David Gaiman

July 4th, 2009

David Gaiman
Occupation Owner, G&G Foods, East Grinstead
Public Relations Director, Church of Scientology (ret.)
Spouse(s) Sheila
Children Neil Gaiman, Claire Edwards, Lizzy Calcioli

David Bernard Gaiman (1933 – 7 March 2009) was a prominent British member of the Church of Scientology. He and his wife Sheila joined Scientology in the early 1960s and Gaiman served as public relations director and was commonly in the media during the British controversies over Scientology in the 1960s and 1970s.

Family and public career

Gaiman’s family is of Polish Jewish origins; after emigrating from the Netherlands in 1916, his father eventually settled in the Hampshire city of Portsmouth on the south coast of England and established a chain of grocery stores. Born in 1933, Gaiman was educated at The Portsmouth Grammar School, though he did not excel academically. He subsequently joined the British Army where he rose to the rank of sergeant. He returned to Portsmouth on leaving the army to work for his father in the grocery stores, though he detested this job.

He married Sheila on March 1st, 1959. He eventually decided to go into business for himself, much to his father’s displeasure, and the family moved away from their home in Portchester in 1962.

When the Gaimans discovered Scientology they moved to East Grinstead, West Sussex in 1965. David Gaiman joined the staff of the Church of Scientology at nearby Saint Hill Manor, eventually becoming the Church’s chief UK media spokesman.

He joined the Guardian’s Office (GO), the Church’s public relations bureau / intelligence agency. In 1969, Gaiman was involved in an attempt by the Church to take over the British mental health charity, the National Association for Mental Health (now Mind). Some 300 Scientologists joined the group and nominated Gaiman, among others, for high office. Gaiman was nominated for the Chairmanship. Eventually, the Scientologists were asked to resign but contested that request in court. Scientologists also held demonstrations for, according to Gaiman, “humane treatment and a bill of rights for mental patients and the protection of their bodies and their well-being. We want an independent enquiry into conditions in mental hospitals. We want no more whitewashing from certain mental health organisations like the one across the road. Our stand is not on being asked to resign but for humane psychiatry.”

In the 1970s he became Deputy Guardian for Public Relations World Wide and Minister of Public Affairs for the Churches of Scientology Worldwide, as well as serving as public spokesman. He rose to become the head of GO Public Relations and was a member of the powerful Watchdog Committee. In 1981 he was promoted to the position of Guardian (i.e. head of the Guardian’s Office), replacing Jane Kember following her criminal conviction for conspiracy against the US Government.

In 1965, David and Sheila Gaiman co-founded a vitamin shop, G&G Foods. By 2005 the company had become a major local employer, with 80 employees and an annual turnover of over £4 million. The Gaimans were prominent figures in the local community and well known for their sponsorship of the local arts scene. David was also a trustee of Greenfields School since its formation in the 1980s. Gaiman had three children, a son and two daughters: Neil Gaiman, the well-known fantasy author, Claire Edwards, head of Scientology Missions International, and Lizzy Calcioli.

Gaiman took part in the inaugural London Marathon, in 1981, and came joint last.

Gaiman, aged 75, died on Saturday 7th March, 2009, of a heart attack during a business meeting. A memorial service, attended by hundreds, was held for him at Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, and, on March 12, 2009, his Jewish funeral service was held in Brighton.

See also

Scientology portal
  • Believe What You Like

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AAGR

July 4th, 2009

All-American Girl Racing is the only all female race team to compete in Southern Nevada Off-Road Enthusiasts (SNORE), Mohave Desert Racing (MDR), and SCORE International off-road racing events, including the treacherous Baja 500 and the infamous Baja 1000. The team is the only all girl team in off-road racing.

