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Hector Hammond


Hector Hammond is a fictional character, a supervillain appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, who is primarily an enemy of Green Lantern. Unlike many supervillains, Hammond does not use an alias. Peter Sarsgaard played the role of Hammond in the 2011 film "Green Lantern". Hector Hammond originally appeared in "Green Lantern" (vol. 2) #5 (March–April 1961) and was created by John Broome and Gil Kane. Hammond is a petty criminal on the run from the law when he discovers
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the mainstream DC Universe. Earth-C-Minus features "Hector Hamhock", a pig counterpart of Hammond whose nemesis was the heroic Green Lambkin. Hammond was combined with Marvel Comics' MODOK to create HECTOR, the Highly Evolved Creature Totally Oriented for Revenge. He resembles Hector Hammond, but with a larger spherical head, yellow eyes, a large black goatee, a smaller body, MODOK's laser cannon on his forehead and a red and yellow uniform. Peter Sarsgaard played Hector Hammond in the live-action film,
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Hector Hammond


"Green Lantern" directed by Martin Campbell. This version of Hector Hammond is a xenobiology professor, an old friend of Hal Jordan and the son of United States senator Robert Hammond. He is summoned by Amanda Waller of the DEO to conduct an autopsy of the recovered body of Abin Sur. During the operation he is infected with Parallax DNA hidden in Abin's wounds, which causes Hector's head to grow larger and gives him telepathic and telekinetic powers, which created a mental link between Parallax and Hammond. Hammond takes a
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exchange his power ring for Carol. Hector agrees, only to go back on the deal so he can use the ring to kill Hal, but even though the ring is on Hammond's finger, Jordan still controls the ring's power, since he was the one the ring had chosen. Hal defeats Hammond by hurling his attack back on him. When Parallax soon after arrives on Earth, he kills Hammond for failing him. Hector Hammond is spawnable and (Wii U only) playable in "". This version has
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remains unknown as the Orange Battery is seen in the Book of the Black which prompted Larfleeze to try to recover it only to be trapped himself in the Book and Ophidian is seen without its host, launching, along with the other entities and Krona, an attack on Oa, where it possessed a Guardian of the Universe. In September 2011, The New 52 rebooted DC's continuity. In this new timeline, Hector Hammond first appears in "Superman" #18, seen comatose as a prisoner in S.T.A.R Labs, where
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Ophidian, Ophidian then attempts to devour Larfleeze but he is saved by Hal. After that the desires of Hector begin to override those of Ophidian and he leaves to search for his ultimate desire: "Carol Ferris". Ophidian would later apparently reassert its hold on Hector as he was seen joining Krona, helped the renegade Guardian of the Universe discover the location of the Butcher with its disruptive powers and was last seen returning with Krona to Ryut where he began purging the universe of all emotionally unbalanced beings. Hector's fate afterwards
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Lois Lane, who had been developing psychic powers of her own. Recovering, Hammond proposes a truce between the heroes and the Queen who had barely survived the Pirate's attack. The telepaths then fight the Psycho Pirate only to be beaten again. Once Roger Hayden is defeated, he, the H.I.V.E. Queen and Hector Hammond disappear in the aftermath. During the "Forever Evil" storyline, Hector Hammond is among the villains recruited by the Crime Syndicate of America to join the Secret Society of Super Villains. In the "Watchmen
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Hector Hammond


he suddenly recovers the ability to dream. However, when Orion arrives in the lab looking for Superman, he detects Hammond to be brain dead and leaves. Hector Hammond is seen in an uneasy alliance with the H.I.V.E. Hammond later plays an important role in the Superman: Psi War story arc. His comatose body is stolen from S.T.A.R. Labs by H.I.V.E. agents. The H.I.V.E. Queen's plan is to use his considerable mental powers to mentally enslave the world in preparation for Brainiac's return. However, by chance a live cable in
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Hector Hammond


" sequel "Doomsday Clock", Hector Hammond is among the villains that attend the underground meeting held by Riddler where they talk about the Superman Theory. While imprisoned at Ryker's Island, Hammond is captured by a squad of Kroloteans who intend to weaponise his vast mental powers. Hammond succeeds in contacting Hal Jordan and Superman who arrive and defeat the Kroloteans after fighting through an illusion generated by Hammond. Furious, Hammond kills the Kroloteans and confesses to Hal that he is tired of everyone wanting to control him. He then tries
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Hector Hammond


Expressing excitement at the opportunity to finally become a hero, Hammond agrees to help Green Lantern. Accompanying Hal to a frozen planet, Hammond is delighted to finally be able to explore space. Seeking to prove his newfound loyalty to Green Lantern, Hammond instead erases Hal's memories in order to keep him out of harm's way and declares his intention to kill every villain in the universe. Hal regains his identity and powers, leading Hammond to explain that his actions were to show Green Lantern that his guilt over his failures were
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Hector Hammond


. However she manages to escape and initiates an attack that takes over the entire city. Having found out her plan, Hector sends an astral projection to her location and engages the Queen in battle using the citizens of Metropolis as soldiers. Once she discovers Hammond is just a psionic avatar, she retreats back to her base, intent on retaking it. However, both Hector Hammond and the H.I.V.E. Queen are overpowered by the Psycho Pirate and have their powers drained. The Pirate then confronts and drains Superman only to be attacked by
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's emerald plasma. In some incarnations, his body has atrophied to the point where he cannot walk and he has to strap his head to a chair to support its weight. As the host of Ophidian, he has access to the powers of an Orange Lantern, without needing an orange power ring to access them. In the alternate timeline of the "Flashpoint" event, Hector Hammond did not become a villain from a meteorite fragment. Instead, Hammond works as a private consultant to Ferris Aircraft with his test pilots
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Hector Charlesworth


