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Red Guardian


Red Guardian (Russian: Красный страж, "Krasnyy Strazh") is the name of several fictional superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Red Guardian is an identity that was created as the Soviet equivalent of Captain America; since the fall of the Soviet Union, the name is no longer officially used, though at least two people have claimed the name. David Harbour will portray Alexei Shostakov in the film "Black Widow," set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Many people have taken up the
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Guardian Children's Fiction Prize


Og Award, best English-language book for young people with "authentic Welsh background". The Young Critics competition was inaugurated in 2002 and is still underway. The newspaper solicited 200-word reviews of books on the longlist from children 16 and younger, with the prize being "a day editing and printing up their reviews".(retrospective by CA, 23 Sep 2002) Ten years later there are dual competitions for children 17 and younger, one for individuals and one for teams of at least four schoolmates. There are cash prizes and free sets
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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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Martinex


Martinex T'Naga is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is depicted as being from an alternate future version of Marvel's shared universe, the Marvel Universe. Most of Martinex's adventures take place as a member of the 31st century Guardians of the Galaxy. Michael Rosenbaum played Martinex in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" (2017). Martinex first appeared in "Marvel Super-Heroes" #18 (January 1969) as part of the Guardians
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Chaos Walking


adult science fiction in recent years." Robert Dunbar wrote in The Guardian that the series "will almost certainly come to be seen as one of the outstanding literary achievements of the present century, whether viewed as fiction for the young or for a wider readership." "The Knife of Never Letting Go" was received with near universal praise for its originality and narration from critics such as Ian Chipman from Booklist and Megan Honig from The School Library Journal. It went on to win several awards and recognitions, including the Guardian
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Guardians of the Universe


The Guardians of the Universe are a fictional race of extraterrestrials appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with Green Lantern. They first appeared in "Green Lantern" Vol. 2, Issue 1 (July 1960), and were created by John Broome and Gil Kane. The Guardians of the Universe have been adapted to a number of films, television programs, and video games. The Guardians of the Universe are the founders and leaders of the interstellar law enforcement agency known as the Green Lantern Corps
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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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Gareth L. Powell


of Glamorgan (now the University of South Wales). He has given guest lectures on creative writing at Bath Spa University, Aberystwyth University and Buckingham New University and has written a series of non-fiction articles on science fiction for "The Irish Times". His first four novels were favourably reviewed in "The Guardian" by Eric Brown. Powell's first book was a collection, "The Last Reef and Other Stories". It compiles much of his short fiction from before 2008, including the "Interzone" reader
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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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Living Tribunal


Universe, the character made several sporadic appearances over the years, including "What If" #32 (April 1982); "Rom" #41 (April 1983) and "Secret Wars II" #6 (Dec. 1985). The Living Tribunal revealed clues as to its true purpose and nature in "Silver Surfer" vol. 3, #31 (Dec. 1989). After brief appearances in the role of observer in "Guardians of the Galaxy" #16 (Sep. 1991) and "Quasar" #
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University of Muri


The University of Muri is the fictional creation of critic and metaphysician Walter Benjamin, and historian of Jewish mysticism and Philosopher Gershom Scholem. It is presumed to be located in Muri, Switzerland and though it was shut down by Benjamin and Scholem a number of times it is, or was at last report, still "open." In his essay "Walter Benjamin and his Angel" Scholem writes, "The guardian angel of the Kabbalah from the year 1921 has become the guardian angel of the University of Muri, in whose
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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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Krugarr


Krugarr is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is a Sorcerer Supreme in the Earth-691 timeline of the fictional Marvel Universe. Krugarr appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" (2017). Krugarr first appeared in "Guardians of the Galaxy Annual" #1 and was created by Jim Valentino. In the 22nd century, Doctor Strange finds a Lem named Krugarr on the planet Lemista. He agrees to become Strange's apprentice and learn the ways of
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Black Guardian


The Black Guardian is a character in the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". He was played by Valentine Dyall. The Black Guardian is an anthropomorphic personification of the forces of entropy and chaos, the counterpart of the White Guardian, a personification of order. The two Guardians balance out the forces in the universe, although the Black Guardian seems to desire to upset the balance in favour of chaos and evil while the White Guardian prefers to maintain the status quo. The Guardians both appeared in Season
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Vikram Chandra (novelist)


and the David Higham Prize for Fiction. The novel is named after a poem from the "Kuruntokai", an anthology of Classical Tamil love poems. "Love and Longing in Bombay" (1997), a collection of short stories, was published by the same houses as "Red Earth and Pouring Rain". "Love and Longing in Bombay" won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book (Eurasia region) and was short-listed for the Guardian Fiction Prize. It was well received by international press and media
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List of Red Dwarf concepts


