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Joy Mech Fight
, sometimes called Joy Mecha Fight, is a fighting game developed and published by Nintendo for the Family Computer, released only in Japan on May 21, 1993. The game was released during the generation shift between the Famicom and the newer Super Famicom, and "Joy Mech Fight" is counted among one of the most important late Famicom games for utilizing the console's audio and visual capabilities to the fullest extent. It is also Nintendo's first attempt in the fighting game genre since "Urban Champion" after the success and craze of Capcom's "Street Fighter II", which inspired other companies to create their own 2D fighters.
Though the game's development is credited to Nintendo's | 25,400 |
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R&D1 team, it was originally conceived by two programmers, Koichi Hayashida and Koichiro Eto, who met at a programming seminar hosted by Nintendo. The two completed the game while working at the seminar, naming it , and Nintendo released the game under its current title after both had started to work for the company.
# Plot.
Once upon a time there were two scientists, Dr. Little Emon and Dr. Ivan Walnuts, who worked together to create the world's most spectacular robots. One fateful day, Dr. Walnuts disappeared with the laboratory's seven military robots before appearing on TV to declare his intention to conquer the world. , an owarai robot who had been training in the Kansai region, is called | 25,401 |
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back to the laboratory by Dr. Emon, who remodels Sukapon into a military robot in a last-ditch effort to stop his evil counterpart.
Sukapon's first task was to defeat the seven other robots and allow Dr. Emon to reprogram back to their original selves. All eight robots then proceed to take on Dr. Walnuts's many robots, each wave stronger than the last. After fighting each of their doppelgängers at Dr. Walnuts's castle, they finally face off against the most powerful robot, Houou, on the surface of the moon.
After Houou is destroyed, Dr. Walnuts attempts to flee in his ship, but his ship malfunctions and explodes. Fortunately, Dr. Emon rescues Dr. Walnuts from the moon's surface. Dr. Walnuts | 25,402 |
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later wakes up, back to his normal self, and Dr. Emon convinces him that everything that happened was just a dream. Sukapon is remodeled back into an owarai robot, and all is returned to normal.
# Gameplay.
The game's objective is simply to defeat all of the enemy robots placed in each level. The concept of the 2D versus fighting game was still new during the early 1990s, and the game's mechanics are visibly influenced by several other modern fighting games at the time.
The game consists of a standard versus mode (single player or multiplayer) and a quest mode (single player). In the quest mode, there are 8 enemy robots per level (only 7 in the first level). Defeating the first 7 robots will | 25,403 |
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cause the level's boss to emerge, and defeating this boss will allow the player to move on to the next level. The game is completed by advancing through all 4 levels.
The player begins the game with only one character choice (Sukapon), but every enemy robot of the first level that the player defeats becomes usable as a player character. The player can choose which character to use to combat each enemy robot. Defeating the first 7 enemies using Sukapon allows the player to choose from 8 friendly robots, but the first level can only be accessed in the very first playthrough. Screenshots of each victory are replayed after the completion of a level. Finishing all of the levels will allow the player | 25,404 |
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to select a particular level that they wish to play. However, choosing some levels back-to-back may cause minor bugs in the screenshot replays. After beating normal mode, you unlock hard mode which is a harder mode. After beating hard mode unlocks special mode and all the non-boss robots. Special mode is even harder and the robots start using their hidden moves often. Beating special mode unlocks the boss robots.
## Rules.
All matches are held one-on-one, and both characters start off with a full HP meter and two hearts. The meter decreases as the character sustains damage from the opponents attacks, and the character suffers a knockdown if the meter reaches zero. A knockdown will temporarily | 25,405 |
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stop the action, as the character that was knocked down loses a heart and regains a full HP meter, while the opposing character regains a small amount of HP. The match is over when a character has no hearts remaining when their HP meter goes to zero. If both characters are knocked down at the same time, and neither character has any hearts remaining, the result is called a draw, and the match is restarted from the beginning. Sustaining large amounts of damage in a short period of time will cause the character to become temporarily unconscious, during which the player will be unable to move or attack.
## Characters.
There are 36 characters available in the game. However, the 8 characters from | 25,406 |
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the final level are only minor variants of the first 8 characters (including Sukapon), so there are only 28 different types in actuality. Characters are all robots whose head, limbs, and body float around separately. There are 6 basic parts (head, body, right hand, left hand, right leg, left leg) for every character, but some have arm or knee parts as well, and quite a few have unique designs.
## Special moves.
In addition to the 6 basic moves (punch, power punch, kick, leg sweep, jump, guard) that all of the characters in the game can use, there are 4 additional special moves unique to each character. Unlike many other 2D fighting games, "Joy Mech Fight" does not require pressing a diagonal | 25,407 |
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direction on the control pad to produce a special move. Some of the characters have hidden moves that are not listed in the game manual or tutorial. These hidden moves may be much more effective than the 4 regular special moves.
## Difficulty.
The quest mode is divided into normal and hard difficulty, and finishing the game at hard difficulty will reveal the special difficulty mode. In this mode, computer opponents will begin to use hidden moves and will fight far more intelligently than in the other two difficulty levels. Completing hard difficulty will allow the character to select all non-boss enemy characters in the single match mode, and completing special difficulty will allow boss characters | 25,408 |
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to be selected as well.
# Graphics.
The biggest quirk of the game is the way characters are displayed on screen. The limitations of the Famicom console made realistic animation of large-scale characters impossible to achieve, so in "Joy Mech Fight", characters are robots whose head, limbs, and body float around separately. Dividing each character into individual sprites made animation much smoother, even in comparison with Super Famicom games. This method also lowered the total number of sprites needed for each character, allowing the game to have 36 different playable characters even with the Famicom's limited memory capacity. This was also the largest roster in a fighting game, until the | 25,409 |
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characters even with the Famicom's limited memory capacity. This was also the largest roster in a fighting game, until the release of SNK's "The King of Fighters '98", which had 38 playable characters.
# Legacy.
- In the Wii game "Super Smash Bros. Brawl", Sukapon appears as one of the many Stickers. Also in the same game, a sample of the music played in the menu and character select screens in Joy Mech Fight is heard in the song titled "Famicom Medley".
- Sukapon appears in the Nintendo Switch game "Super Smash Bros. Ultimate" as an Assist Trophy and a Spirit.
# See also.
- List of fighting games
# External links.
- "Joy Mech Fight" at NinDB
- "Joy Mech Fight" at Hardcore Gaming 101 | 25,410 |
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Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett
Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett (11 February 1881 – 4 May 1931) was an English war correspondent during the First World War. Through his reporting of the Battle of Gallipoli, Ashmead-Bartlett was instrumental in the birth of the Anzac legend which still dominates military history in Australia and New Zealand. Through his outspoken criticism of the conduct of the campaign, he was instrumental in bringing about the dismissal of the British commander-in-chief, Sir Ian Hamilton – an event that led to the evacuation of British forces from the Gallipoli peninsula.
# Biography.
## Early years.
Born in 1881, Ashmead-Bartlett was the eldest son of Conservative Party MP Sir Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett. | 25,411 |
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He went to Marlborough College and served as a lieutenant in The Bedfordshire Regiment during the Boer War. In April 1902 he was called to the bar at Inner Temple. Two years later, Ashmead-Bartlett arrived in Manchuria to report the Russo-Japanese War. Soon after the war, he published one of the major books on that conflict: "Port Arthur: The Siege and Capitulation" (William Blackwood & Sons).
## Arrival at Gallipoli.
Ashmead-Bartlett's role as a war correspondent reached maturity during World War I. As correspondent for the Fleet Street papers, Ashmead-Bartlett, who worked for "The Daily Telegraph", covered 25 April 1915 landing at Anzac Cove. He had gone ashore at Anzac Cove at 9.30 p.m. | 25,412 |
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on the evening of the landing and, wearing a non-regulation green hat, was promptly arrested as a spy but was released when the boatswain who had brought him ashore testified for him.
