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cyberCHUMP is the musical project of multimedia artist Mark G. E. and musician Jim Skeel. Collaborating almost entirely through the use of the Internet, cyberCHUMP has numerous releases and appearances on compilations.

Both founding members were born in the United States. Mark G. E. records in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Jim Skeel records in Kansas City, Missouri. Mark G. E. has directed a number of films, including Midwestern Gothic which appears on the Wisconsin Death Trip DVD and The Unfortunate Gift which is in the Edward Gorey Museum. Jim Skeel is the founding member of Short-term Memory, a band that recorded numerous releases and included Keven Dooley who later went on to record under the name ZeroOne.

cyberCHUMP’s music is described as ambient electro-organic music and has been heard on numerous radio programs throughout the world. Guest musicians have included John Kruth, Jason Loveall, Jason Todd, and Mike Kashou, who played bass guitar on the first Garbage release.

Discography

• Dreams Groove (Internal Combustion, 2000)
• Inner Grooves (Internal Combustion, 2002)
• Abstract Air (Internal Combustion, 2003)
• Scientists in the Trees (Internal Combustion, 2004)
• Secrets to Tell You (Internal Combustion, 2005)
• Ambienism (Spiralight, 2004)
• M2: Reconstructions (Magnanimous Records, 2005)
• Discovery Series: Downtempo, Volume One (OM Records, 2005)
• Sankhara (Internal Combustion, 2006)

External links

• cyberCHUMP website
• Mark G. E. website

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Napa Drag is the name of a custom motorcycle built by Paul Teutul Jr. on the Discovery Channel television show, American Chopper. It was built for drag racing by Napa, a well known auto parts distributor in the United States.

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The 1940 National Football League Championship Game, was the 8th in NFL history. The game was played at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C. on December 8, 1940. The Chicago Bears defeated the Washington Redskins, 73-0, the most one-sided victory in NFL history.

Washington had defeated Chicago 7-3 in a regular season game three weeks earlier. After the contest, Redskins owner George Preston Marshall told reporters that the Bears were crybabies and quitters when the going got tough. As the Bears prepared for the rematch, Chicago head coach George Halas fired up his team by showing them newspaper articles of Marshall’s comments.

The Bears controlled the game right from the start, using the T formation as their primary offensive strategy. On their second play from scrimmage, running back Bill Osmanski ran 68 yards for a touchdown. Washington then marched to the Chicago 26-yard line on their ensuing drive, but wide receiver Charlie Malone dropped a sure touchdown pass in the end zone that would have tied the game.

Later in the first period, Quarterback Sid Luckman scored on a 1-yard touchdown run to increase the lead 14-0. On their third drive, Joe Maniaci ran 42 yards for the Bears’ third touchdown of the game.

The Bears held a 28-0 halftime lead and then continued to crush the Redskins, scoring 45 points during the second half. After Halas took the team’s starters out, the backup players continued to pile on the points. The Bears ended up recording 501 total yards on offense, 382 total rushing yards, and 8 interceptions–returning 3 for touchdowns.

So many footballs were kicked into the stands after touchdowns that officials asked Halas to run or pass for the PAT on the last two TD’s².

This game also marked the last time that an NFL player (Bears end Dick Plasman) played without a helmet¹.

Scoring summary

• CHI - Osmanski 68 run (Manders kick)
• CHI - Luckman 1 run (Snyder kick)
• CHI - Maniaci 42 run (Martinovich kick)
• CHI - Kavanaugh 30 pass from Luckman (Snyder kick)
• CHI - Pool 15 interception return (Plasman kick)
• CHI - Nolting 23 run (kick failed)
• CHI - McAfee 35 interception return (Stydahar kick)
• CHI - Turner 20 interception return (kick failed)
• CHI - Clarke 44 run (kick failed)
• CHI - Famiglietti 2 run (Maniaci pass from Sherman)
• CHI - Clarke 1 run (pass failed)

References

• Nash, Bruce, and Allen Zullo (1986). The Football Hall of Shame, 80-82, Pocket Books. ISBN 0-671-74551-4.
• The Sporting News Complete Super Bowl Book 1995, 391, The Sporting News Publishing Co. ISBN 0-89204-523-X.
• ¹Peterson, Robert. “Pigskin: The Early Years of Pro Football” (1997) p. 132 Oxford University Press ISBN 0-19-507607-19
• ²Taylor, Roy. “1940’s Chicago Bears, Another Dynasty” (2004) http://www.bearshistory.com/seasons/1940schicagobears.aspx

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Boot Key is an island in the middle Florida Keys located adjacent to Key Vaca. Boot Key is within the city limits of Marathon, Florida, USA. The island is largely undeveloped despite having a bridge to Key Vaca. The only significant operation on the island is Radio Marti which broadcasts U.S. government news and cultural information to Cuba.

A hawkwatch is conducted every fall on Boot Key.

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Mötley Crüe released their Greatest Hits in November 14, 1998, with two newly recorded songs: “Bitter Pill” and “Enslaved”.

Track listing

1. Bitter Pill (Sixx, Lee, Mars, Neil)
2. Enslaved (Lee, Mars, Sixx)
3. Girls, Girls, Girls
4. Kickstart My Heart
5. Wild Side
6. Glitter
7. Dr. Feelgood
8. Same Ol’ Situation (S.O.S.)
9. Home Sweet Home
10. Afraid
11. Don’t Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)
12. Without You
13. Smokin’ In The Boys Room
14. Primal Scream
15. Too Fast For Love
16. Looks That Kill
17. Shout At The Devil ‘97

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The word metagenics uses the prefix meta and the suffix gen. Literally, it means “the creation of something which creates.”
In the context of biotechnology, metagenics is the practice of engineering organisms to create a specific enzyme, protein, or other biochemical from simpler starting materials. The most famous example of this is the genetic engineering of E. coli with the specific task of producing human insulin from starting amino acids.

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Alunga Mwepu was a Zairean football player who achieved notoriety for his performance in a match against Brazil at the 1974 World Cup. Mwepu formed part of the defensive wall when Brazil were awarded a free kick just outside the Zairean penalty area. When the referee blew his whistle to allow the free kick to be taken, Mwepu ran up to the ball and kicked it away before Rivelino could take the kick. He was given a yellow card for the action.

References

• The Guardian accessed 23 March 2006.

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Queued Teleprocessing Access Method (QTAM) is an improvement of early BTAM communications method, introducing built-in queueing. It was developed by IBM and used mainly on the System/360 to transmit batches of data.

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Kevin Jones is the name of:

• Kevin Jones (BMX rider), rider in the sport of Flatland BMX
• Kevin Jones (football player), running back for the Detroit Lions NFL team

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Bernard Ives, or ‘Horrible’ Ives, as he is known by prisoners and wardens alike, was a character in the popular BBC sitcom Porridge. Ives was serving time in Slade for committing fraud. He was played by Ken Jones.

Ives is a creep, a cheat and a snitch, universally loathed (and indeed victimised) by the other residents of Slade Prison. He originated from Liverpool. Almost all his spoken sentences begin with the words “‘ere listen”.

Fletcher once commented ‘Ives is such a loser that if Elizabeth Taylor had triplets, he’d have been the one in the middle, on the bottle’.

Ives is interviewed in the 2003 mockumentary Norman Stanley Fletcher: Life Beyond the Box. While most of the ex-prisoners interviewed are shown to have gone straight, Ives is shown collecting for a fake charity.

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