Infobox Film name Zone Troopers image Zone Troopers 1985 Poster.jpg caption Theatrical film poster writer Danny Bilson br Paul De Meo starring Tim Thomerson br Timothy Van Patten br Art LaFleur br Biff Manard br William Paulson director Danny Bilson producer Roberto Bessi cinematography Mac Ahlberg music Richard Band editing Ted Nicolaou studio distributor Empire International Pictures released October 1, 1985 runtime 88 min. country FilmUS FilmItaly language English language English budget gross Zone Troopers is a 1985 science fiction film, directed by Danny Bilson and starring Tim Thomerson . The original music score was composed by Richard Band . Plot In Italy during World War II, a patrol of American soldiers discover a spaceship that has crash landed in the woods, and they come across its alien crew. A nearby Nazi unit also finds out about the alien craft, and sends a patrol to capture it and the Americans. Availability The film was released on videocassette by Lightning Video in 1986. The film has never been released on DVD but in 2005, due to the film s cult following, Metro Goldwyn Mayer renewed the copyrights to the film and aired a widescreen print of the film on Showtime TV network Showtime , fueling speculation that a DVD release may be possible in the near future. The film can be viewed on Netflix s Watch Instantly service. The movie will be released on a manufactured on demand DVD R by MGM as part of their Limited Edition Series on December 6, 2011. Development This film reunited a good number of the cast and creators of the 1985 film Trancers . External links imdb title id 0092298 title Zone Troopers amg title id 56181 title Zone Troopers rotten tomatoes id zone troopers title Zone Troopers Category 1985 films Category 1980s science fiction films Category American independent films Category War adventure films Category Alien visitation films Category English language films Category Empire International Pictures films Category Films shot in Italy Categ ... more details
Infobox Olympics Monaco This is a list of flag bearers who have represented Monaco at the Olympics. ref http www.sports reference.com olympics countries MON Monaco . Olympics at Sport Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Accessed 25 October 2011. ref Flag bearers carry the national flag of their country at the Olympic Games ceremony Opening opening ceremony of the Olympic Games . class wikitable sortable Event Year Season Flag bearer Sport 20 2010 Winter Olympics 2010 Winter sortname Alexandra Coletti 19 2008 Summer Olympics 2008 Summer sortname Mathias Raymond 18 2006 Winter Olympics 2006 Winter sortname Patrice Servelle 17 2004 Summer Olympics 2004 Summer sortname S bastien Gattuso 16 2002 Winter Olympics 2002 Winter sortname Jean Fran ois Calmes 15 2000 Summer Olympics 2000 Summer sortname Thierry Vatrican 14 1998 Winter Olympics 1998 Winter sortname Gilbert Bessi 13 1996 Summer Olympics 1996 Summer sortname Thierry Vatrican 12 1994 Winter Olympics 1994 Winter Albert II, Prince of Monaco 11 1992 Summer Olympics 1992 Summer sortname Christophe Verdino 10 1992 Winter Olympics 1992 Winter Albert II, Prince of Monaco 9 1988 Summer Olympics 1988 Summer sortname St phane Operto 8 1988 Winter Olympics 1988 Winter Albert II, Prince of Monaco 7 1984 Summer Olympics 1984 Summer sortname Jean Luc Adorno 6 1984 Winter Olympics 1984 Winter sortname David Lajoux 5 1976 Summer Olympics 1976 Summer sortname Francis Boisson 4 1972 Summer Olympics 1972 Summer sortname Jean Charles Seneca 3 1964 Summer Olympics 1964 Summer sortname Joseph Asso 2 1924 Summer Olympics 1924 Summer sortname Gaston M d cin 1 1920 Summer Olympics 1920 Summer sortname Edmond M d cin See also Monaco at the Olympics References reflist Olympic national flag bearers lists Category Monaco at the Olympics Category Lists of flag bearers by Nation Monaco ... more details