Ashmead-Bartlett was responsible for the first eyewitness accounts of the battle. His report of the landing was published in Australian newspapers on 8 May, before the reports of the Australian correspondent Charles Bean. His colourful prose, unrestrained by the pursuit of accuracy which hampered Bean's dispatches, was thick with praise for the Anzacs and went down well with Australian and New Zealand audiences:
On 27 May 1915, Ashmead-Bartlett was aboard , a Royal Navy battleship anchored off W Beach at Cape | 25,413 |
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Helles, when it was torpedoed by the German U-boat . Two days earlier he had seen go down off Anzac, the first victim of the "U-21", and he was well aware that the "Majestic" would likely suffer the same fate. On the night of 26 May he helped drink the last of the ship's champagne. He had his mattress brought up on deck so that he would not be trapped in his cabin. Ashmead-Bartlett survived the sinking but lost all his kit. He sailed for Malta to acquire a new wardrobe.
## Return to London.
As the battle progressed, Ashmead-Bartlett's reports became highly critical which left him in disfavour with the British commander-in-chief, General Sir Ian Hamilton. Instead of returning to the Dardanelles | 25,414 |
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from Malta, he went on to London, arriving on 6 June, to report in person on the conduct of the campaign. During his time in London, he met with most of the senior political figures including Bonar Law (the Colonial Secretary), Winston Churchill (by that time displaced as First Lord of the Admiralty), Arthur Balfour (Churchill's replacement at the Admiralty) and the Prime Minister, H. H. Asquith. He was also questioned by the Secretary of State for War, Lord Kitchener.
## Return to Gallipoli.
When he returned to Gallipoli, Ashmead-Bartlett established himself on the island of Imbros which was also the site of Hamilton's headquarters. Here he lived in relative safety and comfort, even having | 25,415 |
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brought his own cook from Paris. Returning to the peninsula, he witnessed the new landing at Suvla during the August Offensive:
"Confusion reigned supreme. No-one seemed to know where the headquarters of the different brigades and divisions were to be found. The troops were hunting for water, the staffs were hunting for their troops, and the Turkish snipers were hunting for their prey."
Ashmead-Bartlett had obtained a movie camera while in London with which he captured the only film footage of the battle. On 21 August he was watching from Chocolate Hill when the British IX Corps launched the final attack of the campaign, the Battle of Scimitar Hill. While filming, he was buried when an artillery | 25,416 |
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shell landed nearby but was quickly dug free.
## Criticism of Gallipoli.
When Australian journalist Keith Murdoch arrived at Gallipoli in September 1915, Ashmead-Bartlett found a receptive audience for his commentary and analysis of the campaign. Murdoch travelled to London carrying a letter from Ashmead-Bartlett – it is disputed whether Murdoch knew the contents – which damned the campaign, describing the final offensive as "the most ghastly and costly fiasco in our history since the Battle of Bannockburn". The letter, intended for Asquith, was intercepted in Marseilles and on 28 September, Ashmead-Bartlett was told to leave Gallipoli.
On his return to London, Ashmead-Bartlett gave an "interview" | 25,417 |
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to "The Sunday Times" (an opinion piece presented as an interview to circumvent censorship rules). Published on 17 October, it was the first detailed account of the campaign and was widely circulated, published in "The Times" and "Daily Mail" as well as in Australian papers.
## After Gallipoli.
Short of money, Ashmead-Bartlett undertook a lecture tour of England and Australia. He reported on the fighting on the Western Front in France. Following the war, Ashmead-Bartlett, (an opponent of Communism) fought in Hungary against the Bolsheviks. He spent two years (1924–1926) as a Conservative Member of Parliament for the Hammersmith North constituency in London.
Ashmead-Bartlett later became the | 25,418 |
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ncy in London.
Ashmead-Bartlett later became the "Daily Telegraph's" India correspondent. His coverage was noted for his strong hostility to Gandhi's campaign for Indian Independence.
He died in Lisbon in 1931.
# Select works.
- (1906)
- Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett (1910). "The Passing of The Shereefian Empire". Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and sons . 1910
- Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett (1923). "The Tragedy of Central Europe". London, Thornton Butterworth Ltd. 1923
- Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett (1929). "The Riddle of Russia". Series of 22 articles for the Daily Telegraph, 22 January-20 February 1929
# External links.
- Institute of Commonwealth Studies: Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett (1881–1931) | 25,419 |
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Brother Blood
Brother Blood is the name of two fictional comic book characters in the DC Comics universe.
Sebastian Blood made his first live appearance in the second season of the television series of "Arrow" played by Kevin Alejandro.
# Publication history.
The first Brother Blood, Sebastian Blood VIII, debuted in "The New Teen Titans" #21 (July 1982), created by writer Marv Wolfman and artist George Pérez.
The second Brother Blood, Sebastian Blood IX, debuted in "Outsiders" #6 (January 2004), created by writer Judd Winick and artist ChrisCross.
# Fictional character biography.
## Sebastian Blood VIII.
The first Brother Blood encountered by the Titans was the eighth to bear the title. | 25,420 |
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Seven hundred years earlier, a priest in the fictional nation of Zandia named Brother Sebastian killed another priest to gain possession of what he believed to be Christ's prayer shawl. The shawl gave him invulnerability and reduced his aging, but the priest he killed cursed him to be slain by his son before his hundredth birthday. Upon doing so, his son became the second Brother Blood. He, in turn was killed by "his" son, and this continued for seven centuries.
The eighth Brother Blood was, seemingly, the first who wished to extend the Church of Blood beyond Zandia. He wanted the Church to be a world power. The Church of Blood began operating in America, and the Titans were called to investigate | 25,421 |
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when an ex-girlfriend of Cyborg attempted to escape this cult. Because of the Church of Blood's influence, the Titans found moving against him difficult, especially when public opinion was turned against them by Bethany Snow, a reporter who was also a member of the Church.
Brother Blood brainwashed Nightwing and attempted to take control of Raven's power. She defeated him, and his mind was seemingly destroyed. Brother Blood's wife, Mother Mayhem, later birthed a girl, suggesting the curse was over.
## Sebastian Blood IX.
Some time later, in "Outsiders" (vol. 3), Brother Blood returned to villainy. Shortly after recreating his cult, he was killed by a young boy, Sebastian, claiming to be the | 25,422 |
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new Brother Blood. This version reappeared in "Teen Titans" vol. 3.
This teenaged Brother Blood seemingly based all his decisions on advice from Mother Mayhem, but this was actually a female cultist chosen at random and killed if the advice was not what he wanted to hear. He also exhibited vampiric abilities.
He revealed that the Cult of Blood was based on the worship of Trigon the Terrible. It was for this reason that the new Bride of Blood was to be Raven. The Titans were able to save Raven, but the Church of Blood continued. Brother Blood later appeared in "Teen Titans" #30, a member of Alexander Luthor, Jr.'s Secret Society of Super Villains, where he claimed an undead Lilith Clay to be | 25,423 |
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his mother. He also summoned the first Hawk and Dove, Phantasm, Kole, and Aquagirl from the dead to be his own Teen Titans. Brother Blood was stopped by Kid Eternity and sent to the eighth level of Hell, but not before Kid Eternity summoned the past Brother Bloods, all of whom took out their anger and hatred on Sebastian.
In the aftermath of the "Reign In Hell" miniseries, Blood, now an adult, escaped from his incarceration and was opposed by Kid Eternity. The fight between the two brought them to Titans Tower, where Blood fought the Titans. After draining Red Devil's powers, Blood realized that he had tainted himself with Neron's influence and fled the battle. He was later seen approaching | 25,424 |
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an unknown woman, looking to make her his new mother.
Sometime later, the Secret Six was hired to infiltrate one of Blood's cults and rescue a wealthy teenager who had been forced into the group against his will. After the team's cover was blown, they proceeded to kill a number of the church's members and ultimately destroyed their compound.
## The New 52.
In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. In this new timeline, The Cult of Blood (once again as Trigon's pawns) makes their debut in issue one of the "Phantom Stranger". Brother Blood himself appears in "Ravagers". Blood kidnaps the team intending to use Beast Boy's powers in a ritual to travel in The Red's dimension. The | 25,425 |
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Ravagers manage to interrupt the ritual as Terra buries him alive. He survives and returns in "Animal Man", where it is revealed his obsession with The Red came from being their first option for champion before Buddy Baker was chosen.
