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Vii

Complete hardware package of a typical Sport Vii console system
Manufacturer	JungleTac (Jungle Soft), KenSingTon
Type	Video game console
Generation	Seventh generation era
Media	Cartridges and built-in games
CPU	16-bit Sunplus SPG
Storage capacity	8.5 MB of Internal Memory for Saving
Controller input	2.4G Wireless Handybar Controller
Best-selling game	VC-1 (bundled with blue Vii), VC-2 (bundled with white Vii), VC-3 (bundled with pink Vii)

JungleTac's Sport Vii (威力棒) is a video game console similar in aspect to Nintendo's Wii.^[1] Originally released in China in 2007, according to Engadget China the console used to sell for 1,280 Yuan (approximately US$195); as of 2009 the Vii sells for a substantially lower price at 443 Yuan (approximately US$68.) The Vii is not a competitive console in the current generation; instead, it competes in the "plug-in TV game" genre of inexpensive consoles with built-in games. It is based on the 16-bit Sunplus SPG CPU.

The Vii's Handybar controller is similar in design to the Wii Remote but is smaller in size. It features motion detection but not the pointing capability of the Wii Remote.

The Vii handybars also come in:

• Arctic White
• Hot Pink
• Mint Blue.^[2]

A redesign of the console, colloquially called the Vii 2 by bloggers, features remodeled controllers and a console design reminiscent of the Nintendo Entertainment System and the PlayStation 3,^[3] as well as support for both NTSC and PAL televisions.^[4]

In 2008, the Vii was released in Japan under the name V-Sports (Sport Vii).^[5]

Games[link]

• Happy Tennis - a tennis game (similar to Wii Sports Tennis)
• Catch Fish - a fishing game (similar to Wii Play Fishing)
• Bowling - a bowling game (similar to Wii Sports Bowling)
• Alacrity Golf - a minigolf game (similar to Carnival Games: Mini-Golf)
• Table Tennis - a table tennis game (similar to Wii Play Table Tennis)
• Smart Dart - a simulated darts game
• Fry Egg - a cooking game (similar to Cooking Mama)
• Bird Knight - a tilt-to-play game (similar to Balloon Fight)
• Fever Move - a music and dance game (similar to Dance Dance Revolution and Guitar Hero)
• Come On – A distance game, in which one feeds seals
• Fantasy Baseball – a baseball game (similar to Wii Sports Baseball)
• 'Free Craps – a shake Dice Roller designed to simulate dice.

In addition to the games that were included with the first release of the Vii (Free Craps, which was not included on Vii 2), all models of the Vii also include a cartridge entitled 7in1 or 10in1 which features seven or ten additional games.

Three different cartridges exist:

VC-1 Exclusives:

• MaJong13 - a Mahjong game
• MaJong16 - Similar to MaJong13

VC-1 and VC-2 cartridges contain:

• Bubble Blaster - a Puzz Loop/Zuma like game
• Jewel Master 2 - a Magic Jewelry/Columns like game
• Pinball Fish - a Breakout like game
• Squirrel Bobble - a Puzzle Bobble/Bust-A-Move like game
• Lightning Plan - a Silkworm like game

Several other games have also been released in cartridge format.^[6] Some examples of these are:

VC-2 Exclusives:

• "Plumber" - a platformer game
• "Mr Onion" - a Donkey Kong like game
• "Fire Fighter" - a Fire like game
• "Dream Bubble" - a version of Tetris
• "Bump Jump" - an Arkanoid-like game.

VC-3 Exclusives:

• "Brave Kaka" - a Mario Bros. clone
• "Hero Legend" - a clone of Don Doko Don
• "Rapid Stream" - a submarine game
• "Super Move Fun" - a Bejeweled like game
• "Magic Jelly" - a Bomberman meets Q*Bert like game
• "Bump Bomb" - A Marbles like game
• "Tiger Rescue" - a vertical scrolling shooter

VG Pocket Caplet[link]

The games listed below are games that are also on the VG Pocket Caplet, a handheld also made by JungleTac.

• "Pinball fish" aka Underwater Pinball
• "Bubble Blaster"
• "Plumber" aka Codename: Plumber
• "Jewel Master 2"
• "Magic Jelly"
• "Mr. Onion"
• "Dream Bubble" aka Bubble Wubble
• "Hero Legend" aka Legendary Hero
• "Tiger Rescue"
• "Bump Jump" aka Battle Blocks II

Zone 60 and Wireless 60[link]

While the Vii itself appears to no longer be in production, JungleTac produced games for at least two other similar plug-and-play consoles, the Zone 60^[7][8][9] and Wireless 60, and many Vii titles and similar games appear on these two consoles. However, these consoles' controllers do not have true motion sensors as the Vii does, so the controls are simplified to the point where any motion just triggers a press of the A button. As a result, many of the games need to use power meters to determine distance or power.

