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Mike Hoolboom
Frank's Cock is a 1993 Canadian short film written and directed by Mike Hoolboom (pictured). The eight-minute production stars Callum Keith Rennie as an unnamed narrator who discusses his relationship with his partner, Frank. The two met while the narrator was a teenager and spent nearly ten years together. Frank has since been diagnosed with AIDS, and the narrator fears his lover's death. The story was based on the experience of one of Hoolboom's friends at People With AIDS, which Hoolboom adapted after receiving a commission to create a short film about breaking up. Shot on a low budget, the work is shown in a split-screen format with interspersed scenes from popular culture, gay pornography, and human creation; this format is meant to symbolise the "fragmentation of the body" experienced by AIDS sufferers. Produced by Alex Mackenzie, Frank's Cock was critically acclaimed and won several awards, including the NFB–John Spotton Award for best Canadian short film at the 1994 Toronto International Film Festival. The script has been republished several times and has inspired a short on LGBT issues in Canada's native community. (Full article...)
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Christ's Charge to Peter by Raphael, 1515
... that in the restoration of Peter (pictured), Peter's triple confession of his love for Jesus is thought to reflect his triple denial of him?
... that former National Football League player Walt Singer hit the pivotal home run in the North African World Series?
... that the plinth of the Rega Planar 3 record player is made by a Scottish kitchen cabinet maker?
... that 4 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London has been lived in by the novelist George Eliot, artists William Dyce and Daniel Maclise, the composer Sir John Goss and the antiquary William Vaux?
... that Alexander Purdie's Virginia Gazette was the first American newspaper to publish the complete full text of the United States Declaration of Independence?
... that Trolle-Ljungby Castle is allegedly cursed by trolls?
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Valdis Dombrovskis
LAM Mozambique Airlines Flight 470 crashes in Namibia, killing all 33 aboard.
Latvian Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis (pictured) resigns following the Riga supermarket roof collapse.
A 1640 copy of the Bay Psalm Book sells for US$14.2 million at auction, a record for a printed book.
The earliest known Buddhist shrine is uncovered at Maya Devi Temple in Lumbini, Nepal.
In Canadian football, the Saskatchewan Roughriders defeat the Hamilton Tiger-Cats to win the 101st Grey Cup.
Recent deaths: Arik Einstein
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On this day...


December 1: World AIDS Day; Great Union Day in Romania (1918)

Ford assembly line in 1913
1828 – Juan Lavalle, returning to Buenos Aires with troops that fought in the Argentine-Brazilian War deposed the provincial governor Manuel Dorrego, reigniting the Argentine Civil Wars.
1913 – Ford Motor Company began operating the world's first moving assembly line (pictured) for the mass production of automobiles.
1948 – In "one of Australia's most profound mysteries", the body of an unidentified man was found on Somerton beach in Adelaide, a case which remains unsolved today.
1955 – In a key event in the African-American Civil Rights Movement, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
1991 – Over 92% of Ukrainian voters approved their country's independence as declared by the Ukrainian parliament on 24 August.
More anniversaries: November 30 – December 1 – December 2
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Space shuttles Atlantis and Endeavour on launch pads
Space Shuttle Atlantis (foreground) sits on Launch Pad A and Endeavour on Launch Pad B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida in 2008. Endeavour stood by at pad B in case a rescue mission was necessary during Atlantis' mission to repair NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. At the left of each shuttle are the open rotating service structures, with the payload changeout rooms visible. These structures provide weather protection and access to the shuttle.
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From today's featured article


