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Morris Cyril “Shumy” Shumiatcher (September 20, 1917 – September 23, 2004) was a Canadian lawyer best known for his contribution to the field of human rights and civil liberties.

Born in Calgary, Alberta, a son to Luba Lubinsky and Abraham Shumiatcher (1890–1974), he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1940 and a Bachelor of Laws in 1941 from the University of Alberta. He received his Master of Laws in 1942 from the University of Toronto. From 1943 to 1945, he served with the Royal Canadian Air Force as an air gunner. After the war, he received his Doctorate of Jurisprudence from the University of Toronto.

In 1946, he moved to Saskatchewan at the invitation of Tommy Douglas to become law officer of the Attorney General. He soon became the personal assistant to Douglas. In 1948, he was appointed the youngest King’s Counsel in the Commonwealth of Nations, in order to argue a case before the Privy Council in London.

He was the author of the Saskatchewan Bill of Rights, the model for the Canadian Bill of Rights. It was the first Bill of rights in Canada and was one year before the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

In 1949, he left government to practise private law and appeared in his practice many times before the Supreme Court of Canada.

For 14 years he was an honorary consul general for Japan and dean of the consular corps for Saskatchewan.

He authored Welfare: Hidden Backlash in 1971 and Man of Law: A Model in 1979.

In 1981, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 1996, he was awarded the Saskatchewan Order of Merit.

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A population cycle in zoology is a phenomenon where populations rise and fall over a predictable period of time. There are some species where population numbers have reasonably predictable patterns of change although the full reasons for population cycles is one of the major unsolved ecological problems. There are a number of factors which influence population change such as availability of food, predators, diseases and climate.

Occurrence in Mammal Populations

Olaus Magnus, the Archbishop of Uppsala in central Sweden, identified that species of northern rodents had periodic peaks in population and published two reports on the subject in the middle of the 16th century.

In North America, the phenomenon was identified in populations of the snowshoe hare. In 1865, trappers with the Hudson’s Bay Company were catching plenty of animals. By 1870, they were catching very few. It was finally identified that the cycle of high and low catches ran over approximately a ten year period.

The most well known example of creatures which have a population cycle is the lemming. The biologist Charles Elton first identified in 1924 that the lemming had regular cycles of population growth and decline. When their population outgrows the resources of their habitat, lemmings migrate, although contrary to popular myth, they don’t jump into the sea.

Other Species

While the phenomenon is often associated with rodents, it does occur in other species such as the ruffed grouse. There are other species which have irregular population explosions such as grasshoppers where overpopulation results in locust swarms in Africa and Australia.

Relationships between Predators and Prey

There is also an interaction between prey with periodic cycles and predators. As the population expands, there is more food available for predators. As it contracts, there is less food available for predators, putting pressure on their population numbers.

References

Online References

• Hutchinson Encyclopaedia article
• University of Minnesota Extension Service article on wildlife populations containing a section on population cycles
• National Parks Service Document on population cycles
• Paper by Professor Stenseth, University of Oslo on lemming cycles

Other References

• Encyclopædia Britannica Online 25 August 2005 “Population Ecology” article section on Population Cycles

• Errki Korpimaki and Charles J Krebs “Predation and Population Cycles of Small Mammals” Bioscience November 1996 Volume 46, Number 10

Further reading

• Alan Berryman, Population Cycles, Oxford University Press US, 2002 ISBN 0-19-514098-2

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Seth Snyder is a fictional character on the daytime soap opera As The World Turns. He was portrayed by Steve Bassett from (04/1986-07/1988, 1991-1994, 06/1994 & 05/2001-06/2001)

Family & relationships

Parents

• Harvey Snyder (father, deceased)
• Emma Snyder (mother)

Sibling(s)

• Iva Snyder Benedict (adoptive sister)
• Elinor “Ellie” Snyder (sister)
• Caleb Snyder (brother)
• Holden Snyder (brother)
• Margaret “Meg” Snyder (sister)

Marital Status

• Angel Lange (married)

Past marriage(s)

• None/Unknown

Children

• Matilda “Mattie” Snyder (daughter, with Angel Lange)