Hector Willoughby Charlesworth (b 28 Sep 1872 in Hamilton, Ontario - d 30 Dec 1945 in Toronto, Ontario) was a Canadian writer, editor, and critic. From 1904 to 1910 he was an editor and critic at the Toronto "Mail and Empire". In 1910 he went to "Saturday Night" and was its editor from 1926 to 1932. From 1932 to 1936 he was chair of the newly formed Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission (precursor to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), after which he returned to writing reviews
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the power of a god in order to gain revenge on Hal Jordan/Green Lantern. Hammond's telepathic thoughts are shown from Belle Reve Prison, stating "It has Parallax", after an unknown force pulled Parallax away. Afterwards, Krona helps Hammond get out of prison, to pursue the entity trapped inside Larfleeze's lantern. Hammond attacks Larfleeze and Hal Jordan, and during the fight manages to swallow Larfleeze's battery, allowing the entity, Ophidian, to possess his body just as Parallax possessed Hal's. The battle
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Hector Hammond


to commit suicide by making Superman shoot him with his heat vision, but Hal stops him and the shot instead puts Hammond into a coma. Just before losing consciousness, he says that Hal was his hero. During the Darkstars Rising storyline, Hal breaks into Ryker's Island to try and recruit Hammond to combat the threat of the Darkstars. He instead encounters a reformed Atomic Skull who tries to stop him. Awakening from his coma, Hammond subdues Skull and nearly kills him only for Hal to talk him out of it.
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Mageddon


into their membership, referring to a grave, future threat. Together with New Gods Metron and Mister Miracle, Takion views Mageddon's name on the Source Wall; and the entity's presence is felt when a Mageddon spore infects villain Hector Hammond and causes a riot in Belle Reve prison. When several members of the JLA investigate the cause is revealed to be a spore that has formed in the shape of an eye around the telepathic villain Hector Hammond. The villain the "Red Dart" steals Green Lantern's ring and delivers
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them, but the ring was first pulled off his finger and fell on the island, where Hammond found it. Unaware of the impersonation, Hammond steals his ring and turns Kalmaku into a chimpanzee. Jordan confronts Hammond personally in a battle of power rings that ends only when the charge of Hammond's ring runs out, allowing Jordan to capture him and restore Kalmaku and the scientists. He removed the scientist's memory of their knowledge, and got rid of the inventions as well, feeling humanity should advance more steadily. Hammond
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the fragments of a strange meteor in the woods (later retconned as part of the same meteor that lands in Africa, super-evolving Gorilla Grodd and the other gorillas of Gorilla City). Observing that radiation from the meteor has caused the nearby plants to evolve rapidly, Hammond decides to kidnap four scientists and expose them to the meteor on a remote island. The radiation causes their intellects to evolve, but also has the side effect of sapping their wills. Hammond is able to force the scientists to use their heightened intellect
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able to use his psionic powers to control the minds of others. He attempts to steal the Green Lantern's ring, but Jordan manages to command his ring to drain itself of power when it leaves his finger, after which Jordan renders Hammond unconscious. Hammond is responsible for the creation of the second Royal Flush Gang in "Justice League of America" #203 (June 1982). Hammond and the Gang are defeated when Dr. Martin Stein, one half of the superhero Firestorm, subdues Hammond on the astral plane. He
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Alex Hammond (author)


Alex Hammond (born 25 December 1975 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is an Australian crime fiction writer. In 1981 he emigrated to Australia with his family. He graduated in Law/Arts from Melbourne University in 2001 and worked for several law firms before becoming an editor and web manager for the University of Melbourne and later RMIT University. His first novel, Blood Witness (Penguin 2013), is a contemporary crime thriller set in Melbourne featuring defence lawyer Will Harris. It was short-listed for a Ned Kelly Award for
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Hector Hammond


reciprocated by Ferris, who merely went out to one dinner with him for business purposes, as he is a private consultant for Ferris Aircraft. While inspecting Abin Sur's crashed spacecraft, Hammond is affected by the meteorite fragment used as a power source in its reactor, which results in an increase in his brain size and telepathic abilities, with which he learns Jordan is a Green Lantern. He attempts to use his telepathy to keep Hal from using his ring, but is thwarted by Sinestro. It is revealed that Hammond wants
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Visalia Electric Railroad


from the Sierra Nevada Mountains about fifteen miles northeast of Visalia. In June 1899 power began to flow from Hammond, a little over three miles upstream from Three Rivers. Potentially producing 1800 horsepower (1343 kW), the power company actually sold 700 hp (522 kW). As early as 1891 Sep 10 Ben Maddox proposed an electric interurban railroad for Tulare County to make use of the extra generating capacity. Around 1900 John Hays Hammond and Albert G. Wishon propose an electric railroad from Visalia to Three Rivers (about 30 miles
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to create amazing new inventions, which Hammond sells for his own profit. Hammond rapidly becomes a rich celebrity due to the wealth he has acquired. Green Lantern Hal Jordan asks his friend and mechanic, Thomas Kalmaku, to take on the role of the Green Lantern while Jordan investigates Hammond. Jordan creates a duplicate power ring and costume for Kalmaku to fool Hammond, and tells him to fly above Coast City so it would be thought Green Lantern was there. The scientists tried to use a device to bring this Green Lantern to
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his powers, he seems to have recovered the ability to speak without using telepathy. Hammond appears in "Infinite Crisis: Villains United" special, in which he is broken out of prison along with several other supervillains and was seen as a member of Alexander Luthor, Jr.'s Secret Society of Super Villains. Hammond appears in the 2008 storyline "", a re-telling of Hal Jordan's first days as a Green Lantern. In that storyline, Hammond aspires to be Carol Ferris' boyfriend, feelings that are not
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List of Green Lanterns


Masque and DC's Star Sapphire), H.E.C.T.O.R. (Marvel's MODOK and DC's Hector Hammond), Oa the Living Planet (Ego the Living Planet mixed with Oa, the home planet of the Guardians of the Universe), and Mandarinestro (Marvel's Mandarin and DC's Sinestro). Kyle O'Brien / Green Guardsman is an Amalgam Comics superhero whose true debut was in "Iron Lantern" #1, though his first (metafictional) appearance in the Amalgam universe was "Showcase of Suspense" #84, in a
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William C. Hammond


