2006 Class Champions: Front row, Taylor Duell - Jr. Dragster B; Middle row, Ron Smith - Pro Sled, Steve Doss - Pro, Kevin Wuest - Bike/Sled Trophy, Gene Stankivitz - Super Pro, Gene Stankivitz III - Street Money; Back row, Ken Taylor - Modified, Shean Barney - ATV, Jack Vault Jr. - Jr. Dragster A. Missing from photo: Lynn Major - Pro Bike, Rob Forbes - Pro and Carl Askenback - Street Trophy.
11•25•2006 We had a great turnout for our 2006 Awards Banquet with over 200 in attendance at The Empire Room to honor the season's points champions and top finishers. It was nice to see so many of the top finishers talk about their season and thank the people that helped them throughout the year. Here is a recap of the evening.
Super Pro was won by Gene Stankivitz of Chittenango, NY after his runner-up finish in 2005. This year Gene was on a mission going 2-for-2 in Super Pro final round appearances. 2004 Super Pro champion Vince Musolino made a run at Gene, but was unable to catch the cagey veteran.
The Pro class ended up being tied as two former champs, Steve Doss and Rob Forbes ended the season with 72 points each. Todd Lipke finished third.
"Stinger" Steve strung together 3 straight wins at the end of the season to earn the tie with Rob, who led the class for the majority of the season. Steve led the class with 5 wins in 9 final round appearances, while Rob carried a 4-2 record in his 6 final round appearances.
Lynn Major won the Pro Bike title over last year's champ Darrell Aubin. David Ashby finished in the third spot. Lynn led the class with 5 wins in 6 final round appearances.
Ron Smith kept the Pro Sled crown in the family as he finished first in the points with his '97 Polaris. His son Heath, who was last year's champ, finished fourth behind Kevin Wuest and Nick Grevelding.
Street Money was won by Gene Stankivitz III, making this the first time that a father/son duo has won ESTA Class titles. David Zangari was second and Klaus Dieroff was third.
Ken Taylor won the Modified title, while Rich Duffer and Ken Miller tied for second. One of the "W-town Boys Racing, " Kenny scored a class championship in only his second season of racing.
Carl Askenback winning the Street Trophy class is one major understatement. With a 23 point cushion over second place finisher Diane Blaylock, Carl's ultra consistent '55 Chevy carried him to 9 total wins out 12 final round appearances in 2006! Will Monroe scored an impressive third place finish in his F250 pickup.
Five-time Pro Sled champion Kevin Wuest added a sixth championship to his resume besting second place finisher, Bernie Sadowski by three points. Both drivers scored 4 wins each while David Ashby was a close third on his custom built Kawasaki.
Jack Vault, who is moving up to the big cars next season, won the Jr.Dragster "A" division out pointing Matt Bunal and Mike Phelps who finished second and third respectively. With 5 Jr. Dragster Championships, Jack graduates to the "big" car classes as the the "All-time" winningest Jr. racer.
Taylor Duell of Blossvale, NY stepped it up in 2006 with a faster ride and consistent finishes to score the inaugural Jr. Dragster "B" Division Championship. Rookie of the Year, Jake Lipke, Shaquille Scott, and Hunter Woodcock all refused to budge and settled for a 3-way tie for second place.
Special thanks were given to Kali and Samantha Balstra for their help with the 50/50, and they were given a gift certificate from D.R.A.G. for their efforts. Karstin Roseamelia, Tracy Doss and Michelle Musuraca were also recognized for their help. April Martin and Jennifer Belvick were thanked for all their help with the Bracket Finals team fund raising efforts. And the Jr. Dragster team was congratulated for their Team Spirit Award that was won at the Mason Dixon Divisional Race in August.
Thanks to everyone that came out this year in what was one of the wettest seasons we have had in recent memory. Enjoy the off season, have a safe and happy holiday season and we'll see you in the Spring for another exciting season of drag racing.


