Dean Jeffries

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Dean Jeffries is an American custom vehicle designer, fabricator, stuntman and stunt coordinator for motion pictures and television programs based in Los Angeles, California.

He was born in Compton, California, and grew up in neighboring Lynwood, where his father was a mechanic. Jeffries served in the U. S. Army during the Korean War, stationed in Germany. While in Germany he saw fellow soldiers and locals custom painting their motorcycles, and this led him to pin striping. As a young man, after returning from Germany, he started doing pin striping on the side, while working as a grinder in a machine shop. As the striping took off he opened a custom pin striping shop that would became famous with the Hollywood film industry. A neighbor of Jeffries, race car driver Troy Ruttman would befriend him, and they would work cars together. After Ruttman joined with J. C. Agajanian, the Indianapolis 500 race team and Ascot Speedway owner, Agajanian hired Jeffries to stripe and letter his cars in 1953. Actor James Dean was one of his early customers, and Jeffries painted "Little Bastard" on the Porsche 550 Spyder that Dean owned. As an extra reward for working on his cars, and to have him on hand there, Agajanian took Jeffries to the 1952 Indy 500. Noticing his unusual painting and pin striping style, Mobil Oil hired him in the following years to paint any of the Indy race cars. It was free to the teams and Mobil got their logo somewhere on the car. Jeffries would paint and pin stripe the cars and helmets of race car drivers like Jim Rathmann, Parnelli Jones, and A. J. Foyt, and become Foyt's paint and body man. After that, in 1962, he worked for famous race car designer and builder Carroll Shelby on the Cobra. He would go on to become one of the best custom car painters of the late 1950s and early 1960s, and an early pioneer of painting flames on cars. He also developed his own paint, Jeffries Indy Pearl. portable data logger

Jeffries is a certified welder and custom builds vehicles used in numerous Hollywood productions through his company Dean Jeffries Automotive Styling (aka Jeffries Automotive Styling), on 3077 Cahuenga Boulevard West, in Los Angeles. mitsubishi cnc

He began custom fabrication in the 1960s and built the Mantaray (from Bikini Beach; 1963), Black Beauty (from the The Green Hornet), the Monkeemobile, the Landmaster (aka Land Master; from Damnation Alley; 1977), the moon buggy (that James Bond steals in Diamonds Are Forever), the trolley (from Who Framed Roger Rabbit?). Jeffries is also an expert on dune buggies, produced his own models, and has contributed to books about them. He did all of the custom fabrication work on the movie Convoy in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he rented the shop from Burns Truck & Parts. plc ethernet

Jeffries worked on the design and initial fabrication for the Batmobile (for the 1966 Batman TV series), but when the studio wanted the car faster than he could deliver, he turned it back to George Barris who hired Bill Cushenberry to do the fabrication work.

In 1992, a Green Hornet enthusiast Dan Goodman, purchased the "number one" Black Beauty from the former transportation director of Twentieth Century Fox for the sum of US $5000 and commissioned Jeffries to restore the car; two cars had been built for the series and Goodman's was the primary car. Although the vehicle was in perfect mechanical condition with the original custom wheels and most body modifications as used in the show and had logged only 17,000 miles (approximately 27,350 km) since new, it was badly weathered and in need of a full cosmetic restoration. Despite numerous legal bouts between Jeffries and Goodman over cost overruns and rights to the "Black Beauty" name and likeness, Jeffries eventually restored the car to its current condition albeit series incorrect. While the rocket launcher panels on the trunk lid had been welded shut, requiring replacement of the body panel in order to make the system functional again, the flip-down green headlights were intact less their drive motor and discovered beneath the hood after Goodman took delivery of the car. The car was sold to Prop collector, Louis Ringe in 1999. The Black Beauty is currently part of the Petersen Automotive Museum collection; The "Number Two" Black Beauty is currently under restoration to be completed in 2009. It resides in a private collection in South Carolina.

In 2001 the Cruisin' Hall of Fame inducted Jeffries as a member.

References

^ a b c d e f St. Antoine, Arthur. - "Interview: Dean Jeffries, Hollywood legend". - Motor Trend Magazine

^ a b c Gingerelli, Dain. - "Dean Jeffries's Mantaray: One Piece Beauty that's Both Futuristic and timeless". - Street Rodder.

^ Rothermel, Rich. - "Dean Jeffries: Runnin' Flat Out Since 1951". - Rod & Custom Magazine. - April 2000

^ a b 2001 Inductees: Dean Jeffries Automotive Styling - Cruisin' Hall of Fame

^ a b Weesner, Jerry. - "A History of Automotive Finishes: Kandy-Koating Comes Of Age". - Street Rodder.

^ Barris, George (2008). - Barris Kustom Techniques of the 50s: Flames Scallops, Paneling and Striping. - Wolfgang Publications. - ISBN 1929133550

^ Van Hise, James & Hal Schuster (1989). The Green Hornet. Las Vegas, Nevada: Pioneer Books. p.24

^ Keefe, Don. - "The History of the MonkeeMobile". - Pontiac Enthusiast Magazine. - (c/o monkees.net) - 1997

^ Scagnetti, Jack. - "Dean Jeffries Landmaster" (archived) . - Popular Science. - March 1977

^ Dean Jeffries - Dune Buggy Archives

External links

Dean Jeffries at the Internet Movie Database

Dean Jeffries at the Internet Movie Database

Official Black Beauty site

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Opinel knife

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Origins

The Opinel knife was invented by Joseph Opinel in about 1895. By the start of World War II as many as 20 million had been sold. The company is still run by the Opinel family. There is an Opinel Museum (Le Muse de l'Opinel) at Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne.