The science fiction series, "Red Dwarf", starts some time in the future, but after an accident the protagonist is trapped in stasis for 3 million years. As with many science fiction series, the programme has a few concepts specific to its own fictional universe. Although there are no sentient alien lifeforms in the Red Dwarf universe, there are a few life forms (all ultimately of terrestrial origin) unique to the programme. Felis sapiens are a sentient, humanoid species which evolved over 3 million years from a single
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White Guardian


The White Guardian is a character in the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". He was played by Cyril Luckham, with the exception of a vocal message in "The Stones of Blood" which was performed by Gerald Cross. The White Guardian is an anthropomorphic personification of order and the counterpart of the Black Guardian who represents evil, chaos and entropy. The two Guardians balance out the forces in the universe, although the Black Guardian seems to desire to upset the balance in favour of chaos and
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Sayd


Sayd is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe. She is now an exiled member of the Guardians of the Universe. Where most of the Guardians are void of emotion and rigid in their compliance to standard policy, Sayd's sensibilities are more in line with those of Ganthet, a Guardian known for his non-traditional mindset. The two are exiled (in part) for their love for one another. In "Green Lantern" #150 Kyle Rayner (as Ion) relights the Central Power Battery on Oa and
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Maile Chapman


Maile Chapman is an American novelist and short story writer. Chapman was born in Tacoma, Washington, and has a BA from The Evergreen State College and an MFA in Fiction from Syracuse University. She is currently a PhD candidate and Schaeffer Fellow in Fiction at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Her first novel "Your presence is requested at Suvanto" was published by Graywolf Press in 2010 and was short-listed for the Guardian First Book Award. Her stories have appeared in "A Public Space", "Literary
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Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe


Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe is a 1990 science-fiction/action film written and directed by Damian Lee and starring Jesse "The Body" Ventura and Sven-Ole Thorsen, with a cameo by James Belushi. Abraxas (Jesse Ventura) and Secundus (Sven-Ole Thorsen), are intergalactic police officers, or Finders, from a planet called Sargacia. Their race is physically similar to humans but with an expanded lifespan; Abraxas has been a Finder for almost 10,000 years. Each Finder is equipped with an Answer
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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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List of Guardians of the Galaxy members


The Guardians of the Galaxy are a fictional superhero team that has starred in the comic book series of the same name, published by Marvel Comics. The original team, based in an alternate universe within the Marvel Comics continuity, debuted in the comic book "Marvel Super-Heroes" #18 (Jan. 1969). Another team, this time based in the mainstream Marvel Universe, debuted in the comic "Guardians of the Galaxy" (vol. 2) #1 (May 2008). These are the members of
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Red brick university


"red brick" institution, although the titular, fictional "Redbrick University" was a cipher for all the civic universities of the day. While the University of Liverpool was an inspiration for the "red brick" university alluded to in Peers' book, receiving university status in 1903, the University of Birmingham was the first of the civic universities to gain independent university status in 1900 and the University has stated that the popularity of the term "red brick" owes to its own Chancellor's Court, constructed from Accrington red
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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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List of Gobots characters


Lord Solitaire. Due to animation errors in the film Doctor Go appears to resemble Baron Von Joy in the film, meanwhile in some scenes the Guardian Zeemon appears is occasionally depicted like Doctor Go. Hornet was among the Renegade Gobot forces who aided the Rock Lord Magmar on the planet Cordax. Leader-1 is the name of several fictional characters from the Go-Bots, Robo Machines and Transformers media properties. In the GoBots universe, Leader-1 is the leader of the Guardians. In the Transformers universe Leader-1 was the partnered Mini-Con
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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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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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M. J. Hyland


2009), the Commonwealth Writers' Prize (2004 and 2007) and "This is How" (2009) was longlisted for the Dublin International IMPAC prize. At the University of Manchester she has run fiction workshops alongside Martin Amis (2007-2010), Colm Tóibín (2010-2011) and Jeanette Winterson (2013-present). Hyland runs regular Fiction Masterclasses in the Guardian Masterclass Programme, has twice been shortlisted for the BBC Short Story Prize (2011 & 2012) and she publishes in "The Guardian" How to
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Guardian First Book Award