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Home»News»The 3 Issues Pompano Beach Voters Will Decide In March 2020 Referendum
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The 3 Issues Pompano Beach Voters Will Decide In March 2020 Referendum
LOCAL NEWS / July 28, 2019 / 1.9k
by Marie Puleo, Pompano Beach News Reporter
POMPANO BEACH ELECTIONS: The City Commission voted to place three questions on the ballot of the March 17, 2020 Presidential Primary election, giving Pompano Beach voters the opportunity to decide if they want the two-year terms that city commissioners serve to be increased to four-year terms, if the terms of city commissioners should be staggered, and if municipal elections should be held in March, rather than in November.
The three issues, approved by the Commission at its July 23 meeting, must be decided by voters in a referendum because they involve amending the City charter. Each of the proposed amendments can stand alone, and must be approved by a majority of the voters.
Staggering the terms of city commissioners is the provision the Commission considers most important in changing the Pompano Beach elections process.
It is needed to avoid a situation where all commission seats are up for grabs at the same time, which has happened in recent elections. The staggering will maintain "continuity of leadership at the commission level," said Mayor Rex Hardin.
In order to stagger election years for commissioners, commissioners from odd-numbered districts who are elected at the next scheduled municipal election would have an initial term of three years, and then all commissioners elected in future elections would have terms of equal length, either of two years or four years, depending on what voters decide. The term length of the Mayor-at-Large seat would remain four years.
The proposal to transition all future municipal elections from November to the first Tuesday of March would be accomplished by moving the next scheduled municipal general election in November of 2020 to March of 2021, and by extending the current terms of the mayor and commissioners from November of 2020 to March of 2021.
Some commissioners and residents voiced concern that a significant number of voters would be "disenfranchised" if the three questions were placed on the ballot of the March 17, 2020 Presidential Primary election and not the November 2020 presidential election.
It was noted that in the Presidential Primary, Independent voters cannot vote for the Democrat or Republican candidates, and Republicans might not turn out because their president will likely be their nominee. However, Democrats will have numerous candidates on the ballot.
Hardin said he supported having the referendum in March 2020, rather than during the presidential election in November, because the ballot questions are important and should be put forth as soon as possible, and it was not intended to limit in any way the number of voters.
"The public has the absolute voice here," he said. "Whether they consider it important or not to come out and vote, that's up to them."
In 2008, Pompano Beach elections for city offices were moved from March to November. Hardin explained that he was part of the genesis to bring about that change.
"I felt that was a better option to get more people out there," said Hardin.
While having municipal elections in November did draw more voters, "it is much more difficult for anyone who wants to run for public office to run against an incumbent in a November election," said Hardin, because there is a tendency to vote for the familiar.
It is also a larger burden for a challenger to come forward, because it is much more expensive to run in November.
"But I'm more focused on the challenger aspect in March, so that's why I support that," said Hardin.
On July 9, the Commission voted unanimously on first reading to hold the referendum on the charter amendments. At the second reading on July 23, Commissioner Beverly Perkins said she was casting a 'no' vote because she is "strongly for term limits, and that's not listed on the ballot." Perkins said the Commission should also reconsider having local Pompano Beach elections in November to get a higher voter turnout.
The cost to the City to hold the special municipal election on March 17, 2020 will be $55,000. The City Clerk said that if the City held a stand-alone special election, it would result in tripling the expense, because there would be no shared costs with the County's scheduled elections.
The Commission was in agreement that an education campaign should be conducted to make sure voters are aware that Pompano Beach will have three charter amendments on the ballot.
For both the March and November Pompano Beach elections in 2020, voters will be able to use what the Supervisor of Elections refers to as a Mail ballot, which takes the place of the Absentee ballot.
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Barf BagWelcome to Barf Bag, a daily politics roundup to help you sort through the chaotic Trumpian news cycle.
Today's lessons: It takes two to tango, and Australians have more fun.
Here's all the shit we couldn't cover today:
Responding to Christian Bale's Golden Globes speech, in which the actor said that his portrayal of Dick Cheney was inspired by Satan, Cheney's daughter, Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney said this: "Look, I would just say that Christian Bale finally had the chance to play a real superhero, and he clearly screwed it up." Good one, Liz. [Washington Post]
Ruth Bader Ginsburg has missed oral arguments for the third day in a row. Before this week, she had never missed a day in court in her 25-year Supreme Court tenure. [Talking Points Memo]
A Virginia study has found that middle school students in Trump-voting districts reported 18 percent more cases of bullying than districts where Clinton won, and kids were 9 percent more likely be mocked on basis of race or ethnicity. [NPR]
Newly elected Rep. Ayanna Pressley brought the fire against Donald Trump in her first House floor speech, rising "in opposition to the occupant of the White House" and calling on him to start paying federal workers again. [CSPAN/Kumar Rao Twitter]
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is expected to resign from the Justice Department, where he oversees the Mueller investigation, after incoming Attorney General Willam Barr assumes office. [CNN]
One week after California enacted a law that require police to release records involving an officer's use of a firearm or Taser—which were previously private—the San Mateo County District Attorney's office has reopened an investigation into an officer who, records revealed, tracked down a suspect and attempted to help her with her DUI case in exchange for sex. [East Bay Times]
The Trump administration claims that Americans will have food stamps through February, despite the partial government shutdown. [Washington Post]
That assurance does little, though, for the thousands of workers who aren't getting paid as a result of the shutdown. [The Nation]
Also, the FDA hasn't been able to inspect your food as thoroughly. [Washington Post]
Trump threatened to cut emergency funding to fight California's forest fires. [Washington Post]
The National Treasury Employees Union, which represents 400,000 federal employees, is suing the Trump administration over missed paychecks amid the shutdown. [Washington Post] Border Protection officer's union is suing Trump over
An attorney for the man accused of plotting the Sept. 11 attacks alleges that CIA Director Gina Haspel ran a secret agency outpost at the Guantánamo detention facility post-9/11. [McClatchy DC]
Los Angeles teachers are planning to go on strike on Jan. 14. [Twitter/Randi Weingarten]
Beto O'Rourke is seriously considering a presidential bid. [Politico]
A European gambling site has lost thousands of dollars because people bet, correctly, that Donald Trump was going to lie a shitton during his immigration speech on Tuesday night. [BuzzFeed News]
Here's a quote from a Trump voter who is critical of him now that she's hurt by the shutdown: "I thought he was going to do good things. He's not hurting the people he needs to be hurting." [New York Times]
Donald Trump has nominated former coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler as as the new administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. [HuffPost]
Here are some tweets the president was allowed to publish:
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Is this your next midsize SUV?
After much anticipation, Nissan has finally lifted the veil off of its new midsize SUV. The Terra has just been launched in China.
The body-on-frame 4x4 SUV sports a beefy, Patrol-inspired body that befits a vehicle its size. Up front is the signature V-Motion grille adorned with boomerang headlamps. Muscular haunches run along the sides. In the rear, there are similar boomerang headlamps, while 18-inch alloys round off the exterior package. Ground clearance sits at 225mm.
Inside, there's room to seat five comfortably, and Nissan says it has more rear space and loading capacity than any other competitor. 'High-spec technologies' have been used to reduce NVH levels, and smartphone mirroring is available via the display monitor. Like all new Nissans, the Terra is equipped with the Nissan Intelligent Mobility suite of safety features.
"The Nissan Terra builds on our strong SUV heritage while incorporating the needs of the Asian customer and the performance of our refined frame vehicles," said Ashwani Gupta, senior VP of Nissan's light commercial vehicle division. "The Terra is a descendant of the Nissan Patrol, our tough off-road icon originally designed for police and military use."
The China-spec Terra gets a four-cylinder gasoline powertrain with 180hp and and 251Nm. Color options include Gold Metallic, White Pearl, Brown Pearl Metallic, Silver Metallic, Black Solid, and Red Solid.
Nissan says that the Terra will come to select other markets in Asia later this year. The question is, are we on that list?