Members

The team includes: Heather Bonnani, a long time off-road enthusiast who created the concept of the all-girl race team. Robyn Gordon and Beccy Gordon, daughters of racing legend “Baja Bob” Gordon and sisters of NASCAR driver Robby Gordon, jumped at the opportunity to challenge the desert. Beccy is a motorsports TV host, while Robyn is the only female driver to have ever won the Baja 1000 overall. These ladies grew up in the desert watching their fathers, brothers, husbands and boyfriends race. They figured it was time for the men to help them get behind the wheel. In 2006. AAGR became the first all girl race team to ever complete the Baja 1000. They competed in the stock Baja Challenge division.

References

  1. ^ a b Crossing the finish line at the SCORE Baja 1000, Retrieved May 27, 2007
  2. ^ “Tara Dakides: First Women to finish the Baja 1000″, Retrieved May 27, 2007
  3. ^ “Baja 1000 becomes Gordon family reunion”, A.J. Perez, November 18, 2006 USA Today, Retrieved May 27, 2007

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C8 complex

July 4th, 2009

complement component 8, alpha polypeptide
Identifiers
Symbol C8A
Entrez 731
HUGO 1352
OMIM 120950
RefSeq NM_000562
UniProt P07357
Other data
Locus Chr. 1 p36.2-22.1
complement component 8, beta polypeptide
Identifiers
Symbol C8B
Entrez 732
HUGO 1353
OMIM 1209660
RefSeq NM_000066
UniProt P073o58
Other data
Locus Chr. 1 p36.2-22.1
complement component 8, gamma polypeptide
Identifiers
Symbol C8G
Entrez 733
HUGO 1354
OMIM 120930
RefSeq NM_000606
UniProt P07360
Other data
Locus Chr. 9 q34.3

Complement component 8 is a protein involved in the complement system.


Membrane attack complex. Some labels are in Polish.

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Joseph (Khazar)

July 3rd, 2009

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Joseph ben Aaron was king of the Khazars during the 950s and 960s.


Khazaria during the reign of Joseph, c. 950 CE

Joseph was the son of Aaron II, a Khazar ruler who defeated a Byzantine-inspired war against Khazaria on numerous fronts. Joseph’s wife (or probably, one of many wives) was the daughter of the king of the Alans.

Whether Joseph was the Khagan or the Bek of the Khazars is contested among historians. He describes leading Khazar armies which seems to imply the role of the Bek. However, as he does not refer to a co-ruler in his writings, it is possible that by his time the two-king system had been abandoned altogether. (see Khazar Kingship).

Joseph actively sought contact with Jews elsewhere in the diaspora. He corresponded with Hasdai ibn Shaprut, a rabbi in Cordoba, and invited him to settle in Khazaria. He is also mentioned in the Schechter Letter.

Joseph was involved in wars against the Kievan Rus and the Pechenegs, as well as sporadic fighting with the Byzantines in the Crimea. He reported that he was allied with the Muslim states around the Caspian Sea against Varangian marauders from Rus’ and Scandinavia. He converted from Judaism to Islam.

Joseph’s ultimate fate is unknown. As the destruction of the Khazar empire by Sviatoslav I of Kiev occurred soon after his correspondence with Hasdai (in 967 or 969), it is possible that Joseph was ruler during the Khaganate’s collapse.

See also

  • Bulan (Khazar)
  • List of Khazar rulers

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Country Switzerland Coat of Arms of Lieli
Canton Lucerne
District Hochdorf
47°12?N 8°18?E? / ?47.2°N 8.3°E? / 47.2; 8.3Coordinates: 47°12?N 8°18?E? / ?47.2°N 8.3°E? / 47.2; 8.3
Population 207 (December 2004)
  - Density 56 /km2 (145 /sq mi)
Area 3.69 km2 (1.42 sq mi)
Elevation 649 m (2,129 ft)
Postal code 6277
SFOS number 1034

Lieli is a village in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland. The former municipality of the district of district of Hochdorf merged with Hohenrain on January 1, 2007 to form Hohenrain.