The Guardian First Book Award was a literary award presented by "The Guardian" newspaper. It annually recognised one book by a new writer. It was established in 1999, replacing the Guardian Fiction Award or Guardian Fiction Prize that the newspaper had sponsored from 1965. The Guardian First Book Award was discontinued in 2016, with the 2015 awards being the last. The newspaper determined to change its book award after 1998, and during that year also hired Claire Armitstead as literary editor. At the inaugural First Book Award ceremony in 1999
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Starhawk (comics)


first appeared in a cameo appearance in "The Defenders" #27 (Sep 1975),with his first full appearance in "The Defenders" #28 (Oct 1975). The character was created by Steve Gerber and Sal Buscema. It is unclear whether this Starhawk has any connection to the "Marvel Super-Heroes" character. Starhawk appeared along with the rest of the original Guardians of the Galaxy team in the 2014 series "Guardians 3000". Writer Dan Abnett described him as "the soul" of the team. A
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Red Guardian


of the "Supreme Soviets" entry in the "Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Update '89" #7. The fourth Red Guardian, Josef Petkus, was a special operative for the intelligence agencies of the Soviet Union, and appeared as a member of the militant Supreme Soviets. Alongside the Supreme Soviets, he attacked the Soviet Super-Soldiers for defecting from the Soviet Union. Alongside Captain America, he later battled a bear-like creature composed of the Darkforce. The Supreme Soviets were later renamed the post-
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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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Oa


Oa is a fictional planet that lies at the center of the DC Comics universe. Since its inception, Oa has been the planetary citadel of the Guardians of the Universe and the headquarters of the Green Lantern Corps. It first appeared in Green Lantern vol 2 #1, when the Guardians summoned Hal Jordan's "energy duplicate" so they could hear of his origin. One of the oldest planets in the universe, Oa serves as the home and headquarters for a race of blue-skinned powerful humanoids who have dubbed themselves
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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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Guardians of the Universe


Controllers' base at sector 3001 and attacked. After the Controllers were defeated and escaped, Ganthet announces that Templar Guardians will return as the new Guardians of the Universe for will be their legacy. Functionally immortal, Guardians resemble short (approximately 4 feet [120 cm] tall), large-headed, white-haired pale blue humans wearing red robes with their emblem, the Green Lantern symbol, on the chest. They possess vast knowledge, durability, awareness, flight, and psionic powers manifested through green plasma energy drawn
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Halo 5: Guardians


Guardians" was to expand the universe. To achieve this the studio created new main characters for Fireteam Osiris and introduced characters from the expanded fiction with Blue Team. Early in development, the team decided that Spartan Locke would be used to present the player with a different perspective on the Master Chief. The aim was to create a deliberate contrast between the two main characters. In developing the characters of Fireteam Osiris, 343 Industries initially considered making the team Fireteam Majestic, using the same characters from the "Halo 4" episodic
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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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Shi-Kuo Chang


Feather." (New York: Columbia University Press, Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan, 2003). . Google Book "Red Boy" in Joseph S. M. Lau. "The Unbroken Chain : An Anthology of Taiwan Fiction since 1926" (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1983). . "Realism in Taiwan fiction: two directions," in Jeannette L. Faurot. "Chinese Fiction from Taiwan : Critical Perspectives." (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, Studies in Chinese Literature and Society, 1980). .
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Rose Red (miniseries)


. In addition to television commercials, an elaborate campaign was launched to make the fictional mansion and its history appear real: This included a fake website for the fictional Beaumont University, the university featured in the film, as well as the publication of "" (2001), a novel purportedly written by the fictional character of Ellen Rimbauer, the wife of the estate's owner, and edited by the miniseries' fictional protagonist, Dr. Joyce Reardon. "Rose Red" premiered in the United States on ABC on January 27
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Red Lantern Corps


the Green Lantern Corps, the Guardians formed a robotic army called the Manhunters to maintain order across the universe. After eons of service, the renegade Guardian Krona altered their central programming, leading them to believe that the only way of maintaining order was to completely rid the universe of all known life. Sector 666 falls victim to this new philosophy when the Manhunters slaughter all but five of its inhabitants. The five survivors become known as the Five Inversions: a terrorist cell bent on the destruction of the Guardians of the Universe.
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Linda Buckley-Archer


of John Stone" was written for teens and upwards and was published by Simon & Schuster in the US in 2015. Buckley-Archer is a regular reviewer for "The Guardian", and has been a judge for the "Branford Boase" and "Guardian Children’s Fiction Prizes". She has an MA in French literature and a PhD in Creative Writing from Goldsmiths, University of London, where she is also an Associate Lecturer. Buckley-Archer is a Royal Literary Fund fellow. Linda Buckley-Archer's Official
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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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The Guardians (novel)


truths and choosing sides in the process. Christopher (Sam Youd) and "The Guardians" won the annual Guardian Children's Fiction Prize from "The Guardian" newspaper, coincidentally, which is judged by a panel of British children's writers. In 1976 he won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in category youth fiction for the German-language edition, "Die Wächter". In 1986 the German TV station ARD broadcast a film adaptation under that title. Following the suspicious death of his father, 13-year-old Rob Randall is
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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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Ganthet


