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Goo Goo Dolls (album) is the eponymous debut studio album by American rock band Goo Goo Dolls. All of the songs are sung by bassist Robby Takac, who was originally the band's lead vocalist. It is the hardest to find of all the band's studio albums, being only an LP, out of print, and not in wide circulation to begin with. The song "I'm Addicted" was the only song from "Goo Goo Dolls" represented on the band's 2001 compilation album, "What I Learned About Ego, Opinion, Art & Commerce". The song "Torn Apart" was also included on the compilation album "Volume Two", which consisted of other album tracks, b-sides and rarities.
Notbroken "Notbroken" is a song by the Goo Goo Dolls. It is the second single from their ninth studio album, "Something for the Rest of Us", which was released on August 31, 2010. It was announced on Goo Goo Dolls' official website that "Notbroken" would be the second single from the new album.
Goo Goo Dolls The Goo Goo Dolls are an American rock band formed in 1985 in Buffalo, New York, by vocalist and guitarist John Rzeznik, vocalist and bassist Robby Takac, and drummer George Tutuska. Mike Malinin was the band's drummer from January 1995 until December 27, 2013 (but not made an official member until 1998). Although renowned for their commercially successful 1998 single "Iris", they have had several other notable and popular singles including "Name" and "Naked" from 1995's "A Boy Named Goo". "Slide", "Black Balloon", "Dizzy", and "Broadway" from 1998's "Dizzy Up the Girl", "Here Is Gone" from 2002's "Gutterflower", "Better Days", "Give a Little Bit", and "Stay with You" from 2006's "Let Love In" (although "Give A Little Bit" was originally released on the 2004 live CD/DVD album ""), and "Home" from 2010's "Something for the Rest of Us". The Goo Goo Dolls have had 19 top ten singles on various charts, and have sold more than 12 million albums worldwide.
All That You Are (Goo Goo Dolls song) "All That You Are" is a song recorded by American alternative rock band the Goo Goo Dolls included in the "" , which was released on June 14, 2011. "All That You Are" was released to the Apple iTunes Store on June 14, 2011, the same day the soundtrack was released. Also Linkin Park and Paramore released their singles for the film, "Iridescent" and "Monster" respectively. This is the second song the Goo Goo Dolls have made for a "Transformers" movie with the first being "Before It's Too Late (Sam and Mikaela's Theme), which was made for "Transformers".
Daughtry/Goo Goo Dolls Summer Tour The Daughtry/Goo Goo Dolls Summer was a co-headlining concert tour by American rock bands Daughtry and the Goo Goo Dolls. The tour is in support of their studio albums "Baptized" and "Magnetic". The tour began on June 12, 2014. It was originally scheduled to end on August 23, 2014, but was expanded to include two more dates and ended on August 30.
Live in Buffalo: July 4th, 2004 Live in Buffalo: July 4th, 2004 is a live album by the American rock band Goo Goo Dolls. It includes a CD and a DVD, showing their concert in Buffalo, New York from July 4, 2004. The concert included performances of all their major hits, including "Iris", "Name", and "Slide". There are nineteen (19) songs on the DVD total, plus a studio version of their Supertramp cover, "Give A Little Bit" on the CD. The concert was shot and recorded in downtown Buffalo on Niagara Square in front of Buffalo City Hall. As for the concert itself, the performance was enigmatic; garnering comparisons to the Talking Heads' "Stop Making Sense" from members of the band's crew. Over 60,000 fans attended the performance, braving a torrential downpour. The rain cleared in time for the Goo Goo Dolls to start the show, but during their performance of "January Friend", the rain began pouring down again, harder than before. The band played on, finishing the set, despite being pulled off stage briefly for a safety precaution and skipping three songs* that were on the original set list.
ITunes Originals – Goo Goo Dolls iTunes Originals – Goo Goo Dolls is an iTunes Originals album by the Goo Goo Dolls, released digitally by iTunes on August 1, 2006 (see 2006 in music). It includes interviews and new versions of pre-existing songs not released on any other CD.
Joseph Vitale (politician) Joseph F. Vitale (born November 10, 1954) is an American Democratic Party politician, who has been serving in the New Jersey State Senate since 1998, where he represents the 19th Legislative District. He is also the former Mayor of Woodbridge Township, New Jersey, having been elected by the Township Council in July 2006 to fill a temporary vacancy, following the death of Mayor Frank Pelzman. Senator Vitale came to the Senate in 1998 filling a vacancy created when Jim McGreevey stepped down from his seat as part of his ultimately unsuccessful bid for election as Governor of New Jersey in 1997.
United States Senate elections in Illinois, 2010 The 2010 United States Senate elections in Illinois took place on November 2, 2010. There were two ballot items for the same seat: a routine one, to fill the Class 3 seat beginning with the 112th United States Congress beginning on January 3, 2011, and a special item, to fill that seat for the final weeks of the 111th Congress, replacing the temporary appointment of Roland Burris to the vacancy created by Barack Obama's election to the presidency.
Brian DelGrosso Brian DelGrosso (born c. 1973) is a former state representative in the U.S. state of Colorado. Del Grosso, a small business owner, was originally appointed to office by a Republican Party vacancy committee in August 2009 to fill the vacancy created by Don Marostica's resignation. DelGrosso represented House District 51, which encompasses the city of Loveland. He was subsequently elected to the office in the 2010 election, and then re-elected in the 2012 and 2014 elections. Term limited, he did not seek re-election in 2016, and he left office in early January, 2016.
Detroit mayoral election, 2009 The Detroit mayoral elections of 2009 took place on May 5, 2009, with a primary on February 24, 2009 to fill the vacancy created when Kwame Kilpatrick resigned as mayor.
Charlotte mayoral election, 2015 The 2015 Charlotte mayoral election took place on November 3, 2015, to elect the Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina. Mayoral elections in Charlotte are biennial, with the winner being sworn-in in December.