Titles that appear are:

-Bowling
-Fantasy Baseball (renamed Baseball Practice)
-Catch Fish (renamed Fishing)
-Alacrity golf (renamed Golf)
-Come On! (Wireless 60 only, renamed Sea-world)
-Free Craps (Wireless 60 only)

-Bubble Blaster (Zone 60 only, renamed Ball Blaster)
-Brave Kaka (Zone 60 only, renamed Brave Heart)
-Bump Bomb (Zone 60 only, renamed Lady Bugs)
-Bump Jump (Wireless 60 only)
-Fire Fighter
-Hero Legend
-Jewel Master 2
-Lightning Plan
-Magic Jelly (Wireless 60 only)
-Mr. Onion
-Pinball Fish (Wireless 60 only)
-Plumber (Zone 60 only, renamed Plumber Man)
-Rapid Stream
-Squirrel Bobble (Zone 60 only)
-Tiger Rescue (Zone 60 only)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official Vii page of KenSingTon, the manufacturer/distributor of the Vii (defunct)
• Engadget China review (translated by Google)
• Pictures of the Vii (Chinese)

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Vii

Le Sang
Grand Ma§ter Le Sang
Born	1920 Hanoi
Died	September 27, 2010( 2010 -09-27) Ho Chi Minh City
Occupation	Martial artist

Le Sang (1920 – September 27, 2010^[1]) was the President of the Vovinam Vietnamese Martial Arts World Federation, a position he had held from 1960 until his death.

Biography[link]

Le Sang was born to Le Van Hien (also known as Duc Quang) (1887–1959) and Nguyen Thi Mui (1887–1993). He was ill as a child, which made it difficult for him to walk, and his mother advised him to study a martial art in order to strengthen his legs.

In Hanoi he learned Vovinam at Nguyễn Lộc's Vovinam school. Soon Le Sang was a teacher himself and, together with Nguyễn Lộc, continued to develop Vovinam.

In 1954 Le Sang accompanied Nguyễn Lộc to Saigon to open a Vovinam class. He continued to open additional Vovinam schools and, as of 2007, was still teaching the higher-ranked students.

In 1960, Nguyễn Lộc passed the leadership of Vovinam to Le Sang.

He was born in Hanoi, Vietnam and died in Ho Chi Minh City.

See also[link]

• Vovinam
• Nguyễn Lộc

References[link]

External links[link]

• Vo su Sang To Nguyen Loc
• Vovinam Toronto
• History of Vovinam in Switzerland ((German))

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Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Rhys Meyers at London premiere of Mission: Impossible III, 25 April 2006
Born	Jonathan Michael Francis O'Keeffe (1977-07-27) 27 July 1977 (age 34) Dublin, Ireland
Occupation	Actor, model, vocalist
Years active	1994–present

Jonathan Rhys Meyers (born Jonathan Michael Francis O'Keeffe, 27 July 1977) is an Irish actor and model.

He is best known for his roles in the films Velvet Goldmine, Mission Impossible III, Bend It Like Beckham, Match Point and his television roles as Elvis Presley in the biographical miniseries Elvis, which earned him a Golden Globe for Best Actor, and as King Henry VIII in the historical drama The Tudors.^[1][2] He has been the face of several advertising campaigns for Hugo Boss fragrances.^[3]

Early life[link]

He was born in Dublin, Ireland, the son of Mary Geraldine Meyers and musician John O'Keeffe.^[4][5] He was raised Roman Catholic by his family.^[6] Born in Drimnagh, he moved to Cork, at one year old and was raised there with his three younger brothers, Jamie, Alan, and Paul, who are all professional musicians.^[7] When he was three, his parents separated. His mother raised Rhys Meyers and his brother Alan while his other two brothers went to live at their grandmother's house with their father.^[8] Rhys Meyers attended North Monastery School.^[9]

Career[link]

Rhys Meyers was expelled from the North Monastery Secondary School at age 16 for truancy and spent much of his time hanging out in pool halls. Casting agents looking for Irish boys to appear in War of the Buttons spotted Rhys Meyers at a Cork pool hall, the Victoria Sporting Club, and invited him to audition.^[10] Although he was passed over for War of the Buttons, the casting agents encouraged him to pursue a career in acting.^{[citation needed]} His first film role came soon afterward, in A Man of No Importance (1994). In 1996, he appeared in Michael Collins, as the title character's assassin. In 1999, he appeared in Ride with the Devil as psychopathic guerrilla fighter Pitt Mackeson.

Rhys Meyers has starred in television series including Gormenghast (2000) and in the CBS 4-hour mini-series Elvis (2005) as Elvis Presley alongside Randy Quaid as Colonel Tom Parker and Rose McGowan as Ann-Margret, but didn't sing for his role in