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Ghost
Studio album by Ghost
Released
1990
Recorded
1990
Genre
Neo-psychedelia
Experimental rock
Length
44:15
Label
Drag City
Ghost chronology
Ghost
(1990)
Second Time Around
(1992)
Ghost is the debut album by the Japanese band Ghost. It was originally released in 1990 and reissued by Drag City in 1997. The song Sun is Tangging also appeared on the compilation Tokyo Flashback Vol. 2 (1992).
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Lava Kusha is a classical Telugu cinema directed by C. S. Rao and Chittajalu Pullayya and the story of the movie is written by Samudrala Raghavacharya. It is produced by A Shankara Reddy under Lalitha Siva Jyoti Pictures. The movie was relaeased on 29 March 1963.
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Plot
This Hindu mythological movie is based on Uttarakanda, the later part of Ramayana written by Valmiki Maharshi and depicts the lives of Lava and Kusha, the sons of Rama and Sita.
It was released in 26 centres and had run for 100-days in all the 26 centres.
It had a 175-day run in 16 centres,grossing more than Rs.10 million.
Awards
Kanta Rao was awarded the Rastrapathi medal for his role as Lakshmana
Trivia
It’s the first Telugu film to gross Rs. 10 million.
This movie is considered to be the biggest blockbuster of all time in the annals of telugu film history.
Production began in 1958 but was stopped due to financial constraints. When it restarted, C. Pullaiah’s health was deteriorating, so his son C.S. Rao took over.
It is also produced in Tamil.
This film was produced by Allareddy Shankara Reddy who went on to make other blockbusters - Rahasyam (starring ANR) and Sathi Savithri (starring the legendary N.T.Rama Rao). Prior to producing Lava Kusha, the Allareddy family produced Manavathi and Charanadasi under the Lalitha Siva Jyothi banner.
References
^ CineGoer.com - Box-Office Records And Collections - Lavakusha’s All-Time Records
^ ab CineGoer.com - Box-Office Records And Collections - Silver Jubilee Films Of NTR
External links
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0206877/
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The hamsa (Arabic: ???? ?, khamsa, lit. five, also romanized khamsa and chamsa) is a palm-shaped amulet popular throughout the Middle East and North Africa. The hamsa is often incorporated in jewellery and wall hangings, as a defence against the evil eye. It is believed to originate in ancient practices associated with the Phoenicians of Carthage.
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1Symbolism
2Usage
3See also
4Notes
5References
Symbolism
Another Arabic name for the hamsa (or khamsa) Hamsa hands often contain an eye symbol. Depictions of the hand, the eye, or the number five in Arabic (and Berber) tradition is related to warding off the evil eye, as exemplified in the saying khamsa fi ainek (”five in your eye”). Another formula uttered against the evil eye in Arabic is khamsa wa-khamis.
The khamsa is the most popular of the different amulets to ward off the evil eye in Egypt—others being the Eye, and the Hirz (a silver box containing verses of the Koran). The Hand (Khamsa) has long represented blessings, power and strength and is thus seen as potent in deflecting the evil eye. It’s one of the most common components of jewellery in the region.
Archaeological evidence indicates that a downward pointing hamsa used as a protective amulet in the region predates its use by members of the monotheistic faiths. It is thought to have been associated with Tanit, the supreme deity of Carthage (Phoenicia) whose hand (or is some cases vulva) was used to ward off the evil eye.
The hamsa’s path into Jewish culture, and its popularity particularly among the Sephardic Jewish community, can be traced through its use in Islam. Jews sometimes call it the hand of Miriam, referencing the sister of the biblical Moses and Aaron. Five (hamesh in Hebrew) represents the five books of the Torah for Jews. It also symbolizes the fifth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, “Heh”, which represents one of God’s holy names. Many Jews believe that the five fingers of the hamsa hand remind its wearer to use their five senses to praise God.
Clay hamsa on a wall, inscribed with the Hebrew word “behatzlacha”" - literally “Good Luck” or “In success”
Usage
There are two main styles of a hamsa hand: the stylized hamsa hand with two symmetrical thumbs, and hamsa hands that are not symmetrical and shaped like actual hands. Either hamsa hand can be worn with the fingers pointing up or down.
