Instant Justice, a.k.a. Marine Issue is a 1987 action-drama film starring Michael Paré, Charles Napier, Eddie Avoth and Tawny Kitaen. Pare plays the role of Scott Youngblood, a marine in Spain who seeks revenge for his sister's murder. The movie was written by Craig T. Rumar. The film was directed by Denis Amar.

Plot
Scott is a US Marine who serves in the US embassy in Paris. One day he gets a  message that his long unseen sister Kim, who works as a model in Spain, is in serious trouble; he asks for a dismissal from his outpost and travels to Spain to help her.
Unfortunately she's murdered before Scott's arrival. Local police are somewhat reluctant to take any action, so Scott starts investigation on his own.

After a couple of days of sniffing around, he meets with Kim's girlfriend, Virginia, who's pointing him towards drug business-related people who might be responsible for the crime. Fellow Marine Major Davis (played by Charles Napier), who serves in the Spanish embassy, is of great assistance to Scott as well, as he risks his own neck and steals some weapons from the embassy for him. At the end Scott finds the people responsible for his sister's death and serves them instant justice.

Cast
 Michael Paré as Sgt. Scott Youngblood
 Tawny Kitaen as Virginia
 Peter Crook as Jake
 Charles Napier as Maj. Davis
 Eddie Avoth as Silke
 Scott Del Amo as Dutch
 Lynda Bridges as Kim Taylor
 Lionel A. Ephraim as Ambassador Gordon
 Maurice E. Aronow as Shelton
 Aldo Sambrell as Lt. Juan Muñoz (credited as Aldo San Brell)
 Peter Boulter as Clarke
 Thomas Abbott as Lt. Harding
 Anthony Bingham as Sgt. Walker
 Scott Miller as Col. Parker
 Steve Heywood as Cpl. Atkinson (credited as Steve Haywood)
 Manuel de Blas as Ochoa
 Angel Mancuso as Tony

References

External links

1986 films
1986 action films
Films shot in Gibraltar
1980s English-language films

Instant Justice


Nora Fontaine Maury Davidson (February 19, 1836 – February 10, 1929) was an American schoolteacher in Petersburg, Virginia. She is credited for holding the first Memorial Day ceremony in Petersburg, and as the inspiration for the United States' Memorial Day.

Biography
Davidson was born in Petersburg, Virginia in 1836; she was locally known as "Miss Nora" and lived there her entire life. With the help of her two sisters, she taught school in Petersburg for 59 years. During the war years, her school was known as the Confederate School and in the postwar years as the Davidson Seminary.

Early in 1861, Davidson headed various fund-raising projects to buy equipment for companies of soldiers forming in Petersburg.  Her efforts were most successful in equipping the Ragland Guard, the unit that became Company G, 41st Virginia Infantry. She continued throughout the war to raise money for the soldiers. Davidson was among a group of Petersburg citizens to meet and entertain the first troops arriving there from other Southern states in 1861.

There were no hospitals within the city, and Davidson and others established the Ladies Hospital on Bollingbrook Street.  Money raised from various entertainments went into maintaining this hospital. Miss Nora became the hospital's treasurer, and continued in this capacity until the need for other hospitals arose. When the large Confederate Hospital was established at Poplar Lawn in Petersburg, she served as linen matron until the end of the war.

Davidson was one of the charter members of the Petersburg's Ladies Memorial Association which was organized May 6, 1866. This association took as their objective the reburial of Confederate soldiers who fell on battlefields and were buried there.

Memorial Day inspiration
Blandford Cemetery in Petersburg contained the graves of veterans of six wars, including 30,000 Confederate soldiers killed in the Siege of Petersburg (1864–65) during the American Civil War. After the war ended, Davidson and her school children went to Blandford Cemetery on June 9, 1865 to decorate the graves of the soldiers, commemorating the 125 soldiers who died a year earlier defending Petersburg. One of the graves she cared for was that of her brother, Charles Davidson, a member of Graham's Horse Artillery, who died on December 25, 1863.

While visiting the cemetery, the wife of Union General John A. Logan, observed Davidson and the students putting flowers and tiny Confederate flags on the graves of soldiers. Upon Mary Logan's return to Washington, D.C. and meeting her husband General Logan at the railroad station, she related the story of her visit to Petersburg and how she was moved by what she witnessed there. Upon hearing her story, General Logan, now the first Commander of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), replied to her that he would work establish this custom of honoring fallen soldiers across the country. He issued an GAR order, establishing a National Decoration Day, which was later passed by Congress. Today it is known as Memorial Day.

In 2014, Bellware and Gardiner dismissed this claim in The Genesis of the Memorial Day Holiday in America . They point out that General Logan was aware of the southern observances of Memorial Day prior to his wife's trip to Virginia in 1868 and even mentioned those observances in a speech in 1866  Bellware and Gardiner credit Mary Ann Williams and the Ladies Memorial Association of Columbus, Georgia as the true originators of the holiday as abundant contemporaneous evidence from across the nation exists to substantiate the claim. In fact, a copy of Mrs. Williams' famous letter urging the ladies of the South to annually decorate the soldiers' graves appeared in a Richmond newspaper more than two months before Miss Nora and her school children acted on the request.

See also
Confederate Memorial Day
Uniform Monday Holiday Act

References

1836 births
1929 deaths
Women in the American Civil War
People of Virginia in the American Civil War

Nora Fontaine Davidson


Personal Fest was an Argentine music festival, held annually in Buenos Aires since 2004.  It was named after its main sponsor, Personal.  It was originally held in the neighborhood of Puerto Madero, and since 2006 was held at Club Ciudad de Buenos Aires.  More than 55,000 persons attended in 2006  .

2004 festival
Acts appearing in 2004 included Massive Attack, Primal Scream, Blondie, Morrissey, Pet Shop Boys, PJ Harvey, The Mars Volta (featuring John Frusciante from the Red Hot Chili Peppers), Death in Vegas, rinôçérôse, Andy Smith, Electric Six, Goran Bregovic and others.  Locals included Gustavo Cerati and others.

2005 festival
The 2005 festival included Duran Duran, who headlined the Saturday night performance.  The Friday saw US pop-punk band Good Charlotte take the stage, followed by the legendary Scottish band Simple Minds. These edition also had performances by Macy Gray, Erykah Badu, The Crystal Method, Plastilina Mosh, Aterciopelados and others.  Local bands Babasónicos, Catupecu Machu and Kevin Johansen were also featured.

2006 festival
The 2006 edition attracted approximately 55,000 people over two nights.  Performances were divided between the Main Stage, the Personal Mania Stage and two smaller stages.

Acts performing this year included The Black Eyed Peas, New Order, Madness, Ian Brown, The Rasmus, The Bravery and Carlinhos Brown.

Argentinian acts included Arbol, La Portuaria, Emmanuel Horvilleur.

2007 festival
This edition, included Chris Cornell, Cypress Hill, Fischerspooner, Feist, CocoRosie, Datarock, Kid Koala, Calle 13, Happy Mondays, The Dandy Warhols, Cultura Profetica, Ed Motta, Gotan Project, Luis Alberto Spinetta, Monkey Business, Phoenix, Tego Calderón, Snoop Dogg, Los Cafres, Vicentico and Hot Chip.

2008 festival

This edition was held October 31 and November 1, 2008.  Artists included Jesus & Mary Chain, Spiritualized, Bloc Party, The Offspring, Kaiser Chiefs, The Mars Volta, R.E.M. and many others.

2009 festival
This edition was held October 16 and October 17, 2009.
October 16, 2009: : Pet Shop Boys, Nile Rodgers & Chic, Leo García, Estelares, Índica, Cuentos Borgeanos, Súper Ratones, Zero 7, Plastilina Mosh, Tahiti 80, Victoria Mil, Pat Coria y los Susceptibles and others.
October 17, 2009: Depeche Mode, Justin Robertson, Banda de Turistas, Volador G, Café Tacuba, Spanish Bombs ( The Clash tribute), La Portuaria, No lo Soporto, Pánico Ramírez, RockHudson (RH+) and others.

