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Parkpoom Wongpoom () is a Thai filmmaker and screenwriter. With Banjong Pisanthanakun, he co-directed and co-wrote the hit 2004 Thai horror film, "Shutter", and the 2007 horror film, "Alone".
Parkpoom Wongpoom graduated from the Department of Film and Video, Faculty of Communication Arts at Rangsit University in 2000.
His first short film, the 8-minute "Luang Ta" ("Old Monk"), was shown at many film festivals, including the Thai Short Film and Video Festival, the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, the Singapore International Film Festival and the Pusan International Short Film Festival. It won the Best Director and Best Thai Short Film awards at the Bangkok Film Festival in 2001.
Parkpoom's second film, "In the Eyes", a 14-minute short about a boy's first sexual experience, was also featured at many festivals, including the Asiexpo in Lyon, France, the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival, the Pusan International Film Festival, the Canadian World Wide Short Film Festival, Flickerfest in Australia and the Solothurn Film Festival.
Parkpoom has also served as a short-films competition jury member on the 2004 Nokia Creative Arts Awards in Kuala Lumpur and the 2005 Bangkok International Film Festival.
Parkpoom's first feature film, "Shutter", was co-directed and co-written with Banjong Pisanthanakun. With a story about ghost images in photographs and a haunted photographer (portrayed by Ananda Everingham), the film was the biggest box-office hit in Thailand that year, and was also a hit in Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines and Brazil.
The two teamed up again in 2007 for "Alone", which also was a box-office hit and played at many film festivals, including the 2007 Bangkok International Film Festival, where it was in competition for Best ASEAN Film.
Both "Shutter" and "Alone" have been optioned for remakes in the United States.
= = = UltimateCleaner = = =
UltimateCleaner 2007 was a rogue anti-spyware program that created fake Windows security messages and other security warnings in order to trick users into believing that computer was infected with spyware threats and that they needed to purchase the full version of UltimateCleaner 2007 to remove the threat.
= = = Iron Tank = = =
Iron Tank: The Invasion of Normandy, known as in Japan, is a 1988 top-view action shooting game produced by SNK for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
This video game is based on SNKs 1985 arcade game "TNK III" (which was released as "TANK" in Japan). Set during the invasion of Normandy, the player takes control of a commando named Paul and codenamed SNAKE (Colonel Ralf in the Japanese version, who also appeared in "Ikari Warriors"), as he mans the titular Iron Tank to infiltrate the German stronghold. Within PAL-A regions, it was only released in Australia.
"Iron Tank" is considered by some to be a spiritual successor to SNK's earlier game "Guerilla War" due to many similarities in gameplay, graphics and overall layout.
The game opens with the titular tank landing on a beach, then advancing forward while fighting various enemies that include soldiers, officers, tanks of various types and fixed guns. In addition the player will have the opportunity to rescue captured soldiers (some of which give the player intel); and will have to negotiate various other obstacles and enemies such as armored trains, submarines, gunboats, land mines, airplane strafing runs, electric fences and gigantic rocket strikes.
The tank is controlled by a standard NES controller: Directional buttons control the tank's movement, "A" fires the tank's machine-gun, "B" fires the main gun, "Start" pauses the game on the main screen, and "Select" opens the in-game menu. The turret can point in the standard 8 directions and is rotated by simultaneously pressing "A" and the desired direction. The turret will maintain its direction on the screen regardless of the tank's movements or facing and using this is part of the game's strategy.
While in the game, pressing the "Select" button will open the in-game menu. From here, the player can activate or deactivate main gun fire options, read incoming radio messages, check progress on the game map and turn on the automated "Refuel" option. There are four main gun options, which when activated, alter the main gun's properties. They are:
While advancing through the game, the player will also come across power-up icons—red squares with a white letter in them. Some of the benefits from these include:
Like most NES action shooters, "Iron Tank" is divided into multiple levels, with bosses at the end of each. However, gameplay is continuous; there are no breaks between levels as the defeat of one boss directly leads to the start of the next level. One unique aspect that separates it from other action shooters is the ability of the player choose different paths to the final level by driving down the path of his choice. Some paths have fewer but more difficult levels, resulting in a shorter game if the player can successfully negotiate them while others are the reverse. The paths break and converge at specific points in the game's progress, allowing the player to mix and match level paths as the game progresses.