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Black slug

Conservation status
NE
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Pulmonata
Family: Arionidae
Genus: Arion
Species: A. ater
Binomial name
Arion ater
(Linnaeus, 1758)

The black slug also known as black arion, European black slug, or large black slug’, scientific name Arion ater, is a species of large land slug, a terrestrial slug in the family Arionidae, the roundback slugs.

Contents

  • 1 Characteristics
  • 2 Distribution
  • 3 Behaviour
  • 4 Control
  • 5 References
  • 6 External links

Characteristics

The size of the slug varies from 10 to 15 cm among fully extended adults. Maturity is reached at about 2.5 cm.

The color of the black slug is generally black, but the colouration is very variable and this slug can even be white. The general trend is for a darker pigmentation the farther north the species is found. The classification of brown-coloured and rust-coloured “black” slugs is somewhat disputed; the brown variation is sometimes considered to be a separate species, Arion rufus (Red Slug). Young specimens of black slug do have a brown colour, which is later lost if and when the slug changes color to the mature state.

The slug covers itself in a thick foul-tasting mucus which serves as both protection against predators as well as a measure to keep moist. It is somewhat difficult to wash off.

Like other members of the Arionidae family, the black slug has a pneumostome (breathing hole) on the right side of its mantle through which it breathes. This mantle is the part which in snails secretes a shell, and in this species of slug the mantle contains a resilient protective structure of calcareous granules.

Distribution

This species is found in northern Europe (including Britain) and the Pacific Northwest.

  • Not listed in IUCN red list - not evaluated (NE)
  • Great Britain
  • Ireland
  • Germany
  • Newfoundland
  • Scandinavia
  • British Columbia

Behaviour

The black slug is mainly nocturnal and avoids exposure to sunlight. It is omnivorous, eating carrion, fungi, and vegetation (living and decaying). The slug prefers moist conditions, such as lawns, making it an unwelcome sight for homeowners. This moist environment is essential for the terrestrial locomotion of the slug to function.

Like all other species of the Arionidae family, the black slug is a hermaphrodite, meaning it can fertilize itself if needed, although a mate is preferred. After mating, the slug lays eggs about 5 mm in diameter. The favoured location for eggs is a dark, cold, damp place such as a compost heap.

In the past two decades, its mating with the non-native (at northern latitudes) pest species Arion lusitanicus (or Spanish slug) has resulted in a more resilient hybrid exhibiting increased tolerance to cold.

The mucus of the slug is highly distasteful to many animals. However, this slug does have some natural predators, including the hedgehog, badger, shrew, mole, mouse, frog, toad, snake, carnivorous beetle, and some birds. When picked up or touched, the black slug will contract to a hemispherical shape and begin to rock from side to side. This defensive behaviour confuses predators, and is unique in the Arionidae family.

Control

Main article: Pest control of slugs

The are several means of controlling the spreading of the species in gardens, the most common practices involve gathering individuals and boiling them or drenching them in salt water, which is fatal to slugs. There are also commercially available poisons, as well as traps.

Control of slugs is generally done in the spring. The number of slugs can also be greatly reduced by not keeping a compost heap too near the garden.

References

  1. ^ a b Arion ater at University of Paisley
  2. ^ a b c d Arion ater on Animal diversity web
  3. ^ The world of snails
  4. ^ 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited 2 March 2007.
  5. ^ Deutsche Namen für einheimische Schnecken und Muscheln
  6. ^ Chance Cove Provincial Park, Newfoundland
  7. ^ Svart skogssnigel - Arion ater at Natural history museum of Gothenburg
  8. ^ symposium at Canterbury Christ Church University College, Kent, UK, on 8-9 September 2003 from Malacological Society of London
  9. ^ Nickel, June 1998. The Slimy, Yet Special Slug. Natural History, 107:18.
  10. ^ The large black slug