Image Perperikon Kiril Kapustin 006.JPG thumb right 280px The ruins of the ancient city of Perperikon. The ancient Thrace Thracian city of Perperikon also Perpericon lang bg , lang el is located in the Eastern Rhodopes , 15 km northeast of the present day town of Kardzhali , Bulgaria , on a 470 m high rocky hill, which is thought to have been a sacred place. The village of Gorna Krepost Upper Fortress is located at the foot of the hill and the gold bearing Perpereshka River flows near it. Perperikon is the largest megalith ensemble in the Balkans . It is thought that the famous sanctuary and Oracle oracular shrine dedicated to Sabazios similar to Greek Dionysus of the Bessi was situated there. A visitor centre is being constructed at a cost of 2.4 million Euros. ref name Standart cite web last Standart title New Tourist Center to Be Built in the Rhodopes url http paper.standartnews.com en article.php?d 2008 09 11&article 25119 publisher Standart, Arts & Culture accessdate 29 November 2011 ref History Human activity in the area dates back to 5000 B.C. The first traces of civilization on the hill date from the Bronze Age , while the Pottery ceramics found on the place date from the Early Iron Age , as well as the impressive round altar , almost 2 m in diameter, hewn out of the rocks. Medokos had called himself king of Thrace after Sitalces s death but failed to become one. ref The Thracians 700 BC AD 46 Men at Arms by Christopher Webber and Angus McBride, 2001, page 6, ... after Sitalkes death, Xenophon would find that Medokos based at Perperikon, twelve days journey inland from the sea called himself the king of Thrace. Medokos however was unable to stop Seuthes... ref He was at the time based at Perperikon that was a 12 days journey from the sea. At the time of the Roman Empire , a giant multi story palace was erected according to archeology archeological evidence, and an imposing with its size fortress was built around the hill, with walls as ... more details
for other uses Fon disambiguation A fon is a tribal chief chieftain or monarch king of a region of Cameroon , especially among the Tikar and Bamileke Bamil k peoples of the Bamenda grassfields the Northwest Province, Cameroon Northwest and West Province, Cameroon West provinces . Though once independent rulers, most fons were brought under the Germany German rule or military subjugation during the colonialism colonial period. Following the defeat of the Germans in World War I , the fons came under Great Britain British or France French rule, depending on whether their territory fell into British Cameroon or French Cameroon . Since Cameroon s independence in 1961, the fons are under the jurisdiction of the Politics of Cameroon Government of Cameroon . However, they maintain semi autonomous union councils and jurisdiction over their hereditary land. Some of the historically significant Fons of the Northwest are Fon of Bangwa Fon of Bum Fon of Bali Gham Fon of Bali Gashu Fon of Bali Gansin Fon of Anong Timah Bamtie List of incumbents This table provides a list of current Fon Cameroon fons in Cameroon . class wikitable Index Fondom Incumbent Tenure 1 The Fon of Akum 2 The Fon of Ambo H.R.H. Fon Tegum A. M 4 The Fon of Anong H.R.H. Fon Timah Moses Awenjang II 5 The Fon of Ashong H.R.H. Fon C.M. Mbafor III. 6 The Fon of Awing 7 The Fon of Baba II 8 The Fon of Babanki 9 Fon of Bamum The Fon of Bamum 10 The Fon of Bacham 11 The Fon of Bali Nyonga H.R.H. Fon Doh Gahyonga 12 The Fon of Bali Kumbat H.R.H. Fon Doh Gahnyami III Since 2006 13 The Fon of Batibo H.R.H. Fon Tebo II R.A.M. Since 2006 14 The Fon of Bafanji 15 Fon of Bafut The Fon of Bafut H.R.H. Fon Abumbi II Since 1968 16 The Fon of Bambalang. H.R.H. Fon Fosi Yakum Ntaw 17 The Fon Babungo H.R.H. Fon Ndofoa Zofoa III since 1999 18 The Fon of Bamesing 19 The Fon of Bangolan H.R.H. Fon Chafah XI 20 The Fon of Bawock H.R.H.Nana Wanda III 21 The Fon of Bessi H.R.H. Fon Forkum Richardson 22 The Fon of Bessom 23 The Fon of ... more details
