Douglas J. Denneny (1962) is a retired American Naval Flight Officer and a candidate for the House of Representatives in Virginia’s 11th Congressional District. He served twenty-two years as a U.S. Naval Flight Officer, commanded a Navy fighter squadron from 2001 – 2004, and was highly decorated for flying in combat.
He is a native of San Diego, California and grew up in Scottsdale, Arizona where he attended and graduated from Chaparral High School in 1980. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1984 and was elected president of the academy’s student branch of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Association. He received a Master’s in National Security Studies from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service in 1999 and a Certificate in Legislative Studies from Georgetown University’s Government Affairs Institute in 2001. He studied briefly at Oxford University in England while pursuing his Masters Degree from Georgetown. He is also a graduate of the U.S. Naval War College (non-resident seminar program) and the U.S. Armed Forces Staff College.
From 1984 to 1999 he served as a Naval Flight Officer, flying in the back seat of Navy F-14 fighters. During this time he was selected as the top student in his Radar Intercept Officer class, and was the 1996 Pacific Fleet F-14 Tomcat Radar Intercept Officer of the Year.
He attended the prestigious U.S. Navy Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN) and was invited back to serve as an instructor for a two-year assignment.
He deployed on aircraft carriers to conflicts involving the U.S. and Libya, Iraq, Iran and Somalia, flying in both the F-14 Tomcat and the F/A-18F Super Hornet.
In 1999 he was selected as a national finalist for the White House Fellowship Program, and from 1999 – 2000 he worked as a non-partisan Military Legislative Fellow on Capitol Hill for U.S. Senator John McCain.
Service in the Iraq War
From 2001 – 2004 he served as Executive Officer and Commanding Officer of a Navy F-14 Tomcat and F/A-18 Super Hornet Squadron. In March, 2003 Denneny led the first strike element of non-stealth aircraft over Baghdad. He earned the Distinguished Flying Cross with V for valor in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
From 2004 to 2005 he worked as Special Assistant and Speechwriter for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and from 2005 to 2006 served as Deputy Legislative Assistant for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Denneny was selected to the rank of Captain (O-6) in the U.S. Navy, but declined the promotion and retired at the rank of Commander in 2006.
Personal Life
Doug Denneny was married in 1989 in Virginia Beach, Virginia and he and his wife live with their two children in Fairfax, Virginia.
Community Involvement
Doug Denneny served on the Fairfax County Tyson’s Corner Land Use Task Force from 2006-07 and is the elected and serving President of the Mantua Citizens’ Association where he represents the interests of a community of over 1600 homes. He serves on the Fairfax County Environmental Quality Advisory Council and the Fairfax County Industrial Development Authority.
Campaign for Congress
He announced on August 1, 2007 that he would seek the democratic nomination to run against Republican Representative Tom Davis in VA’s 11th Congressional District.
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He is a native of San Diego, California and grew up in Scottsdale, Arizona where he attended and graduated from Chaparral High School in 1980. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1984 and was elected president of the academy’s student branch of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Association. He received a Master’s in National Security Studies from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service in 1999 and a Certificate in Legislative Studies from Georgetown University’s Government Affairs Institute in 2001. He studied briefly at Oxford University in England while pursuing his Masters Degree from Georgetown. He is also a graduate of the U.S. Naval War College (non-resident seminar program) and the U.S. Armed Forces Staff College.
From 1984 to 1999 he served as a Naval Flight Officer, flying in the back seat of Navy F-14 fighters. During this time he was selected as the top student in his Radar Intercept Officer class, and was the 1996 Pacific Fleet F-14 Tomcat Radar Intercept Officer of the Year.
He attended the prestigious U.S. Navy Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN) and was invited back to serve as an instructor for a two-year assignment.
He deployed on aircraft carriers to conflicts involving the U.S. and Libya, Iraq, Iran and Somalia, flying in both the F-14 Tomcat and the F/A-18F Super Hornet.
In 1999 he was selected as a national finalist for the White House Fellowship Program, and from 1999 – 2000 he worked as a non-partisan Military Legislative Fellow on Capitol Hill for U.S. Senator John McCain.