Description chenille throws

Materials acrylic blanket

The traditional model has a beechwood handle and a high carbon steel blade, which will take a very good edge but needs sharpening every so often, and must be kept clean to avoid tarnish and rust. However, in recent years a wide range of variations on the basic theme have been introduced, using luxurious or exotic woods such as oak, walnut, olive, rosewood and stained hornbeam, as well as other materials such as cattle horn. Stainless steel blades are available and make the knife nearly maintenance-free. mink blankets

Construction

The locking ring is twisted to secure the blade in position

The same knife with locking ring released in order to close the blade

The construction of the knife is very simple, consisting of only four components: the blade, the wooden handle, a metal band with a rivet on which the blade pivots, and (except in the case of the smaller models) a locking collar that holds the blade in place when the knife is open, to stop the blade accidentally closing on the hand of the user. This feature is necessary because there is no spring to hold the knife open. In recent years it has been modified slightly to lock the blade in the closed position as well, to prevent it opening accidentally. The locking collar was introduced in 1955, and is not present on the smaller models. Before that the Opinel was what is known as a "penny knife"; the locking mechanism makes it into a clasp-knife.

Design

The elegant curve of the blade is a traditional Turkish design known by the term yataan (cf. yatagan sword), while the flare at the base of the handle accommodating the tip of the blade is referred to as a fishtail.

An Opinel billhook

There is now a huge variety of models available. Some are presumably more for novelty value than practical purposes, including a giant version with a 22cm blade, some 50cm long when open. Non-traditional shapes of blade and handle have been added to the range, as well as models that are hardly Opinels at all, such as cook's knives or table cutlery, but still bear the prestigious brand-name.

Logo

Opinel logo

The main couronne ("crowned hand") device was already present on the blade of very early models. Later the words OPINEL and FRANCE were added, as well as INOX ("stainless") in the case of stainless steel blades.

The image of the hand comes from the arms of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, and represents the relics of John the Baptist, three of whose finger-bones were supposedly brought back from Alexandria by Saint Tecla in the 5th century. The crown comes from the arms of Savoie.

Sizes

Opinels come in eleven sizes numbered from 2 to 13, numbers 1 and 11 having been discontinued in 1939. Number 8 (an 8.5cm blade) is perhaps the most popular and convenient size for general purpose use, though the larger models are excellent as camping or kitchen knives. There is a considerable difference in size between Number 12 (12 cm blade) and the recently-added novelty Number 13, "Le Gant" ("the Giant") with its 22 cm blade.

Limited edition knives

Opinel has also produced knives, often in limited numbers, for special events, such as the 1998 FIFA World Cup knife in France, or for the Tour de France, and even a special knife, the "Opinel History 2000" to celebrate the year 2000. There is also a commemorative knife for the fiftieth anniversary of opinel from 1993. Limited edition knives are often different woods.

Iconic status

No. 8 Opinel knife with beechwood handle

The Opinel knife has long been a feature of everyday French culture. In fact the word opinel can even be considered to have entered the language, as its inclusion in the Collinsobert Frenchnglish Dictionary implies:

opinel NM (wooden-handled) penknife

In 1985 the Victoria and Albert Museum in London published its ood Design Guide, a collection of the 100 most beautiful products in the world. One of those products is the Opinel knife. It is also exhibited by the New York's Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) as a masterpiece of design, alongside other industrial objects which have defied time. The simple but ingenious design, which has remained virtually unchanged for a century or more, is widely felt to have made the Opinel into something of a design classic.

Opinels are light to carry and not expensive to replace if lost.The models with carbon steel blades do require a certain amount of maintenance (regular sharpening and oiling of the blade to prevent corrosion), but if looked after well they will last a long time, and the steel blade and wooden handle acquire a pleasing patina with age. One of the foremost advantages of this simplicity of design and manufacture is the low price other "classic" knives such as the Laguiole and Nontron knife are very expensive which makes it possible to own several knives, perhaps in different sizes, colours or materials. The Opinel is cheap enough to be marketed in boxed presentation sets or as a corporate gift. Some owners even use their knives as raw materials for their own creative efforts, decorating the wooden handle with pokerwork or carving it into fantastical designs of their own invention. The traditional beech handle takes stains well, and is easily worked to a person's liking with common sandpaper.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Opinel

Official Opinel website (English version)

The Opinel Museum

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Christie Wolf

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Early career

Prior to her professional wrestling career, Wolf was originally a Hawaiian Tropics model. While modeling, Wolf began bodybuilding and won titles in 1995 and 1998 with the National Physique Committee.

Professional wrestling career programmable pressure cooker

Christine Wolf steel pressure cooker

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Double D

Asya

Billed height

5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)

Billed weight

150 lb (68 kg)

Born

April 17, 1966 (1966-04-17) (age 43)

Resides

Daytona Beach, Florida

Trained by

WCW Power Plant

Debut

April 1999

Retired

2000

Debut

In March 1999, Wolf began appearing as the Head Nurse to tend to Ric Flair when he was (kayfabe) put into the mental instituition. She would then appear in several vignettes with him before becoming his valet upon his return to WCW. On the May 3, 1999 edition of Nitro, the Head Nurse accompanied Flair to the ring as he then called out "Macho Man" Randy Savage, whom he was feuding with. When Savage and his own valet, Gorgeous George, came out to the ring, Flair called security on Savage, resulting in George getting into a scuffle with the Head Nurse and George being choked out by the Nurse.

On July 11 at the Bash at the Beach pay-per-view, the Head Nurse, now renamed to Double D, along with Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, and Samantha, stood in the corner of Flair's son David as David defended his United States Heavyweight Championship against Dean Malenko. During the match, Double D confronted Anderson, who got in the ring, and Malenko intervened. However, Malenko hesitated to hit her and instead locked her into his cloverleaf submission hold finisher, but Ric took the opportunity to hit Malenko with the U.S. Title belt to allow David to pin Dean to retain his title belt.