Unreferenced date August 2011 Infobox Film name Warrior of the Lost World image warriorofthelostworld.jpg caption The original film poster director David Worth producer Roberto Bessi br Frank Hildebrand br Tim Ubels br Ben Moerman br Ben Keizer writer David Worth starring Robert Ginty br Persis Khambatta br Donald Pleasence br Fred Williamson br Harrison Mueller Sr. br Bruno Bilotta music Daniele Patucchi cinematography Giancarlo Ferrando editing Cesare D Amico distributor Visto International Inc. released September 1985 USA runtime 92 minutes country Film Italy language English budget 500,000 gross Warrior of the Lost World also known as Mad Rider is a 1983 Italian post apocalyptic film post apocalyptic science fiction film written and directed by David Worth starring Robert Ginty , Persis Khambatta , and Donald Pleasence . It was created and first released in Italy under the title Il Giustiziere della terra perduta The Executioner of the Lost Earth in 1983 during the wide popularity of the Mad Max films, and many subsequently created post apocalyptic films of the 1980s. Later the movie was given another Italian title for VHS and television markets, I predatori dell anno Omega Raiders of the Omega year Plot The Rider arrives on his advanced motorcycle with its artificial intelligence computer Einstein. He crashes but manages to pass through the wall of illusion and is found and brought back to health by the Enlightened Elders. They have chosen him to lead their fight against the evil Omega, an Orwellian state run by the evil Prossor. The Elders are allied with the resistance movement, the Outsiders. The Rider first helps Nastasia and the other Outsiders by rescuing McWayne, Nastasia s father and leader of the Outsiders. While the Rider and McWayne successfully escape, Nastasia is captured and tortured by Prossor. The Rider gains acceptance from various Marginals amazons, martial artists, truckers, punks, soldiers, Omega defectors by winning in the ritual brawl whic ... more details
Infobox Film name Fantaghir 1 image Prinzessin Fantaghiro Dvd Cover Deutsch.jpg caption German DVD cover director Lamberto Bava producer Lamberto Bava br Andrea Piazzesi br Roberto Bessi writer Francesca Melandri br Gianni Romoli starring Alessandra Martines br Kim Rossi Stuart br Mario Adorf music Amedeo Minghi cinematography Romano Albani editing Piero Bozza distributor released 1991 runtime country Film Italy language Italian budget Fantaghir aka Cave of the Golden Rose is a fantasy television film produced by Mediaset Reteitalia , directed by Lamberto Bava and starring Alessandra Martines . It originally aired in 1991 as a two parter, and hence has been known in certain video releases and airings as double set of Fantaghir 1 and Fantaghir 2 . It is the first installment in the Fantaghir series . It is loosely based on the Italian folktale Italian Folktales Fanta Ghiro the Beautiful . Plot The story is about Fantaghir , the rebellious youngest daughter of a warrior king. Although the women in the kingdom are expected to be submissive and servile, Fantaghir wants to fight in battle. She constantly argues with her father and two sisters Caterina and Carolina who disapprove of her behaviour. Fantaghir secretly learns to fight when she befriends the White Knight, a mysterious warrior whom she meets in the forest. As they are training, she briefly crosses paths with King Romualdo, the ruler of a neighbouring enemy kingdom. Romualdo is enchanted by Fantaghir s eyes, but is unaware that they belong to the daughter of his sworn enemy. Romualdo, who is tired of the centuries old war between the two kingdoms, sends an offer of a single duel to determine the outcome of the war. Fantaghir s father, the King, is told by the magical White Witch that only one of his daughters can win the duel. Seeing no other option, the King commands Fantaghir and her two sisters Caterine and Carolina to dress up as knights so that one may fight Romualdo. They agree to keep the ident ... more details