## Mother Blood.
A "Mother Blood" appears in the "DC Rebirth" series of Teen Titans. This woman named Sonya Tarinka has a deep connection to The Red, as well as the previous leader. She is shown to have the power of mind control as she controlled Beast Boy.
# Powers and abilities.
The first Blood is a formidable opponent who is backed by a massive number of fanatical followers. He is an expert manipulator who feeds off of the faith of his members. He ages at | 25,426 |
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a much slower rate than normal humans. Brother Blood is immune to Raven's soul-self due to his shawl's powers. He is also nigh invulnerable and has supernatural physical strength.
The second Blood's powers work in a manner similar to those of a vampire: he gains strength from blood, and can take on the abilities of anyone whose blood he has sampled. Like the first Blood, he is backed by a massive number of fanatical followers.
# Other versions.
## Smallville.
Brother Blood is featured in the "Smallville Season 11" digital comic based on the TV series.
## Flashpoint.
In the alternate timeline of the "Flashpoint" event, Brother Blood is mentioned by his former student, Jason Todd, as being | 25,427 |
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a developing drug lord.
# In other media.
## Television.
### Animated.
- Brother Blood appears as the main antagonist of the third season of "Teen Titans", voiced by John DiMaggio. In the show, Brother Blood is the charismatic—and sadistic—Headmaster of the H.I.V.E. Academy. His powers are very different from his comic book incarnation, a powerful psychic who mind controls his students to keep them under his thrall. He is shown using his psychic powers for a variety of other purposes as well, such as producing deadly force bolts, teleportation, energy shields, telekinesis, or altering perception, and also has a photographic memory. In his first appearance, he displayed the ability to make | 25,428 |
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Cyborg believe he transformed Cyborg's metal hand into flesh, though this only fooled the organic side of his brain; Cyborg's mechanical sensors saw through the trick. In addition, Brother Blood displays formidable fighting skills. Because Cyborg was immune to his mind control, Brother Blood developed something of a rivalry with the Teen Titan, even though he easily defeated Cyborg in most of their fights since he knew all of Cyborg's weak spots. Brother Blood's first appearance in the episode "Deception" in which a disguised Cyborg is spying on the H.I.V.E., however, Brother Blood is aware of Cyborg and offers to make into human if Cyborg serves him. In the end, Cyborg shows immunity to Brother | 25,429 |
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Blood's mind control because half of his brain is mechanical, and destroys the entire H.I.V.E. Academy thanks to a power upgrade provided by Brother Blood. However, the H.I.V.E. had downloaded Cyborg's blueprints when the latter hacked into the H.I.V.E. computers, allowing Brother Blood to know Cyborg's weaknesses; in the episode "Wavelength", Brother Blood has utilized Cyborg's sonic cannon schematics to build a massive underwater sonic resonator strong enough to wipe out Jump City. Although the plot is foiled and Cyborg's blueprints are taken back, Brother Blood later reveals that he possesses a photographic memory, thus, he remembers every detail of the blueprints. Brother Blood's final appearance | 25,430 |
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is in the two-part episode "Titans East"; he takes control over the minds of Aqualad, Bumblebee, Más y Menos and Speedy, and has them re-build the Titans East tower into his new headquarters. Brother Blood also converts himself into a cyborg to enhance his mental abilities and plans to turn the Titans East into cyborgs as well so he can control them completely. Brother Blood confronts Cyborg in a final fight. Even though Brother Blood dominates him and smashes both of his arms and legs, utterly obsessed with finding what mechanical parts that allows him to resist his control, he is ultimately defeated by Cyborg when the hero reveals that it is actually his human spirit that is what defies Brother | 25,431 |
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Blood. Cyborg also manages to hack into Brother Blood's mental powers through his implants, using them to repair the damage the villain had inflicted on him in their fight, and stop him once and for all. Producer/writer David Slack stated saying: "In the end, we tried to make him the anti-Slade. Where Slade hides in the shadows, Brother Blood loves the spotlight. Slade always has some ulterior motive, Brother Blood will tell you what he's planning right away. So there's some contrast there. We weren't even sure we'd get to use that name. I think what was important that we kept was that he was the leader of a cult. We kept that role and drew inspiration from cult leaders we read about. They are | 25,432 |
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very charming seeming people. From that, we gave him this sort of 'power of temptation' - this ability to control people's perceptions. And the power of persuasion. We didn't get too deep into the character from the comics, because so much of it was so outside of what we'd be able to do. He's definitely one where we've strayed more".
- Brother Blood appears in "Teen Titans Go!", voiced again by John DiMaggio. In the episode "Waffles", he plans to gain access to the Titans Tower's weapon arsenal. In order to succeed, he kidnaps the Teen Titans (excluding Beast Boy and Cyborg) and forces to give them their voice passwords to get access. However, his plan failed when he gets annoyed by the Titans | 25,433 |
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constantly saying 'waffles". In "Little Buddies", Brother Blood uses Pain Bot in order to attack the Titans. The Teen Titans managed to destroy the remote control to Pain Bot and defeat Brother Blood. In "I See You", a flashback showed Brother Blood eating at a restaurant when Beast Boy and Cyborg were attempting a stakeout on him. In the episode "A-Farce", Brother Blood prosecutes the Teen Titans for the damages caused in their crimefighting at a trial where Brain is the judge.
### Live-action.
- Brother Blood appears in "Arrow", portrayed by Kevin Alejandro. By day, Sebastian Blood is a charismatic former alderman and mayoral candidate for Starling City, and a personal friend to Oliver Queen | 25,434 |
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aka The Arrow. By night he is the leader of a "Church of Blood", inherited from a man named Father Roger Trigon, under the name "Brother Blood". Blood is a very motivated political speaker who is not afraid to take life-threatening risks for the people of Starling, but as Brother Blood he wears a skull mask with a voice modifier, operating mostly in secret. Blood kidnaps criminals and injects them with a serum called Mirakuru, accidentally killing Xavier Reed and Max Stanton, before making his first successful injection with Cyrus Gold, who gains super strength. Eventually it is revealed that Blood is working with Slade Wilson, who supplies him with the Mirakuru. When Laurel Lance gets close | 25,435 |
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to discovering Brother Blood's true identity, Blood has one of his minions don his mask to throw off suspicions. When Slade kills mayoral candidate Moira Queen, Sebastian becomes the mayor of Starling City. Lance discovers Blood is working with Slade and goes to Queen with the evidence. Queen confronts Blood and reveals his true identity to him, who then reveals his plan to rebuild the damaged city in his own image. Brother Blood stands before Slade's army, giving them final orders and a speech, before sending them out to wreak havoc. However, when Slade's soldiers start massacring the citizens of Starling City, Blood realizes that Slade has no intention of leaving him a city to rule. Thus, | 25,436 |
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he gives Queen the cure for the Mirakuru and is later killed by Isabel Rochev for his betrayal.
## Film.
- Brother Blood appears as the main antagonist in "", voiced by Gregg Henry. In the film, he is the leader of H.I.V.E., a cult seeking divine dominion over mankind. Blood claims to be hundreds of years old, attributing his long lifespan to his practice of bathing in the blood of his enemies. Blood has Deathstroke and Terra kidnap most of the Teen Titans in order to drain their powers and thus make himself into a god-like being. However, the plan is thwarted by Nightwing (the only Titan who escaped the scheme) and an enraged Terra, who was betrayed by Deathstroke. In the end, Blood is depowered | 25,437 |
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by Raven and slain by his aide, Mother Mayhem, to prevent him from being imprisoned; their bodies are subsequently crushed by debris when Terra causes the H.I.V.E. temple to collapse.
