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unusual facts about Department S



Diogenes Club series

The stories in this collection focus on 'Most Valued Member' Richard Jeperson, who is notable for his flamboyant dress sense and sensitivity to psychic and paranormal phenomena, a homage to various television characters from the Seventies, in particular Jason King (of Department S and Jason King), John Steed and the Third Doctor.

Pete Overend Watts

He later became a record producer, producing albums for artists such as Hanoi Rocks, Dumb Blondes, Lenny Kravitz, The Scientists, Department S, John Martyn, Melanie, Kirsty MacColl, The Cult and Lloyd Cole.

Richard Jeperson

Jeperson - among the first characters created by Newman in his early efforts at fiction - is a homage to many of the 'telefantasy' heroes present on British television during the late 1960s and early 1970s, including Jason King (Department S / Jason King), John Steed (The Avengers) and the Third Doctor (Doctor Who).

The Incredible Robert Baldick

After that he had worked for ITV/ITC film series including The Avengers, The Saint, The Baron, The Champions and Department S.


see also

39th District corruption scandal

The 39th District corruption scandal refers to a persistent pattern of brutality and corruption among a cadre of Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) officers, primarily from the department's 39th District, that emerged in late 1995 and received nationwide attention by 1997, eventually resulting in an investigation by Human Rights Watch.

Actiance

Capable of preventing unauthorized IM connections and stopping peer-to-peer (P2P) filesharing on sites such as KaZaA, Grokster and Morpheus, Real Time Guardian (RTG) identified and controlled access to the growing number of applications that traversed the network without the IT department’s knowledge.

Akdong Musician

After nine months of winning K-pop Star 2, SBS Variety Department’s Nam Seung Yong CP revealed to Star News on January 7 that Akdong Musician will make their long awaited debut through SBS's Good Sunday TV program K-pop Star 3 by the end of February.

Andrew von Eschenbach

On August 1, 2006, Senators Clinton and Cantwell announced they would block his nomination to be the permanent FDA commissioner because of his department's failure to act on the application by Barr Pharmaceuticals to sell Plan B over-the-counter.

Brian Vala Nahed

In college, Dr. Nahed majored in Neuroscience at the University of California in Los Angeles and was awarded Phi Beta Kappa, his department's highest graduating honor and named one of the Bruins of the Year.

Buildering

In 2010, Goodwin, now a stage four cancer survivor, scaled San Francisco, California's sixty-storey Millennium Tower to call attention to the fire department's inability to conduct rescue operations in the upper floors of skyscrapers.

California Department of Boating and Waterways

Among the department's responsibilities include ensuring boat safety along the state's coastline and various rivers, state law enforcement, monitor beach erosion, maintain boater facilities and marinas, and environmental regulation of aquatic motor engines and non-native species from state waters.

Chingis Izmailov

He first studied art and architecture in Moscow, then, in 1971, joined the department of Psychology of the Lomonosov Moscow State University, and in 1976 the same department's graduate school.

Christian Embassy

After the video was posted on the Christian Embassy's website in November, 2006, the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, a group led by retired Air Force lawyer Michael Weinstein, requested an investigation in a letter to the Department's Inspector General.

Concerned Foreign Service Officers

Concerned Foreign Service Officers (CFSO) is a group of current and former Foreign Service and Civil Service employees of the U.S. Department of State, cofounded by William Savich and Daniel M. Hirsch, created to investigate, document and expose alleged misuse of the security clearance process by the State Department's Diplomatic Security Service (DSS).

Desert Ridge High School

In 2007 the DRHS Drama Department's production of The Odd Couple was selected to go the Arizona Thespian Society's Annual State Conference as a main stage performance, to be performed in front of the estimated 1,900 thespians attending the event in November.

Ege Maltepe

She started her education in history at Boğaziçi University and interrupted in 2002, when she began her Bachelor of Arts degree at Bilkent University's Music and Performing Arts Department's Acting Program, in Ankara.

Fosscomm

The fourth FOSSCOMM took place at the University of Patras on May 7–8, 2011 and was co-organized by the department's Laboratory for Computing and the Patras Linux Users Group.

Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art

Hailed as a "cultural Marshall Plan," this traveling exhibit was created by the Department's Office of International Information and Cultural Affairs to demonstrate to the world America's cultural diversity and cosmopolitanism in the mid 20th century.

Harry E. T. Thayer

He entered the State Department's service in 1956, and until 1971 worked in Hongkong, Taipei, and China.

Hyundai EP

After the department’s separation from HDC in January 2000, Hyundai Engineering Plastic was established and strived to pioneer an independent market.

Inez Tenenbaum

In 2005, following parental complaints, Tenenbaum decided to remove Chris Crutcher's book, Whale Talk, which had been chosen by the American Library Association as a "Top 10 Best Book for Young Adults", from the South Carolina Education Department's English reading list for sophomores.

John B. Coulter

After the war, Coulter served in the War Department's Personnel Branch, and then assumed command of 2nd Squadron 14th Cavalry at Fort Des Moines, Iowa.