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Chance Phelps

July 3rd, 2009

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Chance Russel Phelps
July 14, 1984(1984-07-14) – April 9, 2004 (aged 19)
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Official photo
Place of birth Riverton, Wyoming
Place of death Ar Rumadi, Al Anbar Province, Iraq
Place of burial Dubois, Wyoming
Allegiance United States of America
Service/branch United States Marine Corps
Years of service 2003-2004
Rank Lance Corporal, posthumous
Unit 3rd Battalion 11th Marines
Battles/wars Iraq War
* Battle of Ramadi
* Operation Vigilant Resolve
Awards Bronze Star
Purple Heart

Chance Russel Phelps (July 14, 1984 – April 9, 2004) was a Private First Class (posthumously promoted to Lance Corporal) in the United States Marine Corps who served with 2nd Platoon, Battery L, 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment (3/11), 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Phelps was killed in Iraq as the convoy he was escorting came under heavy fire. His story is the subject of an HBO movie, Taking Chance.

Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Death
  • 3 Honors
    • 3.1 Awards
  • 4 Media attention
  • 5 See also
  • 6 References
  • 7 External links

Biography

Phelps was born in Riverton, Wyoming, moved to Craig, Colorado as a young boy, and then again to Clifton, Colorado where he graduated from Palisade High School in 2003. He made a decision to join the Marines motivated by the events of September 11, 2001. After attending boot camp at MCRD San Diego, he attended artillery school at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. He was finally assigned to 3/11, with which he deployed in February 2004.

Death

Phelps was killed in action at approximately 13:30 on April 9, 2004 (Good Friday), outside Ar Ramadi, Iraq. Phelps’s unit was conducting convoy escort (including the assistant commander of the 1st Marine Division, Brigadier General John F. Kelly) when they came under heavy small arms fire, including rocket propelled grenades. Despite being wounded, he refused to be evacuated, and instead manned his M240 machine gun (also reported to have been a M2 .50 caliber machine gun) to cover the evacuation of the rest of his convoy. Upon withdrawal, he sustained his fatal wound to the head.

Honors

Phelps was buried in Dubois, Wyoming on April 17, 2004. His remains were escorted home by LtCol Michael Strobl, whose accounts of the escort were recorded in an article he wrote entitled “Taking Chance“. In attendance were his parents, stepparents, sister, the Chief of Naval Intelligence (for whom his sister was an aide), and every veterans organization within 90 miles (140 km). Several days later, a memorial service was held in Camp Ramadi, Iraq, by his unit. Some time after that, Chance was officially awarded a posthumous promotion to Lance Corporal. Approximately the same time, a baseball field constructed in Camp Ramadi was dedicated Phelps Field. In mid-2005, a mess hall at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms was dedicated Phelps Hall, with his citation posted on a boulder in front. Phelps is also memorialized by a rock garden at the 3/11 office and at the Dubois VFW post, as well as a plaque that travels with Battery L wherever it deploys and a battery mascot named after the Marine.

Awards

Phelp’s awards include:

Valor device

Bronze service star

Bronze Star w/ valor device Purple Heart
Combat Action Ribbon Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal National Defense Service Medal
Iraq Campaign Medal Global War on Terrorism Service Medal Sea Service Deployment Ribbon

Media attention

Phelps was the subject of a video segment originally broadcast on the News Hour with Jim Lehrer on April 20, 2004: entitled A Fallen Son. PBS ran a segment on Phelp’s journey home as part of their Operation Homecoming documentary in the America at Crossroads series in April 16, 2007.

An HBO movie based on LtCol Strobl’s essay Taking Chance screened at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and competed for the Grand Jury prize in the category of drama. The script was also written by LtCol Strobl and filming completed in the fall of 2007, and premiered on February 21, 2009. Actor Kevin Bacon plays the lead role of LtCol Strobl. Taking Chance is directed by Ross Katz (producer of Lost in Translation). The story of Chance Phelps, as told by LtCol Strobl is also featured in the book, Faces of Freedom, published in 2007.