Other relatives

• Henry Snyder (paternal uncle, deceased)
• Bert Snyder (paternal uncle, deceased)
• Lily Walsh Snyder (adoptive niece/paternal adopted first cousin once removed)
• Rose D’Angelo (adoptive niece/paternal adopted first cousin once removed, deceased)
• Matthew John “MJ” Dixon (adoptive nephew/Paternal Adopted First Cousin Once Removed)
• Abigail “Abby” Williams (niece)
• Aaron Snyder (nephew)
• Luciano “Luke” Snyder (nephew, via adoption/adoptive great-nephew)
• Faith Snyder (niece/adoptive great-niece)
• Natalie Snyder (niece/adoptive great-niece)
• Ethan Snyder (nephew/adoptive great-nephew)
• Jade Taylor (adoptive great-niece)
• Josh Snyder (paternal adopted cousin)
• Bradley “Brad” Snyder (paternal cousin)
• Jack Snyder (paternal cousin)
• Parker Snyder (paternal adopted first cousin once removed)
• Joseph James “JJ” Snyder (paternal adopted first cousin once removed)
• Sage Snyder (paternal first cousin once removed)
• Liberty Ciccone (paternal first cousin once removed)

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The Shine-Dalgarno sequence (or Shine-Dalgarno box), proposed by Australian scientists John Shine and Lynn Dalgarno, is a ribosomal binding site in the mRNA, generally located 16s nucleotides upstream of the start codon AUG. The Shine-Dalgarno sequence exists only in prokaryotes. The six-base consensus sequence is AGGAGG; in E. coli, for example, the sequence is AGGAGGU. This sequence helps recruit the ribosome to the mRNA to initiate protein synthesis by aligning it with the start codon. The complementary sequence (CCUCCU), is called the anti-Shine-Dalgarno sequence and is located at the 3′ end of the 16S rRNA in the ribosome. The eukaryotic equivalent of the Shine-Dalgarno sequence is called the Kozak sequence.

Mutations in the Shine-Dalgarno sequence can reduce translation. This reduction is due to a reduced mRNA-ribosome pairing efficiency, as evidenced by the fact that complementary mutations in the anti-Shine-Dalgarno sequence can restore translation.

When the Shine-Dalgarno sequence and the anti-Shine-Dalgarno sequence pair, the translation initiation factors IF2-GTP, IF1, IF3, as well as the initiator tRNA fMet-tRNA(fmet) are recruited to the ribosome.

The ribosomal S1 protein in Gram-negative bacteria

In Gram-negative bacteria, the presence of a Shine-Dalgarno sequence is not obligatory for the ribosome to locate the initiator codon. For example, it has been shown that deletion of Anti-Shine-Dalgarno sequence from 16S rRNA doesn’t lead to translation initiation at non-authentic sites. Moreover, numerous prokaryotic mRNAs don’t possess Shine-Dalgarno sequences at all. What principally attracts ribosome to mRNA initiation region is apparently ribosomal protein S1, which binds to AU-rich sequences found in many prokaryotic mRNAs 15-30 nucleotides upstream of start-codon.

See also

• Kozak consensus sequence, the sequence that targets the ribosome to the initiation codon in eukaryotes.

References

1. ^ Shine J, Dalgarno L (1975). “Determinant of cistron specificity in bacterial ribosomes”. Nature 254 (5495): 34–8. doi:10.1038/254034a0. PMID 803646. 

• Voet D and Voet J. 2004 Biochemistry. 3rd Edition. John Wiley and Sons Inc: pp.1321-2 and pp.1342-3

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Jon-Erik Hexum
Born	Jon Eric Hexum November 5, 1957(1957-11-05) Tenafly, New Jersey
Died	October 18, 1984 (aged 26) Century City, Los Angeles, California
Occupation	Actor, model
Years active	1982-1984

Jon-Erik Hexum (November 5, 1957 – October 18, 1984) was an American actor and model who accidentally died shortly after a firearms incident on the set of Cover Up, a television series in which he was a central cast member.

Born to Norwegian immigrant parents, he was the star of the science fiction series Voyagers!, which aired on NBC during the 1982–83 television season. He also appeared in made for television movies The Bear and Making of a Male Model co-starring Joan Collins and Roxie Roker, and in an episode of Hotel, before being cast in the action series Cover Up.