Jane Marum Roush Jane Marum Roush (born September 24, 1956) is a Virginia lawyer and Judge who served as an interim Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia. On July 27, 2015, Governor Terry McAuliffe announced his appointment of Roush to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Justice LeRoy F. Millette, Jr. effective July 31, 2015. Under the Constitution of Virginia, this original interim appointment was to expire thirty days after the commencement of the next session of the Virginia General Assembly, unless the legislature elected her to a full twelve-year term. On August 17, 2015, the General Assembly convened in special session but failed to elect anyone to the full twelve-year term before the Senate of Virginia purported to adjourn sine die. The Constitution prohibits one chamber of the legislature from adjourning for more than three days without the consent of the other chamber. The Governor claims that this provision applies only to regular sessions of the General Assembly; the House of Delegates and most Senate Republicans claim it applies to special sessions as well, and that the Senate's adjournment was invalid because the House did not consent. Because there is legal uncertainty about whether the legislature was still in session, it is unclear whether the governor could fill the vacancy created when Justice Roush's original interim appointment expired on September 16, 2015. Nevertheless, the governor announced his view that the legislature was not in session and purported to reappoint her for a second interim term. Whether this second interim appointment was valid or invalid has not been determined. If valid, the second interim appointment expired on February 12, 2016, thirty days after the regular session of the General Assembly began on January 13, because the legislature did not elect her to a full twelve-year term.
United Kingdom local elections, 2013 The 2013 United Kingdom local elections took place on Thursday 2 May 2013. Elections were held in 35 English councils: all 27 non-metropolitan county councils and eight unitary authorities, and in one Welsh unitary authority. Direct mayoral elections took place in Doncaster and North Tyneside. These elections last took place on the 4 June 2009 at the same time as the 2009 European Parliament Elections, except for County Durham, Northumberland and the Anglesey where elections last took place in 2008.
Jon Bramnick Jon M. Bramnick (born February 24, 1953) is an American Republican Party politician, who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 2003, representing the 21st legislative district. He has served as the Assembly Republican Leader since January 2012. He was appointed to the Assembly in 2003 to fill the unexpired term of the vacancy created upon the selection of Thomas Kean, Jr. to fill an unexpired New Jersey Senate term. He was elected to a full two-year term later that year and was re-elected in 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2015.
List of Calgary municipal elections This is a list of municipal elections held in the city of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Elections for mayor were held annually until the 1923 election, when the election was for a two-year term. From the 1971 election, the mayoral term was three years. Elections for councillors and aldermen were held annually until the 1914 election, when the terms switched to two-year overlapping terms, with half of each council up for election each year. From the 1971 election, the aldermanic elections lined up fully with the mayoral elections, and were also for three-year terms. In 1976, the number of wards expanded to 14 (current number) with one alderman representing each ward for three years. On December 14, 2010, council voted to change the title to "councillor", which took effect in the October 2013 election. In 2012 the Local Authorities Election Act was amended to increase the term length of the mayor and councillors to 4 years.
United States Senate election in Vermont, 1934 The 1934 United States Senate election in Vermont took place on November 6, 1934. Incumbent Republican Warren Austin successfully ran for re-election to a full term in the United States Senate, defeating Democratic candidate Fred C. Martin. Austin was elected in a 1931 special election to replace Frank C. Partridge, who was appointed to fill the vacancy created by the death of Frank L. Greene.
Nico Pandiani Jorge Nicolás Pandiani Quaglia (born 10 April 1994), known as Nicolás or Nico Pandiani, is a Uruguayan footballer who plays for Canadian Soccer Club of the Uruguayan Segunda División. He plays either at right back or as a central defender.
Ben Gill Benjamin David "Ben" Gill (born 4 October 1987) is an English footballer. He plays either as a central midfielder or central defender.
Luke Hubbins Luke Anthony Hubbins (born 11 September 1991 ) is an English footballer. He began his career with Birmingham City, but made his professional debut in August 2010 in the Football League Cup while on loan to Notts County, and also spent a brief spell on loan to Conference National club Tamworth. He never played for Birmingham's first team, and was released at the end of the 2011–12 season, when he signed for AFC Telford United of the Conference. He plays either as a winger or at right back. On 2 May 2013 he left A.F.C. Telford United.
Luke Clark Luke Stephen Clark (born 24 May 1994) is an English footballer who is plays for Curzon Ashton. He can play either as a right back or as a central midfielder.
Atiqur Rahman Meshu Atiqur Rahman Meshu (Bengali: আতিকুর রহমান মিশু ; born 26 August 1988 ) is a Bangladeshi footballer who plays as a defender for Brothers Union and the Bangladesh national football team. He plays either a centre back or right back. In 2010 AFC Challenge Cup, his stunning diving header saw the Tajiks face their first ever defeat in history against Bangladesh.
Martin Linnes Martin Linnes (born 20 September 1991) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a right back for Turkish club Galatasaray. As a versatile player, he also played as a left back, central midfielder, right midfielder and right winger.
Ibrahim Tall Ibrahim Tall (born 23 June 1981 in Aubervilliers, Paris) is a Senegalese international footballer who plays for FC Stade Nyonnais. He is a versatile defender capable of playing either right back or centre back.
Michalis Bakakis Michalis Bakakis (Greek: Μιχάλης Μπακάκης ; born 18 March 1991) is a professional footballer, currently playing for AEK Athens. Bakakis can play either right back or as a right midfielder.
Bjørn Helge Riise Bjørn Helge Semundseth Riise (born 21 June 1983 in Ålesund) is a Norwegian professional footballer. He currently plays for Aalesund. Riise plays either a central midfielder or a right winger, and has earned 35 international caps for Norway. He played for Fulham of the Premier League from July 2009 to August 2012. He is the younger brother of former Liverpool and Fulham player John Arne Riise, also a Norwegian international.
Leigh Broxham Leigh Michael Broxham (born 13 January 1988) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Melbourne Victory in the A-League. A natural defensive midfielder, Broxham can also play as an attacking midfielder, central midfielder, centre back, left back or right back.
Bitið fast í vitið Bitið fast í vitið (roughly "Bite Hard In Your Mind" in Icelandic) is the début EP of Icelander punk/pop group Tappi Tíkarrass . It was released in late-1982 on the Spor label, within a year of the band's formation in September 1981 – led by vocalists Björk and Eyþór Arnalds . This was the band's most punk-oriented release and contains five tracks, featuring one in English, "London".
Folk rock Folk rock is a music genre combining elements of folk music and rock music. In its earliest and narrowest sense, the term referred to a genre that arose in the United States and the United Kingdom around the mid-1960s. The genre emerged from bands such as the Beatles, the Searchers, and the Animals in the UK, and Bob Dylan and the Byrds in the US, who played traditional folk music and songs with rock instrumentation. The term "folk rock" is first noted as being used by the U.S. music press in June 1965 to describe the Byrds' music; the band's debut album was released the same month.
