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Man Dancin'
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Man Dancin' is a 2003 Scottish crime drama film directed by Norman Stone and starring Alex Ferns, James Cosmo, Tom Georgeson, Kenneth Cranham and Jenny Foulds.
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Plot.
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Ex-boxer Jimmy Kerrigan (Alex Ferns) is released from a Northern Irish prison after serving a nine-year sentence for arms trafficking and returns to the Glasgow council estate he grew up on where he immediately find his heroin addict younger brother, Terry (Cas Harkins), being attacked by two thugs for dealing drugs on a rival gang's turf. He elects to take Terry's punishment for him and is badly beaten by the hoodlums. Word of Jimmy's release soon reaches Donnie McGlone (James Cosmo), the crime lord he once served, and he is taken to McGlone's home by two henchman for a meeting with his former boss who tries to bring him back into his crew. Jimmy explains that he wishes to leave crime behind, see out the rest of his probation and move to Greece but McGlone suspects his reform is a feint to disguise personal ambition and has D.I. Walter "Pancho" Villers (Kenneth Cranham), a corrupt policeman with whom he is in league, rough Jimmy up in an attempt to gauge how much criminal mentality he has left. The villains also recruit the disillusioned Terry as a paid informant to report Jimmy's movements to them.
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As part of his parole, Jimmy is forced to join a Passion Play run by Father Gabriel Flynn (Tom Georgeson) at the local church. Though reluctant at first, he soon commits to the project and embarks on something of a crusade to save people around him and bring them into the play; he forces Terry to go cold turkey after finding him shooting up in the toilets of The Garage nightclub, and rescues abused prostitute Maria Gallagher (Jenny Foulds) from her brutal pimp Des Airlie (Gavin Mitchell), one of McGlone's men. This sparks a change of mood on the estate as two of Maria's fellow ex-prostitute friends seek refuge with Jimmy and the play, and the locals refuse to be mistreated by Donnie McGlone's gangsters.
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In an attempt to halt his efforts, McGlone persuades Villers to arrest Jimmy on the grounds of pimping, claiming that he has in fact poached Airlie's girls and is now procuring them himself. However, when the police seek to apprehend him at the church hall, they find that he has organized an anti-crime movement and is holding a press conference. Jimmy sarcastically thanks Villers and his men for their assistance in helping the community in front of the local journalists and, fearing a loss of face, Villers backs off. The more defiant Jimmy and the local community become of organized crime, the more McGlone's gang try to break their spirit. Firstly, the church hall is firebombed and then Johnny "Bus Stop" (Tam White), a blind local musician, is killed in a vicious hit and run attack. Father Gabriel subsequently intends to disband the play, but Jimmy convinces him that the church group can raise enough funds to continue it by singing for charity at the local shopping centre. The group travel in a van ironically painted with the Ulster Banner which was given to them by Billy Maddison (Ron Donachie), an Ulster loyalist gangster and old acquaintance of Jimmy, who wanted to assure the Catholic community that the church attack was not an act of sectarian violence.
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Incensed at Villers' failure to eliminate Jimmy, McGlone has his henchmen abduct him, give him what they think is a fatal heroin overdose and leave him for dead. He survives, however, and begins an escape to Sunderland in the church's van alongside Terry, Maria and Lenny Quinn, his longtime friend and a former employee of Donnie McGlone. In an act of betrayal, Terry informs McGlone of their journey who then sends his right-hand man Flex to make chase. Finally catching up to them at the "Angel of the North" in Gateshead, Flex shoots Jimmy dead but allows the others to live. In the closing scene, the church group is shown continuing with the Passion Play despite Jimmy's demise.
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Production.
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The film was shot in twenty-two days during late 2002 in locations in and around Glasgow including Greenock, Govan, Ibrox (including Ibrox Parish Church) and Pollokshields, and in Gateshead.
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Release.
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The film debuted at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival on 16 May 2003 and had limited theatrical release in the United Kingdom on 20 February 2004.
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Critical reception.
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The film received mostly poor or mixed reviews from critics. "Man Dancin"' won the Outstanding Original Screenplay Award at the Sacramento Film Festival as well as the Critics' Choice and Gold Remi Awards at the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival.
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<doc id="41656072" url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=41656072" title="Leonard Reynolds">
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Leonard Reynolds
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<doc id="41656091" url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=41656091" title="Telhara, Nalanda district">
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Telhara, Nalanda district
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Telhara is a village in Ekangarsarai block of Nalanda district, in Bihar. It is also the site of the Telhara monastery which dates back to the 1st-century CE.
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Buddhist monastery.
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Telhara was the site of a Buddhist monastery in ancient India. It has been mentioned as "Teladhaka" in the writings of the Chinese traveller Hiuen Tsang, who visited the place in the 7th century CE. It is mentioned in an inscription found at Nālandā which mentions a temple restored a man named Bālāditya, a Jyāvisa of Telāḍhaka who had emigrated from Kauśāmbī, in the eleventh year of Mahipala Deva.