The Revolution and feuding with the Filthy Animals

Main article: Revolution (professional wrestling)

On October 25 at Halloween Havoc, the Filthy Animals showed a video of them kidnapping Ric Flair and leaving him in the desert before stealing his car. After the video, they we're attacked in the ring by Perry Saturn and Dean Malenko, who were members of the Revolution. The Animals' manager, Torrie Wilson (who was formerly known as Samantha before leaving David Flair), attempted to leave up the entranceway only to end up kidnapped by Double D, who had now been renamed to Asya. The name change was in reference to Chyna, who competed in for WCW's rival the World Wrestling Federation, as well as implying that Asya was superior to Chyna since "Asia" is bigger than "China". Later on in the show, after Malenko fought former Revolution stablemate Chris Benoit, he was attacked by the Filthy Animals. In response, the Revolution appeared atop the entranceway and told them if they wanted to see Torrie again to let Dean go. While the Animals complied, the Revoltion broke their side of the agreement and left the arena with Torrie in a limo.

On the November 8 edition of Nitro, Asya made her in-ring debut as she and Malenko defeated Rey Misterio, Jr. and Torrie Wilson in a mixed tag team match, although Wilson never competed in the ring as Asya had handcuffed her to the ring ropes. Three days later on Thunder during a match between Sid and Perry Saturn, the rest of Revolution interfered before being taken down by Sid. However, Asya stood up to Sid and in response, he then attempted to powerbomb her but was stopped as Rick Steiner attacked him. The following week on Nitro, Asya defeated Kimberly Page by disqualification with rival Torrie Wilson as the special guest referee. Post-match, Asya confronted Torrie only to be slapped by her. Asya responded and attacked Torrie before throwing her out of the ring. Page then attempted to help Torrie by jumping on Asya's back to apply a sleeper hold only for Asya to snapmare her down. Later on in the show, Kimberly attempted to choke Asya out with her belt, leading to Asya's former ally David Flair coming out with a crowbar in hand to ward off Kimberly. In a twist, Asya hit David with a sidewalk slam before trying to hit him with his own crowbar. Flair recovered suplexed her before hitting Revolution member Shane Douglas with his crowbar before leaving the ring.

The feud between the Filthy Animals and the Revolution concluded on November 21 at the first-ever Mayhem pay-per-view as Perry Saturn, Dean Malenko, and Asya defeated Eddie Guerrero, Billy Kidman, and Torrie Wilson in an elimination match, although Asya was the third competitor eliminated from the match.

Various feuds

Following the feud with the Filthy Animals, Asya began a string of several mini feuds. On the December 6 edition of Nitro, she wrestled fellow bodybuilder-turned-wrestler Midnight to a no contest. Post-match, Asya attacked Midnight after the bell until the Revolution came out and attacked Midnight with their flag. Three days later on Thunder, Asya wrestled her singles match debut against a man as she fought "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan to a no contest. Asya would finish her short feud with Midnight as she, Saturn and Malenko defeated Midnight and Harlem Heat the following week on Nitro. On December 19 at WCW's flagship pay-per-view Starrcade, the Revolution (Shane Douglas, Perry Saturn, Dean Malenko, and Asya) defeated Jim Duggan and the newly reunited Varsity Club (Kevin Sullivan, Rick Steiner, and Mike Rotunda) after the Club turned on Duggan during the match. On the December 23 edition of Thunder, Asya, Saturn, and Malenko lost to Billy Kidman and Eddie Guerrero of the Filthy Animals and Jim Duggan.

On the January 6, 2000, of Thunder, Asya challenged Cruiserweight Champion Madusa for her title, but lost after the Revolution turned on her. Asya then began feuding with the Revolution during house shows, where she teamed up with Chavo Guerrero, Jr. to wrestle Malenko and Saturn, losing to them twice before defeating them twice to end the feud.

Post-Revolution

On January 10, Oklahoma came out to the ring and began making misogynistic comments before saying that he could beat any woman in the ring and that he would go on to beat Madusa in their match. In response, Asya came out to the ring and gave Oklahoma a beating before Madusa came out to ringside. Six days later at Souled Out, Asya and former Nitro Girl Spice interfered in a Cruiserweight Title match between the champion Madusa and Oklahoma as Spice took away his BBQ sauce bottle before kicking him in the midsection before throwing him to Madusa back in the ring. However, Oklahoma pulled down Medusa's outfit and then quickly rolled her up to win the Cruiserweight Championship. After the match, Asya held him in position as Madusa poured BBQ sauce over him.

After this, Asya began making sporadic appearances. On the April 15 edition of WorldWide, Asya lost to Mona via disqualification after Little Genie interfered. Post-match, both Asya and Genie attacked Mona before being pulled off by referees. On the May 3 edition of Thunder, both Mona and Asya were the only females in the Millionaire's Club vs. New Blood battle royal for a World Heavyweight Championship title match, but they were both eliminated early on.

Relationship with Dale Torborg and feuding with Vampiro

On the June 14 edition of Thunder, Asya returned to WCW television disguised as a Sting fan at ringside. Before Vampiro was set to wrestle The Demon, he told her to remove the mask and she responded by spitting a red liquid into his face. Demon then appeared in the ring and the announcers publicized that The Demon and Asya were in fact engaged to be married. After Vampiro defeated Demon, Asya ran in to help Demon only for Vampiro hit her with his Nail in the Coffin finishing move. Demon recovered and chased Vampiro away before tending to Asya in the ring.

Five days later on Nitro, Vampiro called out Dale Torborg, who retired The Demon gimmick due to his upcoming marriage to Asya. When Torborg and Asya made their way to the ring, Vampiro asked him "don't you have something missing in your life?", leaving Torborg puzzled by the question before the lights went out. After being re-lit, Asya had seemingly disappeared, prompting Torborg to go after Vampiro. However, the lights went out again and Vampiro had also disappeared until it was revealed that he escaped in a black hearse. On the June 21 edition of Thunder, Torborg attacked Vampiro, demanding to know where Asya was. Instead, Vampiro told him he would never know unless he embraced the darkness and became the Demon again. He then followed Vampiro to a gravesite that Vampiro said Asya was in. Upon investigating, Vampiro hit Torborg with a shovel before getting Asya out of the trunk of his hearse and then told him that he would be waiting.

