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1401839 | Marek Grechuta | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marek%20Grechuta | Marek Grechuta
for "Exodus" (written by L. A. Moczulski) at the STU Theatre in Kraków (1974), and co-wrote the musical adaptation of Stanisław Witkiewicz's "Szalona lokomotywa" ("The Crazy Locomotive") with K. Jasiński and J. K. Pawluśkiewicz in 1977.
In 2003, Grechuta collaborated with the group Myslovitz and re-reco... | 16,900 |
1401815 | Heckler & Koch USP | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heckler%20&%20Koch%20USP | Heckler & Koch USP
Heckler & Koch USP
The USP ("Universelle Selbstladepistole" or "universal self-loading pistol") is a semi-automatic pistol developed in Germany by Heckler & Koch GmbH (H&K) of Oberndorf am Neckar as a replacement for the P7 series of handguns.
# History.
Design work on a new family of pistols ... | 16,901 |
1401815 | Heckler & Koch USP | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heckler%20&%20Koch%20USP | Heckler & Koch USP
from the OHWS trials, and the design was finalized in December of the same year. The USP was formally introduced in January 1993 with the USP40 model (the base version) chambered for the increasingly popular .40 S&W cartridge, followed soon by the USP9 (using the 9×19mm Parabellum cartridge), and in ... | 16,902 |
1401815 | Heckler & Koch USP | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heckler%20&%20Koch%20USP | Heckler & Koch USP
lock-up system has a large rectangular lug over the barrel’s chamber that rides into and engages the ejection port cut-out in the slide. When a cartridge is fired, pressures generated by the ignited powder drive the cartridge casing back against the breech face on the slide, driving back both the bar... | 16,903 |
1401815 | Heckler & Koch USP | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heckler%20&%20Koch%20USP | Heckler & Koch USP
barrel's rearward movement. The recoil spring assembly is held in place by the slide stop lever’s axis pin and a round cut-out at the front of the slide. For enhanced reliability in high-dust environments, the locking surface on the front top of the barrel’s locking lug is tapered with a forward slop... | 16,904 |
1401815 | Heckler & Koch USP | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heckler%20&%20Koch%20USP | Heckler & Koch USP
located below the barrel and consists of a heavy, captive coil spring around the guide rod. Designed primarily to buffer the slide and barrel and reduce recoil effects on the pistol components, the system also lowers the recoil forces felt by the shooter up to 30%. The USP recoil reduction system is ... | 16,905 |
1401815 | Heckler & Koch USP | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heckler%20&%20Koch%20USP | Heckler & Koch USP
rounds of .40 S&W fired without a component failure. Milspec environmental tests were conducted in high and low temperatures, in mud, immersed in water and in salt spray. In one particular test, a bullet was deliberately lodged in the barrel and another bullet was fired to clear the obstruction. The ... | 16,906 |
1401815 | Heckler & Koch USP | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heckler%20&%20Koch%20USP | Heckler & Koch USP
coated with a Dow Corning anti-corrosion chemical to reduce friction and wear.
The USP is composed of a total of 54 parts and is broken down into 7 major components for maintenance and cleaning: the barrel, slide, recoil spring, recoil spring guide rod, the frame, slide stop and magazine. This is do... | 16,907 |
1401815 | Heckler & Koch USP | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heckler%20&%20Koch%20USP | Heckler & Koch USP
in 9 mm Parabellum, .40 S&W, .45 ACP, and, exclusively to the Compact model, .357 SIG. Other variants of the standard USP include the USP Tactical, USP Expert, USP Match, USP Elite and the standard sidearm of the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr)—the P8.
One of the unique features of the USP is the w... | 16,908 |
1401815 | Heckler & Koch USP | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heckler%20&%20Koch%20USP | Heckler & Koch USP
to another. This includes combination of double-action and single-action (DA/SA) and double-action only (DAO) modes.
In addition to a wide selection of trigger/firing modes, the USP has an ambidextrous magazine release lever that is shielded by the trigger guard from inadvertent actuation. The rear ... | 16,909 |
1401815 | Heckler & Koch USP | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heckler%20&%20Koch%20USP | Heckler & Koch USP
Also, the USP does not have a magazine lockout feature (also known as a magazine disconnector). Thus, it is possible to fire a chambered round even with the magazine removed. An extended slide release lever is positioned to allow easy operation without changing the grip of the shooting hand.
- Varia... | 16,910 |
1401815 | Heckler & Koch USP | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heckler%20&%20Koch%20USP | Heckler & Koch USP
Modification) Trigger (aka Combat Defense Action)
## USP Custom Sport.
Almost identical to the standard USP, the Custom sport is aimed at target- and practical shooting users. The Custom Sport has a match grade barrel, match trigger and adjustable sights.
## USP Compact.
The first USP Compact mod... | 16,911 |
1401815 | Heckler & Koch USP | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heckler%20&%20Koch%20USP | Heckler & Koch USP
with a bobbed hammer equipped with a flat rubber external thumb grip. This reduces possible snag from the hammer on a holster or clothing while the pistol is being drawn, but still allows the USP Compact to be cocked from a decocked position even in the absence of a spurred hammer. This can be done s... | 16,912 |
1401815 | Heckler & Koch USP | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heckler%20&%20Koch%20USP | Heckler & Koch USP
the thumb. A spurred hammer, similar to the one that comes as standard on the P10, can be installed onto the USP Compact. USP Compact models lack the mechanical recoil reduction system of the larger full sized USP pistols. Instead, a more compact recoil buffering system is composed of a polymer bushi... | 16,913 |
1401815 | Heckler & Koch USP | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heckler%20&%20Koch%20USP | Heckler & Koch USP
the manufacturer as a separate part. After installation, the USP Compact effectively becomes a right or left-handed firearm with respect to the decocker and manual safety functions.