William C. Hammond (born November 5, 1947, in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American novelist of historical fiction best known for his Cutler Family Chronicles series. Hammond grew up in Manchester, a seaside town on Boston’s North Shore, where he learned to sail and haul lobster traps in the waters off Cape Ann. A graduate of the Groton School in Groton, Massachusetts, Hammond went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Masters of Business Administration in Entrepreneurial
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Jinx (DC Comics)


Run". She is one of the villains sent to retrieve the Get Out of Hell free card from the Secret Six. In "The New 52" (a 2011 reboot of the DC Comics universe), Jinx first appeared as part of the Fearsome Five. The group appears as part of the Secret Society who are allied with The Crime Syndicate. She is sent with the other members of the Fearsome Five, Mammoth, Gizmo, Shimmer and Psimon, along with Dr Psycho and Hector Hammond to fight against Cyborg and
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Rita (2009 Italian film)


- Artistic Direction 9th Concorto Film Festival | 2010 22 Aug – 29 Aug | Italy Special Jury Mention 8th Imaginaria Film Festival | 2010 24 Aug – 29 Aug | Italy Jury Mention 16th Aye Aye Film Festival Nancy-Lorraine | 2010 3 Sep – 11 Sep | France Best Sound 3rd Festival Internacional Curtametraxes Bueu | 2010 Bueu International Shortfilm Festival 6 Sep – 11 Sep | Spain Best Short Fiction Film 17th Altin Koza Film Festival | 2010 Golden Boll Film Festival 20 Sep – 26 Sep | Turkey Special Jury Mention 7th Filmfest Eberswalde |
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just thoughts and not actions. During the battle between the Green Lantern Corps and the Darkstars, Hammond plays a vital role by disrupting the Controllers’ psionic powers, leaving their entire army in disarray. Hammond seemingly disappears in the aftermath. Hammond in his mutated state exhibits genius level intellect, as well as potent telepathic and telekinetic abilities including mind reading, mind control, astral projection, levitation, projecting harmful psionic blasts, moving physical objects with his mind, and on occasion displays the ability to absorb and mentally redirect Green Lantern
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Simon Hammond


future of customer-centric businesses, Hammond uses popular culture observations, consumer behaviour insights and practical experience to establish the top twenty brands in Australia and what can be learnt from their business transformations. CEO of Earth: A Ground-Breaking Guide to Building the Ultimate Brand In 2009, Wright Books published Hammond’s third book, CEO of Earth. In contrast to Hammond’s non-fiction publications, CEO of Earth is a fictional tale of an advertising intern, Fysh Reynolds, mistaken as the ‘leader of Earth’ by
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List of Amalgam Comics publications


Lantern. Stark faces such foes as Mandarinestro, H.E.C.T.O.R. (an amalgamation of MODOK and Hector Hammond), and Madame Sapphire, the latter of whom is secretly Stark's lover Pepper Ferris. The Magnetic Men featuring Magneto #1 was written by Tom Peyer with art by Barry Kitson and Dan Panosian. In addition to the title characters, this book also features Mister Mastermind, Quasimodox, Chemodam, and the Sinister Society. The Sinister Society's members each represent various special metals from both universes. The members and their associated metals
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Axe manufacturing in Pennsylvania


a bovine “steer.” Excellent articles on Beatty appear in Mar 1995, Jun 2007, and Sep 2007 issues of The Chronicle of the Early American Industries Association. Reproductions of Beatty’s labels are in Lamond, Thomas C. (2011). Philadelphia axe manufacturers and related articles. Lynbrook, NY: Privately published. C. Hammond & Son (1869-1920?), Philadelphia & Ogontz, PA – relatively little is known about this producer. Brand names included “C. Hammond,” “Ogontz Tool,” and
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Larfleeze


According to Atrocitus' divining ritual, Ophidian can be found in the upper midwestern United States. It is sought by Hector Hammond who in turn is receiving orders from Krona himself. When Larfleeze refuses to release the entity from the power battery, Hammond simply swallows the whole battery and is transformed into the host for Ophidian. It is implied that Ophidian doesn't like Larfleeze very much (possibly because he kept it trapped in his battery), and Larfleeze seems quite concerned about Ophidian's freedom. Ophidian also implies that it is
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was involved with erasing the world's memories of the JLA in "Justice Leagues". In addition to battling Hal Jordan, Hammond has also fought Green Lanterns Alan Scott and Kyle Rayner. Following the 2004-2005 miniseries "", in which Hal Jordan was resurrected, vindicated for his past crimes and returned as the star of the "Green Lantern" core series, Hammond reappeared as one of his adversaries. Recently, after his capture and further experimentation by the Kroloteans, the aliens who sent the meteor that gave him
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The Fringe of the Unknown


" (from "The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction", Jun. 1969) 8. "Dinosaurs Today" (original title: "Dinosaurs in Today's World") (from "The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction", Mar. 1968)br 9. "Mammoths and Mastodons" (from "The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction", May 1965)br 10. "Death Comes to the Megafauna" (from "If Worlds of Science Fiction", Sep. 1971)br 11. "Xerxes' Okapi" (original title
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Royal Flush Gang