Rave music Rave music may either refer to the late 1980s/early 1990s genres of house, breakbeat, acid house, techno and hardcore techno, which were the first genres of music to be played at rave parties, or to any other genre of electronic dance music (EDM) that may be played at a rave. The genre "rave", also known as hardcore by early ravers, first appeared amongst the UK "acid" movement during the late 1980s at warehouse parties and other underground venues, as well as on UK pirate radio stations. The genre would develop into oldschool hardcore, which lead onto newer forms of rave music such as drum and bass and 2-step, as well as other hardcore techno genres, such as gabber, hardstyle and happy hardcore. Rave music is usually presented in a DJ mix set, although live performances are not uncommon.
Kidandali Kidandali is a stylistic music genre and one of only 2 music genres native to Uganda, the other being Kadongo Kamu. Kidandali is a word from the Ganda language which in translation can mean "local party" or "celebration". Music concerts and traditional wedding ceremonies (kwanjula) are examples of such "bidandali". The music itself is given this name because most times it is the kind of music played or performed at such local parties and functions. Some other sources and commentators refer to the genre alternatively as "Band music" while others refer to it as "Afrobeat".
Miranda (album) Miranda is the only studio album by Icelandic punk band Tappi Tíkarrass. It was released on December 23, 1983 through Gramm.
Disco polo Disco polo is a musical genre of popular music that is dance music, created in Poland in the late 1980s, initially known as "sidewalks music" ("muzyka chodnikowa"). This trend, also known as city folklore music, was popular in the mid-late 1990s, with its peak taking place around 1995–1997. Later observed a gradual decline in the popularity led to the temporary collapse in the early twenty-first century. Disco polo have enjoyed a renaissance of popularity in late 2007. Language Dictionary Polish Publishing PWN defines the genre as a Polish variant of disco music, with simple melodies. It is derived from disco, Euro disco contemporary folk music influenced by Italo disco and Polish folk songs (specifically, the vulgarized subgenre of which is mostly played at weddings and feasts).
Nýtt líf Nýtt Líf (   , English: "New Life") is an Icelandic film directed by Þráinn Bertelsson and released in 1983. The film is a comedy shot in the Westman Islands and stars Eggert Þorleifsson and Karl Ágúst Úlfsson, among others. The music features several musicians including the band Tappi Tíkarrass (of which Björk was a member), which contributed the songs "Sperglar" and "Kukl" (a.k.a. "Seiður").
Chamber jazz Chamber jazz is a genre of jazz involving small, acoustic-based ensembles where group interplay is important. It is influenced aesthetically by musical neoclassicism and is often influenced by classical forms of Western music as well as non-Western music or culture. That stated, in many cases the influence is traditional Celtic music, , or Latin American music instead. The genre primarily began in Europe so significant neoclassical composers of Europe, like Igor Stravinsky, are important in it. The German ECM Records also played a role in it beginning in the late 1960s. It is also noted for using instruments not normally associated with jazz. For example, chamber jazz will make use of the oboe, mandolin, cymbalum, or the tabla.
Steeltown (band) Steeltown were an Australian band based in the city of Brisbane who performed in the 90s a genre of synth, rock, pop and produced their greatest top forty chart hit with the song 'Hero' which was released in September 1991. They notably sold more recordings than any other band of the time based in the state of Queensland. (the video and a live performance can be seen on YouTube). The group members were Andy Richmond vocals, Peter Howard keyboards, Terry Gidman drums and Kate Richmond vocals and percussion and Reece Speceis Lead Guitar. The band were formed from the remnant members of a Scottish group called the Technicians who migrated to Australia in the 80s and who also attained top 40 status with their music releases, Hot for Love, Clockwork Clown and Sodier of Fortune through record companies Powderworks, EMI and BMG, and were published by MMA which was owned by legendary rock outfit INXS.
Tappi Tíkarrass Tappi Tíkarrass was an Icelandic punk band which added elements of funk, rock and jazz to their music, marking a difference from other traditional bands at that time. The band is also considered the first serious music project of now renowned singer Björk Guðmundsdóttir.
Counter-Strike (video game) Counter-Strike (also known as Half-Life: Counter-Strike) is a first-person shooter video game developed by Valve Corporation. It was initially developed and released as a "Half-Life" modification by Minh "Gooseman" Le and Jess Cliffe in 1999, before Le and Cliffe were hired and the game's intellectual property acquired. "Counter-Strike" was released by Valve on the Microsoft Windows platform in 2000. The game spawned a franchise, and is the first installment in the "Counter-Strike" series. Several remakes and Ports of "Counter-Strike" have been released on the Xbox console, as well as OS X and Linux. It is sometimes referred to as Counter-Strike 1.6 to distinguish it from other titles of the series, 1.6 being the final major software update the game received.
Fez (video game) Fez (stylized as FEZ) is an indie puzzle-platform video game developed by Polytron Corporation and published by Trapdoor. The player-character Gomez receives a fez that reveals his two-dimensional (2D) world to be one of four sides of a three-dimensional (3D) world. The player rotates between these four 2D views to realign platforms and solve the game's puzzles. The object of the game is to collect cubes and cube fragments to restore order to the universe.
Portal 2 Portal 2 is a 2011 first-person puzzle-platform video game developed and published by Valve Corporation. It is the sequel to "Portal" (2007) and was released on April 19, 2011, for Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. The retail versions of the game are distributed by Electronic Arts while online distribution of the Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux versions is handled by Valve's content delivery service Steam. "Portal 2" was announced on March 5, 2010, following a week-long alternate reality game based on new patches to the original game. Before the game's release on Steam, the company released the Potato Sack, a second multi-week alternate reality game, involving 13 independently developed titles which culminated in a distributed computing spoof to release "Portal 2" several hours early.
Aperture Tag: The Paint Gun Testing Initiative Aperture Tag: The Paint Gun Testing Initiative is a 2014 first-person puzzle-platform video game developed by the Aperture Tag Team. Originally made as a modification of the Valve Corporation's "Portal" series, it was officially approved for sale by Valve and released on the software distribution platform Steam on July 15, 2014. The game lacks the iconic portal gun of the series and instead utilizes a newly created paint gun that fires two kinds of gel with different properties. The game features new characters and voice acting, along with twenty-seven levels and a co-op mode that also includes a level editor.
