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Trojan may refer to:

• A person from Troy in present-day Turkey
• Trojan language, the language Trojans spoke at the time of the Trojan War
• Trojan (astronomy), a minor planet or moon that shares an orbit with a larger planet or moon
• Trojan Horse, a tale from the Trojan War
• A student or alumnus or sports team of the University of Southern California
• Colloquially, a person from Villarrobledo, Spain.

Computing[link]

• Trojan horse (computing), malicious software
• Trojan (video game), arcade game

Music[link]

• The Trojan Men, singing group
• Trojan Records, British record label
• Les Troyens (The Trojans), an opera by Hector Berlioz
• The Trojan, a 1950s Jamaican sound system led by Duke Reid

Transport[link]

• AL-60F-5 Trojan, variant of the Aermacchi AL-60 utility aircraft
• T-28 Trojan, US military trainer aircraft
• GWR No. 1340 Trojan locomotive
• SMR No. 471 Trojan locomotive
• Trojan (automobile), former British vehicle manufacturer
• Trojan (vehicle), variant of the Challenger 2 tank

People[link]

• Václav Trojan (1907–1983), Czech composer
• OndÅ™ej Trojan (born 1959), Czech film producer, actor and film director
• Ivan Trojan (born 1964), Czech actor

Other[link]

• Trojan (condoms), a brand name of condoms
• Trojan Nuclear Power Plant in Oregon
• Trojan, Gauteng in South Africa
• Trojan skinhead, cultural identity in UK
• Tommy Trojan, a statue at the University of Southern California

See also[link]

• Sports teams named Trojans
• Trojan Horse (disambiguation)
• Trojan War, a war waged against Troy by the Achaeans in the 13th or 12th century BC
• The Trojan Women, a tragedy by the Greek playwright Euripides

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Troy James Hurtubise (born November 23, 1963) (age 47^[1])(Hamilton, Ontario)^[2] is an inventor and conservationist from North Bay, Ontario, Canada noted for his often bizarre creations that he tests on himself in spectacular ways. Some of these inventions include the Ursus personal armor suit, firepaste (an ablative heatproofing material) various ray generators, and recently, Trojan, which is a type of body armor.

Early life and career[link]

After completing a grade 12 equivalent at Mohawk College in Hamilton, Ontario, Hurtubise enrolled in Natural Sciences at Sir Sandford Fleming College in 1987. He is married, and has one son. He previously ran a scrap metal business in North Bay, until he lost it due to financial difficulties.

History[link]

Hurtubise's obsession with bears began on August 4, 1984, when he was 20 years old and survived a skirmish with a grizzly bear he refers to as "the Old Man", while hiking near Humidity Creek in central British Columbia. The encounter had a profound effect on Hurtubise. Returning to his home province of Ontario, he decided to learn as much about grizzlies as he could. He realized, however, that due to the bear's fierce nature, it is very difficult to get close enough to study them without physical danger, and he believed that drugging the animal would have its own undesirable consequences.

One day after enrolling in a college program in November 1987, Hurtubise experienced an epiphany while watching RoboCop in his college dorm, which led to the Ursus series of protective suits. He decided to build a research suit that would be strong enough to survive a close encounter while preventing harm to the occupant. Such a robo-bear suit would allow him to study bear behavior from the bear's perspective.

Seven years and $150,000 later, Hurtubise had worked his way up to the Mark VI, the suit he believed could protect him from a grizzly. In order to test it, Hurtubise consulted with professors of physics and asked them how to simulate a bear attack. The entire experience was recorded as a National Film Board documentary and called Project Grizzly, with many memorable scenes in which Hurtubise tested the capabilities of the suit using himself as the test subject.^[3][4]

Hurtubise approached a tall, heavy biker and his colleagues, and paid them to attack him while wearing the suit, with baseball bats, splitting mauls, and wooden two by fours. The suit survived, as did Hurtubise, while the weapons were reduced to splinters. Other tests included an impact by a swinging 300-pound log, a feat that the Ripley's Believe It or Not! television program later attempted with a BMW. The suit additionally survived a fall off the side of an escarpment.

Project Grizzly[link]

Project Troy is the moniker given to the current stage of a 20-plus year effort undertaken by Hurtubise to develop protection suit technology. It began as a desire to create a suit capable of withstanding a bear attack, but the process has developed ideas and technologies whose purposes go beyond simple bear attack protection.