2011 festival

After skipping a few years, Personal Fest is back for the 2011 edition to be held on October 2, November 4 and November 5, 2011. October 2 features Lenny Kravitz and Beto Cuevas. November 4 features The Strokes, Beady Eye, Goldfrapp, Broken Social Scene, White Lies and Toro y Moi. November 5 features INXS, Sonic Youth, Calle 13, Damian "Jr Gong" Marley, The Kills, La Mala Rodriguez and Francisca Valenzuela.

References

Official Site
Personal Fest.

Rock festivals in Argentina
Music festivals in Argentina
Festivals in Buenos Aires
Music festivals established in 2004
2004 establishments in Argentina
Spring (season) events in Argentina

Personal Fest


Barotiwala is a village in Dharampur Mandal in Solan District in Himachal Pradesh state, India.

Barotiwala is located 18.31 km distance from its Mandal Main Town Dharampur. Barotiwala is 25.36 km far from its District Main City, Solan. It is 84.3 km far from its State Main City Shimla.

Nearby villages are Mandhala (2.795 km), Thana (8.101 km), Kishanpura (11.86 km), Manpura (12.21 km), Kasauli Garkhal (12.93 km), Garkhal Sanawar (13.71 km), Taksal (13.76 km), Anji Matla, Badian, Banasar, Barotiwala, Bhaguri, Bughar Kanaitan, Chamian, Chamon, Ganol, Garkhal Sanawar, Gharsi, are the villages along with this village in the same Dharampur Mandal

Barotiwala Pin Code is 174103 and Post office name is. Other villages in Post Office (174103,) are Barotiwala, Mandhala. It is 32 km from Chandigarh
There is a university situated in Barotiwala named Chitkara University, Himachal Pradesh.

Notes

Villages in Solan district

Barotiwala


Deadwood (previously known as Linus) is an unincorporated community in Panola County, Texas, United States. The community is located at the intersection of Farm to Market Road 31 and Farm to Market Road 2517, about  east of Carthage.

History

The area was first settled in 1837 by Adam LaGrone and his family, who built a homestead not far from Socogee Creek, after they were granted around 10,000 acres from the Mexican government. Deadwood was the first community east of the Sabine River in Panola County. Men of the LaGrone family fought in the Texas Revolution, the Regulator-Moderator War, and the Civil War. After the end of the Civil War, a grandson of Adam, Confederate veteran Hiram Clark LaGrone, built a mill and gin that became the nucleus of the later town.

The LaGrone family still owns much of the original land grant and comprises most of the membership of Deadwood's two churches—the Deadwood Methodist Church and the Deadwood Pentecostal Church. The Rev. Charlie and Clara Alexander LaGrone Family Community Center adjoins the Deadwood Methodist Church. Locally, two LaGrone men, direct descendants of Deadwood's founder, sit on the Commissioners' Court of Panola County. The small settlement was originally known as Linus, but when residents applied for a post office in 1882, another town already had that name, and the new name Deadwood was chosen at a town meeting.

A family burial ground was begun on the LaGrone farm in 1847 when Adam LaGrone's wife, Christeena, died. Adam was buried next to his wife nine years later. Although the land did not officially appear in county deed records as a public cemetery until 1859, members of the community were buried here before that time. A testament to early Panola county history, the Deadwood cemetery is still in use and maintained by descendants of pioneer families.

By 1885 Deadwood had an estimated population of 50, two churches, a district school, and a steam cotton gin and gristmill. A hotel was built there around 1900, but went out of business a few years later; the local post office was discontinued in 1917. In the mid-1930s, Deadwood had a church, a school, and two stores; its reported population in 1936 was 125. After World War II, the community's school was consolidated with the Carthage district, and the remaining businesses at Deadwood closed.

In 1990, Deadwood was a dispersed rural community with a reported population of 106. The population remained unchanged in 2000.

In House of 1000 Corpses, the fictional town of Ruggsville is located near Deadwood.

American actor Powers Boothe is buried in Deadwood Cemetery.

References

Unincorporated communities in Panola County, Texas
Unincorporated communities in Texas

Deadwood, Texas


Ignazio Busca (31 August 1731 in Milan – 12 August 1803 in Rome) was an Italian cardinal and Secretary of State of the Holy See. He was the last son of Lodovico Busca, marquess of Lomagna and Bianca Arconati Visconti. he took a degree in utroque iure in 1759 at the Università La Sapienza of Rome. Relator of the Sacred Consulta and referendary of the tribunal of the Apostolic Signature, he was ordained priest on 20 August 1775. Elected titular archbishop of Emesa, he was consecrated on 17 September 1775 in Frascati, by Henry Benedict Stuart. He was apostolic nuncio in Flanders and apostolic vicar for Netherlands from 1776 to 1785 and later was governor of Rome from 1785 until 1789. Created cardinal in the consistory of 30 March 1789, he received the Galero and the title of Santa Maria della Pace on 3 August 1789. He was appointed Secretary of State by Pope Pius VI in 1796. He participated in the conclave of 1800.

1731 births
1803 deaths
Clergy from Milan
18th-century Italian cardinals
18th-century Italian historians
Italian poets
Italian male poets
Italian essayists
Cardinal Secretaries of State
Male essayists
Cardinals created by Pope Pius VI
18th-century Italian Roman Catholic archbishops

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The Toyota Platz is a subcompact automobile that wis manufactured in Japan bi Toyota frae 1999 throu tae 2005, when replaced bi the Toyota Belta. Designatit bi Toyota as the XP10 series, the Platz wis sauld in export mercats as aither the Toyota Echo or Toyota Yaris. The "Echo" an "Yaris" names wur an aa gien tae the export version o the relatit Japanese mercat Toyota Vitz hatchback, frae which the Platz derives.

"Platz" is German for "square" (as in a toun square). Anerlie inline-fower ingines wur fittit tae the Platz, which wis sauld in Japan as a fower-door sedan anerlie. A coupe wis an aa available in North Americae whaur the caur wis badged "Echo".

History

The Echo wis introduced in North Americae in 1999 as for the 2000 model year in coupé an sedan guises. The Echo's running gear is shared wi the ist an Toyota bB, sauld in the Unitit States as the Scion xA an xB respectively, an the Japan-anerlie Toyota Will Vi. The same platform is the base for the Japanese-anerlie Probox an Succeed wagons.

In the Unitit States, the Echo sauld 50,000 examples, wi juist hauf that mony in 2003. The Echo wis an element o Toyota Project Genesis, a failed effort tae bring younger buyers tae the marque in the Unitit States. The Echo sauld in heich volumes in Canadae, whaur smawer cars are mair popular than in the US. In Canadae, Toyota an aa affered 3- an 5-door versions o the Echo, which wis identical tae the European-mercat Toyota Vitz, awtho thay went on sale as 2004 models tae repalace the Toyota Echo coupe (last sauld in Canadae efter the 2002 model year).  As a response for Toyota bringin Echo hatchbacks tae Canadae, the Toyota Echo coupe wis last sauld in Canadae as a 2002 model, but remained on sale in the United States till endin production as a 2005 model, alang wi the sedan.  It wis the predecessor tae the current North American Toyota Yaris, sharin mony identical features, sic as the odd (an somewha controversial) center placement o the speedometer an gauges, as opposed tae in front o the steerin wheel. Pouer options on the Echo are a rare find. Maist are juist equipped wi manual windaes an locks, A/C, an a sax speaker audio seestem wi a CD an/or a cassette player.

The Echo is kent for its quite ootstandin fuel economy, wi EPA estimates o 41 mpg Hwy an 34 mpg Ceety.

In some pairts o Sootheast Asie (no includin Hong Kong an Japan), a modified version o the Platz wi different body panels is sauld unner the name Toyota Vios.

The 2010 edition o Monash University's Used Car Safety Ratings (UCSR), foond that the XP10 provides a "poor" (twa oot o five starns) level o occupant safety pertection in the event o an accident.

US sales
2000 – 48,876
2001 – 42,464
2002 – 30,859
2003 – 26,167
2004 – 3,899
2005 – 1,544

References

Platz
Coupes
Front-wheel-drive vehicles
Sedans
Subcompact caurs
1999 introductions

Toyota Platz


Flora Saini, also known by her screen name Asha Saini or Mayuri, is an Indian actress and model. She predominantly works in Bollywood, and also appeared in a number of Kannada, Tamil and Telugu
films. Since her debut in Prema Kosam (1999), she has acted in over 50 films and co-starred with noted actors like Rajinikanth, Venkatesh, Balakrishna, Siddhant, Sudeep, Shivarajkumar, Vijaykanth, Prabhu, Karthik, Jagapati Babu and Rajasekhar.