On the June 28 edition of Thunder, Vampiro came out proclaiming to have gotten rid of Sting, whom he was also feuding with, as well as Torborg and Asya. During his promo, the lights went out and Asya appeared in the ring before spitting a red liquid in his face as she did weeks prior. Torborg then attacked Vampiro with a baseball bat as the lights went out again and both Asya and Torborg were gone.

The following week on Nitro, Asya debuted a new entrance to the ring. However, during the entrance, a minor explosion occurred, sending her to the floor below and (kayfabe) injuring her. Torborg showed up later on in the show, where he said that he was headed back to the hospital where Asya was at when a hooded figure handed him the Demon costume. The figure was revealed to be Vampiro, but another hooded figure was watching as well.

Departure and retirement

On August 25, 2000, Wolf was released from her WCW contract, thus ending her involvement in the Torborg / Vampiro feud. No official explanation was given for the circumstances regarding her release, but it may have been at her request.

Soon after her release, Wolf completely retired from wrestling after only a year and half in the business. WCW was later purchased by Vince McMahon in March 2001. Since then, she has gone on to become one of Florida's top female pro barrel racers and has also returned to bodybuilding and modeling.

Personal life

Wolf graduated with a degree in biotechnology. Wolf married Torborg on October 5, 2000. They gave birth to their first child, a daughter named Sierra Raye, on August 18, 2005.

In wrestling

Finishing moves

Figure four necklock

Signature moves

Chinlock

Elbow drop

Elbow smash

Lariat

Red mist

Scoop slam

Sidewalk slam

Snapmare

Standing or short arm clothesline

Underhook suplex

Vertical suplex, sometimes while delayed

Wrestlers managed

Ric Flair

Dale Torborg

Championships and accomplishments

Bodybuilding

1995 NPC Florida Championship 1st (HW)

1997 Ms. Florida Bodybuilding Championship 1st

1997 NPC USA Championship 6th (MW)

1997 Pro Invitational Strength Extravaganza Championship 1st

1998 NPC Nationals 1st (HW)

2001 Jan Tana Classic 4th (LW)

References

^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt "OWOW profile". http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/a/asya.html. 

^ a b c d e f g h "Cagematch profile". http://www.cagematch.de/?id=2&nr=2372. 

^ a b c d e f g h i j "Asya's matches at Cagematch". http://www.cagematch.de/?id=2&nr=2372&view=matches#matches. 

^ Dale Torborg (Demon) and Asya got married on 9/15.

^ Most importantly the birth of his daughter Sierra Raye August 18th! Sierra weighed 6lbs 12on. and was 19 1/2 inches at birth. She is Dale and his wife Christi's first child.

^ a b "Asya w/ Saturn Vs. Madusa w/ Evan Karagias". http://www.ddtdigest.com/updates/1999113m.htm. 

^ a b c d "Asya Vs. Mona". http://www.ddtdigest.com/updates/2000043w.htm. 

^ a b c d "Malenko, Saturn, Asya Vs. Kidman, Eddie Guerrero, Torrie; Elimination match". http://www.ddtdigest.com/updates/1999113p.htm. 

^ a b c d "Asya Vs. Midnight". http://www.ddtdigest.com/updates/1999121m.htm. 

^ "WCW Thunder report on June 14, 2000". http://www.ddtdigest.com/updates/2000062t.htm. 

^ "WCW Thunder report on June 28, 2000". http://www.ddtdigest.com/updates/2000064t.htm. 

^ a b "Asya Vs. Kimberly; w/ Torrie Wilson as special referee". http://www.ddtdigest.com/updates/1999112m.htm. 

^ a b c "Official Women of Wrestling profile". http://www.owow.com/FrameIndex.htm. 

^ "Repetrope profile". http://www.repetrope.com/women/competitors/detail.asp?CompetitorID=1786. 

^ "Jan Tana Classic results archive". http://www.getbig.com/results/womens/jantanapro.htm. 

External links

Professional wrestling

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Tribute Site

Online World Of Wrestling Profile

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PlayStation Portable launch

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Japanese launch

The first shipment of 200,000 PSP units was made available for purchase in Japan on December 12, 2004. All units were sold out within the first two days. Some users reported problems with the launch units, including dead pixels (discolored squares) within the screen and game discs ejecting abruptly if the system is twisted (the latter being restricted to the Japanese units from the initial launch). In Japan, Sony is offering to replace PSPs under warranty as normal, with the caveat that they do not consider a display to be faulty unless four faulty pixels are within 1 cm (0.39 in) of each other.

In Japan, two sales packs are available. The basic package contains the console, battery, and AC adaptor for 20,790 including tax (around US$193, 148, UK106). The "Value Pack" contains the console, battery, AC adaptor, 32MB Memory Stick Pro Duo, headphones with remote, slip-case, and wrist strap, for 26,040 including tax (around US$245, 192, UK133). rosary necklace

Japanese launch games diamond cross pendant

Armored Core: Formula Front (From Software) rosary bracelets

Mahjong Fight Club (Konami)

Minna no Golf Portable (known as Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee in North America) (SCE)

Lumines (Bandai)

Ridge Racers (Namco)

Vampire Chronicle: The Chaos Tower (Capcom)

North American launch

The PSP was released on March 24, 2005 in North America (the United States and Canada). The only package on sale is the Value Pack, identical to the Japanese release save for the inclusion of a UMD of preview videos and a cleaning cloth for $249.99 USD (200 or $299.99 CAD). Sony claimed it would have one million units available for sale in these territories by the end of the 20042005 fiscal year (ending March 31, 2005). In order to accommodate the large demand in North America the European release date was pushed back several months. In the US, the first million units included the movie Spider-Man 2 on UMD, free of charge. In Canada, PSP bundles were made available with Gretzky NHL (a Sony-developed hockey game).