Some of the testing the 145-pound (65 kg) Ursus Mark VI underwent included live bear tests in British Columbia, Canada. After initial fear of the strange looking suit, the 545-kg (1200-lb) male Kodiak bear began tearing apart the chainmail. This made clear to Hurtubise that using less expensive butcher's chainmail from France instead of shark chainmail was not the best decision. The biggest safety concern with the Ursus Mark VI is that a bear is able to rip the helmet off of the suit.

The current iteration of the suit, the Ursus Mark VII, is the 6th prototype that uses a few of the concepts and technologies developed by Hurtubise. It was initially created using a large amount of titanium. While the titanium suit was strong yet not overly heavy, it still did not provide the amount of protection Hurtubise desired.^{[citation needed]} The suit was then entirely rebuilt to replace the titanium with stainless steel. The resulting suit is extremely strong, much stronger than the Mark VI, but due to its materials it now weighs a total of 84 kg (186 pounds), with the upper and lower halves each weighing 93 pounds. To solve the helmet issues found in the Mark VI, the Mark VII integrates the helmet into the upper portion of the suit, splitting it in half down the middle as the top half of the suit is opened. Like the Mark VI, the Mark VII is internally padded with a type of cushion Hurtubise developed which is soft enough to cushion serious blows, yet stiff and strong enough to handle extensive use.

The ultimate goal is the creation of a suit that would encompass all the concepts in their final form. This form would have the ability to protect against injury from riot, explosions, fire, and high velocity projectiles, and be light enough to allow for mobility (with a goal to weigh equal or less than the heaviest equipment a firefighter might wear, 130 pounds). When/if it happens, its main protective materials will include Hurtubise's 1313 paste, as well as his firepaste instead of titanium or steel.

Part of the project was documented as Project Grizzly, which was based on his book White Tape â€” An Authentic Behind The Scenes Look At Project Grizzly. He has appeared on numerous television programs such as Daily Planet, performed guest lecturing at schools of all levels including Harvard, has been interviewed on hundreds of radio programs from around the world, and has been written about in countless magazines and newspapers throughout the world. In 1998 Hurtubise won an Ig Nobel in Safety Engineering for his suit development.

Without any support from outside sources such as government or private investment and with previous business partners faltering, the project has bankrupted him once and almost cost him his marriage. But with the support of family and friends and with the backing of an investor, the Ursus Mark VII was completed and Project Troy was launched.

Firepaste[link]

Firepaste is a white paste that, when dry, is flame and heat resistant. It has a consistency and texture similar to clay when wet and dries into a gray ceramic material which resembles concrete. The impetus for firepaste came from a failed fire test with the Ursus Mark VII where the metal exoskeleton heated up, popped the air bags and left Hurtubise with numerous burns. Like Project Grizzly, Hurtubise has tested the material on himself. For a dramatic demonstration for the media and military in summer 2004, he made a thin mask of the material, put it over his face, and aimed a specialized blowtorch at thousands of degrees directly at the mask. The temperature was intentionally much hotter than the temperatures reached by the Space Shuttle on reentry. A thermometer located between his face and the mask measured no appreciable temperature change below the mask after nearly ten minutes, and the integrity of the material stood strong.^[5][6][7][8]

Hurtubise keeps the list of ingredients for his concoction secret, but during a segment aired on Discovery Channel's daily news show Daily Planet, he revealed one secret to be Diet Coke. Images from electron microscopes show that the particles in the paste are very porous, which makes it a good insulator. Other tests showed the paste contained lithium and bromine bound into compounds in the paste. Microscopically, it looks like a diatom absorbent, such as kitty-litter or any common industrial oil absorbent.

1313 Paste[link]

One of Hurtubise's latest projects has been the creation of a new paste that he has called 1313 and believes could be put to military use. It is a mixture of all his previous concoctions applied to a kevlar fiber pad and then subjected to a high pressure press for a day. The result is a board or tile-like panel. The panel is placed in layers with other materials such as tiles. The resulting composite material can withstand a direct assault by shotgun slugs, rifle fire, and enough high explosive to demolish a car, yet is quite inexpensive to manufacture.

