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Colaizzo
Colaizzo is a surname.
Notable people with the surname include:
World RX of Abu Dhabi
The World RX of Abu Dhabi is a rallycross event held in Russia for the FIA World Rallycross Championship.
The event made its début in the 2019 season, at the Yas Marina Circuit.
Cricket at the Arafura Games
The Arafura Games is a multi-sport event where athletes with a disability and able-bodied athletes compete in the same program.
It's held every two years in the Australian city of Darwin, Northern Territory.
The Arafura Games takes its name from the Arafura Sea, which lies between northern Australia and Southeast Asia.
Andreia Faria
Andreia Martins Faria (born 19 April 2000) is a Portuguese football player who plays for Benfica and for the Portugal women's national under-19 football team as a midfielder.
Benfica
George Hellmuth
George Hellmuth may refer to:
Davyd Khorava
Davyd Khorava (born 29 June 1988) is a Ukrainian Paralympic judoka.
He represented Ukraine at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and he won two medals: the gold medal in the men's 66 kg event in 2012 and the bronze medal in the men's 66 kg event in 2016.
He won the silver medal in the men's 66 kg event at the 2015 IBSA European Judo Championships.
The Bicycle Man
"The Bicycle Man" is a two-part very special episode of the American sitcom "Diff'rent Strokes" (1978–1986), starring Conrad Bain, Gary Coleman, Todd Bridges, and Dana Plato.
Serving as the 16th and 17th episodes of the fifth season, it was written by Blake Hunter, directed by Gerren Keith, and guest-stars Gordon Jump as a bicycle shop owner who tries to engage in sexual activity with Arnold Jackson and his friend Dudley Ramsey (Shavar Ross).
The episode also features Le Tari as Ted Ramsey, Dudley's father, and Brad Trumbull as Detective Simpson.
"The Bicycle Man" originally aired on NBC on February 5 and 12, 1983, and was critically acclaimed.
In later years, "The Bicycle Man" has been notable for beginning the trend of "very special episodes," sitcom episodes that deal with social issue topics very serious for the tone of the overall series; as well as its dark content.
Several publications have ranked it one of the best very special episodes.
A scene from "The Bicycle Man" was used in "An Open Secret" (2015), a documentary film about pedophilia in the film industry.
Both parts of "The Bicycle Man" opens with Conrad Bain, out of character, informing viewers that the episode will deal with a "very sensitive and important subject" that's "at deep concern with all of us."
He instructs families to watch the episode and discuss the issues presented afterward.
The Drummonds and Jacksons are acquaintances with Mr. Horton, who owns a bicycle shop from which the family regularly rents bikes from.
Arnold Jackson is interested in buying a bike, but there is skepticism from his father, Phillip Drummond, as well as his siblings, Willis Jackson and Kimberly Drummond.
However, Arnold's pleading plus a deal to purchase a bicycle for a third lower than the actual price offered by Horton influences Phillip to buy it for his son's birthday.
Horton then makes a deal with Arnold for a radio if he sends out flyers to other kids advertising a "sale" at the shop, which he successfully does with the help of his friend Dudley.
Arnold goes to the shop on another day asking Horton for more flyers.
In the encounter, Horton feeds Arnold a banana split and discusses the possibility of Arnold using the bike for free before his birthday; Horton also instructs the kid to keep their encounters a "secret."
Arnold comes home later than usual that night, which is noticed by Phillip as well as Kimberly and Willis; however, Arnold's lie about getting pretzels before he got home is enough for his relatives to think little of it.
Arnold brings Dudley to his next private meeting with Horton, but it is too rainy for Arnold to ride around the park.
Horton uses this opportunity to entice the two with pizza, wine, and pornographic magazines.
Horton also shows them pictures of himself skinny dipping with other kids and plays a game of "Tarzan" involving them taking pictures of each other, with Dudley being shirtless.
Arnold then realizes the possibility of his father smelling wine breath on him; despite chewing a mouth-full of mint gum offered by Horton to hide the scent, the plan fails, as Kimberly and Willis notice the smells.
Arnold admits to drinking alcohol to the two, but lies that it was Dudley's father Ted that offered "a couple of sips."
The siblings also keep it a secret from Philip.
Arnold and Dudley go to the shop again the next day, Arnold admitting to Harold that feels "funny" about having the secret meetings.
However, Harold's showing of a "Fritz the Cat"-esque adult cartoon "Murphy the Mouse", while gaining Dudley's attention, also turns off Arnold to the point where he leaves the shop; this leaves Dudley and Horton to play a game of "Neptune: King of the Sea" alone.
Arnold comes back to Phillip's place, just after Phillip learns from Ted about Arnold and Dudley's drinking.
This forces Arnold to confess that Mr. Horton offered him the wine, along with the other graphic content he showed Arnold and Dudley.
This plus revealing that Dudley is still at the shop triggers Phillip into action, calling the police to raid the place.
Phillip, Ted, and detective Simpson go and find Dudley in the bathroom, feeling dizzy after Horton offered him a pill that would make him "feel good."
He also confesses to the three adults that Horton "tried to touch me," and admits to feeling "scared."
At Phillip's place, Arnold gives more details about the "secret" meetings to Simpson, who also informs the family about child molesters in America.
Phillip tells Arnold he can still have a bicycle for his birthday, and the two hug as the episode ends.
The second part of the episode concludes with Bain, via voice-over, instructing viewers to contact law enforcement or social service agencies if there is suspicion of child sex abuse.