Early life and career

Hexum was born in Tenafly, New Jersey, to Gretha and Thorleif Hexum. He and his elder brother, Gunnar, were raised in Tenafly by their mother after their parents divorced when Hexum was four. After graduating from high school, Hexum went on to the Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland in order to study biomedical engineering. However, he soon gave it up and switched to the Michigan State University in East Lansing. During that time, he worked as a radio disc jockey, played football, and acted in minor stage roles.

Only a few days after graduation, he moved to New York in 1980 in order to pursue his acting career. While working cleaning venetian blinds in offices, he met Bob LeMond of LeMond/Zetter Management, the manager of John Travolta, who saw great potential in Hexum. LeMond asked him to move to Los Angeles in 1981 in order to audition for a movie called Summer Lovers, directed by Randal Kleiser. Even though Hexum lost the part to Peter Gallagher, he was soon cast as the lead in the upcoming NBC TV show Voyagers!

Voyagers! saw two time travelers, Hexum and the young Jeffrey Jones - played by child actor Meeno Peluce - fixing history when problems arose. The stories involved figures like Spartacus, Harriet Tubman, Charles Lindbergh, Abraham Lincoln, Charles Dickens, Joe Louis, and others as the pair tried to put history back on track. The program was a form of edutainment and was sponsored by Scholastic magazine. The series only lasted one season, mainly because it was shown during the same time-slot as the popular television show 60 Minutes.

During his time in L.A., Hexum worked as a nightclub door man, cab driver and carpet cleaner to pay the bills. After a promotion tour which he financed himself, Hexum was cast for the movie Making of a Male Model with Joan Collins in 1983. He played a ranchhand who is invited by a modeling agent (Collins) to move to New York and pursue a modeling career. The film was Hexum’s breakthrough, but it also labeled him as a hunk and sex symbol, much to his dismay. After being considered for various television projects he eventually accepted a leading role in the television show Cover Up, where he played a former model turned weapons expert and undercover CIA agent. During the weekends, he was promoting the movie The Bear about college football coach Paul “Bear” Bryant, in which he had a short, but well reviewed, part.

Personal life

Hexum dated actresses Heather Thomas and Emma Samms. At the time of his death, he was dating actress and singer E.G. Daily.

Death

On October 12, 1984, in between filming scenes on the set of Cover Up, Hexum was critically wounded after he placed a .44 Magnum prop gun loaded with blanks to his temple and pulled the trigger. The accident happened during the filming of a scene where Hexum’s character (Mac Harper) was supposed to unload a handgun and replace the bullets with blanks – as the script required. However, the shooting was delayed and Hexum – being overworked and tired due to his tight filming schedule and various TV appearances – fell asleep. Hexum awoke, realizing that the scene still was not ready to be shot, and put the gun to his head. Of all the crewmembers in the studio that day, no one claims to have seen the shooting.

Hexum was apparently not informed that blanks use paper or plastic wadding to seal gun powder into the shell, and that this wadding is propelled out of the barrel of the gun with enough force to cause severe injury or death if the weapon is fired within a few inches of the body, especially if pointed at a particularly vulnerable spot, such as the temple or the eye. Although the paper wadding in the blank that Hexum discharged did not penetrate his skull, the wad struck him in the temple with enough blunt force trauma to shatter a quarter-sized piece of his skull and propel the pieces into his brain causing massive hemorrhaging.

Hexum was rushed to the Beverly Hills Medical Center where he underwent five hours of surgery to repair his wounds. On October 18, six days after the accident, Hexum was declared brain dead. Hexum’s mother Greta allowed his body, still connected to life support, to be flown to San Francisco for organ transplants. Hexum’s heart was then implanted into a then 36-year old Las Vegas escort service owner who was awaiting a heart transplant. Hexum’s kidneys and corneas were also harvested and placed in organ transplant banks before his body was flown back to Los Angeles for autopsy and burial.

Hexum’s death was ruled accidental. Hexum’s mother later received an out of court settlement from Twentieth Century Fox Television and Glenn Larson Productions, the production team behind Cover Up.