Early life
Born in Chandigarh to an army officer, Flora began her schooling in Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir. She continued her education in the Army Public School, Dhaula Kuan, Delhi. Her family then moved to Kolkata, where she started pursuing a modeling career. She participated in the Miss Kolkata beauty pageant.

Career
Flora made her acting debut in the 1999 Telugu film Prema Kosam. The producer of the film rechristened her as Asha Saini; some years later she would adopt a new screen name, Mayuri, as per the advice of an astrologer, before eventually reverting to her original name.

The actress subsequently played supporting roles in more than a dozen Telugu-language films in the next three years. She appeared in the film Narasimha Naidu (2002), which went on to become highly successful. It was for some time the most notable film in her filmography, and it led to her being referred to as "Lux Papa" thereafter. In 2002, Flora made her first Hindi-language film, starring in the T. P. Aggarwal-produced Bharat Bhagya Vidhata. Her second Hindi film, Love in Nepal (2004), also produced by Agarwal, saw her paired with popular playback singer Sonu Nigam.

Flora has appeared in several Kannada-language films, too, including Giri, starring Srinagara Kitty, and Nammannna, starring Sudeep.

In March 2008, she was arrested in Chennai for supposedly having forged visa documents, and was subsequently banned from the Tamil film industry. She claimed innocence, and the ban was lifted a couple of weeks later.

Three films in which Flora Saini stars – the Telugu-language Broker, and two Kannada-language films, Vismaya Pramaya and Vah Re Vah – were released on 31 December 2010, a rare occurrence that secured her an entry in the Limca Book of Records for the most film releases on one day. In 2010, Flora Saini was honoured with the Uttarakhand Ratna Award. She has also received The Great Daughter of Soil Award in Mauritius for her anti-poverty work there.

She is last seen in a web-series called Gandii Baat season 2 with Anveshi Jain, where she played a lead role. Recently, Saini was seen in many web series and notably worked in Mayanagari-City of Dreams of Hotstar.

In 2015, Flora Saini played the role of Muskan in MSG: The Messenger starring Gurmeet Ram Rahim. She played the role of a daughter with Jayshree Soni as Kasam and Olexandra Semen as Alice.

In October 2019 Flora Saini made her debut in Bengali web series through Dupur Thakurpo hoichoi web series. It was the 3rd season of the series and she played the iconinc role of Phulwa boudi.

She also was chosen as a face of short video app "Firework", while being managed by "Celeb Connex".

Filmography

Films

Television

Web series
All web series are in Hindi language, otherwise noted the language.

References

External links

Actresses in Tamil cinema
Actresses in Telugu cinema
Female models from Chandigarh
Actresses from Chandigarh
Living people
Actresses in Hindi cinema
Actresses in Kannada cinema
Indian film actresses
20th-century Indian actresses
21st-century Indian actresses
Actresses in Punjabi cinema
Year of birth missing (living people)

Flora Saini


Jacques Cronjé (born 4 August 1982) is a former South African rugby union footballer who played as a loose forward for the Springboks and for Racing Métro 92 Paris in the French Top 14. He is the brother of Geo Cronjé, who also played for South Africa.

Born in Klerksdorp in the North West Province, Cronjé made his provincial debut during 2001 for the Blue Bulls in a match against the Border Bulldogs in the Currie Cup competition. Two years later in 2003 he made his Super 12 (now Super Rugby) debut for the Bulls side, against fellow South African team, the Cats.

Cronjé made his international Test match debut for the Springboks on 12 June 2004 in a match against Ireland at the Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein, which South Africa won 31–17, and he scored his first Test try in a subsequent match against the Pacific Islands in a match at Gosford. He was not included in the 2007 Rugby World Cup Springbok squad, despite playing in the final preparation test against Namibia.

Cronjé was the strongest member of the Bulls team, being able to bench press 170 kg (375 lbs), and is also noted for his speed and wonderful ball-handling skills. He signed a two-year contract with French club Biarritz Olympique in August 2007 and joined them after the 2007 Currie Cup Premier Division season.

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 Springbok information

1982 births
Living people
South African rugby union players
South Africa international rugby union players
Bulls (rugby union) players
Blue Bulls players
Biarritz Olympique players
Racing 92 players
University of Pretoria alumni
Rugby union players from Klerksdorp
Rugby union flankers
Rugby union locks
Rugby union number eights

Jacques Cronjé


{{Infobox comics character
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Isis is the name of several female characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The name is asssociated with the DC Universe's iteration of the ancient Egyptian goddess of the same name and others whom have adopted the name.

The earlier rendition of the character, Andrea Thomas, portrays her as a high school teacher who possesses powers linked to ancient Egyptian mythology. In this iteration, she shares a connection with Captain Marvel/Shazam as both characters draw their powers from divine sources. Andrea's abilities are specifically tied to the Egyptian goddess Isis, who grants her the ability to assume the role of a superhero using her name. In addition to starring as the main character in The Secrets of Isis,  a live-action television program starring Joanna Cameron that served as the second half of The Shazam!/Isis Hour, the character also appeared in several late 1970s DC Comics publications.

In more recent DC Comic book publications, the name primarily refers to Adrianna Tomaz  (Arabic:أدريانا توماز), a character first introduced in 52 #16 (July 2006). Adrianna, a superhero of Egyptian and Kahndaqi heritage, holds a prominent role as Black Adam's love interest. She is also the older sister of Amon Tomaz, who becomes the protege Osiris under Black Adam's guidance. Initially enslaved by the criminal organization Intergang, Adrianna is offered to Black Adam in an attempt to secure an alliance. However, he frees her and she proves herself as both a capable advisor and earns his affection. They marry, with Adrianna becoming Black Adam's Queen and a champion of the Wizard Shazam through a magical amulet containing the power of the goddess Isis. Together, along with Amon, they form the Black Marvel Family, working to improve conditions in Kahndaq. Although Adrianna and Amon face tragic deaths, they are later resurrected. However, during the DC Rebirth era, the characters are once again depicted as deceased.

The television series Smallville depicted Isis as a supervillain form taken on by Lois Lane (played by Erica Durance) when possessed by the Amulet of Isis, while Adrianna Tomaz appeared later in the episode, played by Erica Cerra. The Arrowverse television series Legends of Tomorrow introduced a new incarnation of the character, named Zari Tomaz, played by Tala Ashe. This version was portrayed as a wise-cracking hacker from the future with wind powers derived from an amulet and no superhero code name. After the fourth season, another version of the character after an in-universe timeline change named Zari Tarazi was introduced as a social media influencer with the same actress portraying her. The Adrianna Tomaz version of the character appeared in the DC Extended Universe film Black Adam (2022), played by Sarah Shahi.

 Appearances

 Shazam!/Isis Hour
Like the main character of the first half of the program, Captain Marvel, Isis
had roots in ancient Egyptian mythology. The television series The Secrets of Isis starred Joanna Cameron as Andrea Thomas, a high school science teacher who gains the ability to call upon the powers of the goddess Isis after finding an Egyptian amulet during an archeological dig in Egypt, as revealed during the show's opening title sequence. Fifteen episodes of The Secrets of Isis were produced for The Shazam! Isis Hour, and the character also appeared in three episodes of the Shazam! portion of the show. The Secrets of Isis was given its own timeslot in 1977, for which seven new episodes were broadcast alongside reruns from the first two seasons.

 Freedom Force & other animated appearances
Isis later appeared in animated form on Filmation's Tarzan and the Super 7 show in 1980, as part of a segment called The Freedom Force. She later guest starred on The Kid Super Power Hour with Shazam!s "Hero High" segment, though Cameron did not voice the character.