North American launch games

Available at launch:

Title

Publisher

Ape Escape: On the Loose

SCEA

Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower

Capcom

Dynasty Warriors

Koei

Gretzky NHL

SCEA

Lumines

Ubisoft

Metal Gear Acid

Konami

NBA

SCEA

Need for Speed Underground: Rivals

Electronic Arts

NFL Street 2 Unleashed

Electronic Arts

Ridge Racer

Namco Bandai Games

Spider-Man 2

Activision

Tiger Woods PGA Tour

Electronic Arts

Tony Hawk's Underground 2 Remix

Activision

Twisted Metal: Head-On

SCEA

Untold Legends: Brotherhood of the Blade

Sony Online Entertainment

Wipeout Pure

SCEA

World Tour Soccer

SCEA

Available shortly thereafter:

Title

Publisher

Dead to Rights Reckoning

Namco Bandai Games

Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition

Rockstar Games

MVP Baseball

Electronic Arts

Smart Bomb

Eidos Interactive

Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee

SCEA

NBA Street Showdown

Electronic Arts

Rengoku: Tower of Purgatory

Konami

FIFA Soccer

Electronic Arts

ATV Offroad Fury : Blazin' Trails

SCEA

MLB

SCEA

Mercury

Ignition Entertainment

Ad Campaigns

In the US, several waves of TV commercials and other advertisements have been used to market the PSP. The first wave included TV commercials that featured the Franz Ferdinand song "Take Me Out", and a PSP user transforming into various things seen in PSP games and other media. The other TV commercial with this song in the background showed the PSP being used by different people, from the perspective of the PSP. The second wave included TV ads with various young people passing the PSP to one another across the screen, using the device for various purposes. The final, current TV ads are black and white animations featuring two eccentric squirrels interacting. The first of this wave's ads doesn't show the actual PSP, but compares the portable game device to a nut, which can be played outside a tree; similar ads consisting of dust balls,pussy willow, and rats.

Singaporean launch

The PSP was released in Singapore on 12 May, retailing at SGD$455 (217) for the Value Pack. There was no free Spider-Man 2 Video UMD included in the package. However, members are entitled to participate in a pre-order programme from 28 April to 3 May. The special pre-order package, retailing at SGD$499 (238), consists of a value pack, an extended 18 month warranty, a PSP "Goodie" Pack (PSP pouch, UMD case, handstraps and wristbands) and a pair of tickets to the Singapore PSP launch party on 5 May at renowned dance club, Zouk.

European launch

The PSP was released in Europe on 1 September, considerably later than releases in other territories. This, according to Sony press releases, was due to high demand for the system in other territoriesamely North America and Japan. Like the American launch, the Value Pack will be the only available package type, retailing for 179 or 249. An undisclosed number of users (on a "first come, first served" basis) will receive a free Spider-Man 2 Video UMD after registering their systems on SCEE's Your PSP web portal.

SCEE have been much maligned for the delayed launch in Europe and for issuing legal proceedings against small independent retailers selling imported consoles. SCEE argue that their Intellectual Property rights are being infringed, while some argue that SCEE claims are groundless. The PSP has been widely available in Europe prior to the official launch; retailer ElectricBirdLand Limited claims to have shipped several consoles to SCEE's own employees. ElectricBirdLand Limited have been issued with proceedings at the Royal Courts of Justice, SCEE and SCEI are seeking to enjoin them to prevent them from selling imported PSPs. ElectricBirdLand are represented by Managing Director Dan Morelle, they do not have legal representation.

At this time the PSP trademark is owned in the EEA by a small IT company based in Great Britain named OwtaNet Limited. It and several other key trademarks are currently disputed in the European Union, and it is unclear what impact this may or may not have on the launch of the PSP in Europe. Sony's current press releases no longer utilize the 'PSP' acronym. In Europe, the familiar PSP logo is accompanied by a "PlayStation Portable" logotype underneath in in-store marketing and on console (though not game) product boxes and manuals. Once the firmware is updated to v2.00, the PlayStation Portable logotype also appears on the PSP splash screen before a game is loaded.

August 8, 2005, just 3 weeks prior to the EU launch Lik Sang a Hong Kong based exporter of video games etc announced it was also being sued by Sony in Europe for Parallel importation of the PSP.

In the UK, PSP broke all previous sales records more than doubling the previous record-holder - the Nintendo DS - selling an enormous 185,000 units at launch.

The PlayStation Portable units in Europe are preloaded with 1.52 update but the 2.00 update can be found on the demo disk enabling many more features such as web browsing and backgrounds.

European launch games

Ape Academy

Archer Maclean's Mercury

Colin McRae Rally 2005

Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower

Dynasty Warriors

Fired Up

Blackburn Rovers' six fingered Golf

Kao Challengers

Lumines

MediEvil Resurrection

Metal Gear Acid

Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition

Need for Speed Underground: Rivals

Ridge Racer

Smart Bomb

Spider-Man 2

TOCA Race Driver 2

Tony Hawks Underground 2 Remix

Untold Legends: Brotherhood of the Blade

Virtua Tennis: World Tour

Wipeout Pure

World Snooker Championship 2005

World Tour Soccer: Challenge Edition

World Rally Championship

Note that this is not a complete list.

Australian and New Zealand launch

The PSP was released in Australia and New Zealand on September 1, 2005. In line with most of the launches, the only package available is the Value Pack, containing the usual contents and non-interactive demo UMD that also contains the 2.0 firmware update. It retails for AU$399.95 (244, US$248), after consumer anger led Sony to reduce the price from its original AU$429.95 (262, US$313).