Fortune) reunited to fight the "Detroit Era" Justice League and their successors in the second gang. In this battle, the original King, Queen and Ten were all killed. The second Royal Flush Gang was set up by Green Lantern villain Hector Hammond in "Justice League of America" #203. Hammond led the group as "Wildcard". This version wore costumes based on the suit of spades. The gang split up and went on to have separate criminal careers before re-establishing themselves, without Hammond.
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returns in "Justice League of America" #14 (September 1962), where he has managed to escape from prison and deliberately exposes himself to the meteorite. The radiation causes his brain to grow to enormous size, granting him psionic powers as well as immortality in the process. He captures Green Lantern using a "de-memorizer" invented by Amos Fortune, but he is later captured. Unfortunately, his body becomes immobilized, and he loses the power to speak. Trapped in a motionless state, Hammond is still
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Bircham International University


jurisdictions. In 2003, South Florida's "CityLink" magazine reported that Oregon education officials said that Bircham was "totally bogus". In July 2007, the Secretariat of Public Education (SEP) of Mexico issued a notice stating that degrees lacking RVOE (Official Recognition from the Mexican Government) will not be validated by the SEP. Degrees via online or distance learning issued by foreign institutions like Bircham University will not be recognized by the SEP. In April 2008 the "Nairobi Business Daily" reported that Bircham International University was
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Hal Jordan and Carol Ferris. While inspecting Abin Sur's crashed spacecraft, Hammond does not trust Abin Sur and believes him to be preparing an alien invasion. However, the engineer Thomas Kalmaku tells him to rebuke his statement. Later, Hammond modifies the F-35 and assigns Hal Jordan to pilot it against the Amazons' airforce of invisible planes. The 1980s series "Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew!" presented the parallel Earth of "Earth-C-Minus", a world populated by funny animal superheroes that paralleled
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Green Lantern: Secret Origin


they share a moment, a man named Hector Hammond appears and demands to know who he is. Hal and Carol are lost in each other until Hammond's voice breaks them apart. Hammond observes that this Green Lantern appears clueless about what's going on, and offers his assistance. Jordan defiantly flies off back to Abin Sur's crash site. Feeling he deserves better than to be left, Jordan buries Sur under a cairn of rocks. At that, his ring informs him that he is to report to Oa immediately for
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Green Lantern Corps


to Qward. Parallax who is now afraid of being controlled by Sinestro, who is saved by Superman. Sinestro and Lyssa Drak escape and Superman is transported by the Weaponers back to Earth. Superman informs Hal of Sinestro's survival and hands over Parallax who has also fled. Superman and Hal next help Hector Hammond who is being kidnapped by the Kroloteans. Who reveal they made Hammond to be their God Brain, making him their weapon. Once saved Hammond kills the Kroloteans and attempts suicide by controlling Superman's heat vision but is
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Guy Gardner (comics)


Central Power Battery on Oa and sporting a uniform similar to that worn by the Fists of the Guardians, and given a mission. He was to recruit and command the deadliest and most powerful criminals in the universe, including the Shark, Hector Hammond (left behind after trying to attack Gardner), Sonar, Throttle, Blindside, and Goldface, to launch a strike against the home base of the Anti-Monitor. Gardner's brain damage manifested itself in the form of an arrogant, violent, unstable, and often childish
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his life support gets loose and electrocutes Hammond, awakening him from his medically induced coma. The near-electrocution also boosts his powers and he connects with the minds of every citizen in Metropolis, causing them to act strange and attracting Superman's attention. He then breaks into H.I.V.E.'s headquarters located beneath Metropolis and confronts the H.I.V.E. Queen. Once she makes it clear that it is not an alliance she is seeking, and that she merely sees him as a means to an end, he overpowers her and takes over her organisation
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Ace of Spades (comics)


first appeared as the part of the second version of the Royal Flush Gang led by Hector Hammond. He was created by Derek Reston and occasionally impersonated him. He has been destroyed several times, but is usually re-built. Amos Fortune became the third Ace of Spades and led the second, Hammond-formed RFG for a battle with the Justice League Detroit and his former childhood comrades, who had re-grouped without him. They were all defeated, and since then, Fortune has remained apart from any RFG reunions
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Society of Experimental Psychologists


conduct plenary sessions in which members can present papers. It holds meetings every spring, scheduled by a member at the host university who serves as the chair of the SEP for that year. The meetings are open to all members and to students and faculty from the host university who are invited by the chair. Membership in the SEP is by invitation only and is considered to be a great honor because it represents significant accomplishment in the field of experimental psychology. The SEP currently admits at least 6 new members annually from among the
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Larfleeze


is quick to blame Ophidian for starting whatever it was that came between them. Ophidian states that Larfleeze was the only being in the universe capable of resisting his temptations, thereby allowing Larfleeze to subdue him and become Agent Orange, and that now it's Larfleeze's turn to be subdued and used by Ophidian. Ophidian then attempts to devour Larfleeze, but this is prevented by Hal. After that the desires of Hector Hammond begin to override those of Ophidian and he leaves to search for his ultimate desire, Carol Ferris. Hal
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Green Lantern (comic book)


Captain Jillian "Cowgirl" Pearlman. The returning characters also include Carol Ferris, Tom Kalmaku, and Hal's younger brother James Jordan with his sister-in-law Susan and their children, Howard and Jane. In his new title, he faces revamped versions of his Silver Age foes such as Hector Hammond, the Shark, and Black Hand. As part of DC's revision of the entire universe, as of "Green Lantern" vol. 4, #10, the series has skipped ahead one year, bringing
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with Ophidian does not go very well for Hal or Larfleeze. While fleeing Ophidian, Larfleeze admits that he was not entirely honest about his ownership of the orange lantern and that he and Ophidian have a rather antagonistic relationship, however he is quick to blame Ophidian for starting whatever it was that came between them. Ophidian states that Larfleeze was the only being in the universe capable of resisting his temptations, thereby allowing Larfleeze to subdue him and become Agent Orange, and now it is Larfleeze's turn to be subdued and used by
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Thomas Kalmaku


which is an alternate-universe story set in the 1950s. Here, Thomas angrily objects to the name Pieface when Hal Jordan first uses it, but quickly forgives him when he realizes there was no ill intent (Jordan had just overheard other pilots using the nickname). In the alternate timeline of the "Flashpoint" event, Thomas Kalmaku is still Hal Jordan's aide. While inspecting an alien Abin Sur's survivor crashed aircraft, Tom and Hector Hammond are studying the spaceship technology as a stealth aircraft. After Hal's
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Kroloteans