and the Coleates minores are the Benni... ref Bessi ref The Thracians 700 BC AD 46 Men ... Augustus who returned the favour, defeating the Bessi when they attacked Macedonia. This tribe must have impressed the Romans, as they took to calling all Thracians Bessi they wrote it down as the tribe ... on the left there are the Digerri and a number of tribes of the Bessi ref Dii ref name Cambridge,607 ... called Diobessi Plin.Loc.Cit. links together ethnically the Bessi and the Dii... ref Diobesi ref name ... 46 with the center at Apulon Biephi ref name Ioana A Oltean 2007, page 46 Bessi Biessoi were a Dacian ... more details
Infobox Islands name Sula Islands locator map Sula Islands Topography.png native name native name link location South East Asia coordinates archipelago Maluku Islands total islands major islands Mangole Island Mangole , Sanana Island Sanana and Taliabu area km2 9,632 area 9,632 km2 highest mount elevation m country Indonesia country admin divisions title Province country admin divisions North Maluku country largest city country largest city population population 108,015 population as of 2000 Census density km2 ethnic groups Image Karta ID Maluku isl.PNG thumb 240px Location map of the Sulu Islands among the Maluku Islands The Sula Islands Indonesian Kepulauan Sula are a group of islands in North Maluku in Indonesia . Its three main islands are Mangole Island Mangole , Sanana Island Sanae Sulabesi Xullabesi and Taliabu , with smaller islands Lifamatola and Seho. It is administered as Kepulauan Sula Regency Kabupaten Kepulauan Sula . Its area is 9,632 km sup 2 sup and population 108,015 2000 census . Pre Indonesian Independence saw the Sula also known as the Xulla Islands, with Taliabo as Xulla Taliabo, Sanana as Xulla Bessi, and Mangola as Xulla Mangola. ref Goodall, George Editor 1943 Philips International Atlas London, George Philip and Son map East Indies pp.91 92 ref Subdivisions Administratively the islands are divided into 19 districts kecamatan , expanded from an original six Lede Mangoli Barat Mangoli Tengah Mangoli Selatan Mangoli Timur Mangoli Utara Mangoli Utara Timur Sanana Sanana Utara Sula Besi Barat Sula Besi Selatan Sula Besi Tengah Sula Besi Timur Taliabu Barat Taliabu Barat Laut Taliabu Selatan Taliabu Timur Taliabu Timur Selatan Taliabu Utara History The Dutch built a fort on Sanana in 1652. Alfred Russel Wallace Wallace visited the islands during an ornithological expedition in 1862. ref http onlinelibrary.wiley.com doi 10.1111 j.1469 7998.1862.tb06537.x abstract Wallace s list of birds spotted in the Sulu Islands, 1862 ref Image COLLECTIE TR ... more details
Cyclone Rae Clear storm path Bessi 1990 track.png right Bessi, 16 to 17 April 1990, Indian Ocean Image Bessi apr 16 1990 0830Z.jpg left thumb 200px Cyclone Bessi Clear storm path Ikonjo 1990 track.png ... more details
Bessi Infobox Hurricane Small Basin Aus Image TC Bessi Bako NOAA.jpg Track Bessi Bako 2001 track.png ..., while Perth upgraded the cyclone to Tropical Cyclone Bessi. At this time, the cyclone was located about 650 km 400 mi northwest of Cocos Keeling Islands . Bessi was initially moving westwards ... meteorology ridge which was steering the cyclone westwards. Bessi reached its first peak intensity .... It weakened thereafter as it moved into an area of high vertical wind shear . Bessi moved to the south ..., and was renamed Tropical Storm Bako . Cyclone Bessi Bako later reached its peak intensity ... . ref name TCOP The name Chris was retired after its usage. Alex Bessi Chris Dianne Errol Arafura Sea ... more details