Four weeks after Hexum’s death, Cover Up resumed airing without Hexum’s character, Mac Harper, who was killed in action. The return episode also featured a tribute to Hexum. Actor Antony Hamilton eventually replaced Hexum, but Cover Up was canceled after one season.

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References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Wallace, David (1983-10-11). “On and Off Camera, Joan Collins Helps in the Making of Male Model Jon-Erik Hexum”. People. http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20086114,00.html. Retrieved on 2008-08-16. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} “Jon-Erik Hexum’s Fatal Joke”. ew.com. 1994-10-14. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,304026,00.html. Retrieved on 2008-08-16. 
3. ^ ^{a b c} Parish, James Robert (2001). The Hollywood Book of Death: The Bizarre, Often Sordid, Passings of More Than 125 American Movie and TV Idols. Contemporary Books. p. 311. ISBN 0-809-22227-2. 
4. ^ “Celebrity Suicides”. cbs5.com. http://cbs5.com/slideshows/celebrity.suicides.deaths.20.722953.html?rid=31. Retrieved on 2008-08-16. 
5. ^ Snauffer, Douglas (2008). The Show Must Go On - How the Deaths of Lead Actors Have Affected Television Series. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 218. ISBN 978-0-7864-3295-0. 
6. ^ ^{a b} “Actor Wounds Himself On Set of TV Series”. The New York Times. 1984-10-14. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C06E4DF1739F937A25753C1A962948260. 
7. ^ “Las Vegas Escort Operator Is Given Heart of TV Actor”. The New York Times. 1984-10-23. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9A0DE7DF1539F930A15753C1A962948260. Retrieved on 2008-08-16. 
8. ^ “Wounding of Actor on Coast Is Laid to Russian Roulette”. The New York Times. 1984-10-18. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE7D71739F93BA25753C1A962948260. Retrieved on 2008-08-16. 
9. ^ Meisler, Andy (1992-11-08). “TELEVISION; When a Series Loses One of Its Own”. The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE6D91E3AF93BA35752C1A964958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all. Retrieved on 2008-08-16. 

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Kabir Bedi (born January 16, 1946) is an internationally acclaimed Indian television and film actor. His film and television career has spanned across India, the United States and many European countries.

Kabir Bedi is still based in India and lives in Mumbai.

Biography

Early life

Kabir Bedi was one of three children born into a Punjabi family in India that had devoted itself to India’s fight for independence from British colonial rule. His mother, Freda Bedi, later converted to Tibetan Buddhism. His father, Baba Pyare Lal Bedi, was an author and philosopher.

Kabir Bedi did his schooling at Sherwood College, Nainital.

Personal life

Bedi married three times and has three children, Pooja, Siddarth and Adam. He was married to the late Protima Bedi, an Odissi dancer, and their daughter Pooja Bedi grew up to be an actress in Hindi films. She is now a magazine/newspaper columnist. Their son Siddarth who went to University in the USA had a long history of schizophrenia and committed suicide in 1997 at the age of 26.

As his marriage with Protima began to break down he famously started a relationship with the late Parveen Babi. They never married. He later married British born fashion designer Susan Humphreys, and their son Adam Bedi is an international model who recently made his Bollywood debut with the thriller, Hello? Kaun Hai!. This marriage ended in divorce.

In the late 1990s, Bedi married TV and radio presenter Nikki Bedi. They had no children and divorced in 2005. Most recently, Bedi has been linked to a London-based woman, Parveen Dusanj.

Kabir Bedi is a firm supporter of the freedom struggle in Burma, and has become an official Ambassador of the Burma Campaign UK.

Career

Kabir Bedi began his career in Indian theatre and then moved on to Hindi films. He also worked in a couple of Hollywood films and some television programmes in Europe, where he is especially popular.

Stage acting

As a stage actor, Kabir has performed Shakespeare’s Othello as well as portrayed a mad historical Indian king, Tughlaq; and a self-destructive alcoholic in The Vultures. In London he also starred in The Far Pavilions, the West End musical adaptation of M. M. Kaye’s novel, at the Shaftesbury Theatre.

Film career

In the James Bond film Octopussy, he played the villain’s aide Gobinda who battled Roger Moore from start to finish.