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Stu Cowan: Don't bet against the Canadiens' Brendan Gallagher
Stu Cowan, Montreal Gazette · Postmedia News | Posted: March 16, 2022, 6:30 p.m. | Updated: March 16, 2022, 8:50 p.m. | 5 Min Read
Montreal Canadiens right-wing Brendan Gallagher skates off the ice with linesman Michel Cormier during the third period in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup final against the Tampa Bay Lightning, on June 28, 2021, in Tampa, Fla.
Brendan Gallagher will never give up.
So I wasn't surprised how he answered my question after the Canadiens lost 6-3 to the Arizona Coyotes Tuesday night at the Bell Centre.
The Canadiens fell behind 5-1 before Cole Caufield scored twice in eight seconds late in the second period, putting them back in the game. The Canadiens kept fighting until an empty-netter in the third period sealed the win for the Coyotes.
In the previous two games, the Canadiens fought back from a 3-1 third-period deficit against the Seattle Kraken Saturday at the Bell Centre before losing 4-3 in a shootout and battled back from a 3-2 deficit in the third period Sunday in Philadelphia before beating the Flyers 4-3 in overtime.
The Canadiens' transformation since Martin St. Louis took over as head coach from Dominique Ducharme has been remarkable. They were 8-30-7 under Ducharme and are 8-6-1 with St. Louis. They also don't give up, like they did in Ducharme's last game as head coach — an embarrassing 7-1 loss to the New Jersey Devils at the Bell Centre on Feb. 8.
I asked Gallagher Tuesday night if he could explain the transformation.
"I'll correct you a little bit," Gallagher said. "I'll never use the words 'give up' because we're professional athletes with a lot of pride. But I know what you're saying. We didn't find a way to claw back in and a lot of that is just belief. Now we're at the point where we've done it a couple of times and we have so much trust in what we're doing and we've seen the results that when you do get behind — because you've been able to do it before — you always believe you can come back.
"When things aren't going well and aren't going your way — as much as you say it, as much as you want to be able to do it — when that belief isn't there, you don't stand a chance. I'll never say that guys were giving up or quitting. I think we're just playing better hockey."
This has been a difficult season for Gallagher, who has 5-9-14 totals in 42 games and has only one goal in his last 23 games. It's also the first season of a six-year, US$39-million contract for the 29-year-old with an annual salary-cap hit of $6.5 million — the highest of any forward on the team. Gallagher also has a no-trade clause that allows his to submit a list of six teams he won't go to.
Nick Suzuki will surpass Gallagher as the highest-paid forward on the Canadiens next season when his eight-year, US$63-million contract kicks in with a salary-cap hit of $7.875 million.
That's if Gallagher is still with the Canadiens.
In a one-on-one interview with Sportsnet's Eric Engels last week , Canadiens GM Kent Hughes was asked about Gallagher's status ahead of Monday's NHL trade deadline.
"I don't really have much to say about Gally," Hughes said. "He's been a big contributor to this organization for a long time, and he has a long-term contract. He works like crazy. When you look at him, he missed a few great chances, but he's averaging close to 30 career goals a season."
Gallagher had back-to-back 30-goal seasons in 2017-18 and 2018-19 without missing a game. He was on pace for a third straight 30-goal season in 2019-20 with 15 goals in 40 games before suffering a concussion, which ended his streak of playing in 229 consecutive games. Gallagher finished that season with 22 goals in 59 games.
Gallagher was underpaid during that period with a $3.75 million salary-cap hit on a six-year, US$22.5-million contract, but he never complained. He has earned every dollar he has made in the NHL with 100-per-cent effort every night. His new contract rewarded him for what he had done in the past, but the question now is what can he do in the future?
Hughes would be smart to shop Gallagher around to see what he can get before Monday, because it certainly looks like he's on the downside of his career. However, I'm not ready to bet against Gallagher being able to bounce back. People have been betting against the 5-foot-9 winger because of his size since he started playing hockey.
Gallagher battled through a groin injury during the Canadiens' run to the Stanley Cup final last season. The image of him leaving the ice during Game 1 against Tampa Bay with blood gushing down his face after having his head smashed into the ice during a scuffle with Lightning defenceman Mikhail Sergachev epitomizes Gallagher's career with the Canadiens. He has shed a lot of blood for the bleu-blanc-rouge.
Gallagher is a workout freak and the short off-season after playing through a groin injury didn't help him coming into this season. Neither did the loss of centre Phillip Danault to the Los Angeles Kings.
With a longer off-season this summer and the proper time to work out, I wouldn't be surprised to see Gallagher bounce back next season, whether it's with the Canadiens or another team.
It would be nice to see — wherever he's playing.
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Time that I used to spend blowing my nose or epilating or poking at my cuticles with a paper clip (or any number of small-but-life-affirming body admin) is now cruelly taken from me by the never-ending need to write my daughter's surname on Tupperware with a Sharpie.
Apparently, my salvation from the marauding plastic thieves in pre-school is here in the form of the Stamptastic.
Stamptastic is a naming stamp (made in the UK!) designed to work on just about everything. The manufacturers promise that the stamp will work on fabric, metal, wood and plastic – and that the ink will last wash after wash.
When my review stamp arrived I was extremely excited: this is just the sort of nerdish thing I love. First, because ensuring every single item my daughter uses for school is labelled appeals to the alphabetiser in me and second, because stamping things is FUN.
The stamp is clear plastic to make it easier to see what you're doing. The kit comes in a nice little resealable foil bag to keep the ink fresh and the pad is an attractive greeny colour, making the whole thing even more pleasing to me.
But does the Stamptastic work?
It's easy to stamp; the ink dries quickly and stayed put on everything I tried it on. It lasted on clothes in the washing machine, although it does fade eventually, obliging you to do a top up.
It didn't do so well on that pesky Tupperware, however. I found it faded a lot by the third go through the dishwasher. It clings on the best it can, but it's certainly not a permanent solution to a life spent labelling. It IS, however, a significant improvement on the Sharpie.
When it comes to naming things like scissors, rulers and other things that don't require regular trips to the dishwasher or washing machine, the Stamptastic really is a useful product. If you want something a bit more permanent for clothes, you'll probably find something like the Attach-a-Tag a longer-term – if more expensive – solution.
Stamptastic stamps start at £16.99 including an inkpad.


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Owner Abramovich still passionate about Chelsea, says Luiz
By Reuters News Service May 15, 2019 0140
Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich ran into problems renewing his British visa last year amid tensions between the two countries and he has not been seen at Chelsea's matches this season
Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is still passionate about the Premier League club and tries his best to be involved on a daily basis despite his long-term absence at Stamford Bridge, defender David Luiz has said.
Russian billionaire Abramovich ran into problems renewing his British visa last year amid tensions between the two countries and he has not been seen at Chelsea's matches this season.
British media reports indicated Abramovich had grown weary and even looked to sell the club but Luiz said the 52-year-old had not lost his hunger for success after speaking with him prior to renewing his Chelsea contract last week.
"I had the opportunity to talk with him last week to decide my future," Luiz told The Daily Mail. "He loves the club and everything that is inside the club, not just the people. He wants to win everything, he wants to do more.
"It's difficult for him, he has been away but his heart is here. He tries to be involved every single day. He's still really passionate for the club. He has the same hunger, thinking about winning. He doesn't want to lose energy.
"He's the one who built Chelsea — everything at Chelsea changed because of him. The results speak for themselves, 15 trophies in 15 years."
Chelsea finished third under Maurizio Sarri to return to the Champions League and Luiz said the London club has exceeded pre-season expectations as they look to finish the campaign with a Europa League trophy when they face Arsenal in Baku on May 29.
"We did amazing, especially with the first year for a new coach," Luiz said. "Nobody expected Chelsea to finish third. Everybody thought we were going to be out of the Champions League.
"We're fighting for the Europa League and we lost the League Cup on penalties, a competition where we beat Liverpool and Tottenham and were the better side against Manchester City in the final."
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Surfex wipes are industrial grade disposable cleaning cloths impregnated with 70% Isopropyl Alcohol. The strong and durable wipes are the industries leading product for precision cleaning and degreasing of surfaces and components.
Surfex have superb antibacterial cleaning properties, killing bacteria in less than one minute, making them ideal for multi-surfaces sanitisation. Combine this with the fast evaporating, non-smearing liquid formulation and it's easy to see why Surfex becomes an essential product to have at hand in so many working environments.
Where can Surfex be used?
Surfex wipes can be used in a whole host of bespoke industrial applications. As a precision cleaning product in the electronics market; in hospitals, dental surgeries and veterinary environments as an anti-bacterial agent and in food processing plants and clean rooms to achieve maximum levels of cleanliness.
Surfex is completely miscible with water and can be combined with other solutions to manufacture products with unique properties. These blends produce fantastic results and make Surfex even more versatile. These Surfex 'hybrids' are excellent for use in sports and leisure facilities; hair and beauty salons; cafés, bars and restaurants and busy workplace offices.
So, whenever and wherever you need to achieve optimum levels of hygiene with minimal effort and mess, Surfex is the right choice for you.
What is the science behind Surfex?
When 70% Isopropyl Alcohol, or propan-2-ol, comes in to contact with bacteria the 30% water content helps the alcohol permeate through the bacteria's structure. The alcohol then causes the proteins of the bacteria to denature and coagulate, or more simply, lose their structure. This loss of structure is what causes the bacteria to die.
Essentially, Isopropyl Alcohol (C3H8O) is more volatile i.e. has a lower boiling point, than water (H20). IPA has a higher molecular weight than water, but has extremely weak hydrogen bonds in comparison. It is IPA's inability to maintain these hydrogen bonds at lower temperatures that causes it to evaporate quickly.