 Publication history in DC Comics
Isis' first appearance in comics was in Shazam! #25 (September – October 1976). She was later given her own TV tie-in book the following month, titled The Mighty Isis, which ran for two years, out-surviving the TV series. The eight-issue run by DC Comics began in October 1976 and ended in January 1978; early issues featured a special "DC TV" logo. All stories starred the Andrea Thomas character from the television series; the book was edited by Denny O'Neil, written by Jack C. Harris and most issues illustrated by Mike Vosburg (the first issue was illustrated by Ric Estrada and Wallace Wood). Although early issues stayed within the format of the TV series, later issues covered storylines beyond the scope of the show, such as a story arc involving Andrea abandoning her "human" alter ego and cutting ties with her friends and family, resulting in Rick Mason revealing his love for her. Like other DC characters who have been reimagined, this version of Isis, though not mentioned or appearing in Crisis on Infinite Earths, can be assumed to have been retconned out of existence following the 1985 DC miniseries.

The superhero Isis was re-introduced in the DC Universe in the weekly comic book 52, in issue #3 (May 2006).

 Fictional character biography

 Hatshepsut
In the 52 series, which orignally introduced the character Adrianna Tomaz as Isis, it is unveiled that the historical figure Queen Pharaoh Hatshepsut, a fictional version of the historical figure of the same name, was once a champion of the Wizard Shazam in the DC Comics universe. During her time as a champion, she wielded the Amulet of Isis as the source of her power and used her abilities to safeguard her kingdom. Following her demise, the amulet was returned to the Wizard with the hope of finding a worthy successor and champion in the future.

 Adrianna Tomaz

52 series

Adrianna Tomaz, an Egyptian refugee, was enslaved and presented to Black Adam as a gift from Intergang, along with a significant amount of gold. However, upon being freed by Black Adam and witnessing his potential for positive change, Adrianna fearlessly expressed her belief in his ability to transform their country for the better. After engaging in weeks of discussions with Adrianna, Black Adam underwent a significant shift in his worldview. As a result, he retrieved the mystical Amulet of Isis, which had once belonged to the ancient Egyptian champion Queen Pharaoh Hatshepsut. Adam sought the assistance of Captain Marvel, who had become the Keeper of the Rock of Eternity, to bestow the amulet's power upon Adrianna. The amulet had a history of bringing peace to Queen Hatshepsut's kingdom but had remained dormant following her passing.

By holding the amulet and uttering the phrase "I am Isis," Adrianna was transformed, imbued with the powers of the goddess Isis. Together, Adrianna, now known as Isis, and Black Adam embarked on a mission to travel through the Middle East, liberating enslaved children and searching for Adrianna's abducted brother. Their journey led them to significant milestones, including their wedding ceremony officiated by Captain Marvel, which saw the attendance of various Shazam! characters and the interference of Intergang's failed attempt to disrupt the event through a suicide bomber. Isis's powers paralleled those of Black Adam, granting her the ability to heal wounds of varying severity. Additionally, her control over nature was intricately linked to her emotional state, such that rain would fall indoors when she was sad, and flowers would bloom when she experienced joy. While her initial transformation was triggered by the phrase "I am Isis," subsequent transformations utilized the phrase "Oh Mighty Isis."

During their endeavors, Isis successfully located her brother Amon, who had suffered torment and physical impairment due to his resistance against Intergang's criminal religious cult and numerous escape attempts. Isis intervened, preventing Black Adam from seeking vengeance against the members of Intergang. However, due to the complexity and severity of Amon's injuries, Isis could not fully heal him. In a pivotal moment, Black Adam encouraged Amon to utter his name, resulting in Amon being struck by Shazam's lightning bolt and transforming into Osiris. Reunited with her brother, Isis resolved to initiate global change, starting with China. Osiris persuaded her to reveal the identities of the Black Marvel Family and publicly declare their intentions for a brighter future. The Black Marvels' popularity increased further when they thwarted the demon Sabbac's attempt to sacrifice children to Neron during Halloween. Additionally, during a charity dinner, Osiris formed a bond with Sobek, a humanoid crocodile that had escaped from the lab of Mrs. Sivana.

However, Amanda Waller, skeptical of the Black Marvels' intentions, formed a new Suicide Squad and dispatched the Persuader to attack Isis with a radioactive ax. In an attempt to assist Isis, Osiris inadvertently caused the Persuader's demise, leading to a tragic turn of events that turned public opinion against the Black Marvel Family. Osiris began to question the morality of his powers and held Black Adam responsible for the unintentional death. Intergang orchestrated a series of calculated events that ultimately resulted in Osiris' death at the hands of Sobek. The Black Marvels found themselves engaged in a battle against the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, physical manifestations controlled by Intergang and Doctor Sivana. Isis valiantly sacrificed herself defending Black Adam against the Horseman Pestilence, succumbing to diseases inflicted upon her during the encounter. In her final moments, Isis acknowledged her mistake in her attempt to change Black Adam and pleaded with him to avenge her and Osiris' deaths. Black Adam's ensuing path of vengeance sparked World War III. Several weeks later, an unidentified individual seized Isis' amulet, leaving Adrianna seemingly trapped within its confines.

Black Adam: The Dark Age
In Black Adam: The Dark Age, Adam (now under his civilian title of "Teth-Adam") gets into Khandaq under a false name, and takes her remains despite a shootout in which nearly all his men are killed. In the mountains, he is forced to eat his servant Hassan who offers himself to Black Adam. He fails to notice that he has dropped one of her fingers and her ring at the tomb. He resurrects Isis using the Lazarus Pit. Her resurrection is short lived, as Adam is forced to kill Isis again upon seeing her new body rotting away as soon as she has come back to life. Her bones are then transferred to Doctor Fate's tower, where, with the assistance of Felix Faust, Adam turns them into a magical conduit to imbue himself with god-like powers taken from Isis' corpse itself. Apparently, Isis still could be revived, but every time Adam takes power from her, her bones become more brittle, jeopardizing a new attempt at resurrection. Faust reveals that it is Isis' amulet that can revive her, and that Mary Marvel and Captain Marvel Jr. broke it into four parts and scattered it across the globe. It is later revealed that the missing fragments of her body, the reason the Lazarus Pit failed, were being held by Atom-Smasher who found it when the Justice Society investigated the tomb. He meets Black Adam and gives them to him.

Finally, Black Adam manages to find the pieces of the amulet and reunites it with the now-complete skeleton. The spell apparently backfires, resulting in a shambling, rotting corpse. A séance takes place in which Isis' spirit swears eternal hate for her husband, before returning to death. Black Adam flees, laden with guilt, emptiness, and rage; then Faust begins the real rite, having shown Black Adam the skeleton of Ralph Dibny as a way to hide the real Isis from him and blame "her" rotten condition on Black Adam's abuse of their now-shared powers. So Isis is able to be fully restored to life, even if bound by powerful spells to drain her will and bind her to mindless obedience. Now a mere puppet in Faust's hands, Isis' magic is used to free him from his imprisonment in Fate's tower by creating a magical doorway through the tower wall. Felix Faust then drags her away to a hideout, where it is strongly implied that he sexually assaults the paralyzed Isis.

Later, Black Adam, still mourning for her, finds a bloodied flower sprouting in their family shrine. He takes it as a sign that Isis is trying to communicate with him, which becomes apparent when he finds a larger collection of flowers in the shape of the Shazam lightning bolt symbol, pointing in the direction Adam must go to find her. Eventually, Black Adam finds Isis and Felix Faust, and Adam forces Faust to release Isis from his control. The resurrected Isis is far less merciful and forgiving than before, and castrates Faust for his treatment of her. Reunited, Isis and Adam travel to the Rock of Eternity, where they banish Captain Marvel back to Earth as a powerless Billy Batson (Isis has turned him back using magic lightning from saying Shazam from a spell book) and begin setting a plan in motion to "cleanse the Earth" of evil their way, even recruiting Mary Marvel to their crusade. The Justice Society come to the Rock of Eternity, seeking to help Billy, only for Isis to brutally attack them, even throwing Jay Garrick into the mists covering the Rock, from which there is no escape. During the course of the fight, the combatants end up in Kahndaq, where the people praise Black Adam's return. Isis then kills several of the followers, claiming that they are tainted by this new Earth. Black Adam attempts to protect his people, only to be attacked by Mary and Billy, who had been tainted by Mary's power. At that point, Jay Garrick appears with the spirit of Billy's father, and Shazam, whom the former had helped Jay recover from the Rock of Finality. Adam is convinced to return his power to Shazam so that the wizard's spirit can save Isis from her corruption. Shazam is released from his stone form. In turn, Shazam takes the power from Isis, Billy, and Mary, and transforms Teth-Adam and Adrianna into statues. Some time later, a shadowy figure appears to the statues in a bolt of lightning, wanting them to be his "champions."