Half-Life 2: Lost Coast Half-Life 2: Lost Coast is an additional level for the 2004 first-person shooter video game "Half-Life 2". Developed by Valve Corporation, it was released on October 27, 2005, through the Steam content delivery service as a free download to owners of the Microsoft Windows version of "Half-Life 2". "Lost Coast" serves as a technology demonstration, specifically showcasing the high-dynamic-range rendering implemented in the Source engine. The level was designed with a variety of appropriate environments to emphasize these effects. In addition, "Lost Coast" was the first video game developed by Valve to allow developers to explain various elements of design as the player progresses through the level.
Portal (video game) Portal is a puzzle-platform video game developed and published by Valve Corporation. It was released in a bundle package called "The Orange Box" for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in 2007. The game has since been ported to other systems, including OS X, Linux, and Android.
Team Fortress 2 Team Fortress 2 (TF2) is a team-based multiplayer first-person shooter video game developed and published by Valve Corporation. It is the sequel to the 1996 mod "Team Fortress" for "Quake" and its 1999 remake, "Team Fortress Classic". It was released as part of the video game bundle "The Orange Box" in October 2007 for Microsoft Windows and the Xbox 360. A PlayStation 3 version followed in December 2007. The game was released for Windows as a standalone entry in April 2008, and was updated to support OS X in June 2010 and Linux in February 2013. It is distributed online through Valve's digital retailer Steam, with retail distribution being handled by Electronic Arts.
Portal (series) Portal is a series of first-person puzzle-platform video games developed by Valve Corporation. Set in the "Half-Life" universe, the two main games in the series, "Portal" (2007) and "Portal 2" (2011), center on a woman, Chell, forced to undergo a series of tests within the Aperture Science Enrichment Center by a malicious artificial intelligence computer, GLaDOS, that controls the facility. Each test involves using the "Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device" - the "portal gun" - that creates a human-sized wormhole-like connection between nearly any two flat surfaces. The player-character or objects in the game world may move through portals, their momentum conserved. This allows complex "flinging" maneuvers to be used to cross wide gaps or perform other feats to reach the exit for each test chamber. A number of other mechanics, such as lasers, light bridges, tractor funnels, and turrets, exist to aid or hinder the player's goal to reach the exit.
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is a third-person action-adventure puzzle-platform video game developed and published by Ubisoft. First revealed in March 2003, it was released across Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox and Microsoft Windows in November 2003. "The Sands of Time" is a reboot of the "Prince of Persia" series, created by Jordan Mechner. Mechner served as creative consultant, designer, and scenario writer for "The Sands of Time".
The Lost Vikings The Lost Vikings is a puzzle-platform video game developed by Silicon & Synapse (now Blizzard Entertainment) and published by Interplay. It was originally released for the Super NES in 1992, then subsequently released for the Amiga, Amiga CD32, MS-DOS, and Mega Drive/Genesis systems the next year; the Mega Drive/Genesis version contains five stages not present in any other version of the game. Blizzard re-released the game for the Game Boy Advance in 2003. In 2014, the game was added to Battle.net as a free download emulated through DOSBox.
Loop of Henle In the kidney, the loop of Henle ( ) (or Henle's loop, Henle loop, nephron loop or its Latin counterpart ansa nephroni) is the portion of a nephron that leads from the proximal convoluted tubule to the distal convoluted tubule. Named after its discoverer, the German anatomist Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, the loop of Henle's main function is to create a concentration gradient in the medulla of the kidney.
Sodium-chloride symporter The sodium-chloride symporter (also known as Na-Cl cotransporter, abbreviated as NCC or NCCT, or as the thiazide-sensitive Na-Cl cotransporter or TSC for short) is a cotransporter in the kidney which has the function of reabsorbing sodium and chloride ions from the tubular fluid into the cells of the distal convoluted tubule of the nephron. It is a member of the SLC12 cotransporter family of electroneutral cation-coupled chloride cotransporters. In humans, it is encoded by the gene "SLC12A3" (solute carrier family 12 member 3) located in 16q13.
Angiotensin Angiotensin is a peptide hormone that causes vasoconstriction and a subsequent increase in blood pressure. It is part of the renin-angiotensin system, which is a major target for drugs that raises blood pressure. Angiotensin also stimulates the release of aldosterone, another hormone, from the adrenal cortex. Aldosterone promotes sodium retention in the distal nephron, in the kidney, which also drives blood pressure up.
Low pressure receptors Low pressure receptors are baroreceptors located in the venae cavae and the pulmonary arteries, and in the atria. They are also called volume receptors. These receptors respond to changes in the wall tension, which is proportional to the filling state of the low pressure side of circulation (below 60mmHg). Their impulses regulate the secretion of antidiuretic hormone (ADH/Vasopressin), renin and aldosterone. An elevated atrial pressure produces a decrease in ADH and aldosterone secretion. The decrease in vasopressin secretion results in an increase in the volume of urine excreted, serving to lower blood pressure. In addition, stretching of atrial receptors increases secretion of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), which promotes increased water and sodium excretion through the urine.
Sylvia Agnes Sophia Tait Sylvia Agnes Sophia Tait (8 January 1917 – 28 February 2003) ("née" Wardropper, known as Sylvia Simpson from 1941 to 1956) was an English biochemist and endocrinologist. She worked with her second husband, James Francis Tait, from 1948 until her death in 2003, a partnership described by the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography as "one of the most successful examples of husband-wife scientific collaboration". Together, they discovered and identified the hormone aldosterone, the last of a series of naturally occurring biologically potent steroid hormones to be isolated and identified between the 1920s to the 1950s, after the androgens, oestrogens, and glucocorticoid hormones. Aldosterone is part of the mechanism that regulates blood pressure, and causes conservation of sodium, secretion of potassium, increased water retention, and increased blood pressure. It is thought to be responsible for 15 per cent of cases of high blood pressure.
Ascending limb of loop of Henle Within the nephron of the kidney, the ascending limb of the loop of Henle is a segment of the loop of Henle downstream of the descending limb, after the sharp bend of the loop. This part of the renal tubule is divided into a thin and thick ascending limb; the thick portion is also known as the distal straight tubule, in contrast with the distal convoluted tubule downstream.
Aldosterone Aldosterone, the main mineralocorticoid hormone, is a steroid hormone produced by the zona glomerulosa of the adrenal cortex in the adrenal gland. It is essential for sodium conservation in the kidney, salivary glands, sweat glands and colon. It plays a central role in the regulation of the plasma sodium (Na), the extracellular potassium (K) and arterial blood pressure. It does so mainly by acting on the mineralocorticoid receptors in the distal tubules and collecting ducts of the nephron. It influences the reabsorption of sodium and excretion of potassium (from and into the tubular fluids, respectively) of the kidney, thereby indirectly influencing water retention or loss, blood pressure and blood volume. When dysregulated, aldosterone is pathogenic and contributes to the development and progression of cardiovascular and renal disease. Aldosterone has exactly the opposite function of the atrial natriuretic hormone secreted by the heart.