## Video games.
- Brother Blood appears in "DC Universe Online", voiced by Ev Lunning. Brother Blood and his cult attempt to bring Trigon to Earth by raising the demons of the Seven Deadly Sins. Brother Blood is defeated by the players and the Sentinels of Magic. He is served by Clerics, Minions of Envy, Minions of Gluttony, Minions of Greed, Minions of Lust, Minions of Sloth, Minions of Wrath, Paladins, Priests, an Exarch of Gluttony, and an Exarch of Wrath.
## Miscellaneous.
- In the tie-in comic to "Arrow", | 25,438 |
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"Season 2.5", issue #2, Brother Blood is shown to be alive and leading his newly founded Church of Blood. But in the next issue, it is revealed that Clinton Hogue (portrayed by Roark Critchlow in "Arrow" live-action), Sebastian's aid, has taken up his moniker and is now the man under the skull mask. In issue #4, it is also discovered, through flashbacks, that Hogue is a devout theologian and humbly serves an unnamed deity. Later, Hogue is shown to be present when Sebastian is murdered, believing his death to be a sign that the mantle now belonged to him. In the present, he is connected with a mercenary group in Bludhaven called the Renegades and has a profiler draw up sketches of the two people | 25,439 |
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responsible for his capture and interrogation, John Diggle and Felicity Smoak. He holds Felicity captive, but Oliver rescues her and Roy Harper kicks Hogue off of the building they are on, causing him to fall to his death.
- The tie-in novel to "Arrow" called "Arrow: Vengeance" explores more about his backstory: Sebastian was a young man who was born and raised in the crime-riddled neighborhood known as the Glades. His father, Sebastian Sangre, was abusive to him and his mother that he would frequently have nightmares, envisioning him in the image of a skull. Sebastian befriended to a teenager named Cyrus Gold and his mentor Father Trigon. One day, his father came home estranged and threatened | 25,440 |
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to kill him, but Gold and Trigon (disguised as the Acolyte and the Devil) broke in and beat him. Trigon suggested to Sebastian to take father's gun and kill him which he did. His mother Maya Resik received the blame for her husband's death, arrested and put in psychiatric institution. When Sebastian was received in Zandia Orphanage, he met with Gold, now a preacher, and saw him as an older brother-like figure. He created a skull mask to conquer own fears about nightmares of his father. The mask was placed upon him by Trigon in a ceremony, where Sebastian officially became a member of the Church of Blood as Brother Blood, swearing to protect the poorest of the city and the orphans of Zandia, | 25,441 |
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me for her husband's death, arrested and put in psychiatric institution. When Sebastian was received in Zandia Orphanage, he met with Gold, now a preacher, and saw him as an older brother-like figure. He created a skull mask to conquer own fears about nightmares of his father. The mask was placed upon him by Trigon in a ceremony, where Sebastian officially became a member of the Church of Blood as Brother Blood, swearing to protect the poorest of the city and the orphans of Zandia, regardless of the cost. He later met with mercenary Slade Wilson/Deathstroke who offered him to become a mayor of Starling City.
# External links.
- DCU Guide: Brother Blood II-VII
- DCU Guide: Brother Blood IX | 25,442 |
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Swarovski
Swarovski (; ) is an Austrian producer of lead glass (commonly called "crystal") headquartered in Wattens, Austria. The company is split into three major industry areas: the Swarovski Crystal Business, that primarily produces lead glass jewelry (commonly called crystal jewelry) and accessories; Swarovski Optik, which produces optical instruments such as telescopes, telescopic sights for rifles, and binoculars; and Tyrolit, a manufacturer of grinding, sawing, drilling, and dressing tools, as well as a supplier of tools and machines.
Today, Swarovski Crystal Business is one of the highest grossing business units with a global reach of approximately 2,800 stores in around 170 countries, | 25,443 |
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more than 27,000 employees, and a revenue of about 2.6 billion euros (in 2016).
# History.
Daniel Swarovski was born in northern Bohemia (now the Czech Republic), 20 km from the current border with Poland. His father was a glass cutter and owned a small glass factory. It was there that the young Swarovski served an apprenticeship, becoming skilled in the art of glass-cutting. In 1892 he patented an electric cutting machine that facilitated the production of crystal glass.
In 1895, Swarovski, financier Armand Kosman, and Franz Weis founded the Swarovski company, originally known as A. Kosmann, D. Swarovski & Co. and shortened to KS & Co. The company established a crystal-cutting factory in | 25,444 |
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Wattens, Tyrol (Austria), to take advantage of local hydroelectricity for the energy-intensive grinding processes Daniel Swarovski had patented. Swarovski's vision was to make "a diamond for everyone" by making crystals affordable.
In 1899, it first used the edelweiss flower in its logo and expanded to France, where it was known as Pierres Taillées du Tyrol ("Cut stones from Tyrol"). In 1919, Swarovski founded Tyrolit, bringing the grinding and polishing tools from the crystal business into a different market.
In 1935, Swarovski's son Wilhelm created a customized pair of binoculars, which led to the launch of Swarovski Optik 14 years later. Swarovski Optik manufactures optical instruments | 25,445 |
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such as binoculars and telescopes.
Nadja Swarovski, the founder's great-great granddaughter, is a member of the Swarovski executive board.
In 1977, Swarovski entered the jewelry market in the United States.
The Company's current heiress is "Let's Dance Germany" former winner, co-host and singer Victoria Swarovski, she and her sister Paulina Swarovski are among the current younger generation of the family.
# Products.
The Swarovski Crystal range includes lead crystal glass sculptures and miniature, jewelry and rhinestones, home decor, and chandeliers. It is best known for its small animal figurines.
All sculptures are marked with a logo. The original Swarovski logo was an edelweiss flower, | 25,446 |
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which was replaced by an S.A.L. logo, which was finally replaced with the current swan logo in 1988.
Crystal glass is produced by melting a mixture of quartz sand, minium, potash and soda at high temperatures. To create crystal glass that lets light refract in a rainbow spectrum, Swarovski coats some of its products with special metallic chemical coatings. For example, Aurora Borealis, or "AB", gives the surface a rainbow appearance. Other coatings are named by the company, including Crystal Transmission, Volcano, Aurum, Shimmer, and Dorado. Coatings may be applied to only part of an object; others are coated twice, and thus are designated AB 2X, Dorado 2X, etc.
In 2004 Swarovski released | 25,447 |
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Xilion, a copyrighted cut designed to optimise the brilliance of Roses (components with flat backs) and Chatons (diamond cut).
The Swarovski Group includes Tyrolit (makers of abrasive and cutting tools); Swareflex (reflective and luminous road markings); Signity (synthetic and natural gemstones); and Swarovski Optik (optical instruments such as binoculars and rifle scopes).
In 2014, Tristan da Cunha issued a five crown Christmas coin where the reverse has a small Swarovski crystal set in the guiding star behind a colour picture of one of the magi.
Swarovski have created a line of liquid and solid perfumes.
The company runs a crystal-themed museum, Swarovski Kristallwelten (Crystal Worlds) | 25,448 |
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at its original Wattens site (near Innsbruck, Austria). The Crystal Worlds Centre is fronted by a grass-covered head, the mouth of which is a fountain. The grass-covered Crystal Worlds Centre houses exhibitions related to, or inspired by, the crystals but do not include explanations of how the designs are made, produced or finished. The museum is the second most visited tourist attraction in Austria.
Swarovski work was exhibited at Asia's Fashion Jewellery & Accessories Fair based on the concept of a single continuous beam of fragmented light travelling through a crystal.
## Subsidiary companies.
- Atelier Swarovski
- Schonbek
- Swareflex
- Swarovski
- Swarovski Crystal Palace
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Entertainment
- Swarovski Gemstone Business
- Swarovski Kristallwelten
- Swarovski Lighting
- Swarovski Optik
- Swarovski Professional
- Touchstone Crystal
- Tyrolit
## Active-Crystals.
In 2007 Swarovski formed a partnership with electronics giant Philips to produce the "Active-Crystals" consumer electronics range. This includes six USB Memory keys and four in-ear headphones, and in 2008 they included Bluetooth wireless earpieces for the brand, all with some form of Swarovski crystal on them as decoration.
