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2005 : Gold European Championships ( Villeneuve d 'Ascq , France )
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2007 : Gold European Championships ( Wetzlar , Germany )
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2008 : Silver Paralympic Games ( Beijing , China )
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2009 : Gold European Championships ( Stoke Mandeville , Great Britain )
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2010 : Silver World Championships ( Birmingham , Great Britain )
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2011 : Gold European Championships ( Nazareth , Israel )
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2012 : Gold Paralympic Games ( London , Great Britain )
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2012 : Hamburg coach of the year for 2012 .
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2013 : Silver European Championships ( Frankfurt , Germany )
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2014 : Silver at the World Championships ( Toronto , Canada )
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= Big Man on Hippocampus =
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" Big Man on Hippocampus " is the tenth episode of the eighth season of the Fox animated comedy Family Guy . It originally aired on Fox in the United States on January 3 , 2010 . The episode features Peter after he suddenly begins suffering from amnesia , and can no longer remember anything about his life , including ... |
The episode was written by Brian Scully and directed by Dominic Bianchi . It received generally negative reviews from critics , for its " promising start , " as well as its many cultural references . According to the Nielsen ratings , it was viewed in 8 @.@ 1 million homes in its original airing . The episode featured... |
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The episode opens with the Griffin family watching television . A commercial for local auditions of the syndicated game show Family Feud is shown , prompting them to try out the next day . The Griffins are chosen for the show and reach the final round . During a fight with Richard Dawson about welching on the prize mo... |
When Brian returns home to warn Peter about the consequences of this development , Peter reveals that he had regained his memory after Ernie the Giant Chicken hit him on the head with " an odd number of objects " earlier that day . Alerted by Brian 's warnings , Peter rushes to reclaim Lois , just as Quagmire 's plans... |
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This episode was written by Brian Scully , older brother of long @-@ time Simpsons writer and producer Mike Scully . This was his second Family Guy episode , the first being " I Dream of Jesus " from the seventh season . Series regular Dominic Bianchi directed the episode , before the conclusion of the eighth producti... |
" Big Man on Hippocampus " , along with the eleven other episodes from Family Guy 's eighth season , was released on a three @-@ disc DVD set in the United States on December 13 , 2011 . The sets include brief audio commentaries by various crew and cast members for several episodes , a collection of deleted scenes and... |
In addition to the regular cast , actor Dwayne Johnson made a brief live @-@ action appearance in the episode , appearing as himself , along with two action figures of Peter and Lois , which he proceeds to bang on top of each other in order to illustrate a censored sex scene . Commenting on his appearance in the episo... |
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The episode contains numerous in @-@ jokes and references to other events . As the episode opens , the family sees an announcement about auditions for the game show Family Feud . Deciding to try out , the family is quickly chosen , along with the family of show writer Steve Callaghan . The segment features a re @-@ cr... |
When Peter is introduced to Meg , he exclaims " D 'oh ! " , to which Lois replies " No , Peter , that 's not your catchphrase " , an allusion to Homer Simpson in The Simpsons . In a further attempt to restore Peter 's memory , Lois decides to show Peter footage of their honeymoon , which is reminiscent of the Corona c... |
Paul Hogan from " Crocodile " Dundee makes an appearance when Lois is teaching Peter how to use silverware . She says " this is a knife " saying his machete is a knife , referencing a famous scene from the film .
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Returning home from a night out , Peter brings home Tiffani Thiessen from Saved by the Bell , naively thinking he is allowed to have sex with her . The reference is made clear when Peter asks her if she bought a necklace using her money from the show . Tiffani also tells Peter he need not worry about her conceiving , ... |
The title is a pun on the common phrase Big Man on Campus , but with campus changed to hippocampus , a reference to Peter 's amnesia in the episode .
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= = Reception = =
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The episode was viewed in 8 @.@ 1 million homes , and received a Nielsen rating of 3 @.@ 9 / 9 in the 18 – 49 demographic . In addition , it was also the second most viewed and second highest rated show on Fox 's Animation Domination lineup , losing slightly to The Simpsons , but continued its lead over both The Cleve... |
Reviews of the episode were negative , citing the storyline as " safe , " without any offensive jokes for the sake of being offensive . " Ahsan Haque of IGN praised the " cohesive story " as " [ succeeding ] on its simplicity , " but criticized the series for continuing to broadcast in the 4 : 3 format , as opposed to... |
Australian channel 7mate received criticism for airing the episode on 12 August 2014 , 14 hours after the suicide of Robin Williams , who features in a cutaway implying that he is overrated . A spokesperson for the channel subsequently stated " it was a coincidence " .