Tubuloglomerular feedback In the physiology of the kidney, tubuloglomerular feedback (TGF) is a feedback system inside the kidneys. Within each nephron, information from the renal tubules (a downstream area of the tubular fluid) is signaled to the glomerulus (an upstream area). Tubuloglomerular feedback is one of several mechanisms the kidney uses to regulate glomerular filtration rate (GFR). It involves the concept of purinergic signaling, in which an increased distal tubular sodium chloride concentration causes a basolateral release of adenosine from the macula densa cells. This initiates a cascade of events that ultimately brings GFR to an appropriate level.
Distal renal tubular acidosis Distal renal tubular acidosis (dRTA) or Type 1 renal tubular acidosis (RTA) is the classical form of RTA, being the first described. Distal RTA is characterized by a failure of acid secretion by the alpha intercalated cells of the cortical collecting duct of the distal nephron. This failure of acid secretion may be due to a number of causes, and it leads to an inability to acidify the urine to a pH of less than 5.3.
Renal tubular acidosis Renal tubular acidosis (RTA) is a medical condition that involves an accumulation of acid in the body due to a failure of the kidneys to appropriately acidify the urine. In renal physiology, when blood is filtered by the kidney, the filtrate passes through the tubules of the nephron, allowing for exchange of salts, acid equivalents, and other solutes before it drains into the bladder as urine. The metabolic acidosis that results from RTA may be caused either by failure to reabsorb sufficient bicarbonate ions (which are alkaline) from the filtrate in the early portion of the nephron (the proximal tubule) or by insufficient secretion of hydrogen ions (which are acidic) into the latter portions of the nephron (the distal tubule). Although a metabolic acidosis also occurs in those with renal insufficiency, the term RTA is reserved for individuals with poor urinary acidification in otherwise well-functioning kidneys. Several different types of RTA exist, which all have different syndromes and different causes.
United States elections, 2018 The 2018 United States elections will mostly be held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. These midterm elections will take place in the middle of Republican President Donald Trump's term. All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives and 33 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate will be contested. 39 state and territorial governorships and numerous other state and local elections will also be contested.
United States Senate elections, 2002 The United States Senate elections, 2002 featured a series of fiercely contested elections that resulted in a victory for the Republican Party, which gained two seats and thus a narrow majority from the Democratic Party in the United States Senate. The Senate seats up for election, known as "class 2" Senate seats, were last up for regular election in 1996. The election was held on November 5, 2002, almost fourteen months after the September 11, 2001 attacks.
TEAM Unity Together Everybody Achieves More (TEAM) Unity was the political multi-party electoral alliance of the administration-backed senatorial line-up for the 2007 Philippine Midterm Elections. TEAM Unity is composed mostly of supporters and erstwhile critics of ex-Philippine president, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Team Unity sought to take several Senate seats in order to protect President Arroyo from impeachment attempts by the political opposition after the midterm elections.
United States midterm election Midterm elections in the United States refer to general elections in the United States that are held two years after the quadrennial (four-year) elections for the President of the United States (i.e. near the midpoint of the four-year presidential term). Federal offices that are up for election during the midterms are members of the United States Congress, including all 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives, and the full terms for 33 or 34 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate.
Wisconsin elections, 2016 The Wisconsin general elections, 2016 were held in the U.S. state of Wisconsin on November 8, 2016. One of Wisconsin's U.S. Senate seats and all eight seats in the United States House of Representatives are up for election, as well as half of the Wisconsin Senate seats and all of the Wisconsin Assembly seats. Primary elections were held on August 9, 2016.
United States elections, 2002 The 2002 United States elections were held on November 5, in the middle of Republican President George W. Bush's first term. Unusual in midterm elections, the incumbent president's party gained seats in both chambers of the United States Congress. The Republicans picked up net gains of 2 Senate seats and 8 House seats.
United States Senate elections, 2008 Elections to the United States Senate were held on November 4, 2008 with 35 of the 100 seats in the Senate being contested. Thirty-three seats were up for regular elections; the winners were eligible to serve six-year terms from January 3, 2009 to January 3, 2015, as members of Class 2. There were also two special elections: one in Mississippi and another in Wyoming; as both seats were Class 1 Senate seats, the winners of both seats would serve the remainder of terms that ended on January 3, 2013.
Classes of United States Senators The three classes of United States Senators are made up of 33 or 34 Senate seats each. The purpose of the classes is to determine which Senate seats will be up for election in a given year. The three groups are staggered so that one of them is up for election every two years, rather than having all 100 seats up for election at once. For example, the 33 Senate seats of Class 1 were elected in 2012, the 33 seats of Class 2 were up for election in 2014, and the 34 seats of Class 3 were up for election in 2016.
Nancy Soderberg Nancy Elisabet Soderberg (born 1958) is an American foreign policy strategist. She served President Bill Clinton as Deputy National Security Advisor and as an Ambassador at the United Nations. She is currently President and CEO of Soderberg Global Solutions and Director of the Public Service Leadership Program at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, FL. She was appointed by President Obama to serve as Chair of the Public Interest Declassification Board (2011-2014). She has also previously served as President of Connect U.S. Fund, as Vice President of the International Crisis Group, and on the Board of the Jacksonville Port Authority. She was a senior advisor to Senator Edward M. Kennedy, and worked on four presidential campaigns. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She is a regular commentator on national and international television and radio, having appeared on NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, BBC, Fox, National Public Radio, the Lehrer News Hour, CNN Crossfire, and The Daily Show. She is the author of numerous articles on American foreign policy and two books: “The Prosperity Agends” (2008) written with Brian Katulis, and the Superpower Myth (2005). In 1984, Soderberg received a Master of Science Degree from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service, concentrating on development economics and political risk analysis. She received her Bachelor of Arts in 1980 from Vanderbilt University. It was reported on July 12th, 2017 that Soderberg had filed paperwork to run for Congress in the 2018 Midterm Elections in Florida's 6th Congressional District, as a Democrat .
