This is a list of the known members of the Resistance, a fictional worldwide movement consisting of a large number of groups dedicated to fighting the Visitors in the V science fiction franchise.
The Atkins
David Atkins was a scientist and a widely respected Professor at Caltech University, as an expert in psycho-cybernetics and computer technology. Later as he became a computer Doctor working for Science Frontiers, where he became friends with Kyle Bates. He was a good person and had a son named Henry, whom he was proud of and had higher expectations for when he got older. When the Visitors came and started discrediting scientists, they ruined his career, and was fired from his position. To make ends meet, he opened a small market shop called "Atkins Deluxe Market", which he ran with Henry. Despite him having lost everything during the First Invasion, David still wanted his son to be a great scientist and taught him everything he knew about computers, leading Henry to become an expert himself and run many personal projects in making computers better.
Spriggan(Japanese:スプリガン,Hepburn:Supurigan) is a manga series written by Hiroshi Takashige and illustrated by Ryōji Minagawa. It was initially released as Striker in the North American English translation, as it is the English translation of the word "Spriggan" from Cornish.
Spriggan takes places in the last years of the Cold War where mysterious and unknown artifacts called out-of-place artifacts (OOPArt) are discovered in various parts of the world, leading to a secret war between various forces against the ARCAM Corporation, an organization that placed itself the guardians of the OOPArts in order to prevent them from being used as weapons.
Spriggan was serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazines Weekly Shōnen Sunday and Shōnen Sunday Super from 1988-1996. The manga was adapted into an anime film by Studio 4°C in 1998. A PlayStation game called Spriggan: Lunar Verse was also based on the manga with some material created for the game.
Plot
Many years ago, an ancient civilization known for their advanced technology once ruled Earth, but were destroyed in the end by their misuse. So, they left messages for later generations in the form of indestructible message plates written in ancient Hebrew, informing them that if they could not find a good use for their creations, they should be destroyed.
It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album at the 27th Grammy Awards in 1985. Resistance, Spear's first release for Heartbeat, is regarded as one of Burning Spear's most solid albums, and reflects the atmospheric sound that defined Spear in the early eighties. This sound is also reflected in the albums Fittest of the Fittest and Farover, both of which were released on EMI. Burning Spear would venture into more modern, electric driven rhythms on his follow-up release People of the World, released on Slash Records.
Track listing
"Resistance"
"Mek We Yadd"
"Holy Foundation"
"Queen of the Mountain"
"The Force"
"Jah Say"
"We Been There"
"Jah Feeling"
"Love To You"
Credits
All songs written by Winston Rodney/Burning Spear Publishing, except "Queen of the Mountain," written by Winston Rodney and Noel Hamil/Burning Spear Publishing
Recorded and mixed at Tuff Gong Studio Recording, Kingston, Jamaica
Resistance is an alternative history novel by Welsh poet and author Owen Sheers. The plot centers around the inhabitants of a valley near Abergavenny in Wales in 1944–45, shortly after the failure of Operation Overlord and a successful German counter-invasion of Britain (see Operation Sea Lion). A group of German Wehrmacht soldiers stay there after the wives' husbands leave to serve in the covert British Resistance. The novel follows abandoned farmer's wife, Sarah Lewis and German commanding officer, Albrecht Wolfram as they form an unlikely relationship in spite of their backgrounds and political standings.
Upon her husband's disappearance Sarah is forced to take care of the farm. Meanwhile, she develops a relationship with German commanding officer Albrecht as he and the other invaders seek to locate an item for Himmler's collection.
Characters
Sarah Lewis the protagonist is a 26-year-old farmer's wife who in her husband's absence learns that she must fulfill his responsibilities of taking care of the farm. Sarah is initially upset at the disappearance of her husband and the other men, however over the course of the novel begins to accept to herself and others that they may not return.
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Disinterested in providing a competent level of defensive resistance against the Heat, who tied a franchise-record with 24 3-pointers to improve to 10-10, after making significant strides on that end of the court over the last week.
... to this week — only to push back the date once again to mid-December as resistance from aldermen swelled ... That bid has seen staunch resistance in Springfield, which would need to approve the package.
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How good, really, are the Angels? They lost 99 games last season, the worst team in franchise history. They have resisted a full rebuilding, and the best young player to emerge — shortstop Zach Neto — ...
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... extensions of their own franchises — the director has resisted for-hire jobs or establishing his own studio to pump out content, the kind of move that may have given him the chance to direct a movie.
Chicago Tribune
03 Dec 2024
Chicago Tribune
03 Dec 2024