At an enthusiastic demonstration taped by Daily Planet, Hurtubise displayed its capability to a Canadian military observer. In one of Hurtubise's demonstrations, the composite material was placed in cushions meant to be placed over the outside of a Humvee. In the tests, the material successfully blocked explosive charges greater than those of a rocket propelled grenade, although they were not shaped charges, and was able to block shot after shot on exactly the same point of impact by a sniper rifle (which is a feat no material in use by the U.S. nor any other military has matched in public demonstrations)^{[citation needed]}.

It is Hurtubise's desire to see military vehicles, currently in service in Afghanistan, equipped with such protection in order to stand up to a landmine explosion, which has already claimed the lives of Canadian soldiers serving there. That, along with his younger brother serving in the Canadian military, inspired the creation of 1313.^[9][10][11]

Angel Light[link]

More recently, Hurtubise said he designed what he calls the Angel Light, a large device that he claims can allow people to see through objects, detect stealth aircraft, see into flesh, and disable electronic devices. Hurtubise says that the design for the Angel Light came to him in a series of three dreams, and that he was able to build a working device from memory, without the aid of schematics.

According to Hurtubise, the device makes walls, hands, stealth shielding, and other objects transparent. He also claims that beams from the device have the side-effects of frying electronic devices and killing goldfish. After testing the device on his own hand, Hurtubise claims he could see his own blood vessels and muscle tissue as clearly as if the skin had been pulled back, but the beam caused numbness and he began to feel ill. He also claims to be able to read the license-plate on a car in his garage from his workshop, and can see the road salt on it.^[12][13][14] Hurtubise also claims to have tested the device covertly with the help of scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology^{[citation needed]}.

After he discovered that it had harmful effects, he dismantled it. Hurtubise, however, said the French government sent agents to North Bay to witness a demonstration of the Angel Light. He said the reps were so impressed with the device they gave him $40,000 in cash to finish it. The French, Hurtubise adds, have also agreed to pay him a “substantial� amount of money to use the technology if it passes rigorous tests in France.

Trojan armour[link]

In early 2007, Hurtubise made public his new protective suit which was designed to be worn by soldiers. Calling it the "Trojan Ballistics Suit of Armor", Hurtubise describes it as the "first ballistic, full exoskeleton body suit of armour." Weighing in at 40 lbs, he claims that the suit can withstand bullets from high powered weapons (including an elephant gun). Hurtubise claims that he has been unable to test the suit against live ammunition because no one is willing to shoot him in it. It also features a knife holster and air conditioned helmet.^[15][16]

The suit has many features including a solar powered air system, recording device, compartments for emergency morphine and salt, and a knife and gun holster. He estimates that the cost of each suit to be roughly $2,000 if mass produced. It has been called the Halo suit, after the fictional MJOLNIR battle armor worn by the Master Chief character in the Xbox and PC game series HALO.^[17]

In early February, after failing to receive any offers to buy the Trojan, Hurtubise, now bankrupt from the expense of creating the suit, was forced to put the prototype up for auction on eBay in the hopes that it would bring in enough money to sustain his family.^[18] The auction's reserve bid was not met.^[19] There was a raffle for the suit on the Mission Trojan website, whose goal is to raise money for further prototypes and testing of the Trojan Suit to demonstrate its abilities for military applications.^[20] The suit was won by Sara Markis of Florida who re-donated the prototype back to Hurtubise for work on his next prototype.^{[citation needed]}

The money raised from the raffle of the Trojan T model armour was used to finance the Trojan S type armour. This new model is superior to the T model in many ways as detailed on his website and YouTube channel. The new type S armour purports to be lighter, tougher, more flexible, cheaper to produce and provide more complete body coverage than any other type of armour anywhere.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Troy Hurtubise at the Internet Movie Database
• Grizzly/ Troy Hurtubise at the Internet Movie Database
• Troy Youtube Channel

Ondřej Trojan at 43rd KVIFF

OndÅ™ej Trojan (Czech pronunciation: [ˈondrÌ?É›j ˈtrojan]) (born December 31, 1959) is a Czech film producer, actor and film director. Two of the films he produced were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film : Divided We Fall (2000) and Želary (2003), which he also directed. He is the brother of Ivan Trojan.