Ganthet is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe and he first appeared in the 1992 graphic novel "Green Lantern: Ganthet's Tale" (), by Larry Niven and John Byrne. Ganthet is one of the Guardians of the Universe. However, where most of the Guardians are very stern 'by-the-book' characters, Ganthet has a personality that is more human-like, including displays of empathy, kindness, and concern for an individual, instead of only thinking of the Green Lantern Corps.
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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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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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List of Doctor Who universe creatures and aliens (0–9, A–G)


can detect artron energy (claiming it "smells"), and they dislike the Graske. The two powerful entities in charge of keeping balance in the universe. Neither may become directly involved in the affairs of the universe, but either may choose agents to do his bidding (the White Guardian chose the Doctor, while the Black Guardian chose the Shadow and Vislor Turlough). Spin-off media has revealed that there are six Guardians overall; White, Black, Crystal, Red, Bronze and Gold, with the other
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Red Skye Comics


super-human abilities of strength and flight. Red Skye, within their overall stories and publications, has also included historical personalities, fictional characters from the public domain and classic literature such as Adolf Hitler, Count Dracula, the goddess Rhiannon, the goddess Venus, the goddess Isis, Tiger Woman, Morgan Le Fey, Merlin, Mordred, Ares, Chronos and Athena. Most of Red Skye's fictional characters are depicted as inhabiting a single shared world; this continuity is known as the Red Skye Universe. Red Skye Comics
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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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Jet (comics)


Jet is a fictional superhero published by DC Comics. She first appeared in "Millennium" #2 (January 1988), and was created by Steve Engelhart and Joe Staton. The creators of the Green Lantern Corps, the Guardians of the Universe, had planned to create their successors, a race of new Guardians. The Guardians foresaw that their successors were destined to originate on the planet Earth, so they channeled their vast powers into the "Millennium Project," gathering ten individuals together, teaching them about the nature of
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Aleta Ogord


Aleta Ogord, briefly also known as Starhawk, is a fictional character, a superheroine appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is depicted in a future of the Marvel Universe. Michelle Yeoh played Aleta in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" (2017). Aleta Ogord first appeared in "The Defenders" #29 and was created by Steve Gerber, Sal Buscema, and Vince Colletta. Aleta later appeared in "Guardians of the Galaxy" as a member of
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Life Entity


The Life Entity is a fictional creature, a physical embodiment of all life within the DC Universe. Long ago starting all life from the planet Earth, it went on to create the seven entities of the Emotional Electromagnetic Spectrum, and was hidden in a dimensional tear within the Earth by the Guardians of the Universe when they discovered its existence, in order to preserve it from exploitation and possible harm. The Life Entity formed as the embodiment of life at the beginning of the universe. It is not known whether the Entity was
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Project Cadmus


Project Cadmus is a fictional genetic engineering project in the DC Comics Universe. Its notable creations included the Golden Guardian (a clone of the original Guardian), Auron, Superboy (Kon-El), a clone from Superman's DNA, and Dubbilex, a DNA-alien telepath who resembles a tall grey alien with horns. Its 31st-Century descendants run the Justice League 3000 clone project. Project Cadmus was created by Jack Kirby as the DNA Project in "Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen" #133 (October 1970
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Centrix


Centrix is a fictional superhero in the DC universe. He is a member of the superhero team the Global Guardians. Mark Armstrong is a metahuman with the ability to project energy force waves from his body. He also has small projectiles that can be propelled by his energy force waves. He uses his powers to stop criminals in his native Canada. He is a practitioner of New Age philosophies. In "Justice League Quarterly" #17 (Winter 1994). He joins the Global Guardians after one of their darkest periods.
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The Guardian Line


The Guardian Line is a Christian comic book line published by UMI Media, a division of publishing and media firm Urban Ministries Inc. The line launched in December 2006 and was created by Michael Davis, co-founder of Milestone Media and the comic "Static!" "Static" was made into a WB cartoon called Static Shock. The four debut titles on the line are Code, Joe & Max, The Seekers and Genesis 5. The characters inhabit the Guardian Universe located in the fictional city of New Hope. The line
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Charlie-27


Captain Charlie-27 is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character usually appears in the Earth-691 timeline of the Marvel Universe as a member of the original 31st century incarnation of the team known as the Guardians of the Galaxy. Charlie-27 first appeared in "Marvel Super-Heroes" #18 (January 1969). Writer Dan Abnett described him as "the heart" of the Guardians of the Galaxy. The character was portrayed by actor Ving Rhames in the 2017 film "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol
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The Guardian