Service in the Iraq War
From 2001 – 2004 he served as Executive Officer and Commanding Officer of a Navy F-14 Tomcat and F/A-18 Super Hornet Squadron. In March, 2003 Denneny led the first strike element of non-stealth aircraft over Baghdad. He earned the Distinguished Flying Cross with V for valor in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
From 2004 to 2005 he worked as Special Assistant and Speechwriter for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and from 2005 to 2006 served as Deputy Legislative Assistant for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Denneny was selected to the rank of Captain (O-6) in the U.S. Navy, but declined the promotion and retired at the rank of Commander in 2006.
Personal Life
Doug Denneny was married in 1989 in Virginia Beach, Virginia and he and his wife live with their two children in Fairfax, Virginia.
Community Involvement
Doug Denneny served on the Fairfax County Tyson’s Corner Land Use Task Force from 2006-07 and is the elected and serving President of the Mantua Citizens’ Association where he represents the interests of a community of over 1600 homes. He serves on the Fairfax County Environmental Quality Advisory Council and the Fairfax County Industrial Development Authority.
Campaign for Congress
He announced on August 1, 2007 that he would seek the democratic nomination to run against Republican Representative Tom Davis in VA’s 11th Congressional District.
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The Doo World Order was a wrestling stable in the now defunct Hardcore Wrestling Alliance in the mid to late 1990's. The Doo World Order, while being heels on screen and in live events, helped the development of many backyard and semi-professional wrestling personalities in Connecticut. This mentoring attitude led to invitations from other backyard and semi-professional groups and organizations to the Doo World Order to perform at live events other than the Hardcore Wrestling Alliance tapped and live shows. This stable of wrestlers was also close friends durring it's lifetime in the Hardcore Wrestling Alliance, and some have remained friends after having retired from backyard and semi-professional wrestling.
Saavedro is the main antagonist of Myst III: Exile. The main story of the game revolves around him. He was portrayed by character actor Brad Dourif.
The character of Saavedro is a native of the of Narayan. As explained in the game, Atrus had written Narayan to teach his sons Sirrus and Achenar the final lesson, that Balanced Systems Stimulate Civilizations. Atrus's sons went to Narayan as part of their training and lived with Saavedro, his wife Tamra (pronounced "Tam-a-ray"), and their two daughters. After their lessons were complete, Sirrus and Achenar left with their father, only to return years later. When Sirrus and Achenar returned, they convinced Saavedro and many other Narayani to abandon their old customs. This had a disastrous effect on the Age: several of the huge Lattice Trees were destroyed, and the Narayani nearly died out. Enraged, Saavedro followed Sirrus and Achenar to the Age of , only to be beaten, tied up, and marooned there for 20 years. Saavedro eventually learned how to access the other Lesson Ages, but found he could not return to Narayan: his linking point was blocked from his village behind a forcefield, and he believed his world destroyed and his wife and daughters killed. The years of solitude made Saavedro gradually slip into insanity, believing that Atrus had sanctioned his sons' misdeeds, and not knowing that Sirrus and Achenar had been imprisoned by Atrus after they tried to kill him.
When Atrus visited J'nanin again, Saavedro saw his chance for revenge. He prepared an elaborate trap for Atrus, and captured the Linking Book of Releeshahn, intending to lure Atrus to J'nanin and the Lesson Ages, perhaps to somehow fix Narayan as he said, or perhaps merely to make Atrus pay for Sirrus and Achenar's crimes. However, the Stranger (the player, in this case) followed Saavedro to J'nanin, and Atrus could not follow because the linking book to J'nanin was damaged during the theft.
In the game, the player must travel through the game's many ages and eventually to Narayan and reveal to Saavedro that Narayan is still alive. At first, Saavedro is overjoyed, but when he realizes that he cannot approach it by himself, due to the ice shields protecting it, Saavedro tells the player if he helps him, he will return Releeshahn. In one of the bad endings to the game, if the player does what Saavedro says right away, he will double-cross the player. The player must instead trap Saavedro in between the two shields. Saavedro, knowing he's trapped, gives Releeshahn to the player and begs him/her not to leave him like this.