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It's true that no matter who you are, everybody is just a little bit weird and our practically universal love of fantasy and sci-fi programmes and films these days pretty much proves that. From TV programmes like Outlander to Vikings and Doctor Who, to the Big Bang Theory and Stranger Things and of course the mother of all epic fantasy series, Game of Thrones as well film franchises like Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings, it has never been cooler to be a geek. And what better way to show off your love off a fantasy programme or film than with your fashion choices.
Thanks to the internet it is now easier than ever to find quirky pieces that will prove your fan-status to the world and particularly with huge franchises like Harry Potter it can be really difficult to know exactly where to start and what to choose. Whether it is for you or for a great gift, the choice is never-ending if you know where to look. And the great thing is that no matter what your budget you can always find something to suit; all of the following pieces we found on eBay, and if you love a bargain, then click on the link to see if you can save when you shop online: https://www.groupon.com.au/vouchers/stores/ebay.com.au Read on to find out our top picks.
So the last book and the last film may have been out for pretty much ages now, but our huge love of Harry Potter shows no signs of dying off. For something subtle and practical we absolutely love this bag which is the epitome of Hogwarts chic which totally should be a thing if it isn't already! Despite looking like it's made of dragon's leather and that you pinched it off a student (probably a Hufflepuff), this bag is surprisingly cheap, costing around $17!
So 'Winter is coming' has to be the most famous line to have come out of the Game of Thrones series and even non-fans would have had to have been living under a rock to miss this one! So inevitably this House of Stark jumper with the iconic wolf emblem and the saying is going to be an instant hit with any GoT fan. Available in a wide range of colours from white to black and pretty much everything in between, for a gift you can even pick their favourite colour.
The Big Bang Theory has been one of the most popular comedy TV series for a while now, and this American sitcom with its full-fledged geeks is set to remain so. With the painfully nerdy characters and laughs you can find in just a half hour show, The Big Bang Theory has legions of fans throughout the world. So what better way to state your love for the show than with this T-shirt which is reference to the song that Sheldon is always insisting that Penny sings for him. Costing less than $10 and available for both men and women this T-shirt is cute whether you get the reference or not!