The hamsa is popular as a charm most often worn as a necklace, but can be found as a decorative element in houses, on key chains, on other jewellery items. Many artists use the image of the hamsa hand in jewelry, paintings, sculptures, wall decorations, and amulets.
The renewed interest in Kabbalah and mystical Judaism is a factor in bringing the hamsa pendant back into vogue. In Jewish mysticism, fish are a symbol of good luck, so many hamsas are also decorated with fish images. Sometimes hamsas are inscribed with Hebrew prayers, such as the Sh’ma, Birkat HaBayit (Blessing for the Home), or Tefilat HaDerech (Traveler’s Prayer).
See also
Abhaya Mudra
Notes
^“Hand of Fatima Meaning”. http://www.dphjewelry.com/art-n0908-132.html.
^ ab“Superstitions and Old Beliefs”. http://www.israghost.com/eng/Superstitions.html.
^ ab“What is a Hamsa?”. http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-hamsa.htm.
Lent, J. M.; Bearman, Peri J.; Qureshi, Hakeem-Uddeen (1997). The encyclopaedia of Islam, new edition (2nd ed.). Brill. ISBN-10: 9004107959, ISBN-13: 9789004107953.
Silver, Alan (2008). Jews, Myth and History: A Critical Exploration of Contemporary Jewish Belief and Its Origins. Troubador Publishing Ltd. ISBN-10: 1848760647, ISBN-13: 9781848760646.
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The Japan-North Korea Pyongyang Declaration, signed in 2002, was the result of the first Japan-North Korea summit meeting. It was an attempt to resolve the uneasy diplomatic relationship that existed between the two nations, provided for economic assistance to North Korea (including humanitarian aid), low-interest long-term loans, and discussedthe future of nuclear missile development.
North Korea agreed to extend its moratorium on missile tests, in place since 1999. However, this may have been breached. (See North Korea and weapons of mass destruction).
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North Korean missile test, 2006
Japan-Korea relations
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Text of the Pyongyang declaration at the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ website
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Hogan & Hartson LLP
Headquarters
Washington, D.C.
No. of Offices
27
No. of Attorneys
1,100
Major Practice Areas
General practice
Key People
J. Warren Gorrell, Jr., Chairman
Date Founded
1904
Founder
Frank J. Hogan
Company Type
Limited liability partnership
Website
www.hhlaw.com
Founded in 1904, Hogan & Hartson is the oldest major law firm headquartered in Washington, D.C., USA. It is a global firm with more than 1,100 lawyers in 27 offices worldwide, including offices in North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
Contents
1Practice areas
2History
3Notable mandates
4Pro bono
5Offices
6Awards and recognition
7Notable people
7.1Former partners and associates
8External links
Practice areas
Hogan & Hartson offers a variety of legal services in areas including corporate, regulatory and litigation. According to Chambers & Partners Global 2008: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business, the firm is recognized globally for its excellence in the following areas: data protection, international trade, real estate investment trusts, life sciences and technology, media and telecommunications. In Chambers & Partner USA 2008, Hogan & Hartson is lauded in numerous categories, including antitrust, energy, food and beverages, international trade, investment funds, data security, and transportation regulation and litigation.
History
Hogan & Hartson was founded by Frank J. Hogan in 1904. In 1925, Hogan was joined by Nelson T. Hartson, a former Internal Revenue Service attorney, and John William Guider. Hogan & Hartson then went into partnership in 1938.
In 2000, the firm expanded to Tokyo and Berlin (after approaching a team from the former German ally of UK firm Linklaters).
The firm expanded its presence in New York and Los Angeles in 2002 when it acquired mid-sized law firm Squadron, Ellenoff, Plesent & Sheinfeld, a storied New York City-based practice with strengths in media, litigation and First Amendment law.
Hogan & Hartson now has offices in North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East and has gained cooperative working relationships with other law firms elsewhere.
Notable mandates
Represented MMC Norilsk Nickel, the Russian mining and metallurgy corporation in its $6 billion acquisition of LionOre Mining International Ltd.