Kabir has acted in over 60 Indian Bollywood films. In the historical epic Taj Mahal: An Eternal Love Story, Kabir starred as the Emperor Shah Jahan. Other starring Bollywood roles include Raj Khosla’s Kacche Dhaage, Rakesh Roshan’s Khoon Bhari Maang and Farah Khan’s Main Hoon Na. He recently had his own cinematic talk show on Indian TV, Director’s Cut, a 13-part special series interviewing the country’s leading directors.

Currently, Kabir is shooting with Hrithik Roshan (Kites), Govinda (Showman), and Akshay Kumar (Blue). He is also starring in Deepa Mehta’s next film, Kamagata Maru with Amitabh Bachchan and John Abraham.

Kabir played pivotal roles in Columbia Pictures’ The Beast of War, a film on the Russian war in Afghanistan, directed by Kevin Reynolds, as well as the acclaimed Italian film Andata Ritorno, by Marco Ponti, winner of the prestigious David di Donatello Award.

Television career

Kabir’s extensive roles on American television - primetime and daytime, series and mini-series include Hallmark’s African epic Forbidden Territory, and Ken Follett’s On Wings of Eagles and also Red Eagle. He played Friar Sands in The Lost Empire, for NBC. Kabir also played roles on Dynasty, Murder She Wrote, Magnum, P.I., Hunter, Knight Rider and Highlander: The Series amongst others.

In Europe, his greatest success was Sandokan, the saga of a romantic Asian pirate during British colonial times; an Italian-German-French TV series which broke viewership records across Europe.. Kabir also recently starred in a prime-time Italian television series, Un Medico In Famiglia, on RAI TV, the country’s biggest broadcaster.

For over a year, Kabir starred in The Bold And The Beautiful, the second most-watched television show in the world, seen by over a billion people in 149 countries.

Awards and achievements

Kabir is a voting member of the prestigous Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, who are responsible for presenting the Oscar awards. He is also a voting member of the Screen Actors Guild.

He has also won numerous film, advertising and popularity awards across Europe and India.

Filmography

Films

• Kites (2008) (Under Production)
• Showman (2008) (Under Production)
• Ch@t (2007-08) (Radio Due - Italian Fiction)
• Do Raha (2006) (Under Production)
• Jaanleva (2006) (Post-Production) … Rakesh Khullar
• A All About Her (2006) (Stuck/On Hold)
• Take 3 Girls (2006) (Stuck/On Hold) … Mo
• Taj Mahal - An Eternal Love Story (November 18, 2005) (Released)
• Bewafaa (February 25, 2005) (Released) … Anjali’s Father
• Main Hoon Na (April 30, 2004) (Released) … Gen. Amarjeet Bakshi
• A/R Andata & Ritorno (April 2, 2004) (Released) …Tolstoj
• Kismat (February 20, 2004) (Released) … Raj Mallya
• Rudraksh (February 13, 2004) (Released) … Ved Pujan
• The Hero (April 11, 2003) (Released) … Mr. Zakaria
• Talaash (January 3, 2003) (Released) … Chhote Pathan
• Maine Dil Tujhko Diya (August 23, 2002) (Released) … Mr. Varma (Ayesha’s Father)
• Kranti (March 15, 2002) (Released) … Mahendra Pratap Rana
• The Lost Empire (March 11, 2001) (Released) … Friar Sand
• Kohram (August 13, 1999) (Released) … Brig. Bedi
• Mashamal - Ritorno al Deserto (June 19, 1998) (Released)
• Figlio di Sandokan, II (Stuck/On hold) (1998) … Sandokan
• Aatank Hi Aatank (August 4, 1995) (Released) … Police Inspector
• OP Centre (February 26, 1995) (Released) … Abdul
• Kismat (June 16, 1995) (Released) … Rajan
• Lie Down with Lions(June 12, 1994) (Released) … Kabir
• Salaami (film) (March 18, 1994) (Released) … Captain
• The Maharaja’s Daughter (1994) (Released) … Chandragupta
• Kshatriya (March 29, 1993) (Released) … Thakur Ganga Singh (Police Officer)
• Yugandhar (1993) (Released)
• Dil Aashna Hai (December 25, 1992) (Released) … Digvijay Singh
• Yalgaar (October 23, 1992) (Released) … Raj Pratap Singhal
• Beyond Justice (1992), (Released) … Moulet
• Lambu Dada (1992) (Released)
• Kurbaan (May 31, 1991) (Released) … Inspector Suraj Singh
• Yeh Aag Kab Bujhegi (April 19, 1991) (Released)
• Vishkanya (1991) (Released) … Forest Officer Vikram Singh
• Police Public (May 11, 1990) (Released) … Senior Inspector Shah Nawaz Khan
• Haar Jeet (1990) (Released)
• Shera Shamshera (1990) (Released)
• Khoon Bhari Maang (August 12, 1988) (Released) … Sanjay Verma
• Mera Shikar (1988) (Released)
• Asambhav (1984) (Released)
• Octopussy (1983) (Released) … Gobinda
• Yuvraj (October 5, 1979) (Released)
• Aakhri Kasam (1979) (Released) … Kishan/Badal
• The Thief of Baghdad (1978) (Released)
• La tigre è ancora viva: Sandokan alla riscossa! (1977)
• Daku Aur Mahatma (1977) (Released)
• Bullet (1977) (Released) … Durga Prasad/D.P.
• Nagin (January 22, 1976) (Released) … Uday
• Daaku (1976) (Released)
• Harfan Maula (1976) (Released)
• Vishwasghaat (1976) (Released) … Uday
• Anari (1975) (Released)
• Manzilen Aur Bhi Hain (1974) (Released)
• Maa Bahen Aur Biwi (1974) (Released)
• Ishq Ishq Ishq (1974) (Released) … Diwana/Ravikant Vyas
• Kachche Dhaage (1973) (Released) … Roopa
• Yauwan (1973) (Released)
• Rakhi Aur Hathkadi (1972) (Released) … Suraj
• Sazaa (1972) (Released)
• Anokha Daan (1972) (Released)
• Hulchal (1971) (Released) … Mahesh Jetley
• Seema (1971) (Released)