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Why You Shouldn't Sleep on Jonah Hill's Style
The actor is on a style hot streak thanks to streetwear tees and high-fashion statement pieces.
By Jake Woolf
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A few years ago, Jonah Hill's name would not have been on a shortlist of A-list actors making a mark in the style game. But in 2016, Hill is not only one of the best actors in the biz ("Jonah, you're an Academy Award–winning actor!" as Danny McBride noted in This Is the End), but also one who seems to have his finger on the pulse of what cool kids are wearing in cities across the country.
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In his everyday life, Hill basically is a living, breathing version of the second-floor T-shirt shop at New York's Dover Street Market. His favorite tees are from Generation Snapchat™–favored brands like Palace, Know Wave, Bianca Chandôn, Richardson Hardware, and Fucking Awesome, all of which are imprints with skateboarding roots. (And if you think Hill is just an Internet poseur, think again: When it comes to skateboarding, he actually knows his shit.) He also fancies himself a pair of rare sneakers, whether they're Palace x Reebok Classics, velvet Saint Laurents, or Yeezys.
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Is this what they call High Fantasy?
March 9, 2015 11:40 AM Subscribe
I'm looking for book recommendations that will get me as close to an experience as reading Tolkein as possible. I haven't read much fantasy for at least 15 years, but I have a pretty good sense of what I like. I want: a huge world with an ancient mythology, as big a sense of history, language, culture, as possible. I don't want: much violence or thrilling action, I don't care much about characterization or story beats, or accessible writing. Really, as close as I can get to a dense anthropological examination of fantasy world's geography, myth, and legend as I can get.
I don't care for the Wheel of Time or Game of Thrones series.
posted by Think_Long to Writing & Language (32 answers total) 27 users marked this as a favorite
I don't remember too much violence in The Inheritance Trilogy, and I think otherwise it meets your criteria.
posted by leesh at 11:44 AM on March 9, 2015
Try E.R. Eddison--The Worm Ouroboros and the Zimiamvian Trilogy. These are the highest of high fantasy, and they are definitely more interested in high myth than thrilling action.
posted by librosegretti at 11:49 AM on March 9, 2015
Maybe R. Scott Bakker and the Prince of Nothing Trilogy.
posted by traveltheworld at 11:55 AM on March 9, 2015
It doesn't meet your wish-points precisely. But for something as close to Tolkien as possible, you might try Guy Gavriel Kay's Fionavar Tapestry. Kay was the graduate student who edited the Silmarillion into its published form. Fionavar was what he wrote after, and it definitely carries the imprint. It's similar and different, and I love it for both.
posted by solitary dancer at 11:57 AM on March 9, 2015 [13 favorites]
Have you read the Earthsea novels by Ursula LeGuin?
posted by feste at 12:01 PM on March 9, 2015 [5 favorites]
How about a history book? All of the wars and politics of Rome and the various Barbarians is pretty Tolkein-esque if you think about it. But, you know, real.
posted by cmoj at 12:03 PM on March 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
You might enjoy the Gormenghast trilogy by Mervyn Peake. It's not the same kind of fantasy as Tolkien - no elves or swords or quests - but it has the same feeling of the weight of history and tradition.
posted by darchildre at 12:04 PM on March 9, 2015 [6 favorites]
Oh! And if you want anthropology, try Always Coming Home by Ursula LeGuin.
The Lightbringer series, maybe.
The Gentleman Bastard series by Scott Lynch
posted by peanut_mcgillicuty at 12:08 PM on March 9, 2015
Steven Erikson's Malazan Book of the Fallen series will likely fit the bill. It's about an incredibly rich, dense, intense world that he developed with his friends as part of a D&D-like tabletop game.
posted by sockermom at 12:08 PM on March 9, 2015 [5 favorites]
You say "a dense anthropological examination" but I don't really think Tolkien has that sort of distance, except maybe in the Silmarion. It's written more as a myth than as a cultural examination in a more modern sense.
If you are looking for a writer whose work "feels" like Tolkien, ER Eddison as mentioned above is a good choice. I'd also really recommend trying Lord Dunsany, particularly "The King of Elfland's Daughter" which scratches that itch for me.
If you are really looking for the cultural examination above all... kind of a weird recommend, but maybe "Always Coming Home" by Le Guin? It's sort of SF, but it's a really detailed and almost plot-free examination of a low-tech culture. It even has the same sort of occasional little drawings that Tolkien liked to put in.
Maybe R. Scott Bakker and the Prince of Nothing Trilogy
Doesn't work, LOTS of violence. If you don't like GoT there is essentially no chance you'll like this.
Honestly I'm not sure most modern recommends will work.. they have a fast paced conversational style that feels incredibly different from Tolkien.
PS: wow, beaten on the Always coming home recommend.
posted by selfnoise at 12:10 PM on March 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
The Malazan Book of the Fallen is definitely what you're looking for in every respect, except on occasion the violence. It's not that regular, and it does have such an amazing impact that it doesn't feel gratuitous, but Erikson does come up with some pretty grim climax scenes and plot turns.
posted by protorp at 12:15 PM on March 9, 2015 [2 favorites]
I guess this is as good a way to describe it as any. I don't mean "anthropological" in the sense of systematic analysis, but in the way that Tolkein seemed to be way more into his world than he was into writing a conventional novel.
Sci Fi recs would be fine as well.
posted by Think_Long at 12:19 PM on March 9, 2015
The first thing that comes to mind for "huge world with lots of history and myth" is Sherwood Smith's Sartorias novels. There's a Wiki here with a list of the books and stories she has written in this setting. She has a developed a detailed history that covers thousands of years, including language and technological changes, magic, and myth.
Many of her stories involve politics rather than war, but there are definitely occasional battles (the more battle-heavy books are the Inda series). I've been reading her stuff for some years, and I'm still finding myself confused by the depth of the cosmos she has created.
I would also recommend Kate Elliott's Crown of Stars novels, which is a more traditional fantasy series. Long and complicated with a dense backstory and a real sense of the history of the world in question. There is violence, but it's not solely focused on the battles.
posted by suelac at 12:20 PM on March 9, 2015 [2 favorites]
Raymond E. Feist's series are so close to Tolkein that the first couple may as well be straight rip-offs. If you can stand the fact that the first couple of books have plot elements copies almost verbatim from the Lord of the Rings series, they get pretty decent.
posted by General Malaise at 12:21 PM on March 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
I wonder whether fantasy role-playing game sourcebooks might scratch this itch as well as novels. They are basically nothing but history, language, culture, climate, etc. The most deeply-developed world I know of is Hârn.
posted by dfan at 12:28 PM on March 9, 2015 [4 favorites]
The "Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn" trilogy (well, 4 books in paperback) by Tad Williams has a lot of what you are looking for. Definitely a classic "epic fantasy" with a quilt of nations and cultures and fantastic races, ancient magics, and so forth.
Patrick Rothfuss' Kingkiller Chronicle might also fit the bill. While the story is much more personal and some parts of the world are not very much examined, there is a deep exploration of the mythology and legend of the world.
And if you want a really long series, you could try Robert Jordan's Eye of the World.
posted by tracer at 12:39 PM on March 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
Yeah, there is definitely some violence in the Malazan series, sorry - I meant to mention that in my original comment. But it doesn't feel gratuitous; it feels necessary as part of the world-building. Unfortunately, I think it's actually going to be hard to find really rich worlds where there aren't descriptions of violence; people are inherently violent, as sad as that is.
posted by sockermom at 12:48 PM on March 9, 2015
Echoing recommendations for both Tad Williams and Guy Gavriel Kay. With Williams, you might also want to try the Otherworld series, which is pretty explicitly about deep worldbuilding.
posted by feckless fecal fear mongering at 1:07 PM on March 9, 2015 [3 favorites]
Bridge of Birds - Barry Hughart. There's going to be some adventure, sure, and even a bit of daring-do, but not much violence and a very, very deep look at a mythic China that never was.
posted by robocop is bleeding at 1:10 PM on March 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
Oh, another book you might like is Kalpa Imperial by Angelica Gorodischer. It's a series of short stories about an imaginary empire and has a slower, less plot-driven pace. It's really lovely.
posted by selfnoise at 1:17 PM on March 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
Seconding Jemisin, seconding Scott Lynch with the caveat that I loved the deep worldbuilding but the twist/reveal-driven plot made me tear my hair out.
You might enjoy Lois Bujold's Chalion series, specifically for how developed the religious mythos is. The rest of the world is not that sprawling and also unashamedly based on 15th-16th century Spain.
Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossessed has some great worldbuilding; including one of the only deeply thought out examples of an anarchist society I can think of off-hand, though it'd probably be considered scifi more than fantasy.
Shogun, by James Clavell could be considered good worldbuilding, but is of course historical fiction based on actual Japanese history. If you're unfamiliar with Japanese history/culture the effect might be the same?
And of course if you really want to have fun you can always start building your own world. After all, LotR only happened because Tolkien the philologist and linguist wanted to give his invented languages the realism and depth that can only be gained through naturalistic historical evolution.
posted by Wretch729 at 1:47 PM on March 9, 2015 [2 favorites]
The biggest Tolkien fan I know also has a PhD in Anglo-Saxon literature & language. She loves Tolkien because his work reminds her of the ancient sagas that they both studied.
Have you read Beowulf? or, for fewer monsters, but more politics, Egil's Saga? I'm fond of the The Greenland Saga myself. Lots of sagas.
Or, for vast mythos: How about the Prose Edda or the Poetic Edda?
posted by jb at 1:53 PM on March 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
You may also dig Janny Wurts (who co-wrote a series with Feist). Her Wars of Light and Shadow series (which I can't believe isn't done yet!) is pretty intense with her world's mythology and history.
posted by General Malaise at 2:11 PM on March 9, 2015
One of my favorite young adult series is Monster-Blood Tattoo by DM Cornish. It's an engrossing adventure romp without too much violence (despite the gory name) -- and sometimes you get the feeling that the whole series is really just an excuse for the maps, glossaries and illustrations (all by the author). One thing that puts some people off is the language -- there are many invented words and strange phrasings (you can get a sense of it in the "Explicarium" on the series' website), but for me it greatly adds in the worldbuilding feel of the books.
posted by Rock Steady at 2:18 PM on March 9, 2015
Nthing gaming source books, Luke pathfinder or dungeons and dragons. Malazan was written by an anthropologist, but it's jaw droppingly violent and almost wholly gratuitous. There are literally cities full of corpses, there's a house with so many dead people in it, the house literally explodes from corpses. Violence, including sexual, is an integral party of the first four books that I've read. It's the primary motivator and characterisation for most of the characters. It's far more violent than game of thrones. But the books are anthropological.
You might like Daniel Abraham's long price quartet. Nthing Kay.
posted by smoke at 3:19 PM on March 9, 2015
It doesn't exactly fit all of your criteria but it's so good I'm going to recommend it anyway: try Jack Vance's Lyonesse trilogy if you can find it.
It takes place among the Elder Isles, a fictional island chain now sunk beneath the waves, but at the time of the story south of Britain and west of France. Vance clearly enjoyed the world creation element, having created the Elder Isles with a past, present, and future in mind, and then having populated it with interesting and unique personalities.
The overall effect is somewhere between Arthurian legends and fairy tales, drawing from the best elements of both traditions.
posted by Nerd of the North at 3:48 PM on March 9, 2015 [2 favorites]