Judo competitions at the 2011 Games of the Small States of Europe will be held from 31 May 2 June 2011. Medal summary Men s events MedalistTable type Event Extra lightweight 60 kg ref name Men Individual Results http www.liegames2011.li Portals 20 contortionistUniverses 2605 rsc Event ergebnissePdf GSSE 202011 20LieGames 20Men 20Final 20Results 0.pdf Men s Individual Results ref flagathlete Yann Siccardi MON flagathlete Brent Law MLT flagathlete Yves Monn LIE rowspan 2 Half lightweight 66 kg ref name Men Individual Results ref rowspan 2 flagathlete Andreas Krassas CYP rowspan 2 flagathlete Jeremy Saywell MLT flagathlete Cedric Bessi MON flagathlete Massimiliano Urbinati SMR Lightweight 73 kg ref name Men Individual Results ref flagathlete Yoann Suau MON flagathlete Alekos Lazarou CYP flagathlete Emanuel Moser LIE rowspan 2 Half middleweight 81 kg ref name Men Individual Results ref rowspan 2 flagathlete Denis Barboni LUX rowspan 2 flagathlete Hermann Unnarsson ISL flagathlete Luca Bonfini SMR flagathlete Andreas Trikomitis CYP rowspan 2 Middleweight 90 kg ref name Men Individual Results ref rowspan 2 flagathlete Denis Leider LUX rowspan 2 flagathlete Mirko Kaiser LIE flagathlete David Berardi MON flagathlete Aleksandar Manev CYP Half heavyweight 100 kg ref name Men Individual Results ref flagathlete Georges Simon LUX flagathlete Thorvaldur Blondal ISL flagathlete Franck Vatan MON Heavyweight 100 kg ref name Men Individual Results ref flagathlete Thormodur Arni Jonsson ISL flagathlete Francois Laudrin MON flagathlete Micah Dahlem LUX Women s events MedalistTable type Event Half lightweight 52 kg ref name Women Individual Results http www.liegames2011.li Portals 20 contortionistUniverses 2605 rsc Event ergebnissePdf GSSE 202011 20LieGames 20Women 20Final 20Results 4.pdf Women s Individual Results ref flagathlete Marie Muller LUX flagathlete Yamina Allag MON flagathlete Pinelopi Stavrinou CYP Lightweight 57 kg ref name Women ... more details
Image Olav den helliges saga Skalden Berse C. Krogh.jpg right thumb 250px Bersi in chains after being captured by King l fr Haraldsson Bersi Sk ldtorfuson ref The names can be represented or Anglicized as Bersi Bessi Berse Besse Sk ld Torfuson Sk ldtorfuson Skald Torfuson Skaldtorfuson Torfuson Torfasson Torfason. ref was an Icelandic skald , active around the year 1000. He was a court poet to Earl Sveinn H konarson . During the Battle of Nesjar he was captured by King Olaf II of Norway l fr Haraldsson s forces. In captivity he composed three of his four stanzas which have come down to us. Hr rs batt heilan l a hagkennanda enna, en snarr ki sl ku svarat unnum v r gunnar or seldum au elda thau rs bo a, trau ir, knarrar, hapts, sem keyptak, kynst rs, at vi brynju. Sveins raunir hefk s nar snart rekninga bjartar ars svaltungur sungu saman f rum v r, st rar elds, munk eigi fylgja t, hr bo i, s an, hests, at hverjum kosti, hranna, d rra manni. ref Eysteinn Bj rnsson translates http www.hi.is eybjorn ugm kennings bersi2.html I will never again, under no circumstance, follow a greater leader than this storm herald of fire of horse of waves. ref Kr pk eigi sv , sveigir s ra linns ri b um l tinn ta ndur r til handa , at herstefnir hafnak hei mildr e a lei umk, ungr kunnak, ar, r ngvi nn, hollvini m na. Finnur J nsson s edition ref Here taken from Eysteinn Bj rnsson s online edition of the skaldic corpus. http www.hi.is eybjorn ugm skindex bers1.html ref Thou badest this eager Worshipper of poetry ref The original has hagkennandi hr rs , a kenning for poet . ref farewell, And we could answer The same, O strife wont warrior It listed me not to be delayed Longer therefore I sold To the noble born giver of gold ref name 1 7 The original kenning is bo i elda thau rs knarrar herald of the fire of the outer land of the kn rr , i.e. herald of the fire of the sea , i.e. herald of the gold , i.e. generous man . Hollander substitutes a kenning referring to ... more details