"weapons" which they could sell to their clients. At some point, they began arriving on the planet Earth where they became known as Gremlins. They are responsible for the experiments done on Hector Hammond, Black Hand, and The Shark. Kroloteans are known to experiment on numerous species throughout the universe. The Green Lantern Venizz during her service managed to uncover a Krolotean concentration camp where she liberated its prisoners who were subjected to various experiments by the Gremlins. Among the many victims was a being known as Tagort whose body
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Hector (Marvel Comics)


Hector is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is usually depicted as a member of the superhero family the Pantheon. Hector uses an energy flail as a weapon. Hector appears to be something of a master strategist. Hector is a member of the Pantheon, a superhuman group of beings with exceptional lifespans and incredible physical durability. It was revealed to the reader, upon the arrival of Cassiopea, Hector was not like the others. When told "a real woman could straight you out
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Hollis Hammonds


Hollis Hammonds is an American artist and academic, who is Associate professor of Art, and Chair of Visual Studies at St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas. Hammonds specializes in drawing and sculptural installations. She is author of the drawing textbook, "Drawing Structure: Conceptual & Observational Techniques". Hollis Hammonds was born in Independence, Kentucky. Hammonds received her MFA from the University of Cincinnati in 2001, and her BFA in drawing from Northern Kentucky University in 1998. She is married to graphic designer Oen Hammonds. On
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Hector the Cat


Hector the Cat (also known as Hector Cat, Hector the Road Safety Cat or simply Hector) is a fictional cat and mascot created to aid the teaching of road safety to children in Australia. Educational material relating to the character was developed by the Australian Department of Transport in association with state and territory road authorities. "Hector's road safety song" became well known in Australia when it was shown as a public service announcement on television. The blue and yellow striped cat first appeared on a school calendar in 1971 with
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Justice Leagues


"Justice Leagues" was a storyline which ran through six one-shot comics published in 2001 by DC Comics, which introduced a revamped Justice League of America. In the arc, alien invaders, working through a human-seeming agent known as the "Advance Man", used Hector Hammond, a telepathic supervillain, to cause the world to forget the existence of the Justice League of America. When Hammond discovered the Advance Man's true motives, he attempted to reverse the process, but was only able to transmit the
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Department of Extranormal Operations


for Beth. Batwoman and her allies are unable to rescue Beth, and Bones attempts to kill her. Agent Asaf, suborned by Batwoman, shoots Bones in the head and frees Beth. Asaf then claims that Bones was mentally unbalanced. (Bones is brain-damaged but survives.) In the 2011 film "Green Lantern", the DEO appears as an agency under the secret support of Sen. Robert Hammond. His son Dr. Hector Hammond is given the assignment of doing the autopsy of Abin Sur. One of the main
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Tim Robbins


role was as Senator Hammond, the disapproving father of the film's villain Hector Hammond, in the superhero film "Green Lantern" (2011). Robbins released the album "Tim Robbins & The Rogues Gallery Band" (2010), a collection of songs written over the course of 25 years that he ultimately took on a world tour. He was originally offered the chance to record an album in 1992 after the success of his film "Bob Roberts", but he declined because he had "too much respect for
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Psycho-Pirate


. He then proceeds to make Metropolis' citizens act on pure emotion, creating riots and chaos throughout the streets. A recovered Superman, Lois Lane, Hector Hammond, and the H.I.V.E. Queen then team up to fight the Pirate and a fierce battle ensues, during which the Queen and Hammond are beaten. Superman manages to pull the Medusa Mask off of Hayden's face and incinerates it with his heat vision, defeating the Psycho-Pirate. However, he disappears in the aftermath of the battle. At the same time as
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Marjorie Harris


Marjorie Harris (born 15 Sep 1937 as Marjorie Stibbards in Shaunavon, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian non-fiction writer who has published numerous books on gardening. In 1959, she graduated from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario with Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in English. Her first marriage was to television producer and musician Barry Harris. Currently, she lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada with her second husband, writer Jack Batten. Besides writing 15 books she was a radio host job at CBC radio's "Metro Morning"
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Stanford Exploration Project


The Stanford Exploration Project (SEP) is an industry-funded academic consortium within the Geophysics Department at Stanford University. SEP research has contributed greatly to improving the theory and practice of constructing 3-D and 4-D images of the earth from seismic echo soundings (see: Reflection seismology). The consortium was started in the 1970s by Jon Claerbout and is currently co-directed with Biondo Biondi. SEP pioneered innovations in migration imaging, velocity estimation, dip moveout and slant stack. SEP has recently been involved in 3-D seismic applications such as
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Radio Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero


Acapulco, Ciudad Altamirano and Taxco. On May 20, 1983, the roving radio station came to an end, with the university broadcasting once more from Chilpancingo — this time, without interference. 1984, however, presented yet another problem to the university radio station: a budget crisis spurred by a suspension of payments from the Secretariat of Public Education (SEP). Workers spent all of 1984 without receiving their salaries, and in January 1985, the university and SEP began negotiating. The federal government required the university to shut
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Hector Hammond


liking to his new powers, which drives him insane, leading to him killing his father by burning him in a glass chamber. The infection has the side effect of weakening his body, to the point that he is forced to use a wheelchair in his final confrontation with Hal, but he still could talk even with his bulbous cranium. Under Parallax's orders to kill Hal, Hector abducts Carol Ferris with the intention of using her as a hostage and infecting her with a sample of Parallax DNA, but Hal offers to
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Edward H. Hammond