Brightest Day
After the events of the Blackest Night storyline, Osiris is resurrected by the White Lantern Entity and returns to Khandaq, vowing to restore the kingdom to its former prosperity. Osiris takes the petrified bodies of Adam and Isis and flies off to an unknown destination. Despite his best efforts, Osiris is unable to return Adam and Adrianna to their living states. He ultimately aligns himself with Deathstroke and his new team of Titans after being told that the mercenary can help him return his family to life. Both Adrianna and Teth-Adam are currently stored in Deathstroke's base of operations, the Labyrinth.

It is ultimately revealed by the White Lantern Entity that Osiris was resurrected with the express purpose of saving Adrianna from her fate. During a battle with a drug kingpin named Elijah, Osiris experiences a vision of Isis after falling asleep due to the villain Pisces. He is told that he is guilty for his hand in the murder of Ryan Choi, and that in order to free her, he will have to kill more people. Osiris accidentally electrocutes Elijah after waking from his vision after yelling 'Isis,' and returns home to find that more cracks have appeared on Isis' statue. He then surmises that it was Elijah's death which caused the cracks, and states that he will indeed have to kill more people to free Isis from her prison. He then kills a guard at Arkham Asylum using his lightning channeled by saying 'Isis' again, although he seems to not enjoy this action, saying 'Great Ra forgive me.' After killing two bank robbers, Osiris is confronted by Freddy Freeman. Somehow, Osiris manages to steal Freddy's power and give it to Isis. However, Isis' first words upon being reunited with her brother are "What have you done to me?" It is soon revealed that the killings Osiris did in her name have corrupted her soul, causing her to haphazardly shift between her kind, caring personality and a callous, cruel one. When Osiris' back is turned, Isis breaks out of the Labyrinth. She goes on a rampage, unable to stop herself from using nature to try to destroy the world. In desperation, she attempts to commit suicide by lightning, but Osiris shields her with his own body. When they awake, Isis discovers that the corruption has left her, but she still feels it inside Osiris, and it worries her.

It was later revealed by the Entity that Isis was brought back to life because she's the one who will aid the Swamp Thing.

Later, Isis aids her brother Osiris in stopping the Quraci soldiers who are attacking Kahndaq. Isis learns that Osiris has become more violent, killing the soldiers. When the Justice League attacks Deathstroke's Titans, they are stopped by Isis, who forces them to leave Kahndaq at once. She declares her rulership of Kahndaq, and withdraws the country from the United Nations, stating that they will outlaw outsiders and recognize no power but their own, and that any intrusion will incite World War III. The Justice League's only option is to leave, and Deathstroke's Titans leave as well. Isis then tells Osiris that he is not welcome in Kahndaq, because of his bloodlust.

The New 52
In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. In this new timeline, Adrianna Tomaz is a young woman who, by fighting specifically against Khandaq's evil rule, is opposed to her brother Amon entering The Sons of Adam terrorist group. However, after he is killed by Khandaq's forces and she is forced to resurrect Black Adam, Adrianna decides to follow a path of violence, with an unknown voice saying that she will be chosen to wield power.

 DC Rebirth
During the 2016 "Shazam! and the Seven Magiclands" stoyline, it is revealed that Isis and Osiris's (Adrianna and Amon)'s prior history as the super-powered Black  Marvel Family was restored although they died under unknown circumstances years prior. Mister Mind and Doctor Sivanna would later attempt to recruit Black Adam into his Monster Society of Evil by tempting him with the power of the Darklands, which Mind claimed could ressurect those who've he tried to in the past, including his wife and brother-in-law.

Powers and abilities

 Andrea Thomas's abilities
Isis demonstrated numerous powers that manifested when the need arose. These included flight, super speed, super strength (to a level comparable to Superman and Wonder Woman), telekinesis (the ability to move and levitate objects), geokinesis (the ability to control elements such as fire, earth, wind, and water), the ability to change the molecules of inanimate objects to allow people to pass through them, the ability to act as a human lightning rod, remote viewing, and (at her power's maximum) the ability to stop and reverse time. To activate these powers, Isis usually is shown reciting a rhyming chant (the most frequent being "Oh zephyr winds that blow on high, lift me now so I can fly!"). The medallion Andrea Thomas uses to change into Isis also gives her apparent limited powers even when in her non-Isis form, as she is shown communicating telepathically with her pet crow Tut and engaging in minor mind control even without changing. She also received superior hand-to-hand and weapons combat skills from the goddess.

 Adrianna Tomaz's abilities
Adrianna possesses supernatural powers and abilities that were initially granted by the Amulet of Isis, a magical artifact. By uttering the phrase "I am Isis!" while wearing the amulet, she could tap into the magical energies associated with the ancient Egyptian goddess, Isis.  Over time, as noted by Felix Faust, Adrianna's body absorbed the magical energies of the amulet, resulting in a natural connection to the power it bestowed upon her. Following her resurrection, Adrianna's link to her abilities became inherent, no longer relying solely on the amulet for their manifestation.

As the superhero Isis, Black Adam believed that the powers bestowed by the Amulet of Isis are even more potent than his own abilities. As a result, the character is regarded as the most powerful member of the Black Marvel Family and possesses enhanced physical abilities that surpass normal human limits. She exhibits superhuman strength, speed, and durability, comparable to her brother Osiris, whose powers are often likened to those of a Kryptonian. In addition to her heightened physical attributes, Adrianna gains a range of magical powers. These include the ability to fly, heal herself and others, manipulate various elements, and control natural phenomena such as storms. Her agility is also notable, making her skilled and nimble in combat situations.

Other versions

 Flashpoint
In the alternate timeline of the Flashpoint event, Isis is mentioned by her brother, Osiris, believing that she has been killed by the Atlanteans/Amazons war. It is revealed that Isis was held captive by the Outsider for Black Adam into selling the Outsider his home country, Khandaq. The Outsider then shot Black Adam and threw him off of his train, joining Isis as his trophy/prisoner.

In other media
Television
 The superhero Isis appears in The Freedom Force, voiced by Diane Pershing. This version is a member of the titular team.
 Two variations of Isis appear in a self-titled episode of Smallville. The first is Lois Lane (portrayed by Erica Durance) after she is possessed by the Amulet of Isis. Additionally, Egyptologist and curator of the Metropolis Museum, "Adrianna", appears in the episode, portrayed by Erica Cerra.
 The goddess Isis appeared in the second season of Young Justice. The superhero version appeared in the fourth season.
 A variation of Adrianna Tomaz named Zari Tomaz appears in Legends of Tomorrow, portrayed by Tala Ashe. This version is a Muslim-American hacker from the year 2042 who possesses aerokinesis via the Air Totem. In one Halloween-themed episode, Zari dons a costume based upon the one worn by Joanna Cameron's Isis. In the course of the series, a version of Zari from an alternate timeline (named Zari Tarazi' and still played by Ashe) begins sharing Tomaz's existence and totem. The totem and its powers are also shared with Tarazi's brother from the altered timeline, Behrad Tarazi (played by Shayan Sobhian). The name Isis is never used to refer to Zari, who is never assigned a superhero name in the series.

Film
Adrianna Tomaz appears in Black Adam, portrayed by Sarah Shahi. This version is an archaeologist and resistance fighter in Intergang-controlled Kahndaq. Being surrounded by Intergang soldiers, Adrianna reads the inscriptions on the rocks and frees Teth-Adam from his 5000 year imprisonment and allows him to kill Intergang personnel while allowing Adrianna to escape with her brother Karim and the crown, and also to Adam after being injured. In the fight between Adam and Justice Society, she has them join forces to save her son Amon, who was captured by his partner Ishmael Gregor, who turned out to be the militant leader of Intergang. After Adam saved Amon from being killed by Ishmael, she discovers that his death allowed him to be reborn as the demon Sabbac. Adrianna, Amon and Karim rally the people of Khandaq to fight Sabbac's skeleton army while Teth-Adam and the Justice Society defeat Sabbac.