The level bosses are various different, powerful weapons that include giant tanks, railway artillery, fortresses and grounded aircraft. Most have some degree of movement either in two directions—such as the railway gun, or freely around the screen like any of the several giant tanks. All of them have predictable movement and firing patterns and exploiting this is necessary to defeat them.
= = = Guy Riobé = = =
Guy-Marie Riobé (1911–1978) was a mid-twentieth century bishop of Orléans, France, in office 1963 to 1978. He held liberal, progressive views influenced by the climate of the Second Vatican Council.
He became prominent because of an altercation with Admiral Sanguinetti, over France's possession of a nuclear deterrent. He died following a swimming accident. His successor, Jean-Marie Lustiger, avoided any reference to Riobé during his installation after a fifteen-month interregnum (1979).
Riobé promoted a de-centered vision of the priesthood, arguing in favor of the creation of new types of ministries.
= = = Ottó Vincze = = =
Ottó Vincze (born 29 August 1974) is a Hungarian former professional football midfielder.
He played abroad in Spain, Switzerland and Germany.
His wife is handball player Anita Görbicz. Their son, Boldizsár, was born in 2015.
= = = Niall Matter = = =
Niall Matter ( ; born October 20, 1980) is a Canadian-American actor.
Following recovery from a serious accident sustained while working on an oil rig, Matter chose to pursue a full-time acting career. He received his first significant break in 2007, with a main role in teen drama "The Best Years". Later in the same year, he joined the cast of "Eureka" as bad-boy genius Zane Donovan. In 2009 he had a small supporting role in Zack Snyder's film "Watchmen". He went on to star as Evan Cross in the short-lived 2012 series "". His career subsequently moved away from science fiction, seeing him star in several television movies, as well as joining Canadian series such as "Remedy", "Arctic Air" and "When Calls the Heart".
Born in Edmonton, Alberta, of Irish and Russian descent, Matter grew up on his parents' dairy farm. He is a third-generation oil rigger, having worked on the oil rigs in Northern Alberta for eight years. On the recommendation of a school teacher, he enrolled in drama classes at age thirteen, going on to win the Best Actor prize at a provincial drama championship in 1999. However, after getting himself in trouble at age 17, his parents sent him for a three-month stint on the oil rigs to work with his grandfather. He has acknowledged that it was this experience that helped him to focus on his studies and pass his high school exams. He continued to work on the oil rigs alongside his grandfather and brother Trevor until the age of 25, while simultaneously moving to Vancouver and attending Vancouver Film School in pursuit of his long-term goal of an acting career.
At the age of 25 Matter had a serious accident while working on the oil rigs, where he was nearly crushed inside the cab of a 17-ton drilling rig. His quad muscle had been detached from his femur, and he nearly lost his right leg. It took six months for him to be fully rehabilitated, having to go through extensive physio therapy to fully regain his ability to walk. On returning to the oil rigs, he witnessed another accident in which a man lost both his legs. This convinced him that it was time to move on, so he quit, returning to Vancouver, where he lied his way into a bar tending job before landing his first acting role.
Matter landed his first professional acting job in 2007 playing the lead role of baitshop owner Josh Riley in the Syfy original film "Loch Ness Terror", (broadcast as "Beyond Loch Ness"), which also starred Brian Krause and Don S Davis. While filming "Loch Ness" he sent an audition tape to the producers of "The Best Years" which lead to him gaining the main cast role of bar tender, and cocaine addict, Trent Hamilton in the series first season. He went on to play the role of USAF airman Lieutenant Kemp in a two-episode guest spot on the Syfy television series "Stargate Atlantis".