80th United States Congress The Eightieth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from January 3, 1947, to January 3, 1949, during the third and fourth years of Harry Truman's presidency. The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Sixteenth Census of the United States in 1940. Republicans gained a majority in both chambers for this Congress having gained thirteen Senate seats and fifty-seven House seats. Although the 80th Congress passed a total of 906 public bills, President Truman nicknamed it the "Do Nothing Congress" and, during the 1948 election, campaigned as much against it as against his formal opponent, Thomas Dewey. The 80th Congress passed several significant pro-business bills, most famously the Taft–Hartley Act, but it opposed most of Truman's Fair Deal bills. Truman's campaign strategy worked, and the Republicans lost nine Senate seats and seventy-three seats in the House, allowing the Democrats to begin the 81st Congress with twenty-one more seats than they had at the end of the 79th Congress.
Van Staphorst v. Maryland Van Staphorst v. Maryland, 2 U.S. (2 Dall.) 401 (1791), was the first case docketed with the United States Supreme Court. Although the court agreed to hear and decide the case, the suit was settled before oral arguments. "Collet v. Collet" was the first appellate case docketed with the court. "West v. Barnes" was the first case decided by the court.
Berghuis v. Thompkins Berghuis v. Thompkins, 560 U.S. 370 (2010) (docket 08-1470), is a decision by the United States Supreme Court in which the Court considered the position of a suspect who understands his or her right to remain silent under "Miranda v. Arizona" and is aware he or she has the right to remain silent, but does not explicitly invoke or waive the right.
V.L. v. E.L. V.L. v. E.L., 577 U.S. ___ (2016) , is a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States concerning the adoption rights of same-sex couples. In 2007, a Georgia Superior Court granted adoption rights to V.L., the partner of E.L., the woman who gave birth to their three children. However, after moving back to Alabama, the couple split up. E.L. tried to block V.L. from seeing the children, but V.L. filed a lawsuit seeking visitation and other parental rights. On September 18, 2015, the Supreme Court of Alabama ruled that the state did not have to recognize the adoption judgment, saying that the Georgia court misapplied its own state law. The court voided the recognition of the adoption judgment in Alabama. V.L. petitioned the United States Supreme Court to stay the ruling during her appeal and allow her to see her children. On December 14, 2015, the Supreme Court stayed the ruling pending their action on a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by V.L. On March 7, 2016, the Supreme Court of the United States reversed the decision of the Alabama Supreme Court by per curiam summary disposition.
Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt, 579 U.S. ___ (2016) , is a landmark United States Supreme Court case decided on June 27, 2016. The Court ruled 5-3 that Texas cannot place restrictions on the delivery of abortion services that create an undue burden for women seeking an abortion. On June 28, the Supreme Court refused to hear challenges from Wisconsin and Mississippi where federal appeals courts had struck down similar laws. Other states with similar laws may also be impacted.
Commissioner v. Banks Commissioner v. Banks, 543 U.S. 426 (2005), together with Commissioner v. Banaitis, was a case decided before the Supreme Court of the United States, dealing with the issue of whether the portion of a money judgment or settlement paid to a taxpayer's attorney under a contingent-fee agreement is income to the taxpayer for federal income tax purposes. The Supreme Court held when a taxpayer's recovery constitutes income, the taxpayer's income includes the portion of the recovery paid to the attorney as a contingent fee. Employment cases are an exception to this Supreme Court ruling because of the Civil Rights Tax Relief in the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004. The Civil Rights Tax Relief amended Internal Revenue Service § 62(a) to permit taxpayers to subtract attorney’s fees from gross income in arriving at adjusted gross income.
Hirabayashi v. United States Hirabayashi v. United States, 320 U.S. 81 (1943), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court held that the application of curfews against members of a minority group were constitutional when the nation was at war with the country from which that group originated. The case arose out of the issuance of Executive Order 9066 following the December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor and the U.S. entry into World War II. President Franklin Roosevelt had authorized military commanders to secure areas from which "any or all persons may be excluded", and Japanese Americans were subject to a curfew and other restrictions before being removed to internment camps. The plaintiff, Gordon Hirabayashi, was convicted of violating the curfew and had appealed to the Supreme Court. "Yasui v. United States" was a companion case decided the same day. Both convictions were overturned in "coram nobis" proceedings in the 1980s.
Hoffman v. Jones Hoffman v. Jones, (Fla. 1973), was a case decided by the Supreme Court of Florida that was the first adoption of the comparative negligence rule in negligence law through judicial decision as opposed to adoption through statute. In the wrongful death case of Hoffman v. Jones, attorney Sammy Cacciatore Jr. was instrumental in causing the Florida Supreme Court to adopt for the first time the comparative negligence rule in negligence law.William Harrison Jones Jr. was killed by a Pav-A-Way Corporation truck driven by Philip Francis Hoffman Jr. It was the first case in the nation in which a state supreme court abandoned the almost-150-year-old doctrine of contributory negligence, which precluded an injured victim from recovery if the victim had contributed to the incident to any degree. The Florida Supreme Court adopted the concept of “pure” comparative negligence, which allows a victim to be compensated for the percentage of harm caused by the at-fault person. The decision of the court in Hoffman v. Jones has been cited in law school textbooks, and now the concept of comparative negligence is the prevailing doctrine.
United States v. Quiver United States v. Quiver, 241 U.S. 602 (1916) is a case decided by the United States Supreme Court after first appearing in United States District Court for the District of South Dakota. The case argued on February 28, 1916 and decided on June 12, 1916 concerned adultery committed on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota between two enrolled members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe. The district court had held that adultery committed by an Indian with another Indian on an Indian reservation was not punishable under the act of March 3, 1887, c. 397, 24 Stat. 635, now § 316 of the Penal Code. This decision was made because the offense occurred on a Sioux Indian reservation which is not said to be under jurisdiction of the district court. The United States Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court saying that the adultery was not punishable as it had occurred between two American Indians on an American Indian reservation.
Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan, 458 U.S. 718 (1982) was a case decided 5-4 by the Supreme Court of the United States. The court held that the single-sex admissions policy of the Mississippi University for Women violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Summers v. Earth Island Institute Summers v. Earth Island Institute, 555 U.S. 488 (2009) , was a United States Supreme Court case decided 5–4 in which several environmental organizations brought suit against the United States Forest Service (USFS) to enjoin that federal agency from implementing rules that would allow the salvage sale of timber from 238 acres of fire-damaged federally owned land without conducting the notice, comment, and appeal process of the Forest Service Decision-making and Appeals Reform Act.