On the athletics side, Hammond helped the university athletic programs transition from the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics to the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II, completing the move in 1991. Fifteen years later, Hammond also helped move the university from the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference to the university's current conference, the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association in 2006. Hammond was also instrumental in creating the softball program in 1999, and both men's and women's soccer in 2011. Hammond retired from Fort Hays State on June 30,
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Edward H. Hammond


in 1966 and completed his master's degree from Emporia State, as well, in 1967. In 1971, Hammond completed his doctor of philosophy from the University of Missouri. After completing his doctorate from the University of Missouri, Hammond served as Assistant to the Southern Illinois University Carbondale Chancellor from 1970 to 1972 when he was promoted to Assistant Dean of Students. He served that position for a year. Following his stint at Southern Illinois, Hammond became Seton Hall University's student affairs vice president, a position he held from 1973
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Ken Hammond (historian)


Kenneth J. Hammond is Professor of History at New Mexico State University. Hammond was a student and Students for a Democratic Society leader at Kent State University from 1967 to 1970. He later (1985) completed his degree in Political Science, then studied Modern Chinese language at the Beijing Foreign Languages Normal School in Beijing. Hammond received an M.A. in Regional Studies -East Asia(1989), and a Ph.D in History and East Asian Languages (1994) from Harvard University. In 2007, Hammond was appointed director of the Confucius Institute
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Charles McKenny


Charles McKenny (Sep. 15, 1860-Sep. 23, 1933) was president of Central State Normal School (now Central Michigan University), Milwaukee State Normal School and Michigan State Normal College (now Eastern Michigan University). McKenny was born in Dimondale, Michigan. He received his bachelor's degree from Michigan State Agricultural College (now Michigan State University) and masters from both Olivet College and the University of Wisconsin. McKenny married Minnie E. Alderman (1869–1942) in 1890. She was a native of Vermontville, Michigan. They
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Squire Patton Boggs


Hungary, Ukraine and Poland. It subsequently absorbed a number of other legal practices including several Pacific Rim offices of Graham & James and the Florida-based law firm of Steel Hector & Davis. The firm also made overtures toward mergers with Denton Wilde Sapte, Seyfarth Shaw and Bryan Cave under Stanton's leadership. Hammonds was an international law firm headquartered in Leeds, United Kingdom, with offices in Beijing, Berlin, Birmingham, Brussels, Hong Kong, Leeds, Madrid, Manchester, Munich and Paris. Hammonds' origins dated
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Kroloteans


that all he did was go out for a cigarette. Investigating the situation, Hal Jordan was contacted by the Belle Reve prison authority which informed him that Hector Hammond had information on the event. Going to the prison, Jordan bargained with Hammond who eventually revealed that he did not know the creatures names but they were responsible for transforming him as well as conducted numerous experiments over the years and that they had returned to keep watch over another experiment. They also kept track on the movements of William Hand and abducted him whilst he
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Radio Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero


down the station, and on January 15, 1985, Radio Universidad Pueblo went off the air. In the meantime, university students went as far as organizing a hunger strike in Mexico City in order to protest the SEP's demand to close the station. The SEP, however, failed to keep some of its promises to the university. A new rector, Ramón Reyes Carreto, decided that if the SEP would not keep its promises, the university did not have a reason to stay off the air. In June 1987
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The Silent World of Hector Mann


The Silent World of Hector Mann is a 2010 album by Duke Special, featuring songs inspired by the fictional silent film star Hector Mann from Paul Auster's 2002 novel "The Book of Illusions", who starred in twelve films before disappearing. Special wrote "Mister Nobody", inspired by the title of one of Mann's films, and sent the novel to eleven songwriters of his acquaintance, asking them each to write a song based on one of the twelve films in a pre-rock and roll style. The album
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Edward H. Hammond


Edward H. Hammond (born May 4, 1944) is an American educator and former president of Fort Hays State University. Prior to his position at Fort Hays State, Hammond served in student affairs at various institutions including Seton Hall University and the University of Louisville. Hammond completed just two months shy of 28 years, making him the longest serving president at Fort Hays State and leader in the Kansas Board of Regents schools. A native of McAllen, Texas but raised in Roeland Park, Kansas, Hammond graduated from Emporia State University
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The Fringe of the Unknown


Astounding Science Fiction", Jun. 1961)br 3. "Appius Claudius Crassus" (original title: "Appius Claudius Crassus: Roman Builder") (from "Science Digest", Jun. 1962)br 4. "The First Missile Launchers" (from "Science Digest", Oct. 1960)br 5. "The Iron Pillar of Delhi" (from "Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact", Sep. 1972)br 6. "The Mechanical Wizards of Alexandria" (from "Science Digest", Aug. 1962)br 7. "The Landlocked Indian Ocean
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Hall Hammond


Hall Hammond (May 18, 1902 – November 27, 1991) was an American jurist and politician who served as Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals and Attorney General for the state of Maryland. Hammond was born in Baltimore, Maryland to William S. Hammond and Rosalie Hall Hammond. He received his early education from the Gilman School, the Jefferson School, and Baltimore City College. He received his A.B. degree from Johns Hopkins University in 1923, and his LL.B. degree in 1925 from the University of Maryland School of Law.
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Hector Hall


Hector Hall is a fictional character, a superhero appearing in DC Comics's "Infinity, Inc.", "Sandman" and "JSA". He has gone by the names Silver Scarab, Sandman and, before his death, Doctor Fate. Hector Hall first appeared in "All-Star Squadron" #25 and was created by writer Roy Thomas and artist Jerry Ordway. Hector Hall is the son of Carter and Shiera Hall, the Golden Age heroes known as Hawkman and Hawkgirl. Carter and Shiera were reincarnations of an
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Kurse


Kurse is the name of two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer/artist Walter Simonson, the Algrim version of Kurse first appears as the Dark Elf Algrim the Strong in "Thor" #347 (Sep. 1984). He is later transformed into Kurse in "Secret Wars II" #4 (Oct. 1985). Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje portrayed the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film "" (2013). The Dark Elf Algrim the Strong was created by Walter Simonson
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Halflife (comics)