He subsequently auditioned for the Syfy series "Eureka". for what he understood was a one-episode guest star role. By his own admission, Matter took risks in the audition, playing the character as more flirtatious than he was written. The risks paid off, and he was cast in the role of bad boy genius Zane Donovan, first appearing in the season two episode "E=MC...?". The character would go on to develop a romantic relationship with the town's Deputy Sheriff Jo Lupo played by Erica Cerra. His role was recurring throughout seasons two and three. Season four saw a soft reboot of the show - following a time traveling incident, the characters return to an alternate timeline, with character dynamics and relationships shifting. This led to Matter's role as Zane being expanded as he became part of the main cast, which continued through to the show's fifth and final season.
During this time, he also had guest roles on "Warehouse 13", portraying one half of a married couple alongside "Eureka" castmate Cerra and on NBC's "Fear Itself", playing a lovelorn zombie. In 2009/2010, Matter appeared as a recurring guest star on The CW shows "Melrose Place" (as record producer Rick) and "90210" as Greg, a teacher and subsequent love interest to Erin Silver.
In 2009, Matter played a small role in Zack Snyder's "Watchmen" film, portraying one of the Minute Men, Byron Lewis/Mothman. He also appeared in the short film accompanying the 'ultimate cut' DVD release of the film entitled "Under the Hood", a faux documentary on the Minute Men.
From 2012 to 2013, Matter played the lead character of Evan Cross, a millionaire inventor searching for anomalies following the brutal killing of his wife by an Albertosaurus, in Space's science fiction series "", a spin-off of the British series "Primeval". In 2013, this role earned him a Constellation Award in the Best Male Performance in a Science Fiction Television Episode category, for his performance in the episode "Truth". He was also nominated for a Leo Award in the Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series category, for the same episode. Due to low ratings, the series was not renewed for a second season.
In March 2014, "Deadline Hollywood" announced that he had landed the role of Lieutenant Graden Hales in the TNT commissioned pilot of Marcia Clark's "Guilt by Association" alongside Julia Stiles, which TNT ultimately declined to pick up.
He subsequently appeared in guest roles in various American and Canadian series. In CTV's "Motive" he played a man driven to murder in revenge for his sister's death; in the short-lived NBC series "Constantine" he played a father struggling to deal with the supernatural and in the TNT police procedural "Rizzoli and Isles" he portrayed a Detective turned murderer. He also had a recurring role in the third season of the CBC series "Arctic Air" as Tag Cummins, the love interest of the series female protagonist, Krista Ivarson, portrayed by Pascale Hutton. Additionally, Matter appeared in the 'VIP Lounge' online content produced to accompany the show, which was available through the series page on the CBC website.
Matter appeared in the 2014 Calgary International Film Festival's closing gala film, dark-comedy/thriller "Ally Was Screaming". He was nominated for a 2015 AMPIA Rosie Award, for his role as Andrew, the abusive estranged husband of the titular Ally. In November 2014 he was announced as one of the Whistler Film Festival's Rising Stars, a program designed to promote the next generation of Western Canadian actors poised for international careers. He also attended the festival's screening of "Ally Was Screaming", alongside his castmates.
Matter joined the main cast of Global's medical drama "Remedy" in 2015, for its second season. He played the role of ER Resident Dr Peter Cutler, who develops a romantic relationship with surgeon Dr Melissa Connor, portrayed by Matter's "" castmate Sara Canning.
In 2016, he guest starred in two episodes of Bravo's "Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce" as seedy artist Joaquin. In the same year, he starred as surgeon Dr Clay Castleberry in the Hallmark Channel original movie "Stop the Wedding", which was adapted from the novel of the same name by Stephanie Bond. The film's director Anne Wheeler went on to win Best Direction (Television Movie) at the 2017 Leo Awards. He subsequently starred in the W Network film "A Snow Capped Christmas", (broadcast as "Falling for Christmas" in the US on Up), as former ice-hockey player and single father, Luke.