Boy Meets Girl (novel) Boy Meets Girl is a 2004 chick lit novel by American author Meg Cabot. The book was initially published under the name Meggin Cabot in January 2004 through HarperCollins Publishers, with subsequent reprintings of "Boy Meets Girl" using the "Meg Cabot" nom de plume. "Boy Meets Girl" is the second book in the "Boy" series, but is only loosely connected to its predecessor "The Boy Next Door".
Making Every Moment Count Making Every Moment Count is the eighth and final studio album by Australian singer-songwriter Peter Allen, released in 1990, two years before his death from an AIDS-related illness. It was his first album of entirely new material since 1983's "Not the Boy Next Door".
Not the Boy Next Door Not the Boy Next Door is a studio album released in 1983 by Australian singer and songwriter Peter Allen. This was his first release under Arista Records.
Fire! (manga) Fire! (ファイヤー! , Faiyā! ) is a shōjo manga series by Hideko Mizuno about the rise and fall of an American rock star named Aaron. It was serialised in "Seventeen" from 1969–1971 and won the 1970 Shogakukan Manga Award. The hedonistic Aaron is neither a 'boy next door' character, nor a 'shining prince', and Sandra Buckley states that it was his 'non-conventional, rebellious behavior' that was part of the attraction for the fans of "Fire!". It was innovative for shōjo manga by having the first sexually explicit scenes in post-World War II manga, and by having a male protagonist. The story has been read as a "conservative morality tale", but Buckley states that this ignores the two-year run of readers following Aaron's exploits avidly. There are accounts of teenage girls queueing for the next issue to come out.
Hold Me in Your Arms (album) Hold Me in Your Arms is the second album by the British pop singer Rick Astley, released in November 1988 on RCA Records serving as the follow-up to his debut album "Whenever You Need Somebody". Like his previous albums, half the record was written and produced by Stock Aitken & Waterman, and the other half were Astley's own compositions produced by PWL associates Phil Harding, Ian Curnow and Daize Washbourn. The release of the album was delayed a few months due to a fire at PWL Studios destroying some of Astley's recorded material. This would be Astley's last record with Stock, Aitken & Waterman, due to Astley wanting to leave behind the dance-pop sound of the producers, of wanting to shed his boy next door image, and wanting to focus on his original compositions on his albums, reappearing in 1991 with the soul album "Free".
Superstar – The Hits Superstar – The Hits is a best of collection by British R&B singer-songwriter Jamelia, released by Parlophone Records on 24 September 2007 (see 2007 in music). The album contains ten out of eleven of Jamelia's UK Top 40 singles to date and omits her debut single, "So High", her first top forty hit "I Do", "Drama" single "Boy Next Door" and her collaboration with Tiziano Ferro, "Universal Prayer", which remains unreleased in the UK. The album does contain, however, her version of "Stop" for the first time on a Jamelia album.
The Boy Next Door (album) The Boy Next Door is a 2003 album by jazz singer Stacey Kent. The songs were chosen to reflect male singers that Kent admires.
'Tis Autumn American jazz singer Stacey Kent covered it for her 2003 album "The Boy Next Door". It has also been covered by Stan Getz, Bruce Eskovitz, Carmen McRae, Lee Konitz, Spike Robinson, Eddie Higgins and Bennie Wallace.
Boy next door The boy next door is an archetype of storytelling. He is often invoked in Western contexts to indicate wholesome, unassuming, or "average" masculinity. A boy next door may serve as a love interest for a female protagonist who lives near by.
Boy Next Door (song) "Boy Next Door" is the fifth single from British R&B artist Jamelia and the fourth and final single from her debut album "Drama". "Boy Next Door" is Jamelia's smallest hit, missing the UK Top 40, peaking at #42 and spending only two weeks inside the Top 75. The version released as a single was a slight remix to the version that appears on the album and is also slightly shorter in length.
Andy Umberger Andy Umberger is an American actor who spent the early part of his career in New York City, where he was primarily a stage actor and appeared in three Broadway shows: "City Of Angels", "Passion" and "Company". Since moving to Los Angeles in the late 90s, he has had supporting roles in over 15 films and has guest starred on over 60 television shows, with recurring roles on 10 different series, including: "Mad Men", "Weeds", "Boston Legal", "The West Wing", "Desperate Housewives", "ER", and as D'Hoffryn on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". He is one of only five actors to appear in three series created by Joss Whedon ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer", "Angel" and "Firefly").
Billy Sullivan (actor) Billy Sullivan (July 18, 1891 – May 23, 1946), also known as W. A. Sullivan, William A. Sullivan, and Arthur Sullivan, was an American character actor of the silent and early sound film eras. Born on Long Island, New York in the village of Great Neck on August 18, 1891, Sullivan had his start in film shorts in the 1910s. His first film production was a short which was part of a 23-part serial entitled, "The Million Dollar Mystery", in 1914. The 23 episodes were edited into a feature-length film of the same name in 1918. His first feature-length film was in the role of King Arthur in 1917's "Over the Hill". During the early 1920s, he continued to work mainly in shorts, before moving into almost exclusively feature films in 1925. From 1924 through 1927 he starred in about 20 films for Rayart Pictures, such as "The Slanderers" (1924), "Goat Getter" (1925), "The Winner" (1926), and "When Seconds Count" (1927). During his career he appeared in over 80 productions, including over 50 feature films.
Spencer Bell (actor) Spencer Bell (September 25, 1887 – August 18, 1935) was an American stage and film actor, best known for playing opposite Larry Semon in many of his silent comedy shorts from the late 1910s to 1928. Bell was one of the first African American comedic actors of the silent film era, and was the first to be signed to film contract. Over the course of his fifteen year film career, Bell appeared in more than seventy comedy shorts.
Milton (cartoon) Milton was a series of animated shorts created by Mike Judge in 1991. They aired on "Saturday Night Live" in the mid 1990s, and like Mike Judge's other early shorts, appeared on MTV's Liquid Television in the early 1990s. The 1999 film "Office Space" was based upon the cartoons, and featured actor Stephen Root in the role of Milton Waddams. In the cartoon shorts all voices are by Mike Judge. Although Milton was the title character from the shorts, the role was a supporting character in the "Office Space" movie, as was his boss, Bill Lumbergh (played by actor Gary Cole in "Office Space"). Milton traveled to different locations despite being consistently late for his taxis to take him there.