Video games
 Isis appears in DC Universe Online voiced by Samantha Inoue-Harte. This version died sometime prior to the game before Felix Faust resurrects her as a zombie.
 Isis appears in Black Adam's ending for Injustice: Gods Among Us.
 Isis appears in Black Adam's ending for Injustice 2''.

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Thorleif Schjelderup (20 January 1920 – 28 May 2006) was a Norwegian ski jumper, author and environmentalist.

He was born to Ferdinand Schjelderup and Marie Leigh Vogt. His father was a Supreme Court judge, a mountaineering pioneer, and a leader of the Norwegian resistance movement during World War II. His son grew up in Oslo, where he took up ski jumping. He placed fourth at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1940 and second in 1946 and 1948. In 1948 he also won bronze medals at the national championships and Winter Olympics and graduated in law from the Oslo University. On 15 March 1950 he became the first Norwegian athlete to break the 100 m barrier when he jumped over 106 m in Planica, Yugoslavia. He retired in 1953 to become a ski jumping coach with Italian (1953–56) and Norwegian national teams (1956–1962).

Besides ski jumping Schjelderup was known as an author, photographer and environmentalist who traveled around the country to promote outdoor activities. He published 10 books, mostly about ski jumping and nature, including the first Norwegian textbook on environmentalism for the elementary school in 1973.

Schjelderup was married to the Norwegian actress and playwright Sossen Krohg from 1942 to 1947. In 1948 he met the African-American singer Anne Brown. She moved with him to Oslo where the couple eventually married. After their separation in 1969 he lived with the musical actress and singer Ranveig Eckhoff until 1985, and for several years they stayed in Stockholm.

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Frederick William Keyl (originally Friedrich Wilhelm Keyl; 17 September 1823 – 5 December 1871), born in Germany, was an animal painter in England; he received many commissions for paintings from Queen Victoria.

Life
Keyl was born in Frankfurt am Main, son of a wine merchant, and showed at an early age an interest in drawing animals. He studied at the Städelsches Kunstinstitut in Frankfurt under Jakob Becker, and later was a pupil of Eugène Verboeckhoven in Brussels.

From 1847 he lived permanently in England, and was naturalized in 1858. He was the only pupil of Edwin Landseer, and through him Keyl was introduced to Queen Victoria and Albert, Prince Consort. He obtained many commissions from the royal family, producing oil paintings, watercolours and sketches, and painting photographs; a notable commission was to paint Looty, the Queen's Pekingese. Apart from royal patronage, work included book illustrations, and plates for the Illustrated London News.

Keyl was a frequent exhibitor at the Royal Academy of Art and the British Institution, though he was by nature averse to exhibiting his pictures.

In 1852 he married Sara Constance Woodlin, a niece of the painter C. R. Leslie. They had nine children, of whom three died in infancy. Keyl died at his home in St John's Wood, London, probably of consumption, on 5 December 1871, and was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery.

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In pre-Christian Fijian mythology, Murimuria is part of the underworld. According to Fijian religion, after a man dies, his soul is brought over a stretch of water by a ferryman, and has to face many dangers on the other side by going through the Path of the Souls (Sala Ni Yalo). For unmarried men, there seems to be no chance of surviving this path, because even if they escape the Great Woman, they would be killed by the monster Nangganangga, since no one ever got away from it, while married men could survive, if they withstand the Pandanus tree and the armed giant Killer of Souls. The survivors are judged by the god called Degei. Those who had the favor of Degei (chiefs with great wealth and many wives, who were destroyers of many towns, killers of many enemies and rulers over a powerful people) are instructed not to try to cross the lake. These go to Burotu. The rest inevitably try cross the lake by a boat that always capsizes. They eventually sink to the bottom, Murimuria, and are rewarded and punished appropriately.

Murimuria is considered a place neither of happiness, nor of unhappiness. As such, residence in Murimuria is characterized by both punishment and peace. Some of the souls in Murimuria are punished for sins committed while alive. However, these sins do not necessarily correspond to Christian notions of sin. Those who did not kill an enemy in life are forced to pound muck with clubs, which is regarded as the most degrading punishment. Those who did not have their ears pierced are forced to carry upon their shoulders for ever logs of wood upon which tapa cloth is beaten out, jeered by all who see them. Women who were not tattooed are chased by ghosts who use sharp shells to tear at their skin or turn them into bread. Anyone who has done an act which displeases the gods are laid in rows on their faces and turned into taro beds.

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Karl Thomas Mozart (21 September 1784 – 31 October 1858) was the second son and the elder of the two surviving sons of Wolfgang and Constanze Mozart. The other was Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart.

Biography
Karl was born in Vienna. His schooling, in Prague, was under Franz Xaver Niemetschek and František Xaver Dušek, and he became a gifted pianist. Before he finished his schooling, however, he left for Livorno in 1797 to begin his apprenticeship with a trading firm.

He planned to open a piano store in the following years, but the project failed for lack of funds. He moved to Milan in 1805 and studied music with Bonifazio Asioli, though he gave up his studies in 1810 to become an official in the service of the Austrian financial administration and the governmental accounting department in Milan. He also served as official translator for Italian for the Austrian Court Chamber. He owned a house in the village of Caversaccio in Valmorea, Province of Como not far from Lake Como and Lake Lugano; he appreciated the amenities of the place and the wholesomeness of the water. He bequeathed the house to the town, which is stated on a plaque dedicated to him. The Town Hall keeps a copy of the will.

He also frequently attended events related to his father until his death in Milan in 1858. Like his brother, he was unmarried and childless; thus the Mozart family line died with him.

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On 2 July 2005, a Live 8 concert was held at Park Place  (formerly Molson Park) in Barrie, Ontario, Canada.  Barrie is located  north of Toronto.

The event is also referred to as "Live 8 Toronto" or "Live 8 Canada".

About 35,000 people, full capacity at Park Place, were at the event, ranking eighth in attendance among the ten July 2 Live 8 concerts.  Had a larger venue been available, organizers originally expected upwards of 150,000 spectators at the show. (see Location).

Lineup
Past Live Aid performers are listed with an asterisk (*).  In order of appearance:

 Dan Aykroyd and Tom Green (Hosts) (BA 11:00)
 Tom Cochrane – "Life Is A Highway", "No Regrets" (BA 11:03)
 Sam Roberts – "Brother Down", "Bridge To Nowhere", "Hard Road" (BA 11:29)
 Bryan Adams* – "Back To You", "Open Road", "This Side Of Paradise", "All for Love/Tears Are Not Enough" (BA 11:48)
 DobaCaracol and K'naan) "Nakilé", "Amazone", "Anda", "Soobax", "Until The Lion Learns To Speak" (BA 12:14)
 Simple Plan – "Shut Up!", "Jump", "Addicted", "Welcome to My Life" (BA 12:40)
 Bruce Cockburn – "If I Had a Rocket Launcher", "Call It Democracy", "Waiting For A Miracle" (BA 13:16)
 Les Trois Accords – "Hawaiienne", "Loin D'ici", "Turbo Sympathique" (BA 13:42)
 Randy Bachman & The Carpet Frogs – "Hey You", "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet", "Takin' Care of Business" (BA 14:08)
 Deep Purple – "Highway Star", "Smoke on the Water", "Hush" (BA 14:27)
 African Guitar Summit (BE 14:56)
 Great Big Sea – "Donkey Riding", "Excursion Around The Bay" (BA 15:22)
 Celine Dion – "Love Can Move Mountains" (BA 15:40)
 Blue Rodeo – "Heart Like Mine", "Try", "Are You Ready" (BA 15:53)
 Gordon Lightfoot – "Restless", "If You Could Read My Mind", "Let It Ride" (BA 16:21)
 Our Lady Peace – "Bird on the Wire", "Where Are You", "Innocent" (BA 16:47)
 Jet – "You're Like This", "Look What You've Done", "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" (BA 17:13)
 Jann Arden – "Where No One Knows Me", "Willing To Fall Down", "Good Mother" (BA 17:29)
 Mötley Crüe – "Kickstart My Heart", "Home Sweet Home", "Dr. Feelgood" (BA 17:55)
 The Tragically Hip – "My Music at Work", "Ahead By A Century", "Poets" (with Dan Aykroyd) (BA 18:23)
 DMC – "Machine Gun", "All Along the Watchtower", "Walk This Way" (BA 18:49)
 Barenaked Ladies – "Brian Wilson", "If I Had $1,000,000" (BA 19:15)
 Neil Young* – "Four Strong Winds" (with Pegi Young), "When God Made Me", "Rockin' in the Free World", "O Canada" (BA 19:49)

Pre-show planning

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Sibling duo Tegan and Sara were slated to be in the lineup, but had to drop out close to the date due to illness.  Likewise, Burton Cummings was to perform with Randy Bachman, but also didn't attend, apparently also due to illness.