As with the European launch, a copy of Spider-Man 2 on UMD Video will be available to early purchasers who register their PlayStation Portable through the Australia and New Zealand YourPSP web portals to the first 6,000 people to register.

See also

List of PlayStation Portable games

References

^ Launch titles on PlayStation.com

^ Titles released shortly after launch at PlayStation.com

^ Gibson, Ellie (2005-06-03). "Sony staff defy policy on import PSPs - Dan Morelle". http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=59501. Retrieved 2007-11-02. 

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Saint Lucy

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Life

Lucy's Latin name Lucia shares a root (luc-) with the Latin word for light, lux. "In 'Lucy' is said, the way of light" Jacobus de Voragine stated at the beginning of his vita of the Blessed Virgin Lucy, in Legenda Aurea, the most widely-read version of the Lucy legend in the Middle Ages.

Eutychia and Lucy at the Tomb of Saint Agatha, by Jacobello del Fiore inspection lamp

Because people wanted to shed light on Lucy's bravery, legends grew up, reported in the acta that are associated with her name. All the details are conventional ones also associated with other female martyrs of the early 4th century. Her Roman father died when she was young, leaving her and her mother without a protecting guardian. Her mother, Eutychia, had suffered four years with dysentery but Lucy had heard the renown of Saint Agatha, the patroness of Catania, "and when they were at a Mass, one read a gospel that made mention of a woman who was healed of the dysentery by touching of the hem of the coat of Jesus Christ," which, according to the Legenda Aurea, convinced her mother to pray together at Saint Agatha's tomb. They stayed up all night praying, until they fell asleep, exhausted. Saint Agatha appeared in a vision to Lucy and said, "Soon you shall be the glory of Syracuse, as I am of Catania." At that instant Eutychiaea was cured. puck lights

Eutychia had arranged a marriage for Lucy with a pagan bridegroom, but Lucy urged that the dowry be spent on alms so that she might retain her virginity. Euthychia suggested that the sums would make a good bequest, but Lucy countered, "...whatever you give away at death for the Lord's sake you give because you cannot take it with you. Give now to the true Savior, while you are healthy, whatever you intended to give away at your death." News that the patrimony and jewels were being distributed came to the ears of Lucy's betrothed, who heard from a chattering nurse that Lucy had found a nobler Bridegroom. led icicle lights

Her rejected pagan bridegroom denounced Lucy as a Christian to the magistrate Paschasius, who ordered her to burn a sacrifice to the emperor's image. Lucy replied that she had given all that she had: "I offer to Him myself, let Him do with His offering as it pleases Him." Sentenced to be defiled in a brothel, Lucy asserted:

No one's body is polluted so as to endanger the soul if it has not pleased the mind. If you were to lift my hand to your idol and so make me offer against my will, I would still be guiltless in the sight of the true God, who judges according to the will and knows all things. If now, against my will, you cause me to be polluted, a twofold purity will be gloriously imputed to me. You cannot bend my will to your purpose; whatever you do to my body, that cannot happen to me.

The Christian tradition states that when the guards came to take her away they found her so filled with the Holy Spirit that she was as stiff and heavy as a mountain; they could not move her even when they hitched her to a team of oxen. Even after implanting a dagger through her throat she prophesied against her persecutor. As a final torture, her eyes were gouged out. She was miraculously still able to see without her eyes. In paintings St. Lucy is frequently shown holding her eyes on a golden plate.

Legend

Statue of St. Lucy at Saint Leonard of Port Maurice Church in the North End of Boston

Jacobus de Voragine did not include the episode of Lucy's passion that has been most vivid to her devots ever since the Middle Ages: having her eyes torn out. It should be noted that another account dates this loss of eyes to before her martyrdom, claiming that in response to a suitor who admired her beautiful eyes, "she cut them out and sent them to him, asking to be left in peace thereafter." Lucy was represented in Gothic art holding a dish with two eyes on it (illustration above). The legend concludes with God restoring Lucy's eyes.

Dante also mentions Lucia in Inferno Canto II as the messenger "of all cruelty the foe" sent to Beatrice from "The blessed Dame" (Divine Mercy), to rouse Beatrice to send Virgil to Dante's aid. She has instructed Virgil to guide Dante through Hell and Purgatory. Lucia is only referenced indirectly in Virgil's discourse within the narrative and doesn't appear; the reasons for her appearing in this intermediary role are still somewhat unclear to scholars, although doubtless Dante had some allegorical end in mind, perhaps having Lucy as a figure of Illuminating Grace or Mercy or even Justice. Nonetheless Dante obviously regarded Lucia with great reverence, placing her opposite Adam within the Mystic Rose in Canto XXXII of the Paradiso.

In Mark Musa's translation of Dante's Purgatorio, it is noted that Lucy was admired by an undesirable suitor for her beautiful eyes. To stay chaste she plucked out her own eyes, a great sacrifice for which God gave her a pair of even more beautiful eyes. It is said in Sweden that to vividly celebrate St. Lucy's Day will help him/her live the long winter days with enough light.

Lucy's name also played a large part in naming Lucy as a patron saint of the blind and those with eye-trouble. She was the patroness of Syracuse in Sicily, Italy.

Relics

Sigebert (1030-1112), a monk of Gembloux, in his sermo de Sancta Lucia, chronicled that her body lay undisturbed in Sicily for 400 years, before Faroald II, Duke of Spoleto, captured the island and transferred the body to Corfinium in the Abruzzo, Italy. From there it was removed by the Emperor Otho I in 972 to Metz and deposited in the church of St. Vincent. It was from this shrine that an arm of the saint was taken to the monastery of Luitburg in the Diocese of Spires - an incident celebrated by Sigebert himself in verse.