Television

• Director’s Cut (2007) (TV special series)
• Un Medico in Famiglia (2007) (Italian TV Series)
• The Bold and the Beautiful (May 4, 2005) (TV series) … Prince Omar
• Team Knight Rider (February 9, 1998) (TV series) … Aristotle Drago
• Forbidden Territory: Stanley’s Search for Livingstone (December 7, 1997) (TV series) … Khamis Bin Abdullah
• Noi siamo angeli (February 16, 1997) (TV mini series) … Gen. Napoleon
• Ritorno di Sandokan, II (October 6, 1996) (TV mini series) … Sandokan
• Highlander (November 20, 1995) (TV series) … Kamir
• Misteri della Giungla Nera, I - aka The Mysteries of the Dark Jungle (1991) (TV mini series) … Kammamuri

Voting memberships

• The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (commonly known as the Oscar Academy)
• The Screen Actors Guild
• The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
• The British Actors’ Equity Association

References

1. ^ Freda Bedi
2. ^ Kabir Bedi Biography (1946-)
3. ^ Adam Bedi baptised
4. ^ “Another Parveen is Kabir Bedi’s love”. The Times of India. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/City_Supplements/Pune_Times/Another_Parveen_is_Kabir_Bedis_love/articleshow/2008184.cms. 
5. ^ “Kabir Bedi’s voice for Burma’s Mandela”. Daily News & Analysis. http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1103940. 
6. ^ Collection of articles on Kabir Bedi
7. ^ Kabir Bedi: Awards page

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Ernst Frederick Werner Alexanderson (Uppsala, Sweden, January 25, 1878 – May 14, 1975) was a Swedish-American electrical engineer, who was a pioneer in radio and television development.

Background

Alexanderson was educated at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and the Technische Hochschule (Technical University) in Berlin, Germany. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1902 and spent much of his life working for the General Electric company. He designed the Alexanderson alternator, a high-frequency generator for longwave transmissions, which made modulated (voice) radio broadcasts practical. The only surviving transmitter in a working state is at the Grimeton radio station outside Varberg, Sweden. It is a prime example of pre-electronic radio technology and was added to UNESCO’s World heritage list in 2004.