's Fiction Prize", founded in 1967. In recent years the newspaper has also sponsored the Hay Festival in Hay-on-Wye. The annual "Guardian Student Media Awards", founded in 1999, recognise excellence in journalism and design of British university and college student newspapers, magazines and websites. In memory of Paul Foot, who died in 2004, "The Guardian" and "Private Eye" jointly set up the Paul Foot Award, with an annual £10,000 prize fund, for investigative or campaigning journalism.
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Spacecraft in Red Dwarf


about Carbug for the official Dave website. In the special, the Dwarfers find themselves in a hallucination caused by a despair squid. In this delusional state, they borrow Carbug from Swallow, a maker of movie props, in order to track down their creator after discovering that they are in fact fictional characters who have somehow escaped from a TV show called "Red Dwarf". Within this hallucination's universe, Carbug originally belonged to the "Red Dwarf" fan club president and was stolen by Swallow after the fictional series IX
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Manhunters (DC Comics)


The Manhunters are a fictional race of extraterrestrial robots that appear in titles published by DC Comics. The broader history behind the alien robot species covered in this article was introduced in "Justice League of America" #140 (March 1977), in a story by Steve Englehart and Dick Dillin. The Manhunters were the first attempt of the Guardians of the Universe to create an interstellar police force that would combat evil all over the cosmos. Their name and much of their code of behavior was modeled by the Guardians of the Universe
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Raker Qarrigat


Raker Qarrigat is a fictional Green Lantern member of the DC Comics universe who first appeared in "Green Lantern 80-Page Giant" #3 (2000). He was created by Scott Beatty. He is abandoned by the Guardians of the Universe and hides in the shadows of Darkseid's domain, Apokolips. Qarrigat defends the downtrodden masses of Apokolips. Qarrigat is recruited on Wolsoon, his homeworld, and is the third representative of the Guardians sent into Apokolips. The first two never returned. Upon his arrival, Quarrigat cuts a swath
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Betty Clawman


Betty Clawman is a fictional superhero and disembodied cosmic force in the DC Comics shared universe. She first appeared in "Millennium" #2 (January 1988), and was created by Steve Englehart and Joe Staton. Betty Clawman was a young Australian aboriginal girl selected by the Guardians of the Universe to take part in an experiment in human evolution. At the climax of the series, Betty accepted the Guardians' gift and entered the Dreamtime, gaining vast and ill-defined abilities. Together with Harbinger, seven of the chosen
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Guardian Children's Fiction Prize


The Guardian Children's Fiction Prize or Guardian Award is a literary award that annually recognises one fiction book written for children or young adults (at least age eight) and published in the United Kingdom. It is conferred upon the author of the book by "The Guardian" newspaper, which established it in 1965 and inaugurated it in 1967. It is a lifetime award in that previous winners are not eligible. At least since 2000 the prize is £1,500. The shortlist of no more than four books and the winner are
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Pat Barker


1995 the final book in the trilogy, "The Ghost Road", won the Booker Prize. In 1983, Barker won the Fawcett Society prize for fiction for "Union Street". In 1993 she won the Guardian Fiction Prize for the "Eye in the Door", and in 1995 she won the Booker Prize for "The Ghost Road". In May 1997, Barker was awarded an honorary degree by the Open University as Doctor of the University. In 2000, she was named a Commander of the Order of
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Atrocitus


a burst of his napalm-acidic blood, Atrocitus vented his long suppressed rage against the Guardians upon Krona, knowing of his Maltus origins and how he was once connected to the Guardians of the Universe. Without the rage entity to control Atrocitus' powers, Krona fell victim to his attack as the Red Lantern viciously bites him in the jugular. Using the Ion entity to counterattack, Krona used Ophidian to disrupt the New Guardians from fighting back (including Atrocitus). Learning that Atrocitus had trapped the Butcher inside of his lantern
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Ronan the Accuser


Ronan the Accuser is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is the Supreme Accuser of the Kree Empire, the militaristic government of the fictional alien race known as the Kree, and is commonly depicted as an adversary of superhero teams such as the Fantastic Four, the Avengers, and the Guardians of the Galaxy. The character has been substantially adapted from the comics into various media, including several animated television series and video games. Lee Pace portrayed the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films "
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List of Marvel Comics characters: T


Talon is depicted as a feline Inhuman in the Earth-691 timeline of the fictional Marvel Universe, sorcerer apprentice to Krugarr. Talon debuted in "Guardians of the Galaxy" #18 (Nov. 1991). He is a member of the Guardians of the Galaxy. Initially, creator Jim Valentino wanted to use Wolverine in a storyline where the Guardians had briefly returned to Earth, but Bob Harras, the X-Men editor of the time, did not want it established that Wolverine could live that long. Thus, Valentino created Talon
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Vanessa Garcia (artist)