Halflife is the name of two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. These characters have two distinct origins, and are detailed separately below. The first Halflife is a Marvel Comics supervillain. She first appeared in "West Coast Avengers" vol. 2 #12 (Sep. 1986). The second character in the Marvel universe to take the name Half-Life was a gamma-irradiated fiend and enemy of the Hulk. He first appeared in "The Incredible Hulk" vol. 1 #334.
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Spring Hill, East Cowes


Galley' containing stores and clothing for 500 cavalry soldiers and 50 cannons was taken by an American privateer, but was 'happily' retaken by Goodrich and Shedden's Hammond. In May 1781, one of their 'rich' trading ships, bound for London, was almost intercepted by the American 'Hector'. Luckily the Virginia, one of their other ships, was on hand to prevent this from happening. In September 1781, in their ship the Virginia, they captured the schooner Susannah, laden with sugar, from
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Sep Lambert


though, against Scotland in 1920 and against the Irish Military and Scotland in 1921. In all matches for Ireland, Sep Lambert scored 342 runs at an average of 20.12, with a top score of 60 not out against Oxford University in May 1902, his only half-century for Ireland and also his top first-class score. He took ten catches and no stumpings. Sep Lambert came from a cricketing family. His brother Bob was one of Ireland's finest cricketers, and his nephew Ham also played cricket for Ireland
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Julian Hector


inventive producers in radio’ and during his award of an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Bristol was credited with bringing ‘live natural history programming to Radio 4’. Julian Alan Lowther Hector was born in 1958 in Nairobi, Kenya and educated at Bedford Modern School. He read Zoology at the University of Bristol graduating in 1981 and obtained a PhD from Bristol in 1985 and an honorary Doctor of Science DSc from the University of Bristol in 2014. In the later stage of his days as an undergraduate, Hector worked as a
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Hector


had been transported to Thebes according to a Delphic oracle. Moses I. Finley observes "this typical bit of fiction must mean that there was an old Theban hero Hector, a Greek, whose myths antedated the Homeric poems. Even after Homer had located Hector in Troy for all time, the Thebans held on to their hero, and the Delphic oracle provided the necessary sanction." The pseudepigraphical writer Dares Phrygius states that Hector "spoke with a slight lisp. His complexion was fair, his hair curly. His eyes would blink
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy


The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP) combines an online encyclopedia of philosophy with peer-reviewed publication of original papers in philosophy, freely accessible to Internet users. It is maintained by Stanford University. Each entry is written and maintained by an expert in the field, including professors from many academic institutions worldwide. Authors contributing to the encyclopedia give Stanford University the permission to publish the articles, but retain the copyright to those articles. , the "SEP" has nearly 1,600 published entries. Apart from its online status, the
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Martin J. Whitman School of Management


Partnership (SEP) is a collaboration between the Whitman School and the College of Engineering and Computer Science at Syracuse University, the State University of New York - College of Environmental Science and Forestry, and the Syracuse Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems. The SEP conducts research through the Sustainable Building and Infrastructure Grant Program, holds seminars on ways for businesses and organizations to incorporate sustainability into their products and practices, and awards scholarships for students and researchers interested in sustainable buildings and infrastructure. The SEP also offers a Certificate of
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Summer Enrichment Program (University of Colorado)


The Summer Enrichment Program (SEP) is a summer camp for gifted and talented children entering grades 5 to 10, located at Center for the Education and Study of the Gifted, Talented, Creative at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Colorado. SEP consists of one two-week session in mid-July, during which students reside in the university dormitories and eat in campus dining halls, supervised by camp counselors assigned to each grade. The students choose four classes which they attend every day from Monday to Friday.
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Hector Munro Macdonald


Prof Hector Munro Macdonald FRAS FRSE LLD (19 January 1865 – 16 May 1935) was a Scottish mathematician, born in Edinburgh in 1865. He researched pure mathematics at Cambridge University after graduating from Aberdeen University with an honours degree. Both of Hector Macdonald's parents, his mother Annie Munro and his father Donald Macdonald, were from Kiltearn. Hector was the older of his parents' two sons and, as a young child, he lived in Edinburgh. However, not long after he began his schooling in the Scottish capital
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The Reluctant Shaman


of contemporary fantasy stories de Camp set in the fictional town of Gahato and the surrounding Adirondack region of New York, the others being "The Hardwood Pile" ("Unknown", Sep. 1940) and some of his Willy Newbury stories, notably "The Lamp" ("Fantasy and Science Fiction", March 1975), "Algy" ("Fantastic", Aug. 1976), "Darius" ("Escape!," fall 1977) and "The Huns" ("Fantasy and Science Fiction",
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Robert Hammond (author)


Robert Hammond (December 29, 1920 – April 16, 2009) earned a BA from the University of Rochester (1942), and both an MA (1947) and PhD (1952) from Yale University. He was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to France (1949-1950) along with numerous other honors, fellowships and grants. Hammond was an instructor, and then professor of French at the University of Arizona (1953-1967). He later was professor of French at Harvard University (1965-1966),
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EigenTrust


EigenTrust algorithm is a reputation management algorithm for peer-to-peer networks, developed by Sep Kamvar, Mario Schlosser, and Hector Garcia-Molina. The algorithm provides each peer in the network a unique global trust value based on the peer's history of uploads and thus aims to reduce the number of inauthentic files in a P2P network. It has been cited by approximately 3853 other articles according to Google Scholar. Peer-to-peer systems available today (like Gnutella) are open, often anonymous and lack accountability.
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Krona (comics)


the Emotional Spectrum and plotting against the Lantern Corps. The first act of this stranger's plan occurs with the abduction of the fear entity, Parallax, during the finale of "Blackest Night", imprisoning the creature within the pillar marked with the symbol of the Sinestro Corps. He then proceeds to remove the willpower entity, Ion, from Sodam Yat, effectively turning Daxam's sun from yellow back to red and killing hundreds of Daxamites in the process, and later helps Hector Hammond get out of prison, to pursue the
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Soft science fiction


already established shift from hard sf (chemistry, physics, astronomy, technology) to soft sf (psychology, biology, anthropology, sociology, and even [...] linguistics) is continuing more strongly than ever." Poul Anderson, in "Ideas for SF Writers" (Sep 1998), described H. G. Wells as the model for soft science fiction: "He concentrated on the characters, their emotions and interactions" rather than any of the science or technology behind, for example, invisible men or time machines.
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Fictionalized portrayals of George W. Bush


left. Since Parnell's impression was not as popular as Ferrell's, cast member Darrell Hammond was selected to replace him as Bush in late 2003. Hammond made only two appearances as Bush, and was replaced by cast member Will Forte in 2004. Forte chose to portray Bush as less innocent and more nervous. Although Forte's portrayal was far more popular than either Parnell's or Hammond's, it was never as well-received as Ferrell's. Newer cast member Jason Sudeikis took over the role from Forte in 2006
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Linda Darling-Hammond