Heckler & Koch do not authorise caliber conversions, but a separate barrel for a .357 SIG or .40 S&W can be purchased ... | 16,914 |
1401815 | Heckler & Koch USP | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heckler%20&%20Koch%20USP | Heckler & Koch USP
trigger with adjustable trigger stop, O-ring, and does not carry the "Tactical" marking on the slide that the USP40 and USP45 Tactical models do, making it essentially a full size USP9 with threaded barrel and raised & adjustable target sights, but those features were added to it in 2015). Sound supp... | 16,915 |
1401815 | Heckler & Koch USP | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heckler%20&%20Koch%20USP | Heckler & Koch USP
USP Compact Tactical.
The USP45CT Compact Tactical is a .45 caliber handgun developed for U.S. special operations use that combines features of the full-size USP45 Tactical pistol in a smaller, more concealable package. Features include an extended threaded o-ring barrel with polygonal bore profile ... | 16,916 |
1401815 | Heckler & Koch USP | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heckler%20&%20Koch%20USP | Heckler & Koch USP
with the exception of the threaded barrel. The USP Expert also retains the USP match trigger. It also features an extended steel slide, which mostly hides the longer O-ring barrel and adds weight to help reduce muzzle flip and felt recoil even further. The Expert has adjustable target sights similar ... | 16,917 |
1401815 | Heckler & Koch USP | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heckler%20&%20Koch%20USP | Heckler & Koch USP
magazine can be used without the jet funnel installed and will protrude slightly from the bottom of the magazine well. However, once the jet funnel is installed, only jet funnel magazines can be used. The standard USP magazines will not work as the funnel will impede them from fully inserting in the ... | 16,918 |
1401815 | Heckler & Koch USP | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heckler%20&%20Koch%20USP | Heckler & Koch USP
slide found on the Expert. This weight is said to provide a recoil counterbalance to aid in target tracking.
It was discontinued in 1999.
## USP Elite.
The USP Elite (9 mm Parabellum, .45 ACP) takes features found on the Tactical, Expert, and Match models, and combines them with a 6.02 in (153 mm)... | 16,919 |
1401815 | Heckler & Koch USP | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heckler%20&%20Koch%20USP | Heckler & Koch USP
models are used as target pistols and can be found in many competitions.
# Equipment.
The USP has an accessory rail at the front of the frame that allows for attachments of aftermarket equipment like laser sights and weapon lights. The rail is of proprietary design (versus the more common picatinny... | 16,920 |
1401815 | Heckler & Koch USP | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heckler%20&%20Koch%20USP | Heckler & Koch USP
makes adapters for both the USP and USP Compact that are compatible with their accessories, and GG&G makes the two similar adapters for compatibility with Streamlight's TLR range of weapon lights and lasers. In theory, since both companies' adapters use the semi-standard picatinny design, the adapter... | 16,921 |
1401815 | Heckler & Koch USP | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heckler%20&%20Koch%20USP | Heckler & Koch USP
the pistol underwent much of the same rigorous testing. The barrel is cold-forged from chromium steel for increased life. USP barrels post November of 1994 use a polygonal profile, whereas 1994 and earlier models utilize traditional 'land and grooves' rifling. During testing, a bullet was deliberatel... | 16,922 |
1401815 | Heckler & Koch USP | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heckler%20&%20Koch%20USP | Heckler & Koch USP
temperature tests were continually repeated with no adverse effects on the USP.
The gun was also subjected to NATO MIL-SPEC mud and rain tests, which were passed without difficulty. Water immersion and salt spray also presented no problems. German Navy combat divers have used the USP for two years w... | 16,923 |
1401815 | Heckler & Koch USP | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heckler%20&%20Koch%20USP | Heckler & Koch USP
backed concrete slab. Proof round firing resulted in no cracks, deformations, or increase in head space. Attempts to fire the USP pistol with an unlocked breech proved unsuccessful.
Testing with a variety of ammunition proved the USP meets these high standards. During the USP testing phase, it was s... | 16,924 |
1401815 | Heckler & Koch USP | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heckler%20&%20Koch%20USP | Heckler & Koch USP
of peak shock forces also contributes to softer recoil for the shooter, although these "felt recoil" values are much more subjective.
# Service.
The USP was adopted in Germany by the "Bundeswehr" (German armed forces) as the P8 in 1994. The P8 has only minor differences from the standard USP model,... | 16,925 |
1401815 | Heckler & Koch USP | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heckler%20&%20Koch%20USP | Heckler & Koch USP
is in fact a USP Compact with the addition of a spurred hammer. Both P8 and P10 are chambered in 9×19mm Parabellum (9mm NATO) only.