John L. Climenhaga

During this period, Climenhaga oversaw expansion of the department's research efforts in Geophysics, Nuclear Physics, Acoustics, Gas dynamics and Theoretical Physics, as well as Astronomy.

John O. Agwunobi

His department's many successes included responses to West Nile virus, SARS, other infectious disease outbreaks, efforts to decrease the state's infant mortality rate, lowering tobacco use among young Floridians, addressing racial and ethnic health disparities, and improving overall access to medical and dental care.

John Wolf

Wolf won the President’s Meritorious Service Award in 1992 and 2000, the State Department’s Charles E. Cobb, Jr.

Joseph Esposito

During his career, he has earned some of the department's most honored and prestigious awards, including the Combat Cross, the Medal for Valor, and the Exceptional Merit award.

K9s4COPs

Harris County Precinct 1, Harris County Sheriff's Office, the Pasadena Police Department in Pasadena, Texas, Missouri City Police Department in Missouri City, Texas, and Goodhue County Sheriff's Department in Red Wing, Minn., all received K9s trained for narcotics searches and patrol, while the Houston Metro Police Department's K9 is trained for explosives searches and patrol.

Larry Miles Dinger

From August 2004 to June 2005, he was the State Department's Senior Advisor to the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island.

Mark Crispin

In the early 1980s, shortly after becoming the Systems Programmer for the Stanford Computer Science Department's TOPS-20 system, he became interested in electronic mail software and systems; thereafter this became his primary focus.

Mary Kinder

Along with Pearl Elliott, she was one of two women listed by the Chicago Police Department's Public Enemies list in 1933.

MigrationWatch UK

Giving evidence to the House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee in January 2006 he quoted an internal e-mail by a member of staff at the Home Office, which stated "I have made this point many times before, but can we please stop saying that Migration Watch migration forecasts are wrong. I have pointed out before that Migration Watch assumptions are often below the Government Actuary Department's high-migration scenario".

Millspaugh

Arthur Millspaugh (1883-1955), adviser at the U.S. State Department's Office of the Foreign Trade

Monica Goodling

On May 7, 2007, National Journals "Inside Washington" column reported that it was Goodling who ordered drapes to be placed over the partially nude Art Deco statues (Spirit of Justice) in the Justice Department's Great Hall during Ashcroft's tenure as Attorney General.

Mushahid Hussain Syed

He represented Georgetown University at the Student Conference on United States Affairs at the United States Military Academy at West Point, the Naval Academy Foreign Affairs Conference at Annapolis and the United State Department’s ‘Crossroads’ programme for foreign students.

Navajo Nation Police

There are over 200 vehicles in the Police Department's fleet ranging from SUVs including: 4x4 Chevrolet Tahoes, 2WD Pursuit Tahoes, 4x4 Chevrolet Blazers, 4x4 Chevrolet Suburban and 4x4 Jeep Libertys to Sedans: Chevrolet Impala and Ford Crown Victoria.

Neil Barofsky

Until he was confirmed, the role was handled internally by the Treasury Department's inspector general, Eric Thorson, who has expressed concerns about the difficulty of properly overseeing the complex program in addition to his regular responsibilities.

Nokku kooli

Following a recent change of government in the state, the new Labor Minister Shibu Baby John has said attempts to end the menace of ‘nokku kooli' will commence as part of the department's agenda for the 100-day development program of the State government declared by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy.

Parents and Abducted Children Together

In August 2007, Missing People and PACT wrote to Tony McNulty MP (Minister of State at the Home Office) to highlight the serious limitations in the department's annual statistical series ‘’Crime in England and Wales’’.

Passion Pictures

The department's first film One Day in September won an Academy Award in 2000 and they have since produced upwards of 30 high profile films, including the 2013 BAFTA and Oscar™ winning Searching for Sugar Man.

Polly Rosenbaum Building

The building was renamed the Polly Rosenbaum Building in honor of Polly Rosenbaum, a longtime member of the Arizona House of Representatives who, in collaboration with then-governor Rose Mofford, spearheaded efforts to obtain and renovate the building as a permanent home for the Department's mineral collection and archives.

Port of Hong Kong

The Marine Department’s VHF radio network provides comprehensive marine communication coverage throughout the harbour and its approaches.

Ravat v Halliburton Manufacturing and Services Ltd

Mr Strachan took the dismissal decision under the Aberdeen human resources’ department’s guidance, and the hearing was carried out in Aberdeen and the redundancy payment made like under UK law.

Symbols of the Department of Magdalena

The colors are also used in the logo and uniform of the Unión Magdalena, the department’s soccer team.

Terri L. White

In 2007, while White was serving as the Department's Director of Communications and Public Policy, then Commissioner Terry Cline resigned after being nominated by (then) President of the United States George W. Bush to become the administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, an agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

The Negotiator

Lieutenant Danny Roman (Samuel L. Jackson), a top Chicago Police Department hostage negotiator, is approached by colleague Nathan Roenick (Paul Guilfoyle) who warns him that large sums of money are being embezzled from the department's disability fund, for which Roman is a board member, and members of their own unit are involved.

The Right to Know

He states that a minister has just three functions: to act as the department's PR man, to steer its legislation through Parliament, and to fight for its budget.