## Figurines and collectibles.
Swarovski's figurines are collectible, with a stylized mouse being the very first figurine created. A smaller version of this mouse, now labeled the | 25,450 |
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"replica mouse", is still sold.
Swarovski Elements crystals were included in some collectible silver coins issued by the Royal Canadian Mint in 2009.
In November 2014, Victoria's Secret revealed its re-design of the Heavenly Luxe perfume bottle with Swarovski crystals
# Sponsorship and placement.
Swarovski owned the Austrian football club FC Swarovski Tirol from 1986 to 1992.
Since 2004, Swarovski has provided the , star or snowflake that tops the Rockefeller Centre Christmas Tree in New York City. Smaller versions of this are sold as Annual Edition ornaments.
Swarovski was a sponsor for the 2004 film "The Phantom of the Opera", in which the "standing model" of the chandelier was composed | 25,451 |
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of Swarovski crystals. A Swarovski shop window is visible later in the film. However instead of using the edelweiss flower, which would have been the case in the era the film was set, the current swan logo was used.
The 2009 documentary film "This Is It" showed Michael Jackson rehearsing for a concert tour, featuring costumes covered in Swarovski crystals.
Swarovski is product-placed in the 2011 J-Lo promo video for the single "On The Floor", alongside Crown Royal Whisky and BMW. It is also product-placed in the 2012 Nelly Furtado's Big Hoops music video.
Swarovski are sponsors of the Pakistan Super League from the 2017 season.
In 2018, Celebrity Chef Nadiya Hussain, TV personality Katie | 25,452 |
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Piper, and CoppaFeel founder Kris Hallenga, were announced as Swarovski's latest ambassadors, and starred in the brand's ongoing #BrillianceforAll campaign.
# Partnerships.
Swarovski has worked with Victoria's Secret and their Fashion Show. Also, the American Singer Madonna wore a Swarovski Crystal Dress in her Rebel Heart Tour while performing her song "Music". Rihanna also wore an entire Swarovski Crystal Dress in her appearance at the American Grammys. Michael Jackson's crystal glove was also Swarovski. The ruby red slippers from the Wizard of Oz were also made with red Swarovski crystals.
All the jewelry from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes were Swarovski crystal as well. They were not actual | 25,453 |
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diamonds.
In 2017, Swarovski commissioned a $60,000 Art Deco-styled dress in the style of her famous "nude dress", from Berlin-based fashion tech company ElektroCouture to honor Marlene Dietrich 25 years after her death. It contains 2,000 crystals in addition to 150 LED lights. ElektroCouture owner Lisa Lang said that the dress was inspired by electrical diagrams and correspondence that took place between the actress and fashion designer Jean Louis in 1958. "She wanted a dress that glows, she wanted to be able to control it herself from the stage and she knew she could have died of an electric stroke had it ever been realized." The dress created by Lang's company was featured in French-German | 25,454 |
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o honor Marlene Dietrich 25 years after her death. It contains 2,000 crystals in addition to 150 LED lights. ElektroCouture owner Lisa Lang said that the dress was inspired by electrical diagrams and correspondence that took place between the actress and fashion designer Jean Louis in 1958. "She wanted a dress that glows, she wanted to be able to control it herself from the stage and she knew she could have died of an electric stroke had it ever been realized." The dress created by Lang's company was featured in French-German broadcaster Arte’s documentary “Das letzte Kleid der Marlene Dietrich” ("The Last Dress of Marlene Dietrich").
# See also.
- Swarovski Kristallwelten (Crystal Worlds) | 25,455 |
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Discrete modelling
Discrete modelling is the discrete analogue of continuous modelling. In discrete modelling, formulae are fit to discrete data—data that could potentially take on only a countable set of values, such as the integers, and which are not infinitely divisible. A common method in this form of modelling is to use recurrence relations. | 25,456 |
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Kansai Electric Power Company
, also known as , is an electric utility with its operational area of Kansai region, Japan (including the Kobe-Osaka-Kyoto megalopolis).
The Kansai region is Japan's second-largest industrial area, and in normal times, its most nuclear-reliant. Before the Fukushima nuclear disaster, a band of 11 nuclear reactors — north of the major cities Osaka and Kyoto — supplied almost 50 percent of the region's power.
As of January 2012, only one of those reactors was still running. In March 2012, the last reactor was taken off the powergrid.
# Power plants.
Kansai Electric Power Company has 164 plants with a total production capacity of 35,760 MW.
# Accidents and incidents.
## | 25,457 |
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Mihama accident in 2004.
On 9 August 2004, KEPCO reported that five of its employees were killed by a steam burst in the turbines housing building, at the Mihama Nuclear Power Plant in Fukui Prefecture. The burst, according to KEPCO, was due to the neglect of mandated safety checks and there was no release of radioactivity.
## 2006.
On 22 March 2006, in Ōi Nuclear Power Plant, at the waste incineration facility area, where ash is packed in steel barrels, a fire broke out. Two workers were admitted to a hospital after inhaling smoke, but not in critical condition. No radiation leakage was monitored.
## 2011 aftermath.
The Kansai region is Japan's second-largest industrial area, and in normal | 25,458 |
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times, its most nuclear-reliant. Before the Fukushima nuclear disaster, a band of 11 nuclear reactors — north of the major cities Osaka and Kyoto — supplied almost 50 percent of the region's power. But as of January 2012, only one of those reactors is still running. Meanwhile, power company employees are racing to reassure Japanese that plants are safe and necessary. In 2012, officials from Kansai Electric Power Co., "have gone door to door in towns that host its nuclear plants, conducting polls and answering questions".
# Promoting nuclear power.
A member of the town assembly of Takahama, Fukui: Tomio Yamamoto received as president of the real estate company OHC Fukui, over 100 million yen | 25,459 |
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for the rent of an unused factory over four years from 2006 to 2010 from a subsidiary of Kansai Electric Power Co. (KEPCO) The factory was used for storage, but the rent was unusually high, almost double the market price. The money was apparently paid in return for promoting nuclear power. In September 2010 an opinion statement to reactivate the nuclear reactors was proposed by Akio Awano, the vice speaker of the town assembly. Yamamoto and two other town assembly members did sign the proposal before it was submitted to the assembly.
# Opposition to the dependence on nuclear power.
In August 2011 citizens of the prefecture Shiga, at the banks of Lake Biwa, started a lawsuit at the Otsu District | 25,460 |
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Court, and asked a court order to prevent the restart of seven reactors operated by Kansai Electric Power Company, in the prefecture Fukui.
On 27 February 2012 three Kansai cities, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe, jointly asked Kansai Electric Power Co. to break its dependence on nuclear power. In a letter to KEPCO they also requested to disclose information on the demand and supply of electricity, and for lower and stable prices. The three cities were stockholders of the plant: Osaka owned 9% of the shares, while Kobe had 3% and Kyoto 0.45%. Toru Hashimoto, the mayor of Osaka, announced a proposal to minimize the dependence on nuclear power for the shareholders meeting in June 2012.
On 18 March 2012 | 25,461 |
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the city of Osaka decided as largest shareholder of Kansai Electric Power Co, that at the next shareholders-meeting in June 2012 it would demand a series of changes:
- that Kansai Electric would be split into two companies, separating power generation from power transmission
- a reduction of the number of the utility's executives and employees.
- the implementation of absolutely secure measurements to ensuring the safety of the nuclear facilities.
- the disposing of spent fuel.
- the installation of new kind of thermal power generation to secure non-nuclear supply of energy.
- selling all unnecessary assets including the stock holdings of KEPCO.
In this action Osaka had secured the support | 25,462 |
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of two other cities and shareholders: Kyoto and Kobe, but with their combined voting-rights of 12.5 percent they were not certain of the ultimate outcome, because for this two-thirds of the shareholders would be needed to agree.to revise the corporate charter.