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= Manasa =
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Manasā , also Mansa Devi , is a Hindu folk goddess of snakes , worshipped mainly in Bengal and other parts of North and northeastern India , chiefly for the prevention and cure of snakebite and also for fertility and prosperity . Manasa is the sister of Vasuki , king of Nāgas ( snakes ) and wife of sage Jagatkāru ( Ja... |
Her myths emphasize her bad temper and unhappiness , due to rejection by her father Shiva and her husband , and the hatred of her stepmother , Chandi ( Shiva 's wife , identified with Parvati in this context ) . In some scriptures , sage Kashyapa is considered to be her father , rather than Shiva . Manasa is depicted ... |
= = Origins = =
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Manasa first appears in the Hindu text Atharva Veda as a snake goddess . In the Puranas , she was recognized as a daughter of sage Kashyapa and Kadru , the mother of all Nāgas . By the 14th century , Manasa was identified as the goddess of fertility and marriage rites and was assimilated into the Shaiva pantheon as a ... |
= = Iconography = =
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Manasa is depicted as a woman covered with snakes , sitting on a lotus or standing upon a snake . She is sheltered by the canopy of the hoods of seven cobras . Sometimes , she is depicted with a child on her lap . The child is assumed to be her son , Astika . She is often called " the one @-@ eyed goddess " and among ... |
= = Legends = =
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= = = Mahabharata = = =
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The Mahabharata tells the story of Manasa 's marriage . Sage Jagatkāru practiced severe austerities and had decided to abstain from marriage . Once he came across a group of men hanging from a tree upside down . These men were his ancestors , who were doomed to misery as their children had not performed their last rit... |
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Puranas are the first scriptures to speak about her birth . They declare that sage Kashyapa is her father , not Shiva as described in the Mangalkavyas . Once , when serpents and reptiles had created chaos on the earth , sage Kashyapa created goddess Manasa from his mind ( mana ) . The creator god Brahma made her the p... |
Kashyapa married Manasa to sage Jaratkaru , who agreed to marry her on the condition that he would leave her if she disobeyed him . Once , when Jaratkaru was awakened by Manasa , he became upset with her because she awakened him too late for worship , and so he deserted her . On the request of the great Hindu gods , J... |
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The Mangalkavyas were devotional paeans to local deities such as Manasa , composed in Bengal between the 13th and the 18th centuries . The Manasa Mangalkavya by Bijay Gupta and Manasa Vijaya ( 1495 ) by Bipradas Pipilai trace the origin and myths of the goddess .
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According to Manasa Vijaya , Manasa was born when a statue of girl that had been sculpted by Vasuki 's mother was touched by Shiva 's semen . Vasuki accepted Manasa as his sister , and granted her charge of the poison that was produced when King Prithu milked the Earth as a cow . When Shiva saw Manasa , he was sexuall... |
Later , the sage Jaratkaru married Manasa , but Chandi ruined Manasa 's wedding night . Chandi advised Manasa to wear snake ornaments and then threw a frog in the bridal chamber which caused the snakes to run around the chamber . As a consequence , the terrified Jaratkaru ran away from the house . After few days , he ... |
Accompanied by her adviser , Neto , Manasa descended to earth to obtain human devotees . She was initially mocked by the people but then Manasa forced them to worship her by raining calamity on those who denied her power . She managed to convert people from different walks of life , including the Muslim ruler Hasan , ... |
Manasa Mangalkavya attributes Manasa 's difficulty in attracting devotees to an unjust curse she gave to Chand in his previous life . Chand then retaliated with a counter @-@ curse that worshipping her would not be popular on earth unless he worshipped her also .
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In many renditions of the myth , Manasa is depicted as being quite dependent on Neta ( traditionally imagined as a washerwoman ) for ideas and moral support . In fact , of the two , Manasa is often the stupider one - a curious instance of anthropomorphism .
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Ananda K. Coomaraswamy and Sister Nivedita say , " [ The ] legend of [ Chand Sadagar and ] Manasā Devī , [ ... ] who must be as old as the Mykenean stratum in Asiatic society , reflects the conflict between the religion of Shiva and that of female local deities in Bengal . Afterwards Manasā or Padmā was recognized as ... |
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Generally , Manasa is worshipped without an image . A branch of a tree , an earthen pot or an earthen snake image is worshipped as the goddess , though images of Manasa are worshipped too . She is worshipped for protection from and cure of snake bites and infectious diseases like smallpox and chicken pox .
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The cult of Manasa is most widespread in Bengal , where she is ritually worshipped in temples . The goddess is widely worshipped in the rainy season , when the snakes are most active . Manasa is also a very important fertility deity , especially among the lower castes , and her blessings are invoked during marriage or... |
In North Bengal , among the Rajbanshis , Manasa ( called Bishohora , Bishohori or Padmavati ) is one of the most important goddesses , and her thaan ( shrine ) may be found in the courtyard of almost every agrarian household . Among the lower @-@ caste Hindus of East Bengal ( present @-@ day Bangladesh ) too , she is ... |
Manasa is an especially important deity in Bengal for the mercantile castes . This is because Chando of the Manasamangal was the first to initiate her worship , and Behula , the heroine of the Manasamangal was a daughter of the Saha clan ( a powerful trading community ) .
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Manasa is also worshipped extensively in Assam , and a kind of Oja @-@ Pali ( musical folk theatre ) is dedicated entirely to her myth .
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Manasa is ceremonially worshipped on Nag Panchami - a festival of snake worship in the Hindu month of Shravan ( July – August ) . Bengali women observe a fast ( vrata ) on this day and offer milk at snake holes .
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= Mega Mendoeng =
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Mega Mendoeng ( [ məˈga mənˈdʊŋ ] ; Perfected Spelling : Mega Mendung ) is a black @-@ and @-@ white drama film from the Dutch East Indies ( now Indonesia ) directed by Boen Kin Nam and produced by Ang Hock Liem for Union Films . Starring Rd Soekarno , Oedjang , Boen Sofiati , and Soehaena , it follows two young lover... |
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Winanta 's father , Raden Koesoema , tells him that he should divorce his wife , Retnaningsih , to marry his cousin Fatimah , on threat of being disowned . To spare her husband from this fate , Retnaningsih decides to abandon him and moves from Bandung to Batavia ( now Jakarta ) , where she lives a life of poverty . U... |
Eighteen years later , Winanta and Fatimah have had a daughter named Koestini ( Boen Sofiati ) , who is studying in Batavia . Educated , graceful , and beautiful , she is popular with young men but only returns the affections of Soedjono ( Rd Soekarno ) , a young assistant pharmacist who is polite and refined . One of... |
Koestini falls ill , and her death is reported . Driven mad by the news , Soedjono begins wandering aimlessly . Ultimately , as if guided by some unseen force , he discovers Koestini alive in a village called Mega Mendoeng , near Bogor . This discovery brings him back to his senses , and the two are able to live happi... |
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