Location
For weeks leading up to the concert, several locations were considered as potential hosts for the Canadian Live 8 concert.

Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Ontario was the first choice for the concert.  However, on June 10, the federal Public Works and Canadian Heritage departments, along with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police rejected the idea of using the site for Live 8.  Government officials felt that Parliament Hill, with a capacity of 75,000 people was too small for the event, which was originally expected to attract over 150,000 participants.  They were also concerned about damage to the local buildings and grounds.

On June 15, Bob Geldof announced Toronto, Ontario as the host of the Canadian Live 8 concert. At that point, several venues were considered as candidates for the concert: Downsview Park, which hosted the Molson Canadian Rocks for Toronto concert and a World Youth Day mass; Exhibition Place, which also hosted World Youth Day activities; Molson Amphitheatre, and Sunnyside Beach, which would have involved floating stages on Lake Ontario.  Ultimately, none of these considerations were used for the concert.  There were several financial and logistical problems related to these bids.  For example, both Downsview Park and Molson Amphitheatre were hosting concerts on Canada Day (the day before Live 8) and it was impossible to set up the Live 8 stage a day before the concert.

On June 21, Park Place in Barrie, Ontario was finally announced as the official venue for the Canadian Live 8 concert by promoter, Michael Cohl.

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Barbara Dale Underwood (born August 16, 1944) is an American lawyer serving as the solicitor general of New York. She was first appointed to the position in January 2007 by Andrew Cuomo, who was then serving as the state's attorney general. Underwood was reappointed in 2011 by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

Underwood herself served briefly as the attorney general of New York upon Schneiderman's resignation from the position on May 8, 2018. She declined to seek the office in the 2018 New York state elections, and resumed the position of Solicitor General after Letitia James was sworn in to succeed her on January 1, 2019. Underwood was the first woman to serve as Attorney General of New York.

Early life
Underwood was born in Evansville, Indiana, to Dr. Robert Underwood and Mildred Kinstein Underwood. She grew up in Belleville, New Jersey, and is the eldest of three daughters. Underwood earned an A.B.  magna cum laude from Radcliffe College of Harvard University in 1966 and received her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1969.

While Underwood was a student at Radcliffe in 1963, she worked at WJRZ as news editor and got engaged to Howard Allen Cohen, a second year student at Rutgers Law School, who was also working at WJRZ.

Legal career
After graduation, Underwood clerked for Chief Judge David L. Bazelon of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and then Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall of the Supreme Court from 1971 to 1972. After leaving the Court, Underwood was a law professor for 10 years at the Yale Law School, from 1972 to 1982. She also has taught at Brooklyn Law School and at New York University School of Law.

Underwood left academia to work in the Kings County District Attorney's Office. She later served in the District Attorneys for three different counties in New York City:  she was an Assistant District Attorney in New York County, Chief of Appeals and Counsel to the District Attorney in Kings County (Brooklyn), and Senior Executive Assistant District Attorney for Legal Affairs in Queens County. She then served as Chief Assistant United States Attorney and later Counsel to the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York.

In 1998, Underwood was appointed by United States Attorney General Janet Reno to be Principal Deputy Solicitor General under Solicitor General Seth P. Waxman. Underwood held that position for three years, and then served as Acting Solicitor General from January to June 2001, making her the first woman to act as Solicitor General. After working in the U.S. Attorney's Office in New York for several years, in 2007 she was appointed Solicitor General of the State of New York, a position she held under three state Attorneys General. She has argued twenty-two cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, and many cases before the federal and state appellate courts.

She became Acting Attorney General of New York on May 8, 2018, following the resignation of Eric Schneiderman. The State Legislature picked Underwood as the replacement to fill the remainder of Schneiderman's term on May 22, 2018.  Underwood pledged not to seek elected office and fill out the remainder of Schneiderman's term until an elected successor is sworn in. As Attorney General, Underwood successfully sued Donald Trump and his foundation, Donald J. Trump Foundation, for "a pattern of persistent illegal conduct."

The Attorney General's office passed to Letitia James following her victory in the 2018 New York state elections. Underwood, who had never sought or held elective office, professed contentment when she returned to the Solicitor General's office in January 2019. "I like that role, and so I'm happy to go back to doing it," she told an AP interviewer at the time. "I have come to like this too. It's not that I'm eager to leave this, but I'm very happy to be going on to something that I know I like." Underwood left the office having made history, as the first woman to serve as Attorney General of New York.

On November 30, 2020, as Solicitor General of New York, Underwood argued the case Trump v. New York on behalf of New York State.

On November 3, 2021, as Solicitor General of New York, Underwood argued the case New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen on behalf of respondents.

Honors and awards
In 2012, the American Inns of Court presented her with its Professionalism Award for the Second Circuit, honoring her mentorship of attorneys throughout her career. In May 2016, Radcliffe College conferred on her an honorary membership in Phi Beta Kappa.

Family
Underwood has lived in New York City since 1982. She is married to Martin Halpern, former Brandeis University professor of playwriting and dramatic literature. They live in Brooklyn and have one son, Robert, born in 1986. Underwood had one previous marriage which ended in divorce.
Underwood is Jewish.

Selected publications

See also
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Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken is a 1995 animated fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. The film is actually the five-episode pilot ("Awakening") of the animated television series Gargoyles edited into one long feature film, being roughly 92 minutes in length. As a result, numerous scenes from the original broadcast episodes were cut due to time constraints.  In addition, a number of scenes were also moved around and some dialogue was changed.  The episodes were produced and aired in 1994, and the film was released to laserdisc and VHS in February 1995 and featured an interactive VHS/LD board game. The pilot episodes have been released to DVD as part of Gargoyles: Season 1.

Plot

In Scotland, 994 A.D., Castle Wyvern is under attack by Vikings, led by the ruthless Hakon. The resident warriors struggle to repel the attack until the sun sets, where at night, the seemingly lifeless stone gargoyle statues awaken, revealing themselves to be real living gargoyles. Led by Goliath, the powerful gargoyle clan subsequently defends the castle and successfully forces the Vikings to retreat. The human captain of the guard sees them as heroes, but their heroism does nothing to earn appreciation from Princess Katherine, the court wizard Magus, or the other human residents, most of whom still see them as monsters and treat them with prejudice. Goliath's lover and the Captain argue that the gargoyles deserve more praise and dignity, especially since the castle is built on top of the land that originally belonged to the gargoyles, but Goliath adamantly insists that they must endure being misunderstood and protect the castle and all of its residents. The Captain urges Goliath to take his clan away from the castle the following night, but Goliath refuses, remaining determined to protect the castle.

Meanwhile, three youthful gargoyles and their dog-like gargoyle hound are unfairly harassed by a paranoid mother in the courtyard, and despite their efforts to appease, they are forced to frighten their harassers to defend themselves. Goliath subsequently reprimands them for threatening the humans and orders them to remain in their nesting caverns where the clan's eggs are resting. Goliath and his older gargoyle mentor then proceed to chase after the Vikings, but realize they were led into a diversion. Unable to return to the castle in time, the sun rises, forcing them back into stone sleep. The castle is once again attacked by Hakon and the Vikings, but the captain of the guard, disgusted by the scorn and prejudice of his people against the gargoyles, betrays the castle and Princess Katherine to the Vikings, and the battle is lost during the day. Although he wants to leave the castle to the gargoyles, he fails to convince Hakon that the Gargoyles won't chase after them, and watches as Hakon destroys the gargoyles while they are helpless in their stone sleep.