He had been employed at General Electric for only a short period of time when GE received an order from Canadian-born professor and researcher Reginald Fessenden for an alternator with much higher frequency than others in existence at that time. In the summer of 1906 Mr. Alexanderson presented a 50 kHz alternator that was installed in Fessenden’s radio station in Brant Rock, Massachusetts. By fall its output had been improved to 500 watts and 75 kHz. On Christmas Eve, 1906, Fessenden broadcast the first radio transmission with music and talk, playing the violin and reading the gospel himself. The transmission was heard as far away as the Caribbean Sea.

Alexanderson also created the amplidyne, a direct current amplifier.

Mr. Alexanderson was also instrumental in the development of television. The first television broadcast in the United States was to his GE Plot home at 1132 Adams Rd in 1927. Over his lifetime, Mr. Alexanderson received 345 US patents, the last filed in 1968 at age 89. The inventor and engineer remained active to an advanced age, working as a consultant to GE and RCA in the 1950’s. He died in 1975 and was buried at Vale Cemetery in Schenectady, New York.

Legacy

In 1983, he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame and in 2002 the Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame.

Patents

• U.S. Patent 1,008,577 – High frequency alternator (100 kHz), filed April, 1909; issued, November, 1911
• U.S. Patent 1,173,079 – Selective Tuning System (Tuned RF Circuit, filed October, 1913; issued February, 1916
• U.S. Patent 1,723,908 – Ignition system, (RFI suppressor), filed June, 1926; issued August, 1929
• U.S. Patent 1,775,801 – Radio signaling system (directional antenna), filed November 1927, issued September 1930

See also

• Amplidyne
• Tuned radio frequency receiver

References

• David E. Fisher and Marshall J. Fisher, Tube, the Invention of Television Counterpoint, Washington D.C. USA, (1996) ISBN 1-887178-17-1
• E.F.W. Alexanderson. General Electric Review, January, 1913
• E.F.W. Alexanderson, “Transatlantic Radio Communication”, Trans. AIEE, (1919), pp. 1077-1093
• J.E. Brittain, Electrical Engineering Hall of Fame: Ernst F. W. Alexanderson, Proc. of the IEEE, Volume 92, July 2004, pp. 1216 - 1219.

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“Koi no Cute Beat / Mister U.S.A.”
Single by Super Monkey’s
from the album Original Tracks Vol.1
Released	September 16, 1992
Format	CD3″
Genre	J-Pop
Length	18:56
Label	Toshiba-EMI
Super Monkey’s singles chronology
- Koi no Cute Beat / Mister U.S.A. (1992) Dancing Junk (1993)

“Koi no Cute Beat / Mister U.S.A.” is the debut single from the Super Monkey’s released under the Toshiba-EMI label. It is the only single by the group to be released under their original moniker. Three months after the release, their eldest member, Anna Makino, left the group.

Commercial endorsements

“Koi no Cute Beat” was featured as the ending theme to the variety program, Kuizu Sekai wa Show by Shobbai!! and “Mister U.S.A.” was used in a commercial for Lotte cereal ice. The group showed in the commercials in what was their first major endorsement deal. They would go on to do subsequent commercials for the company.

Music videos

Although fans had copies of the music videos for the groups final three singles, the existence of music videos for the groups earliest singles were unquestionable until a low quality digital rip of “Mister U.S.A.” surfaced on the internet from a Japanese website serving video files related to the group, MAX.

The music video appears to have been shot almost entirely in bluescreen except for one scene where the group performs a dance routine together. The remaining scenes of the video portrays the members of the group around the world in such locations as China and Egypt.

Track listing

1. “Koi no Cute Beat” (Minoru Komorita) - 4:59
2. “Mister U.S.A.” (Masao Urino, Minoru Komorita) - 4:31
3. “Koi no Cute Beat (Original Karaoke)” (Minoru Komorita) - 4:59
4. “Mister U.S.A. (Original Karaoke)” (Minoru Komorita) - 4:27

Personnel

• Namie Amuro - vocals, background vocals
• Anna Makino - vocals, background vocals
• Hisako Arakaki - background vocals
• Minako Ameku - background vocals
• Nanako Takushi - background vocals

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

ebooks

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