In 1998, the H&K USP Compact with the LEM trigger action, in .40 Caliber Smith & Wesson, was adopted by the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service as the ... | 16,926 |
1401815 | Heckler & Koch USP | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heckler%20&%20Koch%20USP | Heckler & Koch USP
Smith & Wesson, were eventually issued to the HSI Special Agents when the new pistol contracts were awarded by DHS.
On August 24, 2004, SIG Sauer and Heckler & Koch/HK Defense won major pistol contracts with the United States Department of Homeland Security. The contract was valued at $26.2 million.... | 16,927 |
1401815 | Heckler & Koch USP | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heckler%20&%20Koch%20USP | Heckler & Koch USP
shorter trigger reset than standard DAO trigger systems. The LEM trigger utilizes a two-piece "pre-cocked hammer" composed of a cocking piece and an external hammer. The hammer is pre-cocked when a round is chambered (slide is cycled). The LEM system supposedly also provides for more reliable primer ... | 16,928 |
1401815 | Heckler & Koch USP | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heckler%20&%20Koch%20USP | Heckler & Koch USP
ered (slide is cycled). The LEM system supposedly also provides for more reliable primer ignition, since it utilizes a stronger hammer spring.
The LEM trigger can be installed on existing USP Compact pistols that were purchased before the LEM trigger came on the market—either by a certified gunsmith... | 16,929 |
1401852 | Hiroko Yakushimaru | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hiroko%20Yakushimaru | Hiroko Yakushimaru
Hiroko Yakushimaru
# Biography.
After passing the audition for the film produced by Haruki Kadokawa, she began her acting career. Along with teen idols Tomoyo Harada and Noriko Watanabe who debuted from Kadokawa Haruki Corporation, she was often dubbed as one of "Kadokawa Sannin-musume" in her earl... | 16,930 |
1401852 | Hiroko Yakushimaru | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hiroko%20Yakushimaru | Hiroko Yakushimaru
t in the 1978 movie "Never Give Up". In 1981, she came into prominence with "Sailor Suit and Machine Gun", the film where she played the leading role and recorded the same-titled theme song. The song hit #1 on Oricon in late 1981 and stayed there until January 18, 1982.
Since rising to fame, Yakushi... | 16,931 |
1401870 | Tomoko Yamaguchi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tomoko%20Yamaguchi | Tomoko Yamaguchi
Tomoko Yamaguchi
She has been married to Toshiaki Karasawa since 1995.
# Filmography.
## Television.
- Asadora "Jun-chan no ōenka" (1988–89), Junko Ono
- Christmas at the Age of 29 (1994), Yabuki Noriko
- "Furuhata Ninzaburō" (1996), Hōyō Futaba
- "Long Vacation" (1996), Minami Hayama
- "Leader... | 16,932 |
1401870 | Tomoko Yamaguchi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tomoko%20Yamaguchi | Tomoko Yamaguchi
married to Toshiaki Karasawa since 1995.
# Filmography.
## Television.
- Asadora "Jun-chan no ōenka" (1988–89), Junko Ono
- Christmas at the Age of 29 (1994), Yabuki Noriko
- "Furuhata Ninzaburō" (1996), Hōyō Futaba
- "Long Vacation" (1996), Minami Hayama
- "Leaders" (2014), Haruko Aichi
- "Lea... | 16,933 |
1401858 | Lauro Cavazos | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lauro%20Cavazos | Lauro Cavazos
Lauro Cavazos
Lauro Fred Cavazos Jr. (born January 4, 1927) is an American educator and politician. He served as the US Secretary of Education, and was the first Hispanic to serve in the United States Cabinet.
# Early life and education.
A sixth-generation Texan, he was born on the King Ranch near King... | 16,934 |
1401858 | Lauro Cavazos | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lauro%20Cavazos | Lauro Cavazos
from Iowa State University (ISU) in Ames, Iowa. While in college, he was a member of Kappa Kappa Psi. Following a stint on the faculties of Tufts University and the Medical College of Virginia.
# Career.
From 1975-80, he served as Dean of the Tufts University School of Medicine. From April 15, 1980, to ... | 16,935 |
1401858 | Lauro Cavazos | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lauro%20Cavazos | Lauro Cavazos
requent flyer miles in December 1990.
Following his resignation, he returned to the faculty of Tufts University where he has served as Professor of Public Health and Family Medicine since then. He is married to the former Peggy Ann Murdock. The couple has ten children and currently reside in Boston, Mass... | 16,936 |
1401816 | Loulan Kingdom | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Loulan%20Kingdom | Loulan Kingdom
Loulan Kingdom
Loulan, also called Krorän or Kroraina (; ) was an ancient kingdom based around an important oasis city along the Silk Road already known in the 2nd century BCE on the northeastern edge of the Lop Desert. The term Loulan is the Chinese transcription of the native name Krorän and is used t... | 16,937 |
1401816 | Loulan Kingdom | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Loulan%20Kingdom | Loulan Kingdom
Chinese control from the early Han dynasty onward until its abandonment centuries later. The ruins of Loulan are near the now-desiccated Lop Nur in the Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, and they are now completely surrounded by desert.
# History.
A number of mummies, now known as the T... | 16,938 |
1401816 | Loulan Kingdom | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Loulan%20Kingdom | Loulan Kingdom
oasis, and from thence to Khotan and Yarkand.