Counseled Ford Motor Company in its $2.3 billion disposal of Jaguar Cars Limited and Land Rover to the automotive subsidiary of the Indian manufacturing conglomerate Tata Group.
Advised Jet Airways on its $435 million initial public offering.
Successfully defended DaimlerChrysler Corporation in numerous products liability class actions.
Retained by former WorldCom CEO Bernard J. Ebbers to defend against securities and ERISA class actions.
Pro bono
The Community Services Department (CSD) department deals with civil rights, environmental, homeless and other public interest groups. In 1970, Hogan & Hartson became the first major firm to establish a separate practice group devoted exclusively to providing pro bono legal services.
The American Lawyer named Hogan & Hartson to the magazine’s A-List — the top 20 firms in the United States (June 2006).
Chambers USA ranks some Hogan offices and practices No. 1 in their markets (June 2008).
The Lawyer Global 100 lists Hogan & Hartson as a “Top 30″ global law firm by revenue (October 2006).
The American Lawyer has twice mentioned Hogan’s litigation department in its biennial survey of the best litigation departments among the top 200 U.S. law firms.
Hogan & Hartson’s Community Services Department (CSD) has gained the American Bar Association “Pro Bono Publico Award” and the District of Columbia Bar’s “Pro Bono Law Firm of the Year Award”.
Hogan & Hartson is recognized as a 2008 Working Mother and Flex-Time Lawyers Best Law Firms for Women.
Notable people
Former partners and associates
Former tennis player Donald Dell
U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts was a litigator for this firm for several years during two periods: 1986-1989, and 1993-2003. In this capacity, Roberts argued before the United States Supreme Court and the lower federal courts, participating in a wide variety of matters on behalf of corporate clients, trade associations, governments, and individuals. Roberts left Hogan & Hartson in 1989 to accept appointment as Principal Deputy Solicitor General of the United States, and returned in 1993 to head their Appellate Practice Group.
Christine Varney, formerly a partner with the firm’s antitrust and privacy practice groups, was nominated and confirmed to be head of the US Justice Department’s antitrust division under President Barack Obama in April 2009. Before joining Hogan & Hartson, Varney served as Commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission from 1994 to 1997.
Gregory G. Garre who was later Solicitor General.
External links
Hogan & Hartson
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Holgate Brewhouse is a small, independent, family-owned microbrewery in Woodend, Victoria, Australia. The brewery operations began in 1999 and were moved to the Keatings Hotel in 2005, where the Brewhouse also operates a restaurant and hotel. Holgate beers are available in bottles and on tap throughout the Melbourne area.
Their beers have consistently won accolades at the Australian International Beer Awards, including gold medals for the Mt Macedon Ale and Pilsner, as well as the 2008 Premier’s Trophy for Best Victorian Beer for the Big Reg Lager.
See also
List of breweries in Australia
References
^ Victoria Minister for Regional and Rural Development (2008). Woodend’s Holgate Brewhouse takes Premier’s Award at Australian International Beer Awards. Retrieved October 29, 2008.
External links
Official website - includes profiles of each beer
Tourism Victoria profile
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Centerburg High School is a public high school in Centerburg, Ohio, USA. It is the only high school in the Centerburg Local Schools district. Its nickname is the Trojans.
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2Other notable sports accomplishments
3External links
4Notes and references
Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships
Girls Volleyball – 2003
Girls Cross Country- 2003, 2009
Other notable sports accomplishments
2003 American football - Ohio High School Athletic Association Playoffs
2005 American football - Mid Buckeye Conference Champions, Division 5 Region 19 Champions, State Final Four
External links
School Website
Notes and references
^OHSAA. “Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site”. http://www.ohsaa.org/. Retrieved 2006-12-31.
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December 31, 1959 (1959-12-31)(age 50)
Kansas City, Kansas
Political party
Republican
Spouse(s)
Deborah Kline
Profession
Attorney
Phillip D. “Phill” Kline (born December 31, 1959) is the former district attorney of Johnson County, Kansas, USA. From January 2003 to January 2007, he was the Attorney General of Kansas. Kline, a member of the Republican Party, lost re-election as attorney general to Democratic challenger Paul Morrison on November 7, 2006, 58%-41%. Kline became the district attorney of Johnson County on the day he left office as attorney general, effectively switching jobs with Morrison. Kline then ran for a full term as district attorney, but Steve Howe defeated Kline in the August 5, 2008, Republican primary.