Book Awards. Her recent plays include "The Cuban Spring"; "Grace, Sponsored by Monteverde"; "The Crocodile's Bite"; and "Amparo." Garcia's nonfiction writing has been published in The Guardian, Huffington Post, ESPN, The Rumpus, the Miami Herald, and numerous other sources. She earned a PhD in English from the University of California, Irvine, an MFA in Fiction from the University of Miami, and a B.A. in English and Art History from Barnard College. "Amparo"
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Yondu


Yondu Udonta, or simply Yondu (), is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The original version of the character is depicted as the last survivor of his species in the 31st century, and is a founding member of the original Guardians of the Galaxy team from the Marvel Multiverse alternate reality known as Earth-691. Yondu in Earth-691 is depicted as a blue-skinned male with a large red fin protruding from the back of his head and his back; he is a spiritual warrior who can
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Batmania


#12 (Sep 1965) about "The Silent Legend Behind the Batman!", namely Finger. Describing Kane's hiring of Finger and likely becoming the first source to state that Finger "put words in the mouth of the Guardian of Gotham," Bails attributed the status of co-creator of Batman to Finger. This led to a "lengthy retort" from Bob Kane himself appearing in the "Batmania" fanzine, "written just days after seeing the Bails piece," but unprinted until the 1967 "Batmania
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Der Freitag


Also monthly is its arts supplement called “Kultur+,” which features current stage productions, exhibitions and cultural events. Several times a year, special literature supplements on new publications that encompass fiction and non-fiction are featured. A "Guardian-Reportage" is included six times a year. This is a Long Read extracted from the British Newspaper "The Guardian" and translated into German. Der Freitag has a syndication agreement with the Guardian, and presents a number of German translations of that newspaper’s content in every issue
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Alexander Yates


. He has published one novel for adults, and two for young adults. His fiction and essays have also appeared in Salon, The Guardian, Recommended Reading, and the Kenyon Review. He lives in Hanoi, Vietnam. Prior to graduating from the MFA program at Syracuse University, Yates won the Joyce Carol Oates award in both fiction and poetry. His first novel, "Moondogs", was listed among the best debuts of 2011 by Kirkus Reviews. His second novel, "The Winter Place", was a selection
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Angela Makholwa


Angela Makholwa is a South African author, the first black writer to write crime fiction in South Africa. Born in Johannesburg, Makholwa graduated in journalism from Rhodes University. She worked as a magazine journalist and public relations consultant for several agencies before establishing her own public relations firm, Britespark Communications, in 2002. She came to the literary scene in 2007 with "Red Ink", the first crime fiction by a black author in South Africa. In "Red Ink" the fictional detective, Lucy — a successful public relations
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Chaos Dragon


causing the world to be torn apart due to the constant war. Amidst the strife is the island country Nil Kamui, which has lost its independence. Red Dragon, the guardian god of Nil Kamui, goes out of control. Will the island country be able to regain its independence? "Chaos Dragon" is based on the role-playing fiction project "Red Dragon", a story which was created by five notable writers: Gen Urobuchi, Kinoko Nasu, Izuki Kogyoku, Ryōgo Narita, and Simadoriru (member of
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The Red Violin


possessing "the kind of sweep and vision that we identify with elegant features from decades ago". For "The Guardian", Jonathan Romney wrote that "as flawed movies go, it's elegant, entertaining and quite breathtakingly ambitious". Stephen Holden wrote in "The New York Times" that the film did not live up to its score. "Entertainment Weekly" gave the film a B, with Lisa Schwarzbaum writing the fictional violin surpassed all real fiddles in colourful pedigree, and finding the storytelling interesting. "The
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Jon Courtenay Grimwood


Jon Courtenay Grimwood (born 1953 in Valletta, Malta) is a British science fiction and fantasy author. He writes also as Jonathan Grimwood (literary fiction) and Jack Grimwood (crime fiction and thrillers). Grimwood was born in 1953 in Valletta, Malta, grew up in Malta, Britain, Southeast Asia and Norway in the 1960s and 1970s. He studied at Kingston University, then worked in publishing and as a freelance writer for magazines and newspapers including "The Guardian", "The Daily Telegraph", "The
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World Qualification Series (2009)


18 - Aug 23" 30th Anniversary of the Lacanau Pro and good conditions this year. Surf, concerts, events scheduled. Check out the video for a summary of the event http://vimeo.com/6994555 "Aug 25 - Aug 30" "Sep 01 - Sep 06" "Sep 01 - Sep 06" "Sep 04 - Sep 06" "Sep 09 - Sep 12" "Sep 10 - Sep 13" "Sep 08 - Sep 13" "Sep 15 - Sep 20" "Sep 16 - Sep 22" "Sep
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List of 1982–83 NBA season transactions