## Early Han Dynasty.
Interactions between Loulan and the Han court (206 BCE – 220 CE) were described in some detail in the "Book of Han" (completed in 111 CE).
The first contemporaneous mention of Loulan, in Chinese records, are from 126 BCE. A letter fro... | 16,939 |
1401816 | Loulan Kingdom | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Loulan%20Kingdom | Loulan Kingdom
(Fergana), following the reports of it by Zhang Qian. However, according to Chinese sources, Han envoys to Fergana were harassed by Loulan and the kingdom of Gushi (or Jushi). Consequently, in 108 BCE, Loulan was attacked by a Han force led by Zhao Ponu (趙破奴) and its king captured, after which Loulan agr... | 16,940 |
1401816 | Loulan Kingdom | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Loulan%20Kingdom | Loulan Kingdom
that the Han court release the king's son and heir be returned to Loulan. In the meantime, however, this prince from Loulan had been castrated for infringing Han law, without the knowledge of Loulan. In an attempt to avoid antagonising Loulan, the Han court replied that its Emperor had grown too fond of ... | 16,941 |
1401816 | Loulan Kingdom | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Loulan%20Kingdom | Loulan Kingdom
that the new king present himself to the Han court. Chang Gui refused, on his wife's advice – because the Han court had previously failed to return hostages.
In 77 BCE, after several Han envoys had been intercepted and killed in or near Loulan, a Chinese delegation was sent, including an envoy named Fu ... | 16,942 |
1401816 | Loulan Kingdom | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Loulan%20Kingdom | Loulan Kingdom
tightened its grip on Loulan from this point – a step symbolized by the Han court obliging Loulan to adopt a new official name, the non-native exonym Shanshan.
Because of its strategic position on what became the main route from China to the West, during the Han dynasty, control of it was regularly cont... | 16,943 |
1401816 | Loulan Kingdom | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Loulan%20Kingdom | Loulan Kingdom
or Miran). Chinese army officers were sent to colonize the area, and an office of commandant was established at Yixun. A number of settlements in the Tarim Basin such as Qiemo and Niya were described in the "Book of Han" as independent states, but these later became part of Shanshan. While the name of th... | 16,944 |
1401816 | Loulan Kingdom | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Loulan%20Kingdom | Loulan Kingdom
to Shanshan, which was also receiving a delegation from the Xiongnu at the same time. Ban Chao killed the Xiongnu envoys and presented their heads to the King, after which King Guang of Shanshan submitted to Han. Around 119, Ban Yong recommended that a Chinese colony of 500 men be established in Loulan. ... | 16,945 |
1401816 | Loulan Kingdom | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Loulan%20Kingdom | Loulan Kingdom
to lack of water when the Tarim River, which supported the settlement, changed course; the military garrison was moved south to Haitou (海頭). The fort of Yingpan to the northwest remained under Chinese control until the Tang dynasty. According to the "Book of Wei", King Bilong of Shanshan fled to Qiemo to... | 16,946 |
1401816 | Loulan Kingdom | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Loulan%20Kingdom | Loulan Kingdom
area gradually was abandoned. Circa 630, at the beginning of the Tang period, Shanfutuo (鄯伏陁) led the remaining Shanshan people to Hami.
The Buddhist pilgrim Xuanzang passed through this region in 644 on his return from India to China, visited a town called Nafubo (納縛波, thought to be Charklik) of Loulan... | 16,947 |
1401816 | Loulan Kingdom | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Loulan%20Kingdom | Loulan Kingdom
Classic", General Suo Mai (索勱, also Suo Man) of Dunhuang introduced irrigation techniques to the region by damming the Zhubin (possibly the Kaidu River) to irrigate the fields and produced bumper harvests for the next three years.
The Buddhist pilgrim Faxian who stayed in Shanshan in 399 on the way to I... | 16,948 |
1401816 | Loulan Kingdom | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Loulan%20Kingdom | Loulan Kingdom
at Qäwrighul (Gumugou), around 70 km west-north-west of Loulan. The mummies have been dated to as early as 1800 BCE.
The official language found in 3rd century CE documents in this region is Gandhari Prakrit written in Kharosthi script; their use in Loulan and elsewhere in the Tarim Basin was most likel... | 16,949 |
1401816 | Loulan Kingdom | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Loulan%20Kingdom | Loulan Kingdom
the Tocharian group of languages. This original language of Loulan is referred to as Krorainic or "Tocharian C", due to its relatedness to the two other Tocharian languages. It has been partially reconstructed from around 100 loanwords and over a thousand proper names used in these Prakrit documents that... | 16,950 |
1401816 | Loulan Kingdom | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Loulan%20Kingdom | Loulan Kingdom
a place in Loulan named "Nafupo" (納縛溥), which according to Dr. Hisao Matsuda is a transliteration of the Sogdian word "Navapa" meaning "new water." Sogdians, an Eastern Iranian people, maintained minority communities in various places in China at the time, especially Dunhuang in Gansu and Turfan in the T... | 16,951 |
1401816 | Loulan Kingdom | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Loulan%20Kingdom | Loulan Kingdom
Dynasty (265–420), which recorded that the area was called "Krorän" by the locals in Kharosthi but was rendered as "Lou-lan" in Chinese. Hedin also proposed that a change in the course of the Tarim river resulted in Lop Nur drying up may be the reason why Loulan had perished.