Mike Hoolboom
Frank's Cock is a 1993 Canadian short film written and directed by Mike Hoolboom (pictured). The eight-minute production stars Callum Keith Rennie as an unnamed narrator who discusses his relationship with his partner, Frank. The two met while the narrator was a teenager and spent nearly ten years together. Frank has since been diagnosed with AIDS, and the narrator fears his lover's death. The story was based on the experience of one of Hoolboom's friends at People With AIDS, which Hoolboom adapted after receiving a commission to create a short film about breaking up. Shot on a low budget, the work is shown in a split-screen format with interspersed scenes from popular culture, gay pornography, and human creation; this format is meant to symbolise the "fragmentation of the body" experienced by AIDS sufferers. Produced by Alex Mackenzie, Frank's Cock was critically acclaimed and won several awards, including the NFB–John Spotton Award for best Canadian short film at the 1994 Toronto International Film Festival. The script has been republished several times and has inspired a short on LGBT issues in Canada's native community. (Full article...)
Recently featured: Charles-Valentin Alkan – Artur Phleps – Niels Bohr
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From Wikipedia's new and recently improved content:

Christ's Charge to Peter by Raphael, 1515
... that in the restoration of Peter (pictured), Peter's triple confession of his love for Jesus is thought to reflect his triple denial of him?
... that former National Football League player Walt Singer hit the pivotal home run in the North African World Series?
... that the plinth of the Rega Planar 3 record player is made by a Scottish kitchen cabinet maker?
... that 4 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London has been lived in by the novelist George Eliot, artists William Dyce and Daniel Maclise, the composer Sir John Goss and the antiquary William Vaux?
... that Alexander Purdie's Virginia Gazette was the first American newspaper to publish the complete full text of the United States Declaration of Independence?
... that Trolle-Ljungby Castle is allegedly cursed by trolls?
Archive – Start a new article – Nominate an article

 
In the news


Valdis Dombrovskis
LAM Mozambique Airlines Flight 470 crashes in Namibia, killing all 33 aboard.
Latvian Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis (pictured) resigns following the Riga supermarket roof collapse.
A 1640 copy of the Bay Psalm Book sells for US$14.2 million at auction, a record for a printed book.
The earliest known Buddhist shrine is uncovered at Maya Devi Temple in Lumbini, Nepal.
In Canadian football, the Saskatchewan Roughriders defeat the Hamilton Tiger-Cats to win the 101st Grey Cup.
Recent deaths: Arik Einstein
More current events...

On this day...


December 1: World AIDS Day; Great Union Day in Romania (1918)

Ford assembly line in 1913
1828 – Juan Lavalle, returning to Buenos Aires with troops that fought in the Argentine-Brazilian War deposed the provincial governor Manuel Dorrego, reigniting the Argentine Civil Wars.
1913 – Ford Motor Company began operating the world's first moving assembly line (pictured) for the mass production of automobiles.
1948 – In "one of Australia's most profound mysteries", the body of an unidentified man was found on Somerton beach in Adelaide, a case which remains unsolved today.
1955 – In a key event in the African-American Civil Rights Movement, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
1991 – Over 92% of Ukrainian voters approved their country's independence as declared by the Ukrainian parliament on 24 August.
More anniversaries: November 30 – December 1 – December 2
Archive – By email – List of historical anniversaries
It is now December 1, 2013 (UTC) – Reload this page



Today's featured picture


Space shuttles Atlantis and Endeavour on launch pads
Space Shuttle Atlantis (foreground) sits on Launch Pad A and Endeavour on Launch Pad B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida in 2008. Endeavour stood by at pad B in case a rescue mission was necessary during Atlantis' mission to repair NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. At the left of each shuttle are the open rotating service structures, with the payload changeout rooms visible. These structures provide weather protection and access to the shuttle.
Photo: NASA/Troy Cryder
Recently featured: Straw-necked Ibis – Christmas flood of 1717 – John Henry Newman

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This Wikipedia is written in English. Started in 2001, it currently contains 4,389,964 articles. Many other Wikipedias are available; some of the largest are listed below.
More than 1,000,000 articles:
Deutsch·
 español·
 français·
 italiano·
 Nederlands·
 polski·
 русский·
 svenska
  
More than 400,000 articles:
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