1982 Oct 2, 1982 Oct 1, 1982 Sep 30, 1982 Sep 29, 1982 Sep 28, 1982 Sep 27, 1982 Sep 24, 1982 Sep 22, 1982 Sep 20, 1982 Sep 19, 1982 Sep 18, 1982 Sep 17, 1982 Sep 15, 1982 Sep 14, 1982 Sep 13, 1982 Sep 10, 1982 Sep 9, 1982 Sep 7, 1982 Sep 2, 1982 Sep 1, 1982 Aug 31, 1982 Aug 27, 1982 Aug 26, 1982 Aug 16, 1982 Aug 8,
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Harold John Timperley


(May? – Sep 1937). He became an advisory editor of ASIA magazine in 1934 (see ASIA of November, 1938). He married Elizabeth Chambers in Nanjing in August 1937. After the Japanese invasion, his accounts for the "Guardian" were some of the firsthand information most easily available in the West. His cables from Shanghai, although at times censored, formed the basis for some early writing on the Nanjing massacre from 1937–38. Timperley left Shanghai for London early April 1938. There, he published the
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Climate fiction


Climate fiction, popularly abbreviated as cli-fi (modelled after the assonance of "sci-fi"), is literature that deals with climate change and global warming. Not necessarily speculative in nature, works of cli-fi may take place in the world as we know it or in the near future. University courses on literature and environmental issues may include climate change fiction in their syllabi. This body of literature has been discussed by a variety of publications, including "The New York Times, The Guardian,"
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Signal Transfer Point


calls originated by the SEPs' attached users) while avoiding disabled intermediary STPs. A signaling message typically never goes directly from a given SEP to the destination SEP: the message would normally have to pass through the initiating SEP's adjacent STP so that it can be routed to the destination SEP. In some applications, however, SEPs might be directly connected with signaling links; this would typically be done to enhance robustness or performance between two critical SEPs. Such mesh network configurations are also common in Europe, where STPs have not
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Red Guardian


suit than previous Red Guardians, which is lined with circuitry that works in conjunction with the compact computer on his shield. Not only enabling the guided flight and return of which through their digital connection, but the amplification of the effects of his own energy field. In one of the "Exiles" realities, a Red Guardian in full body armor on Earth-3470 appears. Red Guardian was seen as a member of the Soviet Super Soldiers. A Red Guardian is seen as one of the many zombies roaming New York looking for victims
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Guardians of the Universe


usually between blue and green. The Guardians' attire originally featured a long red robe with a stylized, Dracula-like collar, and their symbol emblazoned on the chest. Following their rebirth, this changed to them wearing a long red robe with a more scholarly collar, and a white tabard with their emblem on the chest area. They have also been shown by some artists to wear white undershirts, the sleeves of which can be seen sometimes under the robe's sleeves. Though their feet are not usually seen beneath their
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John Christopher


recently in the Penguin Modern Classics (2009). In 1966 Youd started writing science fiction for adolescents, using the name John Christopher in every case. The Tripods trilogy (1967–68), "The Lotus Caves" (1969), "The Guardians" (1970) and the "Sword of the Spirits" trilogy (1971–72) were all well received. He won the annual Guardian Children's Fiction Prize for "The Guardians". In 1976 he won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis, youth fiction category, for the same
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Harold John Timperley


Harold John Timperley (1898–1954) was an Australian journalist, known for his reporting in China in the 1930s and for authoring the book "What War Means" (1938) based on it. Historian Hora Tomio described "What War Means" as "a book which shocked awake Western intellectuals". He started his newspaperman career in China in 1921 and reported for the "Manchester Guardian" from 1928, based in Peiping (1921–1936), Shanghai (1936 – Apr? 1937, Sep 1937 – Apr 1938) and Nanjing
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Red Lantern Corps


event, the Guardians of the Universe are shown observing the War of Light unfolding among the various Corps of the emotional spectrum; one of the scenes depicting the Lost Lanterns confronting the Red Lantern Corps in order to retrieve Laira's body from Ysmault. As the seven Corps battle one another, a new eighth group powered by death is introduced to the DC Universe: the Black Lantern Corps. Black Hand, a leader of the new Corps, releases black power rings that reanimated the deceased in order to recruit members to their ranks
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Supreme Soviets


The Supreme Soviets is a fictional team of Russian superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. This team of costumed champions operated under the supervision of the government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The team's membership consisted of Crimson Dynamo V (Dmitri Bukharin), Fantasia, Perun the Russian storm god, Red Guardian (Josef Petkus), and Sputnik. When the Soviet Super-Soldiers refused as a matter of conscience to take orders from the Soviet government anymore, the government organized the Supreme Soviets,
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy


topic to reflect reasoned disagreements among scholars. Initially, the "SEP" was developed with U.S. public funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Science Foundation. A long-term fundraising plan to preserve open access to the encyclopedia is supported by many university libraries and library consortia. These institutions contribute under a plan devised by the "SEP" in collaboration with the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, the International Coalition of Library Consortia, and the Southeastern Library Network, with matching funding from the National Endowment for
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David Stuart MacLean