Gene Wolfe, Book of the New Sun. Be prepared to think a LOT about the crazy far-future setting.
posted by nicolas léonard sadi carnot at 4:34 PM on March 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
For some reason this question makes me thank of Patricia McKillip and the Riddle-Master trilogy. Fabulous books.
posted by N-stoff at 12:58 AM on March 10, 2015
Stephen Donaldson's 'Chronicles of Thomas Covenant' sucked me right in. As it says on the wikipedioa page linked above:
"The contextual richness of the Land's varied geography, races, cultures and history enables all three series of the Chronicles to explore and expand upon an increasingly diverse and storied environment."
Still gets me when I re-read the first six books, even now.
posted by muckybob at 5:16 AM on March 10, 2015 [1 favorite]
Robin Hobb's books... for most cohesive experience, I'd recommend reading in this order:
Farseer Trilogy, Tawny Man Trilogy, LiveShip Trilogy, RainWild Books, then the new Fitz and the Fool books that are in-progress. The LiveShip books actually happen chronologically between the Farseer and Tawny Man books, and can be read there - but you'll understand more about what's going on in the wider world if you read them after Tawny Man, instead of before.
posted by stormyteal at 9:50 AM on March 10, 2015
Thanks all, these are all great suggestions!*
*I presume, since I haven't actually read them yet
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Izaak Walton/The Compleat Angler
A 5 page analysis of the seventeenth century classic that mixes philosophical musings on nature with advice on how to catch fish. In the mid-seventeenth century, author Izaak Walton witnessed the English civil war with a rising sense of horror. A firm Royalist, Walton reported that the 'malice and madness' was 'scarce credible, but I saw it' (4). To provide himself and his friends with a 'recreative distraction' during this period of awful public turmoil, Walton composed The Compleat Angler, which was first published in 1653 (8). 'Angling' is, of course, the art of fishing, and in detailing his considerable knowledge on this subject, Walton offered his readers a pastoral retreat from the political pressures of the day. No additional sources cited.
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Orthopedic Sports Medicine
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Nintendo smashed its own profits record once again
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Nintendo is unwavering in its readiness for a few brand staples: Mario content, nostalgia, and record-breaking sales. The company has once again proven its ability to one-up itself (pun intended) with operating profits above and beyond its past records.
For the 2020 fiscal year, Nintendo reported profits of ¥679 billion, which amounts to about $6.2 billion. That's $1.6 billion higher than Nintendo's previous record of $4.6 billion in profits for 2018. Even given Nintendo's penchant for profitability, those numbers are remarkable.
Indeed, Nintendo's record-breaking year of sales will not be shocking for those who have followed along with Nintendo's sales figures; the company sold 11.57 million Switch consoles during the fourth quarter of 2020 alone. Now the trick will be keeping those sales numbers up in the face of supply chain issues and steep next-gen competition.
Thanks, Switch — Nintendo's current-gen console has been consistently popular since its release in 2017; pandemic stay-at-home orders only served to renew interest in the Switch, with titles like Animal Crossing: New Horizons fueling a Switch frenzy around the world. Nintendo has now sold nearly 85 million Switch consoles in total.
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High Prescription Drug Use and Abuse in Colleges
American college students use and abuse prescription drugs like never before. They are following in the always dangerous and sometimes deadly steps of celebrities.
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Actor Heath Ledger died from an accidental overdose of prescription medications including painkillers, anti-anxiety drugs and sleeping pills, the New York City medical examiner's office said. Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan and other "celebrities" have also been known to take these medications. Used together — and with alcohol — these drugs have an unpredictable impact, can be addictive and are sometimes fatal.
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The journal Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine recently reported that compared to college students taking prescription drugs for medical reasons, those who use medications without a prescription are more likely to abuse illegal drugs. The report also gave information on the high number of our college students using such drugs as sleep aids and anti-depressants.
Sean Esteban McCabe, Ph.D., M.S.W. (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) says that in the last decade there has been a dramatic increase in prescription rates of medications – such as stimulants, opioids, and benzodiazepines – that are likely to be abused in the United States.
"These increases are likely the result of many factors, including improved awareness regarding the signs and symptoms of several disorders, increased duration of treatment, availability of new medications and increased marketing," said Dr. McCabe. "The increases in prescription rates have raised public health concerns because of the abuse potential of these medications and high prevalence rates of non-medical use, abuse and dependence, especially among young adults 18 to 24 years of age."
Most people familiar with today's young people, the Hollywood tabloids and other information sources can readily conclude what drugs are most used and abused.
Painkillers, anti-anxiety drugs and sleeping pills are the most used and abused drugs among our college students and throughout our society, experts say.
According to Medical News Today, Dr. McCabe used a Web survey of 3,639 college students to acquire information about prescription drug use and potential drug abuse. The average age of the sample was 19.9 years. Students were asked if they used prescribed or had used without a prescription.
Students were also asked if they had experienced drug-related problems like engaging in illegal activities to obtain drugs, having withdrawal symptoms, or developing medical problems due to drug use.
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–59.9% reported medically using at least one of the four drugs with a prescription
–About 20% reported taking them without a prescription for non-medical reasons
–39.7% reported that they had used the drugs only by prescription
–4.4% used medications, but were not prescribed them
–15.8% reported using some medications, both with and without prescriptions
The researcher also found that students who reported using drugs without prescriptions were more likely to screen positive for drug abuse compared to students who never used them or who had only used them for medical reasons.
Dr. McCabe believes that physicians should be extremely careful when prescribing commonly abused drugs to college students.
"Clearly, appropriate diagnosis, treatment and therapeutic monitoring of college students who are receiving abusable prescription medications is crucial, not only to improve clinical outcomes but also to help prevent the abuse of these medications within a population that is largely responsible for its own medication management," he writes.
"Finally, any efforts aimed at reducing non-medical use of prescription drugs will have to take into consideration that these drugs are highly effective and safe medications for most patients who use them as prescribed."
There is another insidious implication of Dr. McCabe's study. If college students are taking these drugs at an alarming rate; when did they start? For most, they start down this path while in high school or before.
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Oxycodone, a painkiller, is the active ingredient in the prescription drug OxyContin. Hydrocodone, another painkiller, is often combined with acetaminophen, as in the prescription drug Vicodin. Diazepam, sold under the commercial name Valium, is used to relieve anxiety, muscle spasms, and seizures and to control agitation caused by alcohol withdrawal. Temazepam, brand name Restoril, is prescribed in the short term to help patients fall asleep and stay asleep through the night.
Alprazolam, commonly known under the brand name Xanax, is part of a class of medications called benzodiazepines used to treat anxiety disorders and panic attacks by decreasing abnormal excitement in the brain.
Doxylamine, found in common "nighttime sleep aids," is an an antihistamine that causes drowsiness as a side effect and is used in the short-term treatment of insomnia. (It is also used, in combination with decongestants, to relieve cough and cold symptoms.)
Ambian is a nightime sleep aid that is often abused and can be addictive.
The painkillers oxycodone and hydrocodone are opiates, which are dangerous when combined with anti-anxiety medicines like diazepam, alprazolam and temazepam. According to a Drug Enforcement Administration Web site, oxycodone is often abused and an acute overdose can cause respiratory arrest and death.
Diazepam is sold under the brand name Valium and alprazolam is sold under the name Xanax. Temazepam is also used as a sleep aid and sold under the name Restoril. Doxylamine, a sleep aid and antihistamine, is an active ingredient in a number of over-the-counter medications, including NyQuil.
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Jessica Baty said that her boyfriend of two years, Steven Kazmierczak, 27, had been taking Xanax, used to treat anxiety, and Ambien, a sleep agent, as well as the antidepressant Prozac. All apparently were doctor prescribed medications.
Mr. Kazmierrczak killed five students one week ago today at Northern Illinois University before he killed himself.
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CNN said that Kazmierczak had been taking the three drugs prescribed for him by his psychiatrist, prior to the Northern Illinois University killings.
We at Peace and Freedom have written about the danger of these particular drugs before. Moreover, nobody seems to know or understand what happens inside the human mind when these drugs are used in combination.
All of these drugs were found nearby the body of actor Heath Ledger after his death.
Actor Heath Ledger, 28, died January 22 at an apartment in Lower Manhattan.
Britney Spear and other troubled celebrities have also taken two or more of these drugs in combination and experienced personality changes.
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DEKALB, Ill. — Steven Kazmierczak was an academic star at Northern Illinois University. Nowhere was that more apparent than in the Cole Hall auditorium where his passion for sociology began and where he returned to carry out his deadly attack.
Teachers saw a young man eager to learn. His books were littered with tabs, highlighting thoughts he literally wanted at his fingertips.
"He was just devastatingly good, he would talk about ideas," said Jim Thomas, an emeritus professor of sociology and criminology at NIU.
That makes Kazmierczak's assault on the hall where he took his first sociology class confusing to people who knew him.
"This young man enjoyed some of the greatest satisfaction and success of his life at this institution, and why he chose to come back to here and commit this heinous crime is a mystery," NIU spokeswoman Melanie Magara said.
Last Thursday, the 27-year-old opened fire during a science lecture with a shotgun and pistols, killing five students before he committed suicide.
CNN reported Wednesday that Kazmierczak's former girlfriend, Jessica Baty, said he had been taking Xanax, Ambien and Prozac, prescribed by a psychiatrist. Xanax is an anti-anxiety drug. Prozac is an antidepressant and Ambien is a sleeping aid. Baty said that she tried to persuade him to stop taking one of them and that he stopped taking Prozac three weeks before the attack.
It's not unheard of for psychiatrists to prescribe all three drugs for one patient, and the combination isn't necessarily problematic, said Emil Coccaro, psychiatry chief at the University of Chicago Medical Center.
Baty also told CNN that Kazmierczak was "being secretive" with his computer. "When he would sit on the couch with his laptop, he would turn it away from me," she said.
Police continued searching for motives as NIU prepared to mark the first week since the deadly rampage. Beginning today at 3:06 p.m. Central Time, people will observe five minutes of silence as bells at the Holmes Student Center and area churches chime until 3:11 p.m. — one minute for each slain student.
When classes resume Monday, there will be "a significant increase" in security on campus, NIU Police Chief Donald Grady said at a news briefing Wednesday. "We're going to do everything we possibly can to make certain that not only are the students safe … but that they actually feel safe as well."
He said investigators have interviewed 100 people and examined 120 pieces of evidence.
Kazmierczak left no suicide note, Grady said.
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Erwin ist ein männlicher Vorname, der auch als Familienname gebräuchlich ist.