Contents
1Early life and political career
2Attorney General of Kansas
2.1Kansas v. Marsh
2.2Abortion controversy
2.3Limon v. Kansas
2.42006 and 2008 re-election campaigns
2.4.1Church memorandum controversy
3Work Attendance and Residency Controversy
4Post-electoral career
5References
6External links
Early life and political career
Born in Kansas City, Kansas, Kline grew up in Shawnee, a community on the Kansas side of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. He was the third of five children; his father abandoned the family when Kline was five years old, leaving his mother to be a single parent.
He graduated from Shawnee Mission Northwest High School and subsequently attended the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg, Missouri, on a partial wrestling scholarship, earning a B.S. in business communications in 1982. During college, he was a news broadcaster for Kansas City, Missouri, AM radio station WHB. Afterward, in order to save money for law school, he worked in public relations for the Worlds of Fun and Oceans of Fun amusement parks in Kansas City. He received his J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law in 1987, and was an Associate Editor for the Kansas Law Review. He entered private practice as an associate with Blackwell Sanders, a large law firm in Kansas City, Missouri, specializing in corporate law. He married his wife, Deborah, in 1989, and settled back in Shawnee, close to where he grew up. The Klines have one daughter, Hillary, born in 1992. They are members of the Central Church of the Nazarene in Lenexa, Kansas.
After leaving Blackwell Sanders, Kline hosted two radio programs: The Phill and Mary Show on Kansas City AM station KMBZ, and Face Off With Phill Kline on Topeka AM station WIBW. He also served as the finance director of the Johnson County Republican Committee.
While still a law student, Kline ran for U.S. Congress in 1986. Kline won the Republican primary election but was defeated in the general election by the incumbent, Democrat Jim Slattery. In 1992, Kline won election to the Kansas House of Representatives, where he represented the 18th District. which included Shawnee. There, he chaired the House Appropriations Committee and was a member of several oversight committees. He was a member of the advisory committee for Kansas Senator Bob Dole’s 1996 presidential campaign. Kline remained in the Kansas House until 2000, when he ran for election to the United States House of Representatives, seeking the Third District seat held by Democratic Congressman Dennis Moore. Although Kline won the Republican primary, he ultimately was unsuccessful in the general election.
Attorney General of Kansas
In 2002, Kline won election as attorney general of Kansas, defeating fellow Republican David Adkins of Leawood in the primary and Democrat Chris Biggs of Junction City in the general election. On becoming attorney general, Kline and his family moved to Topeka.
Kansas v. Marsh
In December 2005 and April 2006, he successfully argued before the Supreme Court of the United States in Kansas v. Marsh, wherein the Court reversed a ruling made by the Kansas Supreme Court that the state’s death penalty was unconstitutional.
Abortion controversy
In 2003, Kline began investigating possible cases of child rape and illegal partial-birth and late-term abortions. In doing so, Kline requested the redacted medical records (without names) of 90 women and girls who either gave birth to a child or had an abortion. His office was ultimately granted these redacted records by the Kansas Supreme Court.
On December 21, 2006, Kline charged abortion provider Dr. George Tiller with more than 30 misdemeanors, most involving abortions Tiller allegedly performed on minors. But just hours after the charges were unsealed, a Sedgwick County judge threw them out “at the request of Sedgwick County District Attorney Nola Foulston, who said her office had not been consulted by Kline.” However, on June 28, 2007, a 19-count indictment was unexpectedly filed against Tiller by Kline’s successor, Paul Morrison. On March 27, 2009 Dr. George Tiller was found not guilty of all 19 misdemeanor charges stemming from some abortions he performed at his Wichita clinic in 2003. On May 31, 2009, George Tiller was shot and killed while serving at his church’s Sunday morning services.
In a related matter, Kline was named a defendant in a suit brought in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas challenging a state law requiring “doctors and other professionals” to report “all consensual underage sexual activity as sexual abuse.” On April 18, 2006, Judge J. Thomas Marten agreed and issued a permanent injunction, ruling that such a policy was contrary to state law.