David Stuart MacLean is the author of "The Answer to the Riddle Is Me", a memoir of his mefloquine induced delirium and amnesia. He has a Ph.D. in Literature/Creative Writing from The University of Houston, an M.F.A. from New Mexico State University and he was a Fulbright scholar in India. He won a PEN/America Center award in 2011 as the Best Emerging Writer in Non-Fiction. His essays and stories have appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, Ploughshares, Bennington Review, Guernica,
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Red Guardian


seventh Red Guardian, and leads the Winter Guard. None of the Red Guardians have been revealed to possess superhuman powers or abilities, with the exception of Tania Belinsky after her mutation by the Presence, the Ultimate version, the seventh Red Guardian, and Krylenko. All are highly skilled athletes. Shostakov was an expert pilot, a master hand-to-hand combatant, and was trained in espionage techniques by the KGB. All of the Guardians but Alexei and Tania have used a Steel shield similar to that used by Captain
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Somatosensory evoked potential


Somatosensory evoked potential (SEP or SSEP) is the electrical activity of the brain that results from the stimulation of touch. SEP tests measure that activity and are a useful, noninvasive means of assessing somatosensory system functioning. By combining SEP recordings at different levels of the somatosensory pathways, it is possible to assess the transmission of the afferent volley from the periphery up to the cortex. SEP components include a series of positive and negative deflections that can be elicited by virtually any sensory stimuli. For example, SEPs can be obtained in
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The Guardian Year


The Guardian Year (sometimes worded as the "Guardian Year") is an annual, non-fiction, anthology book of what the editor considers the best content from "The Guardian" newspaper in the last year. The book usually comes out in November of that year and includes a variety of topics, such as commentary on politics, art critiques, and editorials, as well as stories reported in Britain or internationally. The editor of the book varies from year to year, and — depending on the year and bookseller
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Much Obliged, Jeeves


already she had begun to pay a marked tribute to my guardian angel, who, she said, plainly knew his job from soup to nuts, but at this moment Seppings appeared and asked her if she would have a word with Jeeves, and she went out to have it. Bertie is shown to have an idealistic nature, which contrasts with Jeeves's more pragmatic views. This is illustrated in chapter 15, when Bertie tries to persuade Aunt Dahlia to return a silver porringer because stealing it was a breach of hospitality,
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The Crucible of Time


The Crucible of Time is a fix-up science fiction novel by John Brunner. It was first published in 1983. Parts 1 and 2 appeared in "Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine" as "The Fire is Lit" (Sep 1982) and "Fusing and Refusing" (Jan 1983). The novel deals with the efforts of an alien species to escape their homeworld, whose system is passing through a cloud of interstellar debris, resulting in a high rate of in-falling matter. The species' unique
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Merlyn (Marvel Comics)


Merlyn is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. He claims to be the Merlin of British Legends (see Identity) and served for many years as the Omniversal Guardian, a function his daughter Roma took from him. Though the Merlin character first appeared in earlier comics, Merlyn first appeared in "Captain Britain" #1 (1976). Merlyn is but one of several characters in the Marvel Universe claiming to be the Merlin of legend. Combined with the fact that Merlyn is also a habitual liar and manipulator,
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Nebula (comics)


Nebula is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Roger Stern and John Buscema, the character first appeared in "The Avengers" #257 (July 1985). Nebula has appeared in various adaptations of the character in other media, including animated television series and video games. Karen Gillan portrays the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films "Guardians of the Galaxy" (2014), "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" (2017), "" (2018),
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Chinelo Okparanta


Guardian"'s Best African Fiction of 2013, and in December 2014 was announced as being a finalist for the Nigerian Etisalat Prize for Literature. In 2015, she became a faculty member at Southern New Hampshire University. Her first novel, "Under the Udala Trees", was published in 2015. The "New York Times" reviewer called Okparanta "a graceful and precise writer", and "The Guardian" (UK) describes the book as "a gripping novel about a young gay woman's coming of age in
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Cosmo the Spacedog


Cosmo the Spacedog is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Cosmo, a telepathic Soviet dog, is the security chief of the space station Knowhere and a member of the Guardians of the Galaxy. The character was created by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning as a reference to Laika and first appeared in "Nova" vol. 4 #8 (January, 2008 issue). Cosmo the Spacedog appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film "Guardians of the Galaxy". Cosmo was a former test animal
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