## Aurel Stein.
Aurel Stei... | 16,952 |
1401816 | Loulan Kingdom | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Loulan%20Kingdom | Loulan Kingdom
architectural wood carvings.
L.A. - A walled settlement lying to the north of the lake. The thick wall is made of packed earth and straw and was over on each side and thick at the base. It contains a large stupa and some administrative buildings and was occupied for a long time. It is usually thought to... | 16,953 |
1401816 | Loulan Kingdom | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Loulan%20Kingdom | Loulan Kingdom
BCE, before the Han Chinese gained control the region. Others, however, argue that the northern gate does not refer to Loulan but Chang'an. The site was occupied until the late 3rd century CE.
L.F. - 10 km to the northwest of L.A., containing building foundations and a cemetery. Archaeologists discovere... | 16,954 |
1401816 | Loulan Kingdom | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Loulan%20Kingdom | Loulan Kingdom
5 km northwest of L.K., similar in construction but smaller.
## Chinese archaeological expedition, 1979-1980.
In 1979 and 1980, three archaeological expeditions sponsored by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Xinjiang Branch performed excavations in Loulan. They discovered a canal deep and wide run... | 16,955 |
1401816 | Loulan Kingdom | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Loulan%20Kingdom | Loulan Kingdom
mummies and burial grounds, ephedra sticks, a string bracelet that holds a hollowed jade stone, a leather pouch, a woolen loincloth, a wooden mask painted red and with large nose and teeth, boat-shaped coffins, a bow with arrows and a straw basket.
# See also.
- Charklik
- Cherchen
- Endere
- Gushi ... | 16,956 |
1401816 | Loulan Kingdom | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Loulan%20Kingdom | Loulan Kingdom
the Former Han Dynasty". E. Brill, Leiden. .
- Mallory, J. P. and Mair, Victor H. (2000). "The Tarim Mummies: Ancient China and the Mystery of the Earliest Peoples from the West". Thames & Hudson. London. .
- Watson, Burton, trans. (1993). "Records of the Grand Historian: Han Dynasty II - Revised Editi... | 16,957 |
1401816 | Loulan Kingdom | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Loulan%20Kingdom | Loulan Kingdom
na and the Mystery of the Earliest Peoples from the West". Thames & Hudson. London. .
- Watson, Burton, trans. (1993). "Records of the Grand Historian: Han Dynasty II - Revised Edition". Columbia University Press, New York. and .
# Further reading.
- Ma Dazheng. 2003. The Tarim Basin. Ch. 7 in: Histor... | 16,958 |
1401879 | Mayumi Wakamura | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mayumi%20Wakamura | Mayumi Wakamura
Mayumi Wakamura
Mayumi Wakamura (若村麻由美 "Wakamura Mayumi", born on January 3, 1967 in Nerima, Tokyo) is a Japanese actress. She decided to be an actress at age sixteen when she saw a stage production by Tatsuya Nakadai's troupe. Later she joined his stage production to be an actress. She debuted in the ... | 16,959 |
1401879 | Mayumi Wakamura | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mayumi%20Wakamura | Mayumi Wakamura
Films.
- "" (1993)
- "Spellbound" (1999) - Wada
- "" (2007) - Hoelun
- "God's Puzzle" (2008) - Saraka's mother
- "Tenshi no Koi" (2009) - Ayako Ozawa
- "Hitotsubu no Mugi" (2019) - Ogino Ginko
## Television.
- "Hassai Sensei" (1987) - Midori Saotome
- "Gokenin Zankurō" (1995) - Tsutakichi
- "S... | 16,960 |
1401879 | Mayumi Wakamura | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mayumi%20Wakamura | Mayumi Wakamura
- Kyoko Zaizen
- "Atsuhime" (2008) - Kangyoin (Tsuneko Hashimoto)
- "Rebound" (2011) - Ran Morinaka
- "Jun to Ai" (2012) - Taeko Machida
- "Murder at Mt. Fuji" (2012) - Yoshie Watsuji
- "Hana Moyu" (2015) - Mitsuru Mukunashi
- "Shizumanu Taiyō" (2016)
- "Princess Jellyfish" (2018, Fuji TV) - Rina... | 16,961 |
1401887 | Eri Watanabe | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eri%20Watanabe | Eri Watanabe
atanabe
, known professionally as and previously known as , is a Japanese actress. She won the award for Best Supporting Actress at the 21st Hochi Film Awards for "Shall We Dance?".
# Filmography.
## Films.
- "Comic Magazine" (1986)
- "Crest of Betrayal" (1994)
- "Shall We Dance?" (1996)
- "Swing Gi... | 16,962 |
1401861 | Sarah Thomas (actress) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sarah%20Thomas%20(actress) | Sarah Thomas (actress)
Sarah Thomas (actress)
Sarah Jane Thomas (born 5 June 1952) is a British actress, born in London, best known for her television appearances as Enid Simmons in "Worzel Gummidge" (1980), and as Glenda Wilkinson in "Last of the Summer Wine" (1985–2010).
# Career.
Sarah Thomas began her television... | 16,963 |
1401861 | Sarah Thomas (actress) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sarah%20Thomas%20(actress) | Sarah Thomas (actress)
successful BBC television sitcom "Last Of The Summer Wine" as Glenda, the daughter of Thora Hird's character. She stayed with the series for 25 years, until it came to an end in 2010.