Filmography[link]

Forgotten Transports to Poland (documentary) (co-producer)

1991 || Let's All Sing Around|| Director

External links[link]

• OndÅ™ej Trojan at the Internet Movie Database

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Dennis Alcapone
Dennis Alcapone performing in 2006.
Background information
Birth name	Dennis Smith
Born	(1947-08-06) August 6, 1947 (age 64)
Origin	Clarendon, Jamaica
Genres	Reggae, dancehall
Occupations	DJ, producer

Dennis Alcapone (born Dennis Smith, 6 August 1947, Clarendon, Jamaica) is a reggae DJ and producer.

Career[link]

Smith initially trained as a welder and worked for the Jamaica Public Services.^[1] Inspired by the big sound systems that he had visited in his youth such as those run by Duke Reid, Coxsone Dodd and Prince Buster, and particularly King Tubby's Home Town Hi-Fi, which featured the DJ U-Roy, and the Kentone sound system featuring DJ Pamapdo, Smith teamed up with two friends, Lizzy and Samuel the First, to set up his own "El Paso" sound system in 1969.^[1][2]

With Smith as DJ, the El Paso sound system grew in popularity and caught the attention of producer Keith Hudson, who asked him to record for him, starting with "Marker Version",^[1] with hits soon following in the form of "Spanish Amigo", "Shades Of Hudson", "Revelation Version", "Maca Version" and "The Sky's The Limit", all in 1970.^[3] Smith then moved to Coxsone Dodd's Studio One where he decided on a change of name, 'Al Capone' being a nickname that had stuck with him since going to see a gangster movie with friends.^[1] This resulted in the "Nanny Version" single, which was another big Jamaican hit, and his recordings for Dodd were collected on his debut album, Forever Version.^[2] Producer Duke Reid then employed the DJ on a series of singles in 1971 and 1972 such as "Number One Station", "The Great Woggie", "Teach The Children", and "Musical Alphabet", and in the same era, Alcapone also recorded singles for Bunny Lee including "Ripe Cherry" and "Guns Don't Argue". In the period from 1970 to 1973, Alcapone made over 100 singles and released three albums,^[2][3] for a range of producers including Hudson, Dodd, Reid, Bunny Lee, Lee Perry, Joe Gibbs, Prince Buster, Alvin Ranglin, Prince Tony Robinson, J.J. Johnson and Phil Pratt, often recording for several producers on the same day.^[4] Alcapone had his own distinct half-sung style with high-pitched whoops, with his influence clearly visible in DJ's that followed such as I-Roy and the later "sing-jays". The second-wave DJ Dillinger initially named himself after Dennis Alcapone, using the name 'Young Alcapone' before changing his name at the suggestion of Lee Perry.

He also began working as a producer, working with artists such as Dennis Brown, Augustus Pablo and Delroy Wilson, as well as self-productions.^[2][3] He was named Best DJ by Jamaican magazine Swing in 1972.^[2] After several international tours in the first half of the 1970s, Alcapone relocated to London, England in 1974,^[5] and after releasing four further albums between 1974 and 1977, became less active musically, particularly after the death of his mother in 1979, although still recorded occasionally.^[5] He returned to live performance and recording in the 1988 and appeared at the WOMAD festival in 1989.^[3] He returned to Jamaica in 1990 to record again with Bunny Lee, and also made an appearance on Adrian Sherwood's Two Bad Card album.^[2] He released an album with Mad Professor in 1997, 21st Century Version.^[2]

Albums[link]

• Forever Version (1971, Studio One)
• Guns Don't Argue (1971, Attack/Trojan)
• Soul To Soul DJ's Choice with Lizzy (1973, Treasure Isle/Trojan)
• King Of The Track (1974, Magnet) aka Musical Liquidator
• Belch It Off (1974, Attack)
• Dread Capone (1976, Third World)
• Investigator Rock (1977, Third World) aka Peace and Love
• Six Million Dollar Man (1977, Third World) aka Universal Rockers
• My Voice Is Insured For Half A Million Dollars (1989, Trojan) (compilation)
• Babariba Skank with Lizzy (compilation) aka Wake Up Jamaica
• 21st Century Version (1997, Ariwa)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Discography at Roots Archives
• Discography at Rootsdub
• Biography at allmusic