The best ending of the game is to release the shield to the gondola to Narayan after obtaining Releeshahn. An extremely grateful Saavedro climbs on the gondola and, raising his hand in farewell to the player, makes his way back to his people. It is believed that Saavedro found his wife and daughters again. Atrus and Catherine are overjoyed to see Releeshahn returned unharmed, and Atrus also comments while writing in his journal how is also happy to know that Narayan is also safe and that "old wrongs had finally been righted."
An alternate ending can be attained, in which Saavedro is left trapped between the force fields, never to be able to determine if his family was still alive. If this ending is chosen, Atrus remarks that he wasn't sure he would have left the man trapped like that, and it is implied that Saavedro later commits suicide. Some fans consider this, too, to be a bad ending, though it does finish the game correctly.
Saavedro and the Narayani people are alluded to briefly in Myst IV: Revelation twice - Achenar mentions Saavedro and the Narayani way of life - specifically, the difficulty of their "weaving" - in one of his journals, and the sequence from the beginning of Myst III where Saavedro steals the book of Releeshahn is seen in a memory that Yeesha's amulet shows. Beyond this, however, Saavedro is only seen in Myst III: Exile.
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The character of Saavedro is a native of the of Narayan. As explained in the game, Atrus had written Narayan to teach his sons Sirrus and Achenar the final lesson, that Balanced Systems Stimulate Civilizations. Atrus's sons went to Narayan as part of their training and lived with Saavedro, his wife Tamra (pronounced "Tam-a-ray"), and their two daughters. After their lessons were complete, Sirrus and Achenar left with their father, only to return years later. When Sirrus and Achenar returned, they convinced Saavedro and many other Narayani to abandon their old customs. This had a disastrous effect on the Age: several of the huge Lattice Trees were destroyed, and the Narayani nearly died out. Enraged, Saavedro followed Sirrus and Achenar to the Age of , only to be beaten, tied up, and marooned there for 20 years. Saavedro eventually learned how to access the other Lesson Ages, but found he could not return to Narayan: his linking point was blocked from his village behind a forcefield, and he believed his world destroyed and his wife and daughters killed. The years of solitude made Saavedro gradually slip into insanity, believing that Atrus had sanctioned his sons' misdeeds, and not knowing that Sirrus and Achenar had been imprisoned by Atrus after they tried to kill him.
When Atrus visited J'nanin again, Saavedro saw his chance for revenge. He prepared an elaborate trap for Atrus, and captured the Linking Book of Releeshahn, intending to lure Atrus to J'nanin and the Lesson Ages, perhaps to somehow fix Narayan as he said, or perhaps merely to make Atrus pay for Sirrus and Achenar's crimes. However, the Stranger (the player, in this case) followed Saavedro to J'nanin, and Atrus could not follow because the linking book to J'nanin was damaged during the theft.
In the game, the player must travel through the game's many ages and eventually to Narayan and reveal to Saavedro that Narayan is still alive. At first, Saavedro is overjoyed, but when he realizes that he cannot approach it by himself, due to the ice shields protecting it, Saavedro tells the player if he helps him, he will return Releeshahn. In one of the bad endings to the game, if the player does what Saavedro says right away, he will double-cross the player. The player must instead trap Saavedro in between the two shields. Saavedro, knowing he's trapped, gives Releeshahn to the player and begs him/her not to leave him like this.
The best ending of the game is to release the shield to the gondola to Narayan after obtaining Releeshahn. An extremely grateful Saavedro climbs on the gondola and, raising his hand in farewell to the player, makes his way back to his people. It is believed that Saavedro found his wife and daughters again. Atrus and Catherine are overjoyed to see Releeshahn returned unharmed, and Atrus also comments while writing in his journal how is also happy to know that Narayan is also safe and that "old wrongs had finally been righted."