Herkunft und Bedeutung des Namens
Erwin ist ein zweigliedriger Rufname, der aus den germanischen Bestandteilen ARI (< protogermanisch *aria- «Adel») / JOR (> protogermanisch *eƀura- > althochdeutsch ebur > deutsch Eber oder EIR (> althochdeutsch êra > deutsch Ehre) und VIN «Freund» (> protogermanisch winiz > althochdeutsch wini gebildet wird.

Namenstag
 Ermin von Lobbes: 25. April
 29. Mai

Varianten
 Irving, Irwin (englisch); Ervin (norwegisch, schwedisch und ungarisch)

Namensträger

Vorname
 Erwin van Aaken (1904–2008), deutscher Architekt
 Erwin Albrecht (1900–1985), Richter im Dritten Reich und saarländischer Politiker
 Erwin Axer (1917–2012), polnischer Theaterregisseur
 Erwin Bälz (1849–1913), deutscher Internist und Anthropologe
 Erwin K. Bauer (* 1965), österreichischer Grafikdesigner, Landwirt und Hochschullehrer
 Erwin Bohatsch (* 1951), österreichischer Maler der neuen Wilden
 Erwin Böhme (1879–1917), deutscher Jagdflieger im Ersten Weltkrieg
 Erwin Bootz (1907–1982), deutscher Pianist und Unterhaltungskünstler
 Erwin Bowien (1899–1972), deutscher Maler und Autor.
 Erwin Blumenfeld (1897–1969), deutsch-jüdischer Fotograf
 Erwin Bünning (1906–1990), deutscher Biologe und Hochschullehrer
 Erwin Chargaff (1905–2002), österreichisch-US-amerikanischer Biochemiker und Schriftsteller
 Erwin C. Dietrich (1930–2018), Schweizer Drehbuchautor, Filmproduzent, -produktionsleiter, -regisseur und Schauspieler
 Erwin Engelbrecht (1891–1964), deutscher General
 Erwin Förschler (1913–1984), deutscher Fußballspieler
 Erwin Gehrts (1890–1943), deutscher Widerstandskämpfer, Journalist und Oberst der Luftwaffe
 Erwin Geschonneck (1906–2008), deutscher Schauspieler
 Erwin J. Haeberle (1936–2021), deutscher Sexualwissenschaftler
 Erwin Heerich (1922–2004), deutschen Bildhauer und Hochschullehrer
 Erwin Hilbert (* 1951), deutscher Maler, Buchautor und Liedermacher
 Erwin Huber (* 1946), deutscher Politiker
 Erwin Hufnagel (1940–2022), deutscher Erziehungswissenschaftler
 Erwin Iserloh (1915–1996), deutscher Kirchenhistoriker und Ökumeniker der römisch-katholischen Kirche
 Erwin Jehle (1923–2004), liechtensteinischer Skilangläufer
 Erwin Kalser (1883–1958), deutscher Schauspieler und Theaterregisseur
 Egon Erwin Kisch (1885–1948), tschechischer Journalist und Reporter
 Erwin Komenda (1904–1966), österreichischer Automobildesigner und Autokonstrukteur
 Erwin Kostedde (* 1946), deutscher Fußballspieler und -trainer
 Erwin Kreim (* 1939), deutscher Wirtschaftswissenschaftler, Bankdirektor und Unternehmensberater
 Erwin von Kreibig (1904–1961), deutscher Maler, Zeichner, Grafiker und Buchillustrator
 Erwin Kräutler (* 1939), Bischof von Altamira (Brasilien)
 Erwin Kubesch (* 1950), österreichischer Diplomat
 Erwin Lahousen (1897–1955), österreichischer Offizier und Kronzeuge bei den Nürnberger Prozessen
 Erwin Lehn (1919–2010), deutscher Musiker
 Erwin Linder (1903–1968), deutscher Schauspieler
 Erwin von Merseburg (* um 840 in vermutlich Merseburg; † vor 906 ebenda)