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It has been also mentioned in the "Ain-i-Akbari" as Tiladah, and is shown as one of the 46 mahals (administrative units) of the Bihar sarkar. Telhara was shown as a pargana in the maps prepared by the East India Company administration during 1842–45.
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The ruins of Telhara were mentioned in an 1872 letter by A. M. Broadley, the then Magistrate of Nalanda. Broadley noted that a large number of stone and metal images were often found during the digging of graves at the top of one of the mounds. Metal images found were melted down. The State Government of Bihar started a new archaeological excavation of the site in December 2009, and later by the Bihar Heritage Development Society in 2020-2022. The work unearthed ancient pottery, antiques, and the remains of a three-storeyed structure mentioned by Xuanzang. Evidence of prayer halls and residential cells in the monastery has been found. The excavation revealed the following chronological layers:
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A number of sculptures from the site had been moved to museums during the British Raj. The Indian Museum in Kolkata houses the Maitreya and the twelve-armed Avalokiteswar images from Telhara. A Pala sculpture from the site is present at the Rietberg Museum in Zurich. Telhara has a mosque, which is said to have been built with the materials carried from the ruins of the Buddhist monastery. One pillar contained an inscription that mentions the place-name Telāḍhaka.
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Remains of an ancient university (Mahavihara) on the site were unearthed in 2014.
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A state Museum is being established to store the artifacts found.
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Administration.
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Telhara comes under the administration of the Ekangarsarai gram panchayat. There are 5 census villages in the Telhara area:
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<doc id="41656093" url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=41656093" title="Alamgir (actor)">
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Alamgir (actor)
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Mohiuddin Ahmad Alamgir (born 4 April 1950), better known as simply Alamgir, is a Bangladeshi film actor and television host. He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actor and Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor a record nine times for his roles in the films "Ma O Chhele" (1985), "Apekka" (1987), "Khotipuron" (1989), "Moroner Pore" (1990), "Pita Mata Santan" (1991), "Andha Biswas" (1992) and "Desh Premik" (1994), "Jibon Moroner Sathi" (2010) and "Ke Apon Ke Por" (2011).
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Early life.
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Mohiuddin Ahmad Alamgir was born on 4 April 1950 at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital in East Bengal to a Bengali Muslim family from Nabinagar, Brahmanbaria. His father, Kalim Uddin Ahmed, was an executive producer of "Mukh O Mukhosh", the first Bengali-language feature film to be made in Bangladesh.
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Career.
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Alamgir made his debut with the film "Amar Jonmobhumi" (1972) directed by Alamgir Kumkum. He then went to star in "Dasyurani" alongside Shabana, with whom he would later work in 130 films. In 1975, Alamgir starred in "Love In Shimla" alongside Kabori, with whom he would later work in 26 films. In 1986, he made his directorial debut with the film "Nishpap".
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Alamgir has worked in television dramas and also as a presenter. Alamgir is the host of the game show "Houseful" on Maasranga Television.
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Personal life.
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Alamgir was first married to lyricist Khoshnur Alamgir. Together they had a daughter singer Akhi Alamgir and a son Tasvir Hassan. He later married singer Runa Laila.
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<doc id="41656104" url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=41656104" title="Tiny Town (band)">
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Tiny Town (band)
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Tiny Town was a New Orleans rock-blues band formed in 1997. The band was formed by singer Pat McLaughlin, with guitarists Tommy Malone and Johnny-Ray Allen, both of The Subdudes, and drummer Kenny Blevins. Malone returned to work with the Subdudes.
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Album.
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The group recorded only one album, "Tiny Town", in 1998. The song "Follow You Home" from the self-named debut album was featured on NBC's "Homicide.".
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<doc id="41656121" url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=41656121" title="Isnard">
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Isnard
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Isnard can refer to:
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<doc id="41656130" url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=41656130" title="Iowa Highway 60 (1920–1968)">
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Iowa Highway 60 (1920–1968)
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Iowa Highway 60 (Iowa 60) was a state highway that ran from the Missouri state line near Cincinnati, where it continued as Route 5, to U.S. Highway 18 (US 18) near Wesley. The highway passed through Centerville, Knoxville, Des Moines, and Webster City during its trek. It was an original state highway that was in service for 48 years. The highway originally only extended from Des Moines to Goldfield, but was extended in 1931. At that time, it absorbed Iowa Highway 6. On January 1, 1969, the highway ceased to exist. The Iowa State Highway Commission renumbered several state highways in order to match up route numbers with adjacent state highways. It was replaced by Iowa 5 south of Des Moines and Iowa 17 north of Granger.
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Route description.