Harry Bowen (actor) Harry Bowen (October 4, 1888 – December 5, 1941) was an American character actor of the silent and sound film eras. Born on October 4, 1888 in Brooklyn, New York, he broke into the film industry doing film shorts during the silent era. His work on shorts continued into talking pictures, and it was in 1929 that he made his first appearance in a full-length feature, with a small role in "Red Hot Rhythm", directed by Leo McCarey. During his 20-year career, Bowen appeared in over 150 films, most of them film shorts. Other notable films in which he appeared include: the 1933 classic "King Kong"; "Flying Down to Rio" (1933), which was the first on-screen pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers; John Ford's 1935 comedy, "The Whole Town's Talking", starring Edward G. Robinson; and "Next Time We Love" (1936), starring Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, and Ray Milland. His final screen performance, according to AFI, was the 1939 film, "The Day the Bookies Wept", starring Joe Penner and Betty Grable.
Charles Eldridge Charles Eldridge (September 25, 1854 – October 29, 1922) was an American stage and screen actor of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In the film industry he appeared in over 100 films, although the majority of those were film shorts. He began on the stage during the 1870s, and appeared in at least one Broadway play, Charles Frohman's 1899 production of "Because She Loved Him So". His first appearance in film was in a 1910 short, "The Legacy", in which he starred. His first appearance in a feature film was in "The Strange Story of Sylvia Gray". In addition to the over 100 shorts he was in, Eldridge appeared in 27 feature films between 1914 and 1922. In his roles in full-length films, he would usually appear in a supporting role, although occasionally be given a lead, as in 1917's "Polly of the Circus", 1920's "Broken Hearts", and 1922's "Ashamed of Parents". "Polly of the Circus" was notable for being the first film released by Goldwyn Pictures, which was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey, mostly at rented space at the studios owned by Universal Studios.
John Fleck (actor) John Fleck (born May 7, 1951) is an American actor and performance artist. He has performed in numerous TV shows, including "Babylon 5", "Carnivàle", "Murder One", and the "Star Trek" franchise. He also appeared in "Howard The Duck", "Waterworld" and the ZZ Top music video Legs. He made a minor appearance in the "Seinfeld" episode "The Heart Attack". He plays a minor character during the sixth season of "Weeds". He wrote and performed "Mad Women" at La MaMa E.T.C.
Gary Anthony Williams Gary Anthony Williams (born March 14, 1966) is an American actor and comedian who provided the voice of Uncle Ruckus on "The Boondocks", Yancy Westridge in the video game "Alpha Protocol", and Horace Warfield in "". He appeared on the television series "Weeds", "Boston Legal", "Blue Collar TV", and as "Abe" Kenarban in "Malcolm in the Middle". Williams co-founded and is Artistic Director of the L.A. Comedy Shorts film festival in Hollywood, California. He also starred alongside Cedric the Entertainer on the hit TV Land sitcom "The Soul Man". Williams is currently a regular on "Whose Line is it Anyway?".
A Story of Floating Weeds A Story of Floating Weeds (浮草物語 , Ukikusa monogatari ) is a 1934 silent film directed by Yasujirō Ozu which he later remade as "Floating Weeds" in 1959 in color. It won the Kinema Junpo Award for best film, the third consecutive year an Ozu film won, following "I Was Born, But..." and "Passing Fancy".
Andy Milder Andy Milder (born August 16, 1969) is an American actor and voice actor. He has appeared in such films as "Apollo 13", "Armageddon", "Rumor Has It…", "Frost/Nixon", "Transformers" and "Domino". He was a series regular on "Fame L.A." and "Weeds", and appeared on such shows as "", "", "The West Wing", "Six Feet Under", "Ugly Betty", "Boston Legal", "Parks and Recreation", "Married... with Children", "The Wonder Years", "Private Practice" and "Criminal Minds". Milder provided narration for "Ballroom Bootcamp", "101 Most Starlicious Make-Overs", and "Wrecks to Riches". He provided the voice of Prince Sebastian LaCroix in the 2004 video game "" and Lightning Lad in the 2006 animated series "Legion of Super Heroes" and the film "". From 2005 to 2009, he was a recurring cast member and later series regular on "Weeds" as Dean Hodes. Starting in 2011, he is a recurring cast member on the Disney Channel sitcom "Austin & Ally" as Lester Dawson. He also had an appearance on the show "Royal Pains" on the USA Network.
2002 Gran Premio Telmex-Gigante The 2002 Gran Premio Telmex-Gigante was the nineteenth and final round of the 2002 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on November 17, 2002 at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City, Mexico. It was the first Champ Car race at the track since the 1981 season. The race preceded a mass exodus of significant drivers and teams who all competed in their final Champ Car event, most of whom knew beforehand that they would not return. Most rued the fact that they were leaving for the rival Indy Racing League, wishing to continue in CART rather than endure a more stable future in the IRL. CART's winningest driver (42 wins), Michael Andretti, along with Kenny Brack, Scott Dixon, Dario Franchitti, Tony Kanaan, and Japan's most successful driver in U.S. open wheel racing Tora Takagi would all bid CART adieu in favor of the IRL. Other entities leaving CART included 1996-1999 champions Chip Ganassi Racing, 1995 champions Team KOOL Green, and Mo Nunn Racing permanently switched to the IRL, and Japanese automotive industry giants Honda and Toyota likewise left CART for the IRL. Season champion Cristiano da Matta was set to leave CART for Formula One with his engine supplier's F1 team, and Christian Fittipaldi attempted a stock car career.
2011 Honda Indy Toronto The 2011 Honda Indy Toronto was the ninth round of the 2011 IndyCar Series season and took place on July 10, 2011, at the 1.755 mi Exhibition Place temporary street circuit in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Dario Franchitti won the race, second was his teammate Scott Dixon, and Ryan Hunter-Reay came in third. Will Power took the 3 bonus points for winning pole and leading the most laps, but finished 24th after contact with championship rival Franchitti and Alex Tagliani.
2010 Honda Indy Edmonton The 2010 Honda Indy Edmonton was an IndyCar motor race held on July 25, 2010 at the Edmonton City Centre Airport, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was the eleventh round of the 2010 IndyCar Series season, the third annual edition of the Edmonton Indy in the IndyCar Series, and the sixth anniversary running of the race (including three years on the Champ Car World Series (CCWS) schedule). The 95-lap race was won by Chip Ganassi Racing driver Scott Dixon, who started from the third position. Will Power finished second for Team Penske and Dixon's teammate Dario Franchitti came in third.