Her most recent television guest star roles were in episodes of "Heartbeat", "The Bill" and "Doctors".
In theat... | 16,964 |
1401861 | Sarah Thomas (actress) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sarah%20Thomas%20(actress) | Sarah Thomas (actress)
ebecca" and as Miss Marple in Agatha Christie's "A Murder is Announced".
# Pantomine appearances.
In December 2007, Thomas starred in "Cinderella" at the Assembly Hall Theatre as the Fairy Godmother, appearing with Tom Vaughan, from Hollyoaks, and Barney Harwood. In 2008/09, she again starred a... | 16,965 |
1401877 | Nino D'Angelo | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nino%20D'Angelo | Nino D'Angelo
Nino D'Angelo
Gaetano "Nino" d'Angelo (born 21 June 1957) is an Italian pop/folk singer.
He was born to a poor family in San Pietro a Patierno, a suburb of Naples, and dropped out of school, taking jobs like ice cream vendor and wedding singer.
His first album, "A storia mia" (Neapolitan: "My Story") w... | 16,966 |
1401877 | Nino D'Angelo | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nino%20D'Angelo | Nino D'Angelo
Grassia.
In 1982 he released the album "Un jeans e una maglietta" ("Jeans and a T-shirt") and a film with the same title. The album sold over one million copies and the film surpassed the Hollywood movie "Flashdance" at the box office. He participated in the Sanremo Music Festival in 1986 with the song "... | 16,967 |
1401877 | Nino D'Angelo | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nino%20D'Angelo | Nino D'Angelo
music critic Goffredo Fofi.
In 1997 he wrote his first musical, "Core pazzo" ("Mad Heart"), and co-hosted the Dopofestival show that aired immediately after each night of the Sanremo Music Festival with Piero Chiambretti. He also won the David Di Donatello Award for Best Music for his soundtrack to the f... | 16,968 |
1401877 | Nino D'Angelo | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nino%20D'Angelo | Nino D'Angelo
and "'A Storia 'E Nisciuno" (Neapolitan for "Nobody's Story"). In 2003 he sang in Brașov, Romania, and appeared in the film Incantato directed by Pupi Avati, which he won a Flaiano Prize for Best Supporting Actor. He was popular with teenagers in the 1970s and into the 1980s, charting "Billboard" several ... | 16,969 |
1401877 | Nino D'Angelo | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nino%20D'Angelo | Nino D'Angelo
Ama il tuo nemico (1999)
- Paparazzi (1998)
- To Die for Tano (1997)
- Attenti a noi due (1994)
- Fatalità (1991)
- La ragazza del metrò (1988)
- Quel ragazzo della curva B (1987)
- Fotoromanzo (1986)
- Giuro che ti amo (1986)
- Popcorn e patatine (1985)
- Uno scugnizzo a New York (1984)
- L'am... | 16,970 |
1401877 | Nino D'Angelo | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nino%20D'Angelo | Nino D'Angelo
"'O schiavo 'e 'o rre" (2003)
- "La festa" (2002)
- "Terranera" (2001)
- "Stella 'e matina" (1999)
- "A 'nu passo d"a città" (1997)
- "A neve 'e 'o sole" (1995)
- "Musicammore" (1994)
- "...Tiempo" (1993)
- "Bravo ragazzo" (1992)
- "...e la vita continua" (1991)
- "Amo l'estate" (1990)
- "Insep... | 16,971 |
1401877 | Nino D'Angelo | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nino%20D'Angelo | Nino D'Angelo
(1995)
- "Musicammore" (1994)
- "...Tiempo" (1993)
- "Bravo ragazzo" (1992)
- "...e la vita continua" (1991)
- "Amo l'estate" (1990)
- "Inseparabili" (1989)
- "Il cammino dell'amore" (1988)
- "Le canzoni che cantava mammà" (1988)
- "Cose di cuore" (1987)
- "Fotografando l'amore" (1986)
- "Canta... | 16,972 |
1401851 | Bill Swerski's Superfans | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bill%20Swerski's%20Superfans | Bill Swerski's Superfans
Bill Swerski's Superfans
"Bill Swerski's Superfans" was a recurring sketch about Chicago sports fans on the American sketch comedy program "Saturday Night Live". It was a prominent feature from 1991 to 1992, and its characters have made various other appearances since its inception. The sketch... | 16,973 |
1401851 | Bill Swerski's Superfans | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bill%20Swerski's%20Superfans | Bill Swerski's Superfans
men who wore walrus mustaches and large sunglasses, a look similar to Mike Ditka, who had been hired to coach the city's NFL team, the Chicago Bears, the year before. "There was just a swagger among these very virile-looking men", he recalled. "All sports fans kind of have it."