2016 also saw Matter star alongside Erin Krakow in the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries film "Finding Father Christmas", based on the novel by Robin Jones Gunn, as local lawyer/hotellier Ian McAndrick. At the time of broadcast, the film became the most watched premier in the network's history. Matter and Krakow reprised their roles in a sequel to the film, entitled "Engaging Father Christmas" (broadcast as "A Family for the Holidays" in Canada and as "Winter Wedding" in the UK) which premiered on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries in November 2017.
He appeared in the 2016 Canadian wrestling-comedy film "Chokeslam" as Tab Hennessy, wrestling manager and boyfriend to the film's protagonist, Sheena 'Smasheena' DeWilde, portrayed by Amanda Crew. Matter attended the film's premiere at the Calgary International Film Festival on October 2, 2016 alongside his castmates. The film won four awards at the 2017 AMPIA Rosie Awards, including Best Director for Robert Cuffley.
Matter attended the 2nd annual "Hearties Family Reunion" in December 2016, where it was confirmed he would join the cast of the Hallmark Channel series "When Calls the Heart" for its fourth season, which began airing in January 2017. First appearing in the episode "The Heart of the Community", he portrayed Shane Cantrell, a single father struggling to connect with his son, who later begins a tentative relationship with Faith Carter (Andrea Brooks).
2017 saw Matter make guest appearances in two CW dramas. In May he appeared in the season three episode of "iZombie", "Some Like it Hot Mess", playing the role of nightclub owner Sage Denning. The episode was directed by his "Remedy" castmate Enrico Colantoni. In November he made an appearance on the channel's long-running series "Supernatural", in an episode of the show's thirteenth season, entitled "The Big Empty", playing the character of sadistic shape-shifter, Buddy.
In October of the same year, Matter appeared in an episode of the first season of ABC medical drama "The Good Doctor". Based on the South Korean series of the same name, the drama follows the life of autistic-savant surgeon Shaun Murphy (Freddie Highmore). Matter appeared in the episode "Pipes", playing the role of Mark Allen, an expectant father facing life and death decisions over surgery on his unborn child.
In late 2017, Matter filmed the role of ice-hockey player Adam in the Hallmark Channel television film "Frozen in Love", which was broadcast in January 2018, as a part of the channel's annual 'Winterfest' programming. The film was developed from an original idea by Matter's co-star, actress Rachael Leigh Cook. Filming took place in British Columbia in November and December 2017. Matter went on to win a Leo Award in the "Best Lead Performance Male, Television Movie" category for his performance in the film.
2018 saw Matter star in the Hallmark Channel original movie "Love at First Dance" as former 'Most Eligible Bachelor' Eric alongside dance instructor Hope,(Becca Tobin), which was broadcast as part of the channel's annual 'June Weddings' event. In July of the same year, Matter starred as college professor Nick Miller in the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries franchise the "Aurora Teagarden Mysteries", which star Candace Cameron Bure, in an installment entitled "The Disappearing Game". He reprised this role in three further films in the series, which were broadcast in August 2019.
July 2018 also saw Matter appear in an episode of the first season of ABC series "Take Two", guest starring along with Seamus Dever. The pair played brothers in the episode entitled "Death Becomes Him". He went on to play a supporting role in the 2018 feature film "The Predator", which was released in September 2018.
Matter reprised the role of Ian McAndrick in a third film in the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries 'Father Christmas' series, entitled "Marrying Father Christmas" filmed in March 2018 in Vancouver, British Columbia, again costarring Erin Krakow and directed by David Winning. The film premiered in the USA on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel on November 4, 2018, as part of their "Miracles of Christmas" seasonal programming. In the same year he starred in the Lifetime original movie "Christmas Pen Pals" alongside Sarah Drew and Michael Gross, which aired on the channel on December 15, 2018, as part of their "It's a Wonderful Lifetime" seasonal programming.
In 2019, Matter was cast in the Hallmark Channel television film "Country at Heart", alongside Jessy Schram, as songwriter Grady Parker. In August, he joined the cast of Hallmark Channel television film "Christmas at Dollywood" alongside Danica Mckellar and Dolly Parton. Matter plays the role of entertainment director Luke Hakman. The film premiered on the channel on December 8, 2019.