At a meeting held on 10 April 2012 by the "energy strategy council", formed by the city of Osaka and the governments of the prefectures, it became clear that at the end of the fiscal year 2011 some 69 employees of Kansai Electric Power Company were former public servants. "Amakudari" is the Japanese name for this practice: hiring officials that formerly controlled and supervised the firm: among these people were:
- 13 ex-officials of | 25,463 |
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the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
- 3 ex-officials of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry,
- 2 ex-officials of the Ministry of the Environment,
- 16 former policemen,
- 13 former civil engineers.
- 16 former policemen,
- 10 ex-firefighters
Besides this, it became known that Kansai Electric had done about 600 external financial donations, to a total sum of about 1.695 billion yen:
- 70 donations were paid to local governments: to a total of 699 million yen
- 100 donations to public-service organizations: 443 million yen,
- 430 donations to various organizations and foundations: a total of 553 million yen
During this meeting some 8 conditions were compiled, | 25,464 |
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that needed to be fulfilled before a restart of the No.3 and No.4 reactors Oi Nuclear Power Plant:
- the consent of the local people and government within 100 kilometer from the plant
- the installation of a new independent regulatory agency
- a nuclear safety agreement
- the establishment of new nuclear safety standards
- stress tests and evaluations based on these new safety rules
On 14 September 2013, the day before the no. 4 Oi reactor was scheduled to closed down for regular inspections, some 9000 demonstrators gathered at the Kameido Chuo Park and later marched close to JR Kinshicho Station and the Tokyo Skytree. They called for an end of Japan's dependency on nuclear power. The | 25,465 |
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nd later marched close to JR Kinshicho Station and the Tokyo Skytree. They called for an end of Japan's dependency on nuclear power. The day after the Oi-reactor closed down, leaving Japan without any nuclear power for the third time in 40 years.
# Business results.
Over the business year 2011-2012, which ends in March, Kansai Electric Power Co. was expected to suffer a loss of 250 billion yen or more, because of the growing fuel cost for thermal power generation. In the business year 2009 the net loss was 8.7 billion yen.
# See also.
- Osaka Science Museum
- Kanden Tunnel Trolleybus
- Kurobe Senyō Railway
# External links.
- Reuters.com: Japan's TEPCO & Kansai forecast record losses | 25,466 |
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Muster (census)
In the colony of New South Wales, Australia, a muster was an extension of a Military Muster to the general populace.
A general muster was held when deemed necessary to count the convicts and general population. Many people were not included.
Musters were held in the years:
- 1788 A list of persons victualled in NSW and Norfolk Island
- 1806 A General Muster in NSW of convicts, emancipists, livestock and land.
- 1810 to 1820 Returns of convicts in the Colony on 1 January 1810 and of those who arrived up until September 1820.
- 1811 A General Muster in NSW, Port Dalrymple, Hobart Town and Norfolk Island
- 1814 A General Muster was held in NSW which was arranged by districts.
- | 25,467 |
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uster in NSW, Port Dalrymple, Hobart Town and Norfolk Island
- 1814 A General Muster was held in NSW which was arranged by districts.
- 1818 Muster of free persons at Hobart Town.
- 1819 Muster of persons at Hobart Town and Port Dalrymple.
- 1820 and 1821 Muster of convicts and their children at Hobart Town.
- 1822 Muster supplying alphabetical returns of persons in NSW and also of convicts in Van Diemen's Land.
- 1823 Muster of convicts in Van Diemen's Land.
- 1825 General muster of all inhabitants in NSW, except the military.
- 1837 General muster of all convicts in NSW and Norfolk Island.
- 1841 Censuses of NSW, Adelaide, Van Diemen's Land and Port Phillip.
- 1891 Census of NSW. | 25,468 |
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Atoyac, Jalisco
Atoyac Municipality is a municipality in the Mexican state of Jalisco. The administrative centre for the municipality is located in the town of Atoyac, Jalisco.
# Name.
Its name derives from the Nahuatl "Atoya-k", which means to "Place near the river".
About 36,000 thousand years ago this region was covered by the waters that formed an immense lake.
# Geography.
The municipality of Atoyac is located in the southern region of the state of Jalisco,
between coordinates 19°52'20" to 20°07'35" North and 103°20'40" to 103°36'05" West, at a height of
1,350 meters above sea level.
It limits the north with the municipality of Zacoalco de Torres and Teocuitatlán de Corona, the | 25,469 |
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south with Sayula and Gómez Farías; to the east with Teocuitatlán de Corona and Concepción de Buenos Aires and to the west with Amacueca and Techaluta de Montenegro.
The municipal territory of Atoyac has a surface of 235.81 km².
Festivities - Atoyac, as many towns in Mexico, is part of an annual festivity in which a saint (El Senor the de la Salud) is celebrated. According to an ancient myth, the town of Atoyac suffered a devastating epidemic that killed several residents. It was not until the saint was brought down from its post and paraded around the town that the epidemic allegedly stopped. In celebration of this miracle, the saint is parade every year following the same route it did the | 25,470 |
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Buenos Aires and to the west with Amacueca and Techaluta de Montenegro.
The municipal territory of Atoyac has a surface of 235.81 km².
Festivities - Atoyac, as many towns in Mexico, is part of an annual festivity in which a saint (El Senor the de la Salud) is celebrated. According to an ancient myth, the town of Atoyac suffered a devastating epidemic that killed several residents. It was not until the saint was brought down from its post and paraded around the town that the epidemic allegedly stopped. In celebration of this miracle, the saint is parade every year following the same route it did the first time.
# External links.
- Jalisco y sus Municipios - Gobierno del Estado de Jalisco | 25,471 |
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Ruggles station
Ruggles is an intermodal transfer station in Boston, Massachusetts. It serves MBTA rapid transit, bus, and commuter rail services and is located at the intersection of Ruggles and Tremont streets, where the Roxbury, Fenway-Kenmore and Mission Hill neighborhoods meet. The station occupies the site that was previously the South End Grounds, home of the former Boston Braves from 1871 to 1914. It is surrounded by the campus of Northeastern University.
Ruggles is a station stop for the Orange Line subway, as well as the Providence/Stoughton Line, Franklin Line, and Needham Line of the MBTA Commuter Rail system. Thirteen bus routes stop at Ruggles, including four of the fifteen key | 25,472 |
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MBTA bus routes.
Ruggles station opened on May 4, 1987 and was built as part of an Orange Line realignment project which relocated the former Washington Street Elevated Orange Line service into the Southwest Corridor. Commuter rail service to the station began on October 5, 1987. Ruggles is located at milepost 226.5, 1.1 miles from Back Bay and 2.2 miles from South Station.
# Station layout.
A total of five tracks run through the station: two for the Orange Line and three for commuter rail. Of the three commuter rail tracks (also used by Amtrak, which does not stop), only tracks 1 and 3 serve the station; track 2 (the far inbound track) bypasses it. The main bus boarding area is located next | 25,473 |
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to track 2.
# Future plans.
## Urban Ring.
Ruggles was a proposed stop on the Urban Ring Project. The Urban Ring was to be a circumferential Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Line designed to connect the current radial MBTA rail lines, to reduce overcrowding in the downtown stations, but it was canceled around 2006. Under draft plans released in 2008, the Urban Ring would have approached Ruggles from the west on a reserved surface right-of-way on the north side of Ruggles Street. Buses would have used the existing bus loop; the existing side access from Tremont Street would have connected to dedicated bus lanes on Melnea Cass Boulevard.
## Second commuter rail platform.
A number of smaller projects | 25,474 |
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in the corridor have been approved; among them is adding a second commuter rail platform to serve Track 2 at Ruggles, thus allowing all commuter rail trains to stop there. Currently, about 30% of trains do not stop, as reaching the platform would require crossing over to Track 1 or Track 3. The MBTA began consideration of a second platform in 1993, just six years after Ruggles opened. A preliminary study in 2008 recommended a full-length 800-foot platform located entirely east of the busway bridge.
The MBTA began holding public meetings in 2012, with the new platform now to be located next to the existing platform. It will be split in two sections connected by a short pedestrian tunnel under | 25,475 |
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the busway bridge; the gap will be short enough to allow all doors on a train to still open onto the platform. In September 2014, the MBTA received a $20 million TIGER grant for the project, which is estimated to cost $30 million in total. Besides the new platform, work will include lighting and security upgrades, elevator improvements, and rehabilitation of the deteriorated northern half of the existing platform, which is blocked off from use.