In the followin... | 16,974 |
1401851 | Bill Swerski's Superfans | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bill%20Swerski's%20Superfans | Bill Swerski's Superfans
could not imagine a setting that would work. He told an improv classmate, Bob Odenkirk, a native of nearby Naperville, about his idea, and Odenkirk reminded him to include the slight hiss the word ends with when pronounced with a strong enough Chicago accent, something only natives of the area ... | 16,975 |
1401851 | Bill Swerski's Superfans | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bill%20Swerski's%20Superfans | Bill Swerski's Superfans
they were simply sitting on lawn chairs and drinking beer, but making the wild imaginative leaps by which they could assume the Bears would handily win another Super Bowl. The sketch drew considerable laughter, but when it came time to stage the show in Los Angeles, Smigel cut it, believing aud... | 16,976 |
1401851 | Bill Swerski's Superfans | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bill%20Swerski's%20Superfans | Bill Swerski's Superfans
long-running Chicago-area radio show which had been adapted for television by local UHF channel WFLD-TV in 1985, featuring three veteran local sportswriters, including Bill Gleason, known for his thick Chicago accent, and Rick Telander, a relative newcomer, sitting around a table and discussing... | 16,977 |
1401851 | Bill Swerski's Superfans | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bill%20Swerski's%20Superfans | Bill Swerski's Superfans
1991–1997.
The sketch premiered on January 12, 1991, hours before the Bears were to play the New York Giants in a divisional playoff game at Giants Stadium, a few miles from NBC's Studio 8H in Rockefeller Center. Mantegna starred as Bill Swerski, along with Chris Farley as Todd O'Connor, Mike ... | 16,978 |
1401851 | Bill Swerski's Superfans | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bill%20Swerski's%20Superfans | Bill Swerski's Superfans
Nealon also made a brief appearance as oddsmaker Danny Sheridan in the first sketch—he is promptly sent away by Swerski after giving the Superfans an honest assessment regarding the prospect of Mike Ditka single-handedly defeating the Giants. Subsequent sketches starred George Wendt as Bill's b... | 16,979 |
1401851 | Bill Swerski's Superfans | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bill%20Swerski's%20Superfans | Bill Swerski's Superfans
in Pat Arnold's appearance was attributed to "massive weight gain." Mantegna's absence was invariably explained away by Wendt, saying his "brudder Bill" had just "had anudder heart attack."
The characters were typically shown in Mike Ditka's sports bar, drinking large amounts of beer, smoking,... | 16,980 |
1401851 | Bill Swerski's Superfans | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bill%20Swerski's%20Superfans | Bill Swerski's Superfans
winning their first three NBA Championships at the time. Both Ditka and Jordan would make appearances (playing themselves) in episodes of the sketch.
SNL alumnus Dan Aykroyd also appeared on the sketch as Todd's cousin, Irwin Mainway, who originated in the "Consumer Probe" and "On the Spot" sk... | 16,981 |
1401851 | Bill Swerski's Superfans | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bill%20Swerski's%20Superfans | Bill Swerski's Superfans
toast to "Da Bearss" and "Da Bullss", although "Da Cubss" was heard on at least one occasion. Their predictions were likewise exaggerated and their topics of conversation often ludicrous. Typical debates involved Mike Ditka versus a hurricane—in this particular debate, the Superfans believed th... | 16,982 |
1401851 | Bill Swerski's Superfans | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bill%20Swerski's%20Superfans | Bill Swerski's Superfans
while lounging in a recliner.
One episode asked the outcome of the Bulls/Pistons game where Todd said the Bulls would win 402–0—but Jordan would be held to under 200 points. Todd usually predicted shutouts. During the first episode, he predicted that the Bears would defeat the Giants by a scor... | 16,983 |
1401851 | Bill Swerski's Superfans | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bill%20Swerski's%20Superfans | Bill Swerski's Superfans
Super Bowl, starring Bob Swerski as host and the other Superfans as contestants. All the questions dealt with the Chicago Bears, Chicago, or Mike Ditka. The Final Jeopardy! question was "Bears vs. Bulls," which produced hilarious responses from the contestants. The correct answer was revealed t... | 16,984 |
1401851 | Bill Swerski's Superfans | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bill%20Swerski's%20Superfans | Bill Swerski's Superfans
make a special appearance at the celebration of the Chicago Bulls' 1991–1993 "Three-peat" championship victory. The NBC television network interrupted daytime television to broadcast the short speeches made by the Superfans. Bob Swerski and Carl Wollarski also made a special appearance during M... | 16,985 |
1401851 | Bill Swerski's Superfans | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bill%20Swerski's%20Superfans | Bill Swerski's Superfans
although, he was at the time coaching the New Orleans Saints, which resulted in a schism amongst the Superfans (Carl had taken up with the Saints, Bob had moved to Jackson, Tennessee—halfway between Chicago and New Orleans—and Todd believed it was 1986 (And had a heart attack if told otherwise)... | 16,986 |
1401851 | Bill Swerski's Superfans | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bill%20Swerski's%20Superfans | Bill Swerski's Superfans
was due to a speech impediment. This same year, sports journalist Jay Mariotti decried the negative reactions of Chicago Cubs fans to the Steve Bartman incident, which went as far as sending Bartman and his family death threats, and commented that they were making Cubs fans look like "those mop... | 16,987 |
1401851 | Bill Swerski's Superfans | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bill%20Swerski's%20Superfans | Bill Swerski's Superfans
Wendt returned in Superfan garb alongside Ditka for a sketch prior to Super Bowl XL.