 Erwin Müller (Fußballspieler), deutscher Fußballspieler
 Erwin Neher (* 1944), deutscher Biophysiker und Nobelpreisträger
 Erwin Nestle (1883–1972), deutscher evangelischer Theologe
 Erwin Nievergelt (1929–2018), Schweizer Ökonom und Schachspieler
 Erwin Walter Palm (1910–1988), deutscher Philologe, Archäologe, Kunsthistoriker und Schriftsteller
 Erwin Payr (1871–1946), österreichisch-deutscher Chirurg
 Erwin Perzy (1876–1960), österreichischer Chirurgieinstrumentenmechaniker und Erfinder (u. a. Patent auf die Schneekugel)
 Erwin Piscator (1893–1966), deutscher Theaterregisseur und Intendant
 Erwin Planck (1893–1945), deutscher Politiker und Widerstandskämpfer, Sohn des Physikers Max Planck
 Erwin Pröll (* 1946), österreichischer Politiker und Landeshauptmann von Niederösterreich
 Erwin Regler (* 1957), deutsch-kanadischer Bildhauer und Hochschullehrer
 Erwin Resch (* 1961), österreichischer Skirennläufer
 Erwin Ringel (1921–1994), österreichischer Arzt und Vertreter der Individualpsychologie
 Erwin Rohde (1845–1898), deutscher Altphilologe und Hochschullehrer
 Erwin Rommel (1891–1944), deutscher General
 Erwin Rüddel (* 1955), deutscher Politiker
 Erwin Scherschel (1922–1997), deutscher Schauspieler und Hörspielsprecher
 Erwin Scheuch (1928–2003), deutscher Soziologe
 Erwin Schmider (* 1938), deutscher Endurosportler
 Erwin Schrödinger (1887–1961), österreichischer Physiker
 Erwin Schulhoff (1894–1942), aus Prag stammender Komponist
 Erwin Schulz (1900–1981), deutscher SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Polizei
 Erwin Sellering (* 1949), deutscher Politiker (SPD) und Ministerpräsident von Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
 Erwin von Sigel (1884–1967), deutscher Leichtathlet
 Erwin W. Spahn (1898–1941), österreichischer Schriftsteller und Librettist
 Erwin Staudt (* 1948), deutscher Manager und Präsident des VfB Stuttgart

 Erwin von Steinbach (um 1244–1318), Münsterbaumeister am Straßburger Münster

 Erwin Stricker (1950–2010), italienischer Skirennläufer und Unternehmer
 Erwin Strittmatter (1912–1994), deutscher Schriftsteller
 Erwin Teufel (* 1939), deutscher Politiker und ehemaliger Ministerpräsident von Baden-Württemberg
 Erwin Tischler (* 1951), deutscher Radrennfahrer
 Erwin van de Looi (* 1972), niederländischer Fußballspieler und -trainer
 Erwin Vosseler (* 1913), deutscher Fußballspieler
 Carl Erwin Walz (* 1955), ehemaliger US-amerikanischer Astronaut und Flugerprobungsingenieur
 Erwin Wickert (1915–2008), deutscher Diplomat und Schriftsteller
 Erwin Wirschaz (1923–2011), deutscher Schauspieler und Hörspielsprecher
 Erwin von Witzleben (1881–1944), deutscher Offizier und Widerstandskämpfer des 20. Juli 1944
 Erwin Wurm (* 1954), österreichischer Künstler
 Erwin Ziller (1905–1945), deutscher Luftwaffenoffizier und Flugzeug-Testpilot
 Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. (* 1959), US-amerikanischer Basketballspieler

Familienname
 Angela Erwin (* 1980), deutsche Politikerin und Rechtsanwältin
 Bill Erwin (1914–2010), US-amerikanischer Schauspieler
 Douglas Hamilton Erwin (* 1958), US-amerikanischer Paläontologe
 George Z. Erwin (1840–1894), US-amerikanischer Politiker
 Guy Erwin (* 1958), US-amerikanischer lutherischer Bischof
 James Erwin (1920–2005), US-amerikanischer Politiker
 James Brailsford Erwin (1856–1924), US-amerikanischer Brigadegeneral
 Joachim Erwin (1949–2008), deutscher Politiker (CDU), MdL, Oberbürgermeister von Düsseldorf
 John Draper Erwin (1883–1983), US-amerikanischer Diplomat
 Lee Erwin (* 1994), schottischer Fußballspieler
 Mike Erwin (* 1978), US-amerikanischer Schauspieler
 Richard Erwin (1923–2006), US-amerikanischer Jurist und Politiker
 Stuart Erwin (1903–1967), US-amerikanischer Schauspieler

Siehe auch
 Erwinia
 siehe auch Ermin von Lobbes

Einzelnachweise

Männlicher Vorname
Familienname

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Homepage > Festival Films 2015 > Shah Bob
Shah Bob
Director: Babak Shokrian [in person], 2015, US/Iran, 87 minutes, Cast: Reza Safai, Parviz Sayad, Solmaz Niki-Kermani, Ardavan Mofid, Vida Ghahremani [in person], Zohreh Ramsey
At 40, the road less traveled is narrowing for Bob who struggles to write his next screenplay while dealing with eccentric tenants, unclogging drains and collecting rents, for his father's business. But when his father falls ill, Bob decides to change and embrace the legacy of his family and culture for the first time. He even finds himself falling in love with a Jewish Iranian 'princess' from the community. But can he really change?
Screening with: Yar
Saturday, Sep 26th, 05.30 PM
Babak Shokrian
Babak Shokrian was born in Teheran, Iran in 1965. In 1971, he and his family moved to Los Angeles where Babak attended USC and UCLA, graduating from the latter with a degree in Anthropology, with an emphasis in ethnographic film. After graduating, Babak wrote, produced and directed, his short film, Peaceful Sabbath (1993) which premiered at the 13th annual Jewish Film Festival in San Francisco. Peaceful Sabbath began to explore the themes of conflicting cultures and ethnic identity. Themes that were to form the basis of his independent debut feature, America So Beautiful (2001). America So Beautiful has been featured in over ten film festivals, nationally and internationally, including the IFP/Los Angeles Film Festival (2001) and the Berlin International Film Festival (2002) where it was picked up for French distribution in 2003. Living in Los Angeles, Babak continued to producing short and feature films for fellow filmmakers as a member of Filmmaker's Alliance, a community of film artists dedicated to the advancement of true independent film through community action, founded by Los Angeles based filmmaker, Jacques Thelemaque. Babak wrote the award winning feature script, The Apology (No Regret), inspired by the life and times of Feraydoon Farokhzad, a legendary showman and political activist in Iran before the Islamic revolution, escaped to Germany after the revolution. The Apology (No Regret) is in preproduction.