See also

United States Marine Corps portal
  • Taking Chance (2009 HBO Movie)

References

  1. ^ Kevin Bacon tapped to play Marine officer again
  2. ^ Run4Chance Bio, letter from BGen Kelley to LtCol Strobl
  3. ^ West, Francis J. (2006). “Ch 16 footnote” (in English). No True Glory: A Frontline Account of the Battle for Fallujah (trade paperback ed.). New York City: Bantam Books. pp. p 346. ISBN 0-553-80402-2. 
  4. ^ Taking Chance by LtCol Michael Strobl (ret)
  5. ^ Taking Chance by LtCol Michael Strobl (ret)
  6. ^ *KMIR6 NBC story on Taking Chance
  7. ^ *Phelps Field
  8. ^ *Phelps Hall
  9. ^ Awards Reference
  10. ^ *A Fallen Son
  11. ^ Operation Homecoming: Taking Chance
  12. ^ “Taking Chance” (in English). Sundance Institute. January 2009. http://festival.sundance.org/2009/film_events/films/taking_chance. Retrieved on 2009-02-17. 
  13. ^ Seelye, Katherine Q. (February 14, 2009). “Fallen Soldiers, Coming Home in Public” (in English). Week in Review (New York Times). http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/weekinreview/15seelye.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=Fallen%20Soldiers,%20Coming%20Home%20In%20Public&st=cse. Retrieved on 2009-02-17. 
  14. ^ Shales, Tom (February 21, 2009). “HBO’s ‘Chance’ Finely Renders Solemn Honor For Fallen Troops” (in English). TV Preview (Washington Post). http://ebird.osd.mil/ebfiles/e20090221658386.html. Retrieved on 2009-02-23. 
  15. ^ Taking Chance at IMDb
  16. ^ Ross Katz at IMDb
  17. ^ Faces of Freedom

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Lukas Hottinger

July 3rd, 2009

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Lukas Hottinger (born in Düsseldorf, Germany, 25/02/1933) is a paleontologist, biologist and geologist. Hottinger is currently collaborating with the Natural History Museum of Basel (Switzerland).

Hottinger is one of the major experts on present-day and fossil larger foraminifera. In 1997 obtained the Cushman Award from the Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research (Journal of Foraminiferal Research, vol. 28/1, 1-2) for his lifetime contributions to foraminiferal research. Professor Hottinger completed his PhD thesis on Paleocene and Eocene Alveolina in 1959 under the direction of Professor Manfred Reichel. His thesis on Paleogene Alveolina included genus and species definitions and changes through time, the concept of phylogenetic lineages, and their use in zonal biochronology. Published as a double volume of Mémoires Suisse de Paléontologie in 1960, this remains the authoritative work on these unique foraminifera. From 1959 to 1964 he lived in Morocco working for the geological survey in the “service de la carte géologique” (national geological survey service) under the direction of Georges Choubert and Anne Faure.Muret, a time that was essential for his formation as scientist and as a human being. His bibliography, widely respected by the international scientific community, comprises over 120 papers and six monographs. These contributions range far over the geological landscape, including topics as diverse as stratigraphy, paleoecology, and evolution, and spanning the globe from Indo-Pacific and Africa to the northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea. Besides being a member of the Swiss Academy of Natural Sciences, in 1993 Professor Hottinger was honored with membership in the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, and in 1997 was awarded the Doctor Honoris Causa by the Autonoma University of Barcelona (Spain).

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Georges Thines

July 3rd, 2009

Georges Thines, a Belgian scientist, was awarded the Francqui Prize on Human Sciences in 1971 for his work on experimental psychology at the Laboratory of Experimental Psychology of the Universite Catholique de Louvain.

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DWR is an acronym that could stand for:

  • California Department of Water Resources, a department within the state cabinet-level California Resources Agency
  • DWR (Java), a Java open source library
  • Durable Water Repellent, a type of fabric coating
  • The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment (West Riding), a regiment within the British Army

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