That night, Goliath and his mentor return home to find the castle in ruins, the inhabitants gone, and most of his gargoyle brothers and sisters in rubble. Only the three gargoyle youths and their hound have survived due to Goliath previously sending them into the caverns. Far from the castle, the Vikings set up camp with Princess Katherine, Magus, and the other townspeople as their captives. Having betrayed his people, the Captain remains with the Vikings, and Hakon taunts Magus by passively burning pages from his magic book of spells, the Grimorum Arcanorum. When the surviving gargoyles arrive to free the people and defeat the Vikings, Hakon and the Captain flee with Princess Katherine, leaving an enraged Magus behind, who casts a curse on the gargoyles after believing their arrival may have caused Katherine's death at Hakon's hands. Goliath pursues Hakon, the Captain, and Katherine, and confronts the Captain for his treachery. When Hakon blames the slaughter of Goliath's siblings on the Captain, the Captain angrily attacks him and they both fall off a cliff to their deaths, while Goliath manages to save and free Katherine, but finds the remaining members of his clan in stone sleep, unable to wake even at night. Realizing that Katherine is alive and well, Magus realizes his grave mistake, and because the pages from the Grimorum Arcanorum needed to break the spell were burned, the gargoyle clan will remain cursed in stone sleep until "the castle rises above the clouds". Grief-stricken and alone, Goliath leaves his clan's eggs in the care of the guilt-ridden Katherine and Magus, and requests Magus to cast his spell on him, so that he can remain with his clan and share their fate.

A thousand years later, in 1994, opportunistic billionaire David Xanatos claims the long abandoned Castle Wyvern and has it reconstructed at the top of his skyscraper in New York City, along with the sleeping gargoyles. Goliath finally awakens and happily reunites with his clan, but they are shocked to awaken in a completely different world in the late-20th century. Xanatos explains that he recovered and translated the Grimorum Arcanorum, and followed its instructions to awaken the gargoyles, written by Magus, and approaches them as a friend. Not long after their awakening, the castle is suddenly attacked by a group of armed commandos from a helicopter, but the gargoyles defend the castle against the attackers until they flee. The fight results in falling debris and damages to the streets below, causing police detective Elisa Maza to climb up to the castle to investigate the battle. She discovers Goliath and the gargoyles, but they manage to hesitantly befriend each other. The gargoyles decide to name themselves after various locations in New York and explore their new surroundings. The elder mentor names himself Hudson, while the young trio name themselves Brooklyn, Lexington, and Broadway, and their hound is named Bronx. Meanwhile, Xanatos reunites Goliath with his mate, who reveals herself to have survived the massacre of their clan and survived until the modern time. Having earned their trust, Xanatos convinces the clan to help steal back important data discs that were supposedly stolen from him during the commando attack.

After they successfully return from their mission, Elisa goes to speak with Goliath in private about the theft. They are suddenly attacked by the same commandos from before, but manage to survive the attack through the night, and Elisa defends the sleeping Goliath during the day. Elisa investigates the theft and reveals to Goliath that the commandos were employed by Xanatos, and that Xanatos has been manipulating Goliath.

No longer needing the gargoyles, Xanatos sets his clan of robotic steel gargoyles to destroy them, but the real gargoyles manage to fight back and destroy the unintelligent robots. Goliath's lover reveals that her name is Demona, and that she is conspiring with Xanatos. She also reveals that a thousand years ago, before their clan was massacred by the Vikings, she conspired with the Captain of the guard to betray Princess Katherine and the townspeople so that the gargoyles could have the castle all to themselves, as the castle was built on their land and was rightfully theirs to begin with. But after many betrayals and deaths of their kind, she now hates all of humanity and considers the human race as their enemies. Goliath and the rest of the clan reject her desire to fight against the human race, and she decides that Goliath is also her enemy and tries to kill him. Elisa arrives just in time to intervene and tackles Demona, causing her to accidentally fire her laser weapon at the castle, destroying a portion of it. Demona and Elisa fall from the collapsing castle ledge, but Goliath catches and saves Elisa, while Demona continues to fall until she disappears.

Enraged at this loss, Goliath attempts to kill Xanatos until Elisa convinces him not to, claiming that if he does, he would be no morally better than Demona. Xanatos is arrested for possession of stolen property and the few surviving gargoyles now accept their new lives in their new home in New York, with Elisa now their friend and confidante.

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Reception
TV Guide rated the film 2/4 stars.  The reviewer called the art "acceptable" but said the style owes a debt to Batman: The Animated Series.

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Marko Tajčević ( ; Osijek, 29 January 1900 – Belgrade, 19 July 1984) was a Serbian composer and musician.

Biography
Born in Osijek, Austro-Hungarian Empire, his music education began with violin studies at the "Croatian Music Institution"  at the time the First World War broke out in Europe, under the tutelage of Blagoje Bersa. In 1920 he went to Prague for further music studies where he studied composition with Vaclav Stepan. Due his poor financial situation, he was forced to leave Prague after a year. For a short period of time, he spent some time in Vienna where he took lessons with Joseph Marx and Max Springer. He then returned to his country to complete his studies.

In Zagreb together with three other composers, Tajčević prepared a concert in the series "Naša pucka lirika" (Our Folklore), which started in 1923. For this concert each of the composers wrote new songs for voice and piano based on folk music. Tajčević composed six songs for this occasion and the performance of one of them was so successful that the audience asked for encores four times during that same evening.

During the period 1924-40, Tajčević worked in Zagreb as a teacher. Teaching was Tajčević's life career, intermingled with composing, conducting, and writing articles and music critiques. With other colleagues from Zagreb, he helped form the Lisinski Music School. Apart from teaching in school and composing, Tajcevic was very active as a choral conductor, leading numerous choirs including "Balkan", "Srpsko pevacko društvo", and "Sloga" before moving to Belgrade in 1940, where he continued his conducting activity. His last concert as a choir conductor was in 1945 with the Central Choir of Belgrade, which had just been freed from the Germans. Moving to Belgrade did not stop Tajčević in his teaching career, for in 1945 he became a professor of theory and composition at the Belgrade Academy of Music. Tajčević wrote music critiques from 1922 (while he was still in Zagreb), until 1955. They were published in magazines and newspapers such as Obzor, Rijec, Pokret, Vijenac, Jutarnji list, Zvuk, and Politika. Marko Tajčević died and was buried in Belgrade in 1984.

Works
Tajčević's complete output totals fifty-four compositions, comprising works for solo voice, choir, chamber orchestra, strings, woodwinds, and piano. He also published books on theory and harmony. His book Osnovna teorija muzike (The Elements of Music Theory) has been extensively used in music schools in the former Yugoslavia. Tajčević's output is not large, but it is well crafted. He liked to work slowly and was aware of the responsibilities of signing the completed work. The authentic style of Tajčević is expressed through small forms—mostly miniatures, solo songs, and similar short pieces. For many critics, he was a "superb master of the miniature". He was enthused by the power and depth of some miniatures such as Chopin's Prelude in C minor, Op. 28 No. 20, or Bach's minuets. This type of piece was probably an important inspiration for his own compositions.

Piano works were the main compositional focus of Tajčević before the Second World War. After the war he began composing more often for strings, recalling his first musical steps with violin as his instrument. He wrote six works for strings, four of them titled divertimentos for three violins or string orchestra. Chaconne is his only piece for violin solo, and his only work for a wind instrument is Prelidijum i igra (Prelude and Dance) for flute solo. Vocal pieces (solo and choir) occupied his creativity throughout his life. He wrote songs for solo voice with piano and for female, male, children's, and mixed choruses. His last piece is Zagorska rapsodija from 1979 for mixed choir.

Tajčević's works are not only recognized in Serbia and Yugoslavia, but also internationally. Articles about him have appeared in dictionaries and encyclopedias such as the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Enciclopedia Salvat de la Musica, and Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Some of his piano pieces— Sedam balkanskih igara (Seven Balkan Dances), Medjimurske (Songs from Mur Island), Srpske igre (Serbian Dances), and Prva svita (The First Suite) — were published in Yugoslavia (Prosveta, Frajt, Hrvatski glazbeni zavod) as well as in Germany (Henle Musikverlag, Schott, Hans Gerig Musikverlag), the former Soviet Union (Musgiz), and the United States (Rongwen Music, Inc., Warner Brothers, Broude Brothers, Ltd.). Some famous pianists - such as Rubinstein, Friedmann, Borovski, and Orlov — have included Seven Balkan Dances in their repertoire.

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1900 births
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Serbian composers
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