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Speedblock, Inc.is a former major construction company. It began inEurope, where they built walls for houses out ofconcreteinstead of wood. After the company's astounding success, they moved across the Atlantic Ocean to theUnited States. Basing their headquarters inOhio, they teamed up with corporations such asMaytag,Whirlpool,Kohler, andBuilder's Square. The company went bankrupt in early1998, following a failed sponsorship partnership withDarWal Inc.inNASCAR.

The last president of Speedblock wasDick Haas. ItsUnited Statesheadquarters was based inKent, Ohio

The term leva (English: for "Coward"), is used by Chicano urban/barrio youth to mean that a member of a group has turned his or her back on the rest. Also meaning that a member of a gang or group has disappointed his or her peers by joining another group/gang. The term is also mainly used by Latino Gang Members from the Norteño, Sureño and other Latino gangs throughout the United States. The term is mostly used to state that a member from the Gang is a Leva for hood-hopping or set-tripping (Meaning that they have joined an enemy gang from there original gang).

The controller for the Nintendo 64 was designed to be held in several different positions. It was designed around the Super Mario 64 video game. It could be held by the two outer grips, allowing use of the digital D-pad, right-hand face buttons and the "L" and "R" shoulder buttons (but not the "Z" trigger or analog stick). It could be also held by the center and right-hand grip, allowing the use of the single analog stick, the right hand-buttons, the "R" shoulder button, and the "Z" trigger on the rear (but not the "L" shoulder button or D-pad). More often than not the analog stick was used in games while in some, both the analog stick and directional pad could be interchangeable (ex: Mortal Kombat Trilogy). Very few games used the directional pad exclusively; two examples are the 3D puzzle game Tetrisphere and the side-scrolling platformer Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards.

The controller also included four "C buttons", which were originally intended to control the camera in the N64's three dimensional environments. However, since the pad only contained three other face buttons, the C-buttons often became assigned to ulterior functions. An example of this is The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, where the C-buttons can be assigned to secondary items and the "Z"-trigger is used to orient the camera.

One game, Robotron 64 allowed one player to use two controllers to control his avatar. This way the game played like its predecessor, Robotron 2084. Star Wars Episode 1: Racer, Goldeneye 007 and Perfect Dark also used this set up for slightly different gameplay experiences (in terms of control, at least) compared to the standard single controller option.

The controller initially came only in grey, but other colors were released later on, many of them coinciding with the release of a similarly designed system. Some include: black, red, green, yellow, blue, atomic purple, and special edition colors like gold

Records of the Champa kingdom go as far back as 2nd century AD China. At its height in the 9th century, the kingdom controlled the lands between Hue, in central Annam, to the Mekong Delta in Cochinchina. Its prosperity came from maritime trade in sandalwood and slaves and probably included piracy.

In the 12th century AD, the Cham fought a series of wars with the Angkorian Khmer to the west. In 1177, the Cham and their allies launched an attack from the lake Tonle Sap and managed to sack the Khmer capital. In 1181, however, they were defeated by the Khmer King Jayavarman VII.

The first religion of the Champa was a form of Shaivite Hinduism, brought by sea from India. As Arab merchants stopped along the Vietnam coast en route to China, Islam began to influence the civilization, and Hinduism became associated with the upper classes.

The exact date that Islam came to Champa is unknown, but grave markers dating to the 11th century have been found. It is generally assumed that Islam came to Indochina much after its arrival in China during the Tang Dynasty (618–907), and that Arab traders in the region came into direct contact only with the Chams, and not others. This might explain why only the Chams have been traditionally identified with Islam in Indochina. Other Muslims, such as some Vietnamese, would have converted much later upon other contacts.

Alden Penner is a Canadian musical artist who founded The Unicorns with Nicholas Thorburn. Following the breakup of The Unicorns, Alden created the film score for the movie The Hamster Cage (2005), and he simultaneously played with a number of Montreal based bands, as well as pursuing solo acts.

Penner released a 7" on the Melbourne-based Art School Dropout label. The A-side, The Ghost of Creaky Crater, was recorded in Melbourne on December 19, 2004 while The Unicorns were touring the country. The release was limited to a hundred copies.

Penner ran Canadian based record label Take This Hammer. However, he has now put the label to rest.

In 2007, Alden founded the band Clues along with Brendan Reed (formally of Arcade Fire and Les Angles Morts and Bethany Or (of Shanghai Triad) They currently have an album on the way.

Penner is now involved with another project called Virgins in Cargo.