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Iowa 60 entered the state as a continuation of Route 5. It headed northeast through Cincinnati and then curved to the north towards Centerville where it intersected Iowa 2. It then continued north through Moravia and into Albia. There, it intersected US 34 on the south side of town and Iowa 137 on the north side. North of Albia, the highway took a northwesterly route through Lovilia and Attica and into Knoxville. At Main Street in Knoxville, it met Iowa 92 and the two highways headed west together through the city. They turned north on Roche Street for a couple blocks before turning west again on Pleasant Street. They met Iowa 14 a few blocks south of the Knoxville Raceway. Just south of Pleasantville, the two highways split as Iowa 92 headed west, Iowa 60 north, and Iowa 181 headed south towards Melcher and Dallas.
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Iowa 60 continued northwest through Pleasantville and Hartford. Just to the north of Carlisle, the highway came up from the south to a four-way intersection with Iowa 46, which formed the northern leg. A gravel road was the eastern leg and northbound Iowa 60 took the western leg. As the highway entered Des Moines it headed due west on Army Post Road, on which it intersected US 65 / US 69. Near the Des Moines Airport, it met Iowa 28. The road continued west until it reached I-35 near the Raccoon River. From that interchange, Iowa 60 followed I-35 north along the western side of the Des Moines metro area. I-80 joined I-35 / Iowa 60 in West Des Moines. Iowa 60 split away from the Interstate Highways at the Rider Corner, a large bend where I-35 / I-80 turned to the east. Iowa 64, which had been following I-80 from the east, also turned off at the corner; Iowa 141 also began at the corner. The three highways headed north together until Iowa 64 turned west at Grimes. Near Granger, Iowa 60 split away to the north while Iowa 141 continued northwest towards Perry.
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From Granger, Iowa 60 headed north over the Des Moines River and through Madrid, where it met Iowa 89. After passing through Luther, it met US 30 at an interchange. It continued north toward Stanhope, where it briefly overlapped Iowa 175. In downtown Webster City, US 20 joined up with Iowa 60 and the two highways headed west through the town. Between Webster City and Duncombe, Iowa 60 turned north. After passing through Eagle Grove, it met Iowa 3 in Goldfield. A couple miles later, Iowa 60 turned north toward Renwick and Corwith. Iowa 60 ended at an intersection with US 18 just northeast of Wesley.
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History.
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Primary Road No. 60 was an original state highway that extended from Des Moines to Goldfield. The highway began at the corner of Grand Avenue, which carried No. 2, and 6th Avenue in downtown Des Moines. In 1926, when the U.S. Highway System came into being, No. 2 became U.S. Highway 32 (US 32) and No. 60 became Iowa 60. In 1931, the highway was extended at both ends. To the south, it was extended to the Missouri state line, absorbing all of what had been known as Iowa 6. The renumbering of US 32 to US 6 that year necessitated the Iowa 6 route number change. At the north end, a new road was built from Goldfield to US 18 near Wesley.
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Overall, Iowa 60's route remained largely the same for the rest of existence. The only major route changes occurred through the Des Moines area. When the route was extended southward in 1931, it followed US 6 east to US 63 near the Iowa State Fairgrounds where it picked up the former Iowa 6 routing. In the early 1950s, Army Post Road on Des Moines's south side was extended east to Iowa 60. When that road opened, Iowa 60 was rerouted onto it and US 65 / US 69 north to University Avenue. Iowa 46 replaced Iowa 46 north of Army Post Road to the state fairgrounds. After the Interstate Highway System came into being and I-35 and I-80 were completed through Des Moines, Iowa 60 was rerouted again west on Army Post Road to I-35 and north onto a new Iowa 141 routing. Iowa 415 was created to replace most of Iowa 60 from Des Moines to near Madrid.
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On January 1, 1969, Iowa 60 ceased to be. The Iowa State Highway Commission renumbered several state highways, including Iowa 60, in order to match route numbers to those in neighboring states. The following changes affected Iowa 60:
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<doc id="41656134" url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=41656134" title="2008 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup squads">
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2008 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup squads
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This article displays the rosters for the participating teams at the 2008 FIBA Africa Club Championship for Women.
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<doc id="41656145" url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=41656145" title="Jaime Pahissa">
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Jaime Pahissa
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<doc id="41656167" url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=41656167" title="Tiny Town (album)">
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Tiny Town (album)
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<doc id="41656188" url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=41656188" title="Tuborg Havn">
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Tuborg Havn
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Tuborg Havn or Port of Tuborg is a marina and surrounding mixed-use neighbourhood in the Hellerup district of Copenhagen, Denmark. Located on a peninsula on the north side of Svanemølle Bay, just north of the border to Copenhagen Municipality, it is the result of a redevelopment of the former industrial site of Tuborg Breweries which ceased operations in 1996. The marina is operated by the Royal Danish Yacht Club (KDY) which also has their club house at the site. Other local landmarks include the Experimentarium science centre, the Waterfront shopping centre and the Saxo Bank headquarters. The port is located a 15-minute walk from the S-trains stations Svanemøllen (south) or Hellerup (north).
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