. Darling-Hammond was born in Cleveland, Ohio. Darling-Hammond received her B.A. magna cum laude at Yale University in 1973, and an Ed.D. (Doctor of Education), with highest distinction, in urban education at Temple University in 1978 Darling-Hammond began her career as a public school teacher in Pennsylvania, from 1973 to 1974. In 1985, after completing her doctorate degree program, she began working as a Social Scientist for the RAND Corporation. Darling-Hammond was a Senior Social Scientist and Director
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Grant Hammond


Advisory Committee to Parliament. In the 2011 Queen's Birthday Honours, Hammond was appointed a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the law. He was the recipient of the Robert S Campbell Fellow at Magdalen College of Oxford University in 2008 and in 2014 was made a Distinguished Fellow of Victoria University of Wellington along with Sir Geoffrey Palmer. Hammond graduated with a Bachelor of Laws and a Master of Philosophy in history from the University of Auckland. Later he obtained a Master of Laws from the University
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Jay Hammond


. He wrote three autobiographies. Jay Sterner Hammond was born in Troy, New York in 1922. Hammond studied petroleum engineering at Penn State University, where he was a member of Triangle Fraternity. He later served as a Marine Corps fighter pilot in World War II with the Black Sheep Squadron, and in China, until 1946. That year, Hammond moved to Alaska where he worked as a bush pilot and earned a degree in biological sciences at the University of Alaska. Hammond served as a state representative from 1959 to 1965
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Camp Hammond (comics)


Camp Hammond is a fictional training camp appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Its purpose is to train a superhero team for every state of the United States as part of the Fifty State Initiative. This Initiative HQ, located in Stamford, Connecticut, was the original setting for the "" comic book series. Prior to the opening of Camp/Fort Hammond, the superhuman training facility was located at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia. Camp Hammond, located on the site of the Stamford tragedy that started the
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List of Jurassic Park characters


time. A memorial statue of him is present in the new theme park known as Jurassic World. In 2014, a viral marketing website for the fictional Masrani Global Corporation was launched to promote "Jurassic World". According to the website, Hammond died in 1997. Simon Masrani, CEO of the Masrani Corporation and the owner of Jurassic World, is stated to have been entrusted by Hammond to direct the new park and honor Hammond's beliefs. In "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom", Hammond was revealed to have been
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Secret Society of Super Villains


not. However the Riddler proves, via Hammond's telepathic abilities, that Deathstroke is 'evil'. The Justice Underground is a fictional superhero team in the DC Multiverse. The Justice Underground is an alternative version of the Secret Society of Super Villains from the Anti-Matter Universe. The Underground experienced some temporary victories in their battles with the Syndicate, both as a team and individually. For example, Quizmaster's underground connections allowed him to interfere with the supplies needed by the Crime Syndicate for various operations, such as the
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Donald Hector


Donald Hector is an Australian chemical engineer and company director. He was managing director of Dow Corning Australia and from 2012 to 2015 was President of the Royal Society of New South Wales. He has a degree in chemical engineering and a PhD in engineering from the University of Sydney. From 2001 until 2013, Hector was a lay Synod appointment of the Uniting Church in Australia to the Council of Newington College where he was a former student. He was on the Engineering Faculty advisory board at the University of Sydney from its formation in
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Edward H. Hammond


to 1976. On July 1, 1976, Hammond was named the University of Louisville's first Student Affairs vice president. As the first student affairs vice president, Hammond was tasked with creating the student affairs division for the university. During his ten years there, Hammond created departments as well as hired staff to oversee already created departments such as Greek Life. Hammond left for Fort Hays State University in March 1987. On March 1, 1987, Hammond began his nearly 28-year career as president of Fort Hays State University. During
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Leslie King-Hammond


Leslie King-Hammond (born 1944) is an American artist, curator and art historian who is the Founding Director of the Center for Race and Culture at the Maryland Institute College of Art, where she is also Graduate Dean Emeritus. King-Hammond received a BFA degree from the City University of New York, Queens College, and a PhD in art history from Johns Hopkins University. She is Chair of the Board of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture. Hammond has curated several exhibitions,
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George Hammond (Stargate)


Lieutenant General George S. Hammond, USAF (Ret.) is a fictional character in the "Stargate franchise". Played by American actor Don S. Davis, General Hammond serves as the commander of Stargate Command (SGC) in the first seven seasons of the television series "Stargate SG-1". He is relieved of command in the series' season 7 finale "Lost City", but becomes head of the new Homeworld Security department at the beginning of season 8. Hammond's off-screen retirement is confirmed in "SG-1"s
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Goucher College


, recreational, and athletic buildings. "Newsweek" magazine described the campus as "unusually bucolic." It has also been referred to by CBS Baltimore as one of Baltimore County’s most scenic college campuses. A scene at the fictional Hammond University from the fourth season of the Netflix series "House of Cards" was filmed on Goucher's campus, with most shots taking place at the Athenaeum and the Rhoda M. Dorsey College Center. Goucher's main academic buildings, including Van Meter Hall and Julia Rogers, are located at
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