By March 2016, the project was at 90% design and expected to reach 100% design by mid-2016, when it would be advertised for bidding. Construction was set to begin in late 2016 and last through 2018. In December 2016, the MBTA Fiscal and Management Control | 25,476 |
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Board approved a $1.6 million expansion of the project scope to include reconstruction of the lower busway, elevator replacements, additional station entrances, and other accessibility improvements. Bidding took place in May and June 2017; on June 26, the Board approved a $19.667 million construction contract (lower than the $22 million projected cost).
A groundbreaking ceremony for the project, which is expected to cost $38.5 million in total, was held on August 22, 2017. Construction was estimated to last from 2017 to 2019. A revised timeline was published in November 2017 that had construction lasting from November 2017 to Fall 2020, two years later than originally anticipated. Reconstruction | 25,477 |
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of the lower busway began in October 2018.
# Bus connections.
Ruggles also serves as a major transfer point and terminal for MBTA Bus services. Most routes enter a deboarding platform from Ruggles Street and proceed to a below-grade boarding area which exits back onto Ruggles; some routes enter and/or exit on a side connection to Columbus Avenue and Tremont Street.
- Harbor Point/UMass – Kenmore Station via B.U. Medical Center & Dudley Station
- Kane Sq. or Fields Corner Station – Ruggles Station via Uphams Corner
- Fields Corner Station – Kenmore or Ruggles Station via Grove Hall & Dudley Station
- Ashmont Station – Ruggles Station via Talbot Ave. & Jackson Square
- Ashmont Station – | 25,478 |
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Ruggles Station via Washington St.
- Mattapan Station – Ruggles Station via Dudley Station
- Forest Hills Station – Dudley or Ruggles Station via Washington St.
- Ruggles Station – Park & Tremont Sts. via Tremont St.
- Jackson Square – Ruggles Station via Seaver St. and Humboldt Ave.
- Franklin Park Zoo – Ruggles Sta. via Blue Hill Ave.
- Central Sq., Cambridge – Broadway Station via B.U. Medical Center, Dudley Station and the Longwood Medical Area
- Sullivan Station – Ruggles Station via Kendall/M.I.T.
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center – Andrew Station via B.U. Medical Center
# External links.
- MBTA - Ruggles
- MBTA - Ruggles Station Platform Project
- Google Maps Street View: | 25,479 |
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dley Station
- Forest Hills Station – Dudley or Ruggles Station via Washington St.
- Ruggles Station – Park & Tremont Sts. via Tremont St.
- Jackson Square – Ruggles Station via Seaver St. and Humboldt Ave.
- Franklin Park Zoo – Ruggles Sta. via Blue Hill Ave.
- Central Sq., Cambridge – Broadway Station via B.U. Medical Center, Dudley Station and the Longwood Medical Area
- Sullivan Station – Ruggles Station via Kendall/M.I.T.
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center – Andrew Station via B.U. Medical Center
# External links.
- MBTA - Ruggles
- MBTA - Ruggles Station Platform Project
- Google Maps Street View: Forsyth Street entrance, Ruggles Street entrance, Columbus Avenue entrance | 25,480 |
1600316 | Michel Ancel | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michel%20Ancel | Michel Ancel
Michel Ancel
Michel Ancel (born March 29, 1972) is a Monegasque-born French video game designer for Ubisoft. He is best known for creating the "Rayman" franchise, for which he was the lead designer for the first two games, and the recent "Rayman Origins" and its sequel "Rayman Legends". He is also known for the cult hit video game "Beyond Good & Evil" and for the video game adaptation of Peter Jackson's "King Kong", which was critically acclaimed. He is currently working on "Beyond Good & Evil 2" with a small team of developers, using development tools specially designed to make game development more accessible to a greater audience.
# Career.
Ancel's first demo, "Mechanic Warriors", was developed | 25,481 |
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for software house Lankhor. Ancel then joined Ubisoft as a graphic artist after meeting the game author Nicolas Choukroun in Montpellier at the age of 17. He made the graphics of Nicolas' games such as "The Intruder", "Pick'n Pile" before doing his first game as both programmer and graphic artist "Brain Blaster" published by Ubi Soft in 1990. In 1992, he began to work on "Rayman", his directorial debut. It was released in 1995 for PlayStation, Atari Jaguar and Sega Saturn.
Ancel was also heavily involved in the development of "", but had only an advisory role on "". Although he praised its development team, he claims he would have "made the game differently".
In 2003, he created "Beyond Good | 25,482 |
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& Evil", which garnered critical acclaim and a cult following, but was a commercial failure. However, film director Peter Jackson's admiration of the game — and his frustration with EA's handling of "The Lord of the Rings" license — led to Ancel being given direction of the "King Kong" video game adaptation. In spite of Ubisoft's reluctance to produce a sequel "Beyond Good and Evil 2", Ancel has expressed a clear wish to produce one in the future., which was officially announced at Ubidays 2008 event on May 28, 2008. On December 18, 2008, at the VGL event in Paris.
On April 5, 2006, Ubisoft announced Ancel was leading the development of the fourth game in the Rayman series, "Rayman Raving Rabbids", | 25,483 |
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for Wii. The game began production in early 2005 and was released on November 15, 2006 for the launch of the Wii. However, Ancel was notably absent from the project after its E3 announcement, and he has made no public appearances regarding the game after the development team switched focus from a free-roaming platformer to the final mini games format shortly after E3. In the final game Ancel was only credited with storyboarding and character design, while design credits were shared between multiple other people.
In 2010, Ubisoft announced "Rayman Origins", first an episodic video game designed by Michel Ancel and developed by a small team of five people, but then it was announced that it transformed | 25,484 |
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into a full game. The title uses the UBIart Framework developed by Ubisoft Montpellier and Ancel. UBIart is a developer platform that allows artists and animators to easily create content and use it in an interactive environment. The engine is optimized for HD resolutions and is capable of running games at 60 frames per second in 1920x1080 resolution. UBIart tools will be released as open-source software in 2011.
In 2014, Michel Ancel revealed he had formed an independent games studio called Wild Sheep. It was also revealed that he would continue to contribute to the development of projects at Ubisoft, including "an extremely ambitious new title that is very close to his and the team’s heart." | 25,485 |
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Wild Sheep are currently (2015) developing an open world pre-historic survival game called "WiLD".
# Recognition.
On March 13, 2006, he, along with Shigeru Miyamoto and Frédérick Raynal, were knighted by the French Minister of Culture and Communication, Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres, a knight of arts and literature. It was the first time that video game developers were honored with this distinction.
Ancel is also recognized as one of the best game designers in IGN's Top 100 Game Creators, ranking 24th out of 100.
# Design philosophy.
Ancel aims for a high degree of freedom in his games. He is critical of games that claim to offer freedom, but present limits or invisible boundaries where players | 25,486 |
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do not expect them.
In designing "Peter Jackson's King Kong", Ancel chose not to show any overlay information to increase the player's immersion in the game world, a design choice also seen in games such as "Ico" or "Another World". For instance, low health is conveyed not with a meter but through blurred vision and the sound of heavy breathing.
Ancel rejects the often held belief that video games of French origin are more original, claiming the problem lies not in the development process, but in risk-averseness at US publishers.
