants here.

Cuisine
Bánh đậu xanh, a sweet mung bean cake, and Rượu Phú Lộc are local specialties.

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Intel Viiv

Viiv was a platform initiative from Intel similar to Intel's Centrino and vPro. Initially (through release 1.7), it was a collection of computer technologies with a particular combination of Intel ingredients to support a "media PC" concept. Intel also provided the Media Server as the core software stack on the PC to support "media" distribution through the home.

Marketing
Until 2007, Viiv was Intel's attempt to become the center of electronic-based home entertainment. Intel was repeating the marketing model for the very successful Centrino platform, which was their first branded platform. The Intel Viiv brand has been "de-emphasized" and comes after the CPU branding, similar to that of "Core 2 with Viiv inside", putting more focus on the CPU.

There will be no additional releases beyond 1.7.1 of the media server product.

News and reviews

 * PC Pro: behind the badge, conclusive look at Viiv 1.5
 * Slashdot: Viiv 1.5 May End Traditional Media PCs
 * Engadget: Intel VIIV says no thank you to DRM
 * Ars technica:Intel pimps Viiv with a baker's dozen of major partners
 * Digitimes: Intel looking to develop Linux version of Viiv to reduce costs

Criticism

 * Bit Tech: Why Intel's DRM strategy is flawed
 * Inquirer: Intel Viiv is stupid and broken
 * Inquirer: Intel's Viiv is an embarrassment

Intel corporate links

 * Intel's official Viiv (Core2 Processor with Viiv Technology) website

title: Intel Viiv


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