As with all episodes of "Diff'rent Strokes" for seasons two to eight, "The Bicycle Man" was directed by Gerren Keith.
It was also Blake Hunter's third writing credit for the series, after "In the Swim" and "Shoot-Out at the O.K.
Arcade."
Gordon Jump, who was typecasted through his career, described it as a "gamble" taking the offer of playing a pedophile character "because you get typed so easily."
He called playing Mr. Horton "one of [his] most painful but rewarding parts."
Todd Bridges described acting in "The Bicycle Man" a "very hard week," as he had been sexually abused several times by his publicist during his entire time with "Diff'rent Strokes".
The first part of "The Bicycle Man" originally aired on NBC on February 5, 1983, its second part a week later.
The episode was critically acclaimed.
"The New York Times" praised the episode for being "written skillfully" and "directed sensitively," particularly highlighting the acknowledgement of pedophiles not being homosexuals.
"The Washington Post" called it "a calm, careful and intelligent treatment of a difficult and potentially traumatizing subject.
There seems little possibility that watching this program would do children harm, and considerable likelihood it could do them good."
Later in 1983, a nine-year-old kid in La Porte, Indiana viewed a re-run of the episode, which influenced him to inform his mother about a man doing inappropriate behavior around the area; he was arrested by police in September, and LaPorte police credited the episode for the arrest.
"The Bicycle Man" started a trend of "very special episodes" in sitcoms, which feature subject matter serious for the general comedic tone of the shows.
For writing the second part of "The Bicycle Man," Hunter was nominated for a Humanitas Prize award in the 30 Minute Network or Syndicated Television category.
Publication obituaries of Jump's death highlighted his role in "The Bicycle Man," the "Los Angeles Times" describing it as a "daring career turn" and "Reason" his "most notorious turn."
Scenes from the episode have made lists of best moments from the series by publications such as "Entertainment Weekly" and "The Daily Beast".
Peter Hartlaub of the "San Francisco Chronicle" ranked it the third best very special episode in 2009; and it topped both "Mental Floss"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s list of best very special episodes and MeTV's ranking of the best very special episodes from "Diff'rent Strokes".
In 2008, it was one of "Esquire"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s "Five Most Very Special Episodes from 1980s Sitcoms."
Greg Wyshynski named the very special episodes of "Diff'rent Strokes" his favorite from the show, including "The Bicycle Man."
Mark A. Robinson, writer of "Sitcommentary: Television Comedies That Changed America", claimed "The Bicycle Man" was "a haunting episode of sitcom television, bearing a gravitas that shaped the minds of many children of making safe choices."
Concluded writer Bill Simmons, "I can't imagine any sitcom ever went to a darker place.
And no, I have never forgiven Gordon Jump for what he did to Dudley."
"These scenes have the Very Special Episode’s uniquely cringe-worthy meld of earnest edutainment and laugh-track yuks.
But I’ve never seen one that actually dramatizes a child molester seducing a child with a banana split," opined "Vulture"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Emily Nussbaum in 2010.
"The Bicycle Man" has been featured on publication lists of dark television moments, some of them uncomforted by its inappropriate use of jokes and canned laughter for the subject of the story.
"Esquire" claimed the cartoon porn sequence "wasn't just risqué for primetime television; this is risqué even by niche Internet porn standards."
Zack Furness, a writer and scholar of bicycle culture, noted that bicyclists had a stereotype of being "sexually bizarre," which he partially attributed to "The Bicycle Man."
Cinefamily's 2011 event "TV Tuesday: A Very Special Episode Returns" presented "The Bicycle Man" among other notable very special episodes.
The scene of the detective differentiating homosexuals and pedophiles is featured in the documentary film "An Open Secret" (2015).
1930 Australian Championships – Men's Doubles
The first-seeds Jack Crawford and Harry Hopman successfully defended their title by defeating Tim Fitchett and Jack Hawkes 8–6, 6–1, 2–6, 6–3 in the final, to win the Men's Doubles tennis title at the 1930 Australian Championships.
In order to eliminate byes the council of L.T.A.A.
decided that in case of events for which there were more than the number of entries acceptable, a preliminary elimination tournament should be played.
Eliminating matches were played on Saturday, 18 January:
Source for seedings
Sorgraw Petchyindee
Sorgraw Petchyindee Academy (เซราะกราว เพชรยินดีอคาดีมี่) is a Muay Thai fighter.
Tony Wisniewski
Tony Wisniewski is an American politician and Manufacturing Engineer from Idaho.
Wisniewski is a Republican member of Idaho House of Representatives for District 3, seat B.
On April 19, 1951, Wisniewski was born in Los Angeles, California.
In 1973, Wisniewski earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Utah State University.
In 1988, Wisniewski became a Principal Manufacturing Engineer for Digital Equipment Corporation, until 1996.
In 1996, Wisniewski became a Senior Manufacturing Engineer with Esterline Advanced Input Systems, until 2000.
In 2000, Wisniewski became a Senior Manufacturing Engineer for Telect.
In 2001, Wisniewski became a Manufacturing Engineer for Hotstart Incorporated, until 2017.
On November 2018, Wisniewski won the election and became a Republican member of Idaho House of Representatives for District 3, seat B. Wisniewski defeated Dan Hanks with 70.8% of the votes.
Wisniewski's wife is Melody Wisniewski.