An alternate ending can be attained, in which Saavedro is left trapped between the force fields, never to be able to determine if his family was still alive. If this ending is chosen, Atrus remarks that he wasn't sure he would have left the man trapped like that, and it is implied that Saavedro later commits suicide. Some fans consider this, too, to be a bad ending, though it does finish the game correctly.
Saavedro and the Narayani people are alluded to briefly in Myst IV: Revelation twice - Achenar mentions Saavedro and the Narayani way of life - specifically, the difficulty of their "weaving" - in one of his journals, and the sequence from the beginning of Myst III where Saavedro steals the book of Releeshahn is seen in a memory that Yeesha's amulet shows. Beyond this, however, Saavedro is only seen in Myst III: Exile.
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Paki shop is a British informal and usually offensive term for a newsagent, convenience store, or similar shop owned by, or run by a person or people of South Asian birth or descent.
Origin
The term Paki was originally a shortening of Pakistani, but has spread to mean a person of any south Asian nation including India and Bangladesh - and to a lesser extent the term can sometimes include a person from a Middle Eastern nation. Thus "Paki Shop" can refer to a shop owned by someone of any south Asian or even Middle Eastern nation, by birth or decent, not just of Pakistan.
There is a stereotype that south Asian people in Britain own or run many small independent or franchise shops in urban and suburban areas. The term "Paki Shop" would usually refer to a local shop that is primarily a newsagent or convenience store, such a shop is also frequently a confectionery/sweet shop, tobacconists, stationer, and general store/corner shop, and sometimes an off license or a small post office, as well as a newsagent. This stereotype appears not to be restricted to the UK alone, in the American comedy The Simpsons, the Indian character Apu runs a shop in the form of his Kwik-E-Mart.
Sometimes the term is used to describe any newsagent/confectionery shop regardless of the shopkeepers ethnicity, even if they are white British.
Expected services
Generally products and services expected to be available in such a newsagent are: newspapers, magazines, greeting cards, cigarettes and other smoking related products, sweets/candy, crisps and other snacks, soft drinks, stamps, basic stationery, bus passes and travelcards for the area's public transport such as Transport for London, lottery and scratch cards, mobile phone top up and other facilities for the paying of bills such as gas and electric. Most of these shops in the UK open early, many open at 6am and some employ one or more "paperboys", that would normally deliver newspapers by bicycle early in the morning before school.
Convenience stores are generally expected to open later than most shops, and some especially in the US to be open 24 hours a day, they sell most things available in a supermarket although have a smaller amount of choice.
Origin
The term Paki was originally a shortening of Pakistani, but has spread to mean a person of any south Asian nation including India and Bangladesh - and to a lesser extent the term can sometimes include a person from a Middle Eastern nation. Thus "Paki Shop" can refer to a shop owned by someone of any south Asian or even Middle Eastern nation, by birth or decent, not just of Pakistan.
There is a stereotype that south Asian people in Britain own or run many small independent or franchise shops in urban and suburban areas. The term "Paki Shop" would usually refer to a local shop that is primarily a newsagent or convenience store, such a shop is also frequently a confectionery/sweet shop, tobacconists, stationer, and general store/corner shop, and sometimes an off license or a small post office, as well as a newsagent. This stereotype appears not to be restricted to the UK alone, in the American comedy The Simpsons, the Indian character Apu runs a shop in the form of his Kwik-E-Mart.
Sometimes the term is used to describe any newsagent/confectionery shop regardless of the shopkeepers ethnicity, even if they are white British.
Expected services
Generally products and services expected to be available in such a newsagent are: newspapers, magazines, greeting cards, cigarettes and other smoking related products, sweets/candy, crisps and other snacks, soft drinks, stamps, basic stationery, bus passes and travelcards for the area's public transport such as Transport for London, lottery and scratch cards, mobile phone top up and other facilities for the paying of bills such as gas and electric. Most of these shops in the UK open early, many open at 6am and some employ one or more "paperboys", that would normally deliver newspapers by bicycle early in the morning before school.
Convenience stores are generally expected to open later than most shops, and some especially in the US to be open 24 hours a day, they sell most things available in a supermarket although have a smaller amount of choice.