The subsequent history of the relics is not clear. On their capture of Constantinople in 1204, the French found some relics attributed to Saint Lucy in the city, and Enrico Dandolo, Doge of Venice, secured them for the monastery of St. George at Venice. In 1513 the Venetians presented to Louis XII of France the saint's head, which he deposited in the cathedral church of Bourges. Another account, however, states that the head was brought to Bourges from Rome where it had been transferred during the time when the relics rested in Corfinium. The remainder of the relics remain in Venice: they were transferred to the church of San Geremia when the church of Santa Lucia was demolished in the 19th century to make way for the new railway terminus. A century later, on 7 November 1981, thieves stole all her bones, except her head. Police recovered them five weeks later, on her feast day. Other parts of the corpse have found their way to Rome, Naples, Verona, Lisbon, Milan, as well as Germany and France.

Lucia procession in Sweden.

Popular celebration

Main article: Saint Lucy's Day

As her brief day brings the longest night of the year by the old reckoning, John Donne's poem, "A Nocturnal upon St. Lucie's Day, being the shortest day", begins with: "'Tis the year's midnight, and it is the day's," and expresses, in a mourning piece, the withdrawal of the world-spirit into sterility and darkness, where "The world's whole sap is sunk." .

This timing, and her name meaning light, is a factor in the particular devotion to St. Lucy in Scandinavian countries, where young girls dress as the saint in honor of the feast. A special devotion to St. Lucy is present in the North Eastern regions of Italy.

List of dedications to St. Lucy

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St. Lucy's Church (New York City) (parish established 1900, present church built 1915)

St. Lucy's Church, Newark, New Jersey

Church of St. Lucy, Santa Luija, Gozo, Kerem, Malta

References

^ Traditional dates as given in Catholic Encyclopedia, s.v. "Lucy, Saint".

^ a b http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09414a.htm

^ Noted by Blunt 1885.

^ http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09414a.htm; supplementing the fourteenth-century synthesis of legendary material in Legenda Aurea, Sigebert of Gembloux's mid-eleventh century passio, written to support a local cult of Lucy at Metz, is edited by Tino Licht, Acta Sanctae Luciae (Universittsverlag Winter) 2007 along with a historicizing tractate and a sermon.

^ Calendarium Romanum (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1969), p. 139

^ "We know nothing of St. Lucy, as the sole authority for her story is her fabulous 'Acts', a Christian romance similar to the 'Acts' of other virgin martyrs", wrote John Henry Blunt (The Annotated Book of Common Prayer, [London] 1885:176), adding "though probably based on facts".

^ a b "lfric's Lives of Saints". (Walter W. Skeat, ed., Early English Text Society, original series, vols. 76, 82, 94, 114 [London, 1881-1900], revised; as found at the University of Virginia's Old English resource pages). http://www.engl.virginia.edu/OE/aelfric/lucy.html. Retrieved 20 June 2007. 

^ ""St. Lucy's Day" article". At the "School of the Seasons" website. http://www.schooloftheseasons.com/lucy.html. Retrieved 20 June 2007. 

^ See David H. Higgins' commentary in Dante, The Divine Comedy, trans. C.H. Sisson. NY: Oxford University Press, 1993. ISBN 019920960X. P. 506.

^ "Santa Lucia of the gondoliers brought home to Sicily", 17 December 2004.

External links

Jacobus de Voragine, Legenda Aurea: St. Lucy (e-text, in English)

"Cara Santa Lucia..." (Italian)

"St. Lucy" from New Advent's Catholic Encyclopedia.

Representetions of Saint Lucy

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Barsom

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Physical characteristics

Material

In present-day use, the barsom is a bundle of short metal wires or rods, each about 20cm in length and made of brass or silver. fava beans

The use of metal wires or rods is a relatively recent development: Until at least the 16th century, the barsom was made of twigs or stems, and there was an elaborate ritual surrounding their collection. There is no indication in scripture or older tradition as to which plant was to be used, and Yasna 25.3 eulogizes the plant without being specific. navy beans

One indication of which plant was used comes from the 16th century, where the authors of the Rivayat epistles reprimand their Indian co-religionists for not using twigs of the tamarisk (R. 329). The twigs of the pomegranate tree also figure in other late sources. Strabo (XV.3.14) speaks of "a bundle of slender myrtle rods." cannellini beans

Dimensions

Both scripture and tradition are precise with respect to the dimensions of the twigs required. Yasna 57.5 mandates that each twig shall not exceed "the height of the knee," and Vendidad 19.19 (supported by the Nirangistan) requires each rod to be at most the length of an aesha and the thickness of the width of a yava. Darmesteter translates aesha as "ploughshare" and yava as barley-corn. A twig/rod was thus at most about 7mm thick. The Nirangstan further adds that the thickness may not be less than that of a human hair.

The barsom that appears in Achaemenid and Sassanid art "was of impressive size, about 45 cm (1 ft) long, made up apparently of stiff straight rods."

Number

The number of twigs/rods depends on the ritual being performed, and the Shayast-na Shayast (14.2) unambiguously states that this number must be adhered to. A recitation of the Yasna liturgy is accompanied by a bundle of 21 twigs, with two others being placed by the side of another ritual implement. The Vendidad requires 33 twigs in the bundle with two other placed as for the Yasna. A recitation of the Visperad requires 35 twigs, with none left over. The number similarly varies for other rituals, all of these however only requiring between 3 and 15 twigs.

Binding

In present-day use, and with only one exception, the rods remain unbound. The one exception is the baj ceremony for the dead, towards the end of which the baresman bundle is bound with a strip of a leaf of a Date Palm.

Use in ritual

In ritual, the barsom bundle is either held in the left hand, or placed across a pair of metallic stands about 20cm in height, with one stand at each end of the bundle. These stands have a crescent-shaped brace at the top, so (also) preventing the rods from rolling off. The crescent shape gives them their name, mah-rui, literally "moon-faced." Dadestan-i Denig 48.17 states the stands must be of metal.