- In a 2007 SNL sketch, Donatella Versace said to David and Victoria Beckham, "If you guys were a football team, you would be Da Bores." The episode aired the night before Super Bowl XLI, in which the Indianap... | 16,988 |
1401851 | Bill Swerski's Superfans | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bill%20Swerski's%20Superfans | Bill Swerski's Superfans
in Chicago and beyond.
- In November 2008, ESPN ran a segment featuring Bill Swerski discussing Mike Ditka's real-life possible run for a U.S. Senate seat in 2004, against Barack Obama. (Ditka decided not to run, and Obama ended up winning the seat.)
- On September 11, 2011, ESPN ran a segmen... | 16,989 |
1401851 | Bill Swerski's Superfans | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bill%20Swerski's%20Superfans | Bill Swerski's Superfans
rts to make his cockney accent more understandable to the populace.
- In 2012, Old Navy introduced a commercial with the Superfans, including coach Mike Ditka.
- In 2013, State Farm Insurance introduced a commercial with Superfans Bob Swerski and Carl Wollarski interacting with Green Bay Pack... | 16,990 |
1401910 | Communication skill | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Communication%20skill | Communication skill
Communication skill
Communication skill or communication skills may refer to:
- Rhetoric, the facility of speakers or writers to inform, persuade, or motivate particular audiences
- Communication, the activity of conveying information through speech, writing, or other behavior
- English studies,... | 16,991 |
1401909 | Keiko Toda | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Keiko%20Toda | Keiko Toda
Keiko Toda
# Career.
She first became an actress in fifth grade and then relocated to Tokyo in 1973 to become an idol singer. She then later joined Nachi Nozawa's theatre company. Also a musical theatre actress, she has appeared in musicals like "Sweet Charity" and "Dance of the Fleet Lady".
Toda has dubb... | 16,992 |
1401909 | Keiko Toda | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Keiko%20Toda | Keiko Toda
musicals and poem chanting.
# Filmography.
## Film.
- "Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald" (1997), Nokko Senbon
- "Minna no Ie" (2001), customer
- "Nin x Nin" (2004), Taeko Mitsuba
- "The Uchōten Hotel" (2006), Tokiko Yabe
- "Into the White Night" (2011), Yaiko Kirihara
- "A Ghost of a Chance" (2011), Landla... | 16,993 |
1401909 | Keiko Toda | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Keiko%20Toda | Keiko Toda
(2019), Kasumi Kemuri
## Television animation.
- "Mobile Suit Gundam" (1979), Matilda Ajan
- "Space Runaway Ideon" (1980), Karala Ajiba
- "Queen Millennia" (1981), Hajime Amamori
- "Maya the Honey Bee" (1982), Alexander the Mouse (Maushii)
- "Cat's Eye" (1983), Hitomi Kisugi
- "GeGeGe no Kitarō (3rd S... | 16,994 |
1401909 | Keiko Toda | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Keiko%20Toda | Keiko Toda
"Mobile Suit Gundam" (1981), Matilda Ajan
- "Mobile Suit Gundam: Soldiers of Sorrow" (1981), Matilda Ajan
- "Bio Booster Armor Guyver" (1986), Valcuria
- "Toki no Tabibito -Time Stranger-" (1986), Agino Jiro
- "Kiki's Delivery Service" (1989), Osono
- "A Wind Named Amnesia" (1990), Sophia
- "Pokémon 4E... | 16,995 |
1401909 | Keiko Toda | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Keiko%20Toda | Keiko Toda
Dubbing.
### Live-action.
- Jodie Foster
- "The Accused" (1998 TV Asahi version), Sarah Tobias
- "The Silence of the Lambs" (1995 TV Asahi version), Clarice Starling
- "Maverick" (1997 NTV version), Annabelle Bransford
- "Nell", Nell Kellty
- "Contact" (2001 TV Tokyo version), Dr. Eleanor Arroway
- "... | 16,996 |
1401909 | Keiko Toda | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Keiko%20Toda | Keiko Toda
Crowne", Mercedes Tainot
- Sigourney Weaver
- "Alien" (1992 TV Asahi version), Ellen Ripley
- "Aliens" (1989 TV Asahi version), Ellen Ripley
- "Alien 3" (1998 TV Asahi version), Ellen Ripley
- "" (1997 Fuji TV version), Ellen Ripley
- "Political Animals", Elaine Barrish
- "12 Monkeys", Kathryn Railly ... | 16,997 |
1401909 | Keiko Toda | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Keiko%20Toda | Keiko Toda
Julie Rogers (Tanya Roberts)
- "Conan the Barbarian" (1989 TV Asahi version), Valeria (Sandahl Bergman)
- "Days of Thunder" (1993 TBS version), Dr. Claire Lewicki (Nicole Kidman)
- "The English Patient", Katharine Clifton (Kristin Scott Thomas)
- "Flashdance", Alexandra "Alex" Owens (Jennifer Beals)
- "... | 16,998 |
1401909 | Keiko Toda | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Keiko%20Toda | Keiko Toda
(Fuji TV version), Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss)
- "Medicine Man", Dr. Rae Crane (Lorraine Bracco)
- "The Others", Grace Stewart (Nicole Kidman)
- "Predator 2", Detective Leona Cantrell (María Conchita Alonso)
- "Red Sonja", Red Sonja (Brigitte Nielsen)
- "Rumble in the Bronx", Elaine (Anita Mui)
- "Scarf... | 16,999 |
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