Matter has previously dated "Graceland" star Serinda Swan, with whom he remains friends.
In July 2016, he married his girlfriend Sara Bradley in a private ceremony in Hawaii. The couple has two children. Their first child was born in 2016 and their second in 2018.
He is a longtime fan of the NHL team Edmonton Oilers.
= = = Live at the House of Blues (Reel Big Fish video) = = =
Reel Big Fish Live at the House of Blues is a selection from "The Show Must Go Off!", a DVD concert series.
= = = Camp Massanetta = = =
Massanetta Springs Camp & Conference Center is a Presbyterian camp and conference center in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The ministry of Massanetta Springs is divided into three areas. Guest services, Conference Ministries, and Camp Massanetta. The camp features archery ranges, hiking trails, four residential camper villages, a pool, lake, picnic pavilion, auditorium/cafeteria, camp office, ropes course, and nurses station. The Massanetta Springs Conference Center and Historic Hotel are also located on these .
Camp Massanetta began in 1956, however the residential camping program was suspended in November 2008 and a new direction sought. Mission@Massanetta provides youth and adults an opportunity to do mission in a variety of arenas within Harrisonburg, Rockingham County, and Augusta County. The "Brainy Camps" are camps for children and teens with Tourette syndrome, Asperger syndrome, neurofibromatosis, or epilepsy. The Children's National Medical Center in Washington, DC provides the camps and interest has been expressed in expanding to include children and teens with obesity issues and those with facial anomalies (cleft palate, etc.). Varsity football and marching band camps are also hosted at Camp Massanetta.
In May 2005, Massanetta Springs Historic District was listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Since 1993, Massanetta Springs has hosted the Massanetta Springs Middle School Conferences, Christian summer youth events for completed 6th-8th graders. The four conferences are attended by more than a thousand youth from youth groups around the country. Although the conference is geared toward Presbyterian youth, the event is open to all denominational backgrounds. The conference includes workshops for youth led by Youth Pastors and lay leaders from around the country, as well as recreation and music events.
= = = Garrett Hines = = =
Garrett Hines (born July 3, 1969) is an American bobsledder who has competed from the late 1990s to the early 2000s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won the silver medal in the four-man event at Salt Lake City in 2002.
Hines also won a silver medal in the four-man event at the 2003 FIBT World Championships in Lake Placid, New York.
Prior to his bobsleigh career, Hines also was involved in track and field as a decathlete. Additionally he played American football in high school. He attended Eisenhower High in Blue Island, Illinois for one year before moving to Tennessee, and going to Bartlett High School. Hines then went on to play two sports at Southern Illinois University.
= = = St. Joseph High School (Virgin Islands) = = =
St. Joseph High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Frederiksted, St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands. The head of school is Mrs. Skalkos. It is located within the Roman Catholic Diocese of St. Thomas and is the only Catholic high school on St. Croix.
St. Joseph High School was established in 1961.
= = = Károly Erős = = =
Károly Erős (born 20 December 1971 in Pilisvörösvár) is a Hungarian football player who currently plays for and manages NB III team, Monor.
= = = Batavia Institute = = =
The Batavia Institute is a Registered Historic Place in Batavia, Illinois, US.
Batavia Institute, a private academy, was chartered on 12 February 1853 by 13 men, including Rev. Stephen Peet, the Congregational minister, Elijah Shumway Town, Joel McKee, John Van Nortwick, Dennison K. Town, who settled in Batavia in 1839 as its first physician, and Isaac G. Wilson.
The building's central part, which still stands in Batavia at 333 South Jefferson Street, at Union Avenue, was constructed in 1853–1854 of locally quarried limestone at a cost of $20,000. The architect Elijah Shumway Town designed the building in a Greek Revival style.
At the time the Batavia Institute was built, there were no secondary schools in Batavia. In fact, since not many towns had high schools, students came to the Batavia Institute from all over Illinois. The school operated for over 10 years under the supervision of the area's Congregational churches until new public school laws lessened the need for such a school. For a short time the building was rented to the public schools.