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Adriatic Sea
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The Adriatic Sea /ˌeɪdriˈætᵻk/ is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan peninsula and the Apennine Mountains from the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges. The Adriatic is the northernmost arm of the Mediterranean Sea, extending from the Strait of Otranto to the northwest, the countries with coasts on the Adriatic are Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Montenegro and Slovenia. The Adriatic contains over 1,300 islands, mostly located along its eastern, Croatian and it is divided into three basins, the northern being the shallowest and the southern being the deepest, with a maximum depth of 1,233 metres. The Otranto Sill, a ridge, is located at the border between the Adriatic and Ionian Seas. The prevailing currents flow counterclockwise from the Strait of Otranto, along the eastern coast, tidal movements in the Adriatic are slight, although larger amplitudes are known to occur occasionally. The Adriatics salinity is lower than the Mediterraneans because the Adriatic collects a third of the water flowing into the Mediterranean. The surface water temperatures range from 30 °C in summer to 12 °C in winter. The Adriatic Sea sits on the Apulian or Adriatic Microplate, which separated from the African Plate in the Mesozoic era, the plates movement contributed to the formation of the surrounding mountain chains and Apennine tectonic uplift after its collision with the Eurasian plate. In the Late Oligocene, the Apennine Peninsula first formed, separating the Adriatic Basin from the rest of the Mediterranean, all types of sediment are found in the Adriatic, with the bulk of the material transported by the Po and other rivers on the western coast. The western coast is alluvial or terraced, while the eastern coast is indented with pronounced karstification. There are dozens of protected areas in the Adriatic, designed to protect the seas karst habitats. The sea is abundant in flora and fauna—more than 7,000 species are identified as native to the Adriatic, many of them endemic, rare and threatened ones. The Adriatics shores are populated by more than 3.5 million people, the earliest settlements on the Adriatic shores were Etruscan, Illyrian, and Greek. By the 2nd century BC, the shores were under Romes control, following Italian unification, the Kingdom of Italy started an eastward expansion that lasted until the 20th century. Following World War I and the collapse of Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire, the former disintegrated during the 1990s, resulting in four new states on the Adriatic coast. Italy and Albania agreed on their maritime boundary in 1992, Fisheries and tourism are significant sources of income all along the Adriatic coast. Adriatic Croatias tourism industry has grown faster economically than the rest of the Adriatic Basins, maritime transport is also a significant branch of the areas economy—there are 19 seaports in the Adriatic that each handle more than a million tonnes of cargo per year. The largest Adriatic seaport by annual cargo turnover is the Port of Trieste, in the southeast, the Adriatic Sea connects to the Ionian Sea at the 72-kilometre wide Strait of Otranto
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HorrorPops
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HorrorPops are a Danish punk band that formed in 1996. The bands sound is rooted in psychobilly, rockabilly, and punk rock, despite both belonging to the subculture scene of Copenhagen, Denmark, the two had never met before, but they became friends over their mutual interest in alternative music. The two both loved Blondie, Depeche Mode and Siouxsie and the Banshees, as well as Surf, Ska, Day and Nekroman decided to form a band where they could experiment with many genres outside of their normal bands, and decided to start by switching instruments. Nekroman taught Day how to play a bass, while she taught him how to play guitar. The two began auditioning for a drummer, with Nekromantix guitarist Peter Sandorff even being a possible choice and they eventually chose Niedermeier to drum, a friend of Days and a member of the band Strawberry Slaughterhouse, and officially started HorrorPops in 1998. After touring for a while as a trio, the band recruited Niedermeiers old bandmate, Caz the Clash, as a second guitarist. In 2000, Day recruited two friends, Mille and Kamilla Vanilla, co-workers at the body piercing shop she worked at to act as go-go dancers for the live show. The group spent the few years touring Europe, until 2003. During this time, Caz the Clash became a father and left the band to focus on parenting and he was replaced by another Strawberry Slaughterhouse member, Karsten. Hellcat Records, Tim Armstrongs record label, decided to sign HorrorPops based on their demos, the band was able to release a vinyl single in September 2003, and began a U. S. headlining tour. HorrorPops ventured out on their first US tour as headliner for the Aloha from hell tour with 9 shows across California and this also brought the first US interview to HorrorPops which happened to be with Vogue. With the band always finding humor in things and wanting to please the moms, HorrorPops ended up with a trendy and very funny article in Vogue. Later same year the band got a preview of their upcoming show with Rancid in LA weekly. This show brought HorrorPops out to a lot of new people, hell Yeah. was released February 10,2004, the interest in the band grew and when they did their release show at Amoeba Records, it was packed, to the surprise of everyone in HorrorPops. HorrorPops was then supposed to follow up with a grand U. S. tour, the Offspring was just about to head out on their month-long European tour and with a three-day warning HorrorPops got offered the chance to join them as main support. Horrorpops played every night for audiences numbering between 5000 and 16000 people, and then continued with their own 1 1⁄2-month headline tour in Europe, Mille got replaced by another good friend of the band, Naomi, who was quickly renamed NoNo. HorrorPops started touring the states, first on Punks VS Psychos, then as support for Lars Frederiksen. The band toured continuously in 2004 and the band enjoyed it, the Horrorpops also played in a movie called The Punk Rock Halocust and therefore made them more popular