In 2006, Operation Rescue and Phil Kline claimed that an alleged rapist was captured with the help of abortion clinic medical records subpoenaed as a result of Kline’s investigation. The District Attorney who prosecuted Estrada challenged Operation Rescue’s claims, stating that Kline and the records had no involvement in the prosecution.
Limon v. Kansas
During his tenure, in the case of Limon v. State, Kline defended a Kansas law which provided substantially higher sentencing guidelines for acts of homosexual statutory rape compared to equivalent heterosexual acts. A Kansas trial court upheld the law, the Kansas Court of Appeals affirmed that decision, and the Supreme Court of Kansas declined to hear the case. The party challenging the law, 18 at the time of the offense, was the mentally disabled Matthew Limon. His counsel applied to the Supreme Court of the United States for a writ of certiorari. In June 2003, the Supreme Court issued a GVR Order, remanding the case for reconsideration in light of the Supreme Court’s then-recent decision in Lawrence v. Texas, which held that a similar Texas law violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. The Attorney General’s office continued to pursue the matter, seeking to distinguish the Kansas law from the Texas law. The Kansas Court of Appeals upheld the earlier decision 2-1, but the Kansas Supreme Court ruled unanimously in favor of Limon and overturned his conviction in 2005. By the time of his release he had served 5 1/2 years.
2006 and 2008 re-election campaigns
Kline ran for re-election as attorney general in 2006. On November 7, 2006, he lost to Democratic challenger and Johnson County District Attorney Paul J. Morrison, who had received more than $1.5 million in campaign support from pro-choice groups; Kline received 41 percent of the vote. In order to oppose Kline in the general election, Morrison had changed his political affiliation from Republican to Democratic in the fall of 2005.
On December 11, 2006, Johnson County Republican Precinct Committeepersons narrowly selected Kline over fellow Republican Steve Howe to serve the remaining two years of Morrison’s term as county district attorney, a move causing controversy. With 60% of the vote, Howe defeated Kline in the August 5, 2008, Republican primary for a full term as district attorney.
Church memorandum controversy
In late September 2006, an internal election campaign memo from Kline to his campaign staff was leaked to the The Interfaith Alliance and quickly was picked up by bloggers, resulting in much discussion and controversy. In the memo, Kline tells his staff how to form a campaign committee for him at each church that will educate and register voters, “encourage people to contribute and volunteer,” and network with their own email lists. Kline has defended the memo and the mobilization of churches it calls for, as it does not violate IRS regulations governing the tax-exempt status of churches, under which a church stands to lose its tax-exempt status for officially supporting a political candidate, if the Commissioner of Internal Revenue determines so.
Work Attendance and Residency Controversy
KCTV, a Kansas City CBS affiliate, aired an investigative report that addressed accusations that Kline did not reside within Johnson County as required by state law, and that he spent an inadequate amount of time at the district attorney’s office. Kline rents a small apartment in Stilwell, and is registered to vote from that location. The KCTV reporters said in their report they were unable to observe Kline or his family at the address. On two occasions, Kline was tailed by reporters from Johnson County back to Topeka, the location of his primary residence.
The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office initially refused KCTV-5 access to records that log ID card passes at the Johnson County Courthouse garage, citing security concerns. Through exercise of the Freedom of Information Act, KCTV initially received redacted and incomplete records via the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office. According to the report, the security system only saves 90 days worth of data and purged much of the electronic records in question. The KCTV report, based entirely on the incomplete records, also suggested that Kline spent an inadequate amount of time in the Johnson Country District Attorney’s Office, often only spending a couple of hours a day in the office, averaging only 29 hours per week. KCTV5 went to the unprecedented length of devoting an entire 10pm newscast to deal with criticisms leveled at KCTV5’s handling of the investigation the following day.
Post-electoral career
In January, 2009, Kline left Kansas to become a visiting professor at Liberty University School of Law, in Lynchburg, Va.
References
^ The Kansas City Star, Kline, Morrison sworn in, January 8, 2007.
^ The Lawrence Journal-World, Race for Attorney General. Retrieved January 8, 2007.
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