# Games.
- "Brain Blasters" (also known as "The Teller") (1990) – Programmer & graphic artist
- "Pick 'n Pile" (1990) – Story
- "Rayman" (1995) – Concept & Design
- | 25,487 |
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"Tonic Trouble" (1999) – Concept
- "" (1999) – Concept, Game Design, Artistic Design & Story Concept
- "Rayman M" (2001) – Character Design
- "Beyond Good & Evil" (2003) – Director, Game Design & Story
- "Peter Jackson's King Kong" (2005) – Creative Director & Game Designer
- "Rayman Raving Rabbids" (2006) – Character Design & Based on a World Created By
- "Rayman Raving Rabbids 2" (2007) – Character Design & Based on a World created By
- "" (2008) – Character Design & Based on a World created By
- "Rayman Origins" (2011) - Concept, Design & Direction
- "Rayman Legends" (2013) - Concept, Design & Direction
- "Beyond Good and Evil 2" (TBA) – Designer, Director & Story
- "Wild" (TBA)
Ancel | 25,488 |
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Based on a World created By
- "Rayman Origins" (2011) - Concept, Design & Direction
- "Rayman Legends" (2013) - Concept, Design & Direction
- "Beyond Good and Evil 2" (TBA) – Designer, Director & Story
- "Wild" (TBA)
Ancel worked on, but did not design, "Tonic Trouble" (1999), which features limbless characters in the same mould as "Rayman". He shares credit on his "Rayman" games with Frédéric Houde, while Jacques Exertier contributed many of the cinematic and story elements of "Beyond Good & Evil" and "King Kong". He is also credited in Rayman games not designed by him because he was responsible for the creation of the character.
# External links.
- Michel Ancel profile at MobyGames | 25,489 |
1600272 | Ryan Newman (racing driver) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ryan%20Newman%20(racing%20driver) | Ryan Newman (racing driver)
Ryan Newman (racing driver)
Ryan Joseph Newman (born December 8, 1977), nicknamed "Rocket Man", is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 6 Ford Mustang for Roush Fenway Racing.
# Early career.
Newman made his racing debut in 1993 in the United Midget Auto Racing Association and the All-American Midget Series, winning both Rookie of the Year and the championship. His 100 feature wins and two titles have him in the Quarter Midget Hall of Fame. Moving to USAC in 1995 running the C.E. Lewis No. 39 Drinan Chassis powered Brayton Motor, he was ROTY again in both the Midget Series and the Silver Crown | 25,490 |
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in 1996. In 1999, he was the first driver to win in all three divisions while being the Silver Bullet Series champion in the No. 14 Beast Chassis powered Chevy.
# NASCAR.
## Monster Energy Cup Series.
### Penske Racing (2000–2008).
Newman began driving for legendary racing icon Roger Penske in 2000, in order to transition to stock car racing. Newman ran the No. 27 Alltel-sponsored Ford for Penske Racing in the ARCA RE/MAX Series. Newman won three of the five ARCA races he entered, and made his Winston Cup debut at Phoenix International Raceway in the No. 02 Alltel-sponsored Ford for Penske. In 2001, Penske planned for Newman to run at least 23 combined events in both ARCA and NASCAR, while | 25,491 |
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Newman attended Purdue University. In addition to five ARCA events, Newman ran 15 Busch Series races that season, winning poles in his second and third career starts and scoring his first career win at Michigan International Speedway in just his 9th career start. He also had a series-high six poles. Around this time he would meet racing legend Buddy Baker, who would eventually become his mentor on superspeedways.
In 2002, Newman won a season-high six poles, breaking the rookie record set by Davey Allison. Newman joined Dale Earnhardt Jr. as the second rookie to win The Winston all-star race. At Watkins Glen later that summer, Newman led 11 laps and finished second behind Tony Stewart. However | 25,492 |
1600272 | Ryan Newman (racing driver) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ryan%20Newman%20(racing%20driver) | Ryan Newman (racing driver)
the race ended in controversy as it was discovered that Stewart had restarted the race too early and jumped the restart. Despite a protest by Penske, NASCAR upheld Stewart's win. In September, he scored his first career Winston Cup win at New Hampshire Motor Speedway after starting from the pole. Newman beat out Jimmie Johnson for the Rookie of the Year award on the strength of rookie records in top-fives (14) and top-tens (22), even though Johnson had more wins, finished higher in the points standings, and led the standings at one point.
Newman's sophomore season began with a flip at the 2003 Daytona 500 after contact with Ken Schrader and Bobby Labonte. At Watkins Glen, he spun and hit the | 25,493 |
1600272 | Ryan Newman (racing driver) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ryan%20Newman%20(racing%20driver) | Ryan Newman (racing driver)
foam blocks, sending him on his side. The near-flip was at the 2003 Aaron's 499, when he blew a tire mid-pack and nearly turned on his side in turn 1, sparking a 27-car crash. Though finishing the season with a series-high eight wins and eleven poles, Newman also suffered seven DNF's, which left him sixth in points. His number of poles during the season led to him being nicknamed 'Rocket Man".
In 2004, Newman qualified for the inaugural Chase for the Cup by finishing seventh in points with two wins and nine poles. He made the 2005 Chase as well, while returning to the Busch Series after a four-year absence, winning six out of the nine races he entered, including a series-record five straight.
Newman | 25,494 |
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endured his first winless season in 2006, finishing a career-worst 18th in points, while his longtime crew chief, Matt Borland, left for Michael Waltrip Racing. His pole ratio between his rookie year and 2006 was one in every three races, tying him for fifteenth on the all-time poles list. As of July, 2017 Ryan has 50 poles, placing him 9th all-time.
In 2007, despite a streak of three consecutive poles, Newman again failed to win a race, including a near win at Lowe's Motor Speedway that was spoiled by a blown tire. His winless drought ended after he won the 2008 Daytona 500 on February 17, 2008. It was also the first Daytona 500 win for Penske.
### Stewart-Haas Racing (2009–2013).
On July | 25,495 |
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15, 2008, Newman announced that he was leaving Penske at the end of the season, and a month later, it was confirmed he was joining Haas CNC Racing for 2009, in the No. 39 Chevy Impala. The team was renamed Stewart-Haas Racing before the season.
Despite a slow start, Newman earned a pole, five top 5s, and 12 top 10s, and an average finish of 14.0, his best since his 8-win season in 2003. On September 12 at Richmond, Newman finished 10th and clinched a spot in the Chase for the first time since 2005. On November 1, 2009, at the Amp Energy 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, Newman was involved in a heavy crash on the back stretch in which he flipped over on top of Kevin Harvick entering Turn 3. He | 25,496 |
1600272 | Ryan Newman (racing driver) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ryan%20Newman%20(racing%20driver) | Ryan Newman (racing driver)
ended up on his roof and because the roof was crushed, crews had to use the Jaws of Life to pry the roof off the car after NASCAR officials flipped it back over. Newman was unharmed.
On April 10, 2010, Newman broke a 78-race winless streak with a win in the Subway Fresh Fit 600 at Phoenix International Raceway. He only led 4 laps during the race. The win was the first in NASCAR history for a car numbered 39. In September 2010, he was chosen as "honorable mention" in a list of the smartest athletes in sports by "Sporting News".
Newman began his 2011 season by leading the most laps in the Daytona 500, but crashed twice late and finished 22nd. He got his first win of the season winning on a fuel | 25,497 |
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mileage having enough to get the checkered flag at the Lenox Industrial Tools 301 at New Hampshire, giving him his 3rd career win at the track. Tony Stewart finished 2nd, giving Stewart/Haas Racings their first ever 1–2 finish. At the same track in September, Newman grabbed his 3rd pole of the season at the Sylvania 300. The 49th pole of his career put him in a tie for 10th all time on career poles with Bobby Isaac.
On April 1, 2012, at Martinsville Speedway, Newman survived a wild finish to get the 16th win of his career. The finish involved a controversial caution with 3 laps to go involving the No. 10 of David Reutimann which set up a green-white-checkered finish. Jeff Gordon and Jimmie | 25,498 |
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Johnson dominated but on the restart, they crashed with Clint Bowyer and Newman came through unscathed en route to the win.
Newman's 2013 campaign started with a 5th-place finish in the Daytona 500, but his momentum changed with two crashes at Phoenix the following week. He finished 38th at Las Vegas, but recovered with a 7th-place finish at Bristol. Newman collected two more Top 10 finishes in the next three races, but during that span he also had a controversial 31st-place finish in Martinsville. After a puncture, Newman appeared to stop deliberately and was penalized three laps. Two mediocre races at Kansas and Richmond followed, before the series went to Talladega. There, Newman was initially | 25,499 |
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