A barsom has no immediate practical purpose. At Zoroastrian ritual it represents plant creation, accompanying the other symbolic tokens that represent other facets of creation, and each of which then also represent the presence of an Amesha Spenta at the ritual. In the case of the barsom, it is Ameretat "immortality." The crescent-shaped brace of the barsom stand is likewise identified with vegetation: mah, the moon, is in Zoroastrian scripture and tradition the cosmogonical protector of plants and encourages their growth. "The object of holding the barsom and repeating prayers is to praise the Creator for the support accorded by nature and for the gift of the produce of the earth, which supplies the means of existence to the human and the animal world. The object of selecting the barsom from the twigs of a tree is to take it as a representative of the whole vegetable kingdom, for which benedictions and thanks to the Creator are offered, and there is further proof to show that the performance of the barsom ritual is intended to express gratitude to the Creator for His boundless gifts."

The barsom is also held by a priest during the abbreviated Yasna recitation before meals. An episode of the Shahnameh recalls that when Yazdegerd III (the last Sassanid emperor, but like his forefathers, also a priest) was in hiding, his request for a barsom gave him away to the enemy.

In Zoroastrian tradition, the second chapter of the Yasna liturgy is named the Barsom Yasht. As a part of the liturgy, it is not however part of the Yasht collection. In the Avesta categorization of Kellens, Yasna 2 - the Barsom Yasht - complements the other 7 of the first 8 Yasna chapters, the purpose of the 8-chapter set being an invitation of the divinities to the ceremony. After Yasna 1's initial invitation of Ahura Mazda, the Amesha Spentas and the remaining yazatas, the baresman and libation are presented to them in Yasna 2.

References

Notes

a) ^ 

Boyce, Z2, pp. 38-39: "Three representations of men carrying similar bundles of rods have been identified on Assyrian and Urartian objects of the eight and early seventh centuries BCE and it seems possible that the magi of western Iran, having come to dwell in a wooded land, allowed themselves to be influenced so far by the cultic usages of their Zagrosian neighbours that they adopted these long rods for their own baresman."

n. 145: P. Clameyer, "Barsombuendel im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert v. Chr.", Wandlungen, Studien zur antiken und neueren Kunst E. Homann-Wedeking gewidmet, Waldsassen-Bayern 1975, 11-5. The examples which he cites are those published by R. D. Barnett, Survey XIV (1967) 3002 fig. 1063; H. J. Kellner, Situla (Ljubljana) 1974, 14/15, 50 Taf. 3; and C. Lehmann-Haupt, Armenien Einst und Jetzt I, 1910, 261 (Abb.), cf. M. van Loon, Urartian Art, 1966, 153 f., fig. 18 E 5.

References

^ Kanga 1989, p. 825.

^ Boyce 1982, pp. 38-39.

^ a b Boyce 1982, p. 38.

^ Dhabhar 1932, p. 327.

^ West 1882, p. 165.

^ Kanga 1989, p. 826.

^ Modi 1922, p. 280.

^ Skjrv 1989, p. 827.

^ Kellens 1989, p. 37.

Works cited

Boyce, Mary (1982), The History of Zoroastrianism, 2, Leiden: Brill 

Dhabar, Bamanji Nusserwanji (1932), The Persian Rivayats of Hormazyar Framarz and others, Bombay: K. R. Cama Oriental Institute 

Kanga, M. F. (1989), "Barsom", Encyclopedia Iranica, 3.8, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, pp. 825827 

Kellens, Jean (1989), "Avesta", Encyclopaedia Iranica, 3, New York: Routledge and Kegan Paul, pp. 3544 

Modi, Jivanji Jamshedji (1922), Religious Ceremonies and Customs of the Parsees, Bombay: British India Press, pp. 277286 

Skjrv, Prods Oktor (1989), "Barsom Yat", Encyclopedia Iranica, 3.8, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, pp. 827 

West, Edward William (1882), Mller, Max, ed., Pahlavi Texts 2 (Sacred Books of the East, vol. 18), Oxford: OUP 

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Cleanroom Software Engineering

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Central principles

The basic principles of the Cleanroom process are

Software development based on formal methods baby disposable diapers

Cleanroom development makes use of the Box Structure Method to specify and design a software product. Verification that the design correctly implements the specification is performed through team review. sanitary towel

Incremental implementation under statistical quality control huggies baby diapers

Cleanroom development uses an iterative approach, in which the product is developed in increments that gradually increase the implemented functionality. The quality of each increment is measured against pre-established standards to verify that the development process is proceeding acceptably. A failure to meet quality standards results in the cessation of testing for the current increment, and a return to the design phase.

Statistically sound testing

Software testing in the Cleanroom process is carried out as a statistical experiment. Based on the formal specification, a representative subset of software input/output trajectories is selected and tested. This sample is then statistically analyzed to produce an estimate of the reliability of the software, and a level of confidence in that estimate.

References

^ Mills, H.; M. Dyer and R. Linger (September 1987). "Cleanroom Software Engineering". IEEE Software 4 (5): 1925. doi:10.1109/MS.1987.231413. 

^ Foreman, John (2005). "Cleanroom Software Engineering Reference". Software Technology Roadmap. Software Engineering Institute (SEI). http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/reports/96tr022.cfm. Retrieved 2006-04-27. 

^ Guy H. Broadfoot and P. J. Hopcroft (2005). Introducing formal methods into industry using Cleanroom and CSP. Dedicated Systems e-Magazine. http://www.realtime-info.be/Magazine/emagazine/fulltext/2005Q1_1.pdf. Retrieved 2006-04-27. 

Further reading

Stavely, Allan (1999). Toward Zero-Defect Programming. Addison-Wesley. 

Stacy J. Prowell and Carmen J. Trammell and Richard C. Linger and Jesse H. Poore (1999). Cleanroom Software Engineering: Technology and Process. Addison-Wesley. 

Jesse H. Poore and Carmen J. Trammell (1996). Cleanroom Software Engineering: A Reader. NCC Blackwell. 

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