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Kiss Kiss Kill Kill
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Kiss Kiss Kill Kill is the third album by the Danish punk trio HorrorPops. The cover and songs convey a cinematic theme, the album art mimics archetypical B-movie posters, promising Twelve Tales About Love and Murder. Only Boot to Boot doesnt conform to the film formula, inspired by the rioting in Copenhagen that followed the destruction of the Ungdomshuset, an anarcho-punk squat and cultural center, by police forces in 2007. Of the albums sound, lead singer Patricia Day stated in the Hellcat review of the album that the band was started So that we could play all kinds of music and we really wanted to get back to the classic new wave feel that we love. And I think our excitement about these songs has made a hell of difference, thelma and Louise MissFit Boot2Boot Heading for the Disco. Kiss Kiss Kill Kill Everythings everything Hitchcock Starlet Highway 55 HorrorBeach Pt. II Copenhagen Refugee Keep My Picture, private Hall of Shame Rebel Yell live
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Brad Harris
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Bradford Harris is an American actor, stuntman, and executive producer. He appeared in a variety of roles in over 50 films and he is a member of the Stuntmans Hall of Fame. Born in St. Anthony, Idaho, his family moved to California, when he injured his knee playing football he was advised to take up weightlifting to strengthen the injury that developed his interest in bodybuilding. Harris entered films as a stand-in, stuntman, and later an actor and his first roles were in André de Toths Monkey on My Back and Lil Abner. With his athletic physique, Harris travelled to Rome to watch the 1960 Summer Olympics and he stayed in Europe for the boom in European sword and sandal, Eurospy, and spaghetti western genres. Harris made his debut as a man in 1961 in the title role of Gianfranco Parolinis Goliath Against the Giants. He would have a long, continuing relationship in films written. Harris also began to be teamed with Tony Kendall starting with the Western Black Eagle of Santa Fe and they were married on November 16,1967 and divorced in 1969. They had a daughter named Babrinka, Harris teamed again with Kendall and Parolini in the Kommissar X series, and The Three Fantastic Supermen/I Fantastici Tre Supermen series. He also served as producer on several of his films including King of Kong Island. He later made seven appearances on the American soap opera Falcon Crest as Deputy Duffy and his most recent film was the Andrea Zaccariellos comedy Boom, released in 1999, Harris invented and markets exercise products called AB-OrigOnals. He owns a company called Modern Body Design, in 2015 he was awarded the University of Arizona College of Humanities’ Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award in the Humanities. Brad Harris at the Internet Movie Database Brad Harris at AllMovie Brad Harris bio on Search my Trash
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Eurospy film
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Eurospy film is a genre of spy films produced across Europe that either imitated or parodied the British James Bond series. For the most part, the Eurospy craze lasted until around 1967 or 1968, in Italy, where most of these films were produced, this trend replaced the declining sword and sandal genre. For additional verisimilitude, these films often featured American and British stars in the lead roles, the heroes of the films were secret agents who were often given a name similar to James Bond, and/or a code name matching, or similar to, James Bonds 007. Other Eurospy films made use of existing literary fictional spies, including Bulldog Drummond, Harry Palmer, Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath, AKA OSS117, Francis Coplan, Some European stars and their films were renamed and retitled to cash in on the superspy craze. Germanys fictional hero Rolf Torrings film Der Fluch des Schwarzen Rubin was retitled Agente S3S Operazione Uranio, so many French and Italian films used 007 that United Artists told the Italian film industry that only James Bond could be 007, and threatened legal action. Working around this restriction, many films were similar, but legally acceptable, three-digit numbers in their titles such as the Italian-Spanish A001. Our Man in Jamaica and the Secret Agent 077 trilogy starring Ken Clark,008, Operation Exterminate from director Umberto Lenzi features the first female Bond-type hero. Lenzi also made three films starring Roger Browne, Superseven chiama Cairo, Last Man to Kill, and The Spy Who Loved Flowers, Browne was also in Password, Kill Agent Gordon. Director Bruno Corbuccis James Tont series starring Lando Buzzanca is the earliest Italian comedy series based on 007, features a female character named Goldsinger and underwater sequences that echo Thunderball. This was quickly followed by the sequel James Tont operazione D. U. E, the Wacky World of James Tont. Corbucci also wrote the screenplays for Kiss Kiss. Bang Bang, another Bond spoof, Two Mafiosi