Cotys VIII redirects here. Cotys III , also known in dynastic terms as Cotys VIII ref http www.tyndalehouse.com egypt ptolemies cleopatra vii.htm Ptolemaic Genealogy Cleopatra VII, Footnote 42 ref Ancient Greek , flourished second half of 1st century BC & first half of 1st century, died 19 was the Sapaean Ancient Rome Roman client king of eastern Thrace from 12 to 19. ref name Bunson cite book last Bunson first Matthew title Encyclopedia of the Roman empire year 2002 publisher Infobase Publishing isbn 9780816045624 pages 155 url http books.google.com.au books?id T5tic2VunRoC&pg PA155&dq Cotys&hl en&sa X&ei gEosT8eSC4uXiQfJ3OHCDg&redir esc y v onepage&q Cotys&f false ref Family and Origins Cotys was the son and heir of loyal Roman client rulers Rhoemetalces I ref http sitemaker.umich.edu mladjov files thracian kings.pdf Thracian Kings, University of Michigan ref and Pythodoris I of Thrace. Cotys mother is only known through surviving numismatic evidence, which bears her image and her Royal title of Queen Pythodoris . Cotys father Rhoemetalces I was a loyal ally to the first Roman Emperor Augustus . Rhoemetalces I was a direct descendant of the Thracian King Cotys I Odrysian Cotys I . Rhoemetalces I was the son of a previous Thracian King, whose name was Cotys and his mother is unknown. Rhoemetalces I was the middle son, who had an elder brother who was called Cotys and his younger brother was Rhescuporis II. Rhoemetalces I s eldest brother Cotys who was Thracian King and an ally to Roman General Pompey and sent Pompey a body of auxiliaries under his son Rhescuporis I in 48 BC, in the Roman civil war against Gaius Julius Caesar . When Rhoemetalces I s brother died, his nephew Rhescuporis I, became Thracian King. Rhoemetalces I s became the guardian to the child and son of his brother Cotys. Rhescuporis I died in 13 BC, when he was defeated and slain in battle by the Vologaeses Chief of the Thracian Bessi, who was a leader in the revolt against the Romans in that ... more details
Infobox monarch name Leo I full name Flavius Valerius Leo Augustus title Eastern Roman Emperor Emperor of the Byzantine Empire image Leo I Louvre Ma1012 n2.jpg caption Imperial portrait of Leo I br at the Louvre Museum reign 457 474 predecessor Marcian successor Leo II emperor Leo II coronation 7 February 457 spouse 1 Verina spouse 2 issue Ariadne empress Ariadne , Leontia daughter of Leo I Leontia , unnamed son dynasty father mother birth date 401 birth place death date death date 474 1 18 df y aged 73 death place place of burial Leo I lang la Flavius Valerius Leo Augustus 401 18 January 474 was Byzantine Emperor from 457 to 474. A native of Dacia Aureliana near historic Thrace , ref History of the later Roman Empire from the death of Theodosius I ..., Volume 1 By J. B. Bury ISBN 978 0 486 20398 0 ref he was known as Leo the Thracian lang el . Ruling the Eastern Empire for nearly 20 years from 457 to 474, Leo proved to be a capable ruler, overseeing many ambitious political and military plans, aimed mostly for the aid of the faltering Western Roman Empire and recovering its former territories. He is notable for being the first Eastern Emperor to legislate in Greek rather than Latin. ref The Inheritance of Rome, Chris Wickham, Penguin Books Ltd. 2009, ISBN 978 0 670 02098 0 page 90 ref Reign Image LeoISolidus.jpg thumb left 300px Solidus of Emperor Leo. File Roman Empire 460 AD.png thumb right 300px The Roman Empire in 460 during the reign of Leo. Born as Leo Marcellus in the year 401 to a Thraco Roman family of the Dacians Daci ref According to Candidus , F.H.G. IV, p.135 ref ref The Rome that Did Not Fall... p.174 ref or Bessi ref According to John Malalas , XIV, p.369 ref tribe , he served in the Roman army , rising to the rank of comes . He was the last of a series of emperors placed on the throne by Aspar , the Alans Alan serving as commander in chief of the army, who thought Leo would be an easy puppet ruler . Instead, Leo became more and more inde ... more details
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