Against Goldfinger, also known as The Amazing Dr. G, features Fernando Rey as a criminal mastermind named Goldginger. CIA agent Bob Fleming is featured in a trio of Italian films, Secret Agent Fireball also titled Da 077, le spie uccidono a Beirut, a 077, sfida ai killers, directed by Antonio Margheriti, and Fury in Marrakesh, a. k. a. Margheriti made one other spy film, Lightning Bolt, a. k. a, other notable examples include Berlin, Appointment for the Spies, a. k. a. Spy in Your Eye, the French OSS117 André Hunebelle series based on the Jean Bruce character and Claude Chabrols Tiger trilogy, frances Eddie Constantine Nick Carter and Lemmy Caution series moved into espionage with several films, including Jean-Luc Godards Alphaville. The French Francis Coplan novels resulted in six films including Coplan Saves His Skin, Jean Marais starred in the French-Italian The Reluctant Spy and Killer Spy. Jean-Paul Belmondo was in the French spy spoof That Man From Rio, American actor Ray Danton made two French films, Code Name Jaguar, Secret Agent Super Dragon, and the Spanish-Italian 007 parody Lucky, el intrépido a. k. a. Lucky, the Inscrutable directed by Jesús Franco, Franco also made The Girl from Rio with Goldfingers Shirley Eaton in the title role. A touchstone of this series of films was OK Connery, a. k. a, Operation Kid Brother starring Neil Connery, brother of the then-James Bond actor Sean Connery, plus several actors from the official James Bond series
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Private investigator
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A private investigator, a private detective, or inquiry agent, is a person who can be hired by individuals or groups to undertake investigatory law services. Private detectives/investigators often work for attorneys in civil and criminal cases, official law enforcement tried many times to shut it down. In 1842, police arrested him in suspicion of unlawful imprisonment, Vidocq later suspected that it had been a set-up. He was sentenced to five years and fined 3, 000-francs, Vidocq is credited with having introduced record-keeping, criminology, and ballistics to criminal investigation. He made the first plaster casts of shoe impressions and he created indelible ink and unalterable bond paper with his printing company. His form of anthropometrics is still used by French police. He is also credited for philanthropic pursuits – he claimed he never informed on anyone who had stolen for real need, after Vidocq, the industry was born. Much of what private investigators did in the days was to act as the police in matters for which their clients felt the police were not equipped or willing to do. A larger role for new private investigative industry was to assist companies in labor disputes. Some early private investigators provided armed guards to act as a private militia, in the United Kingdom, Charles Frederick Field set up an enquiry office upon his retirement from the Metropolitan Police in 1852. Field became a friend of Charles Dickens, and the latter wrote articles about him, in 1862, one of his employees, the Hungarian Ignatius Paul Pollaky, left him and set up a rival agency. In the United States, Allan Pinkerton established the Pinkerton National Detective Agency - a private detective agency - in 1850, Pinkerton became famous when he foiled a plot to assassinate then President-elect Abraham Lincoln in 1861. Pinkertons agents performed services which ranged from undercover investigations and detection of crimes, to plant protection and it is sometimes claimed, probably with exaggeration, that at the height of its existence, the Pinkerton National Detective Agency employed more agents than the United States Army. Allan Pinkerton hired Kate Warne in 1856 as a private detective, during the union unrest in the US in the late 19th century, companies sometimes hired operatives and armed guards from the Pinkertons. In the aftermath of the Homestead Riot of 1892, several states passed so-called anti-Pinkerton laws restricting the importation of private security guards during union strikes. Pinkerton agents were hired to track western outlaws Jesse James, the Reno brothers, and the Wild Bunch, including Butch Cassidy. The Pinkerton agencys logo, an eye embellished with the words We Never Sleep, many private detectives/investigators with specialized academic and practical experience also work with defense attorneys on capital punishment and other criminal defense cases. Many others are insurance investigators who investigate suspicious claims, before the advent of no-fault divorce, many private investigators were hired to search out evidence of adultery or other conduct within marriage to establish grounds for a divorce
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Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill
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Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill is a 1965 German-Italian-Yugoslavian international co-production Eurospy film written and directed by Gianfranco Parolini who also wrote lyrics for the Joe Walker Theme. The film stars Tony Kendall and Brad Harris and it is the first of seven films, loosely based on the 1960 Kommissar X #73 detective novel from the Pabel Moewig publishing house. Two American crimefighters from New York City find themselves in Yugoslavia, private Eye Jo Walker is on the trail of a missing nuclear scientist whilst NYPD Captain Tom Rowland is training a local police force. Their paths cross on a path of pretty girls and frequent murders leading to an evil mastermind named Oberon, Oberon has murdered his business partners and has amassed a collection of radioactive gold bullion on an island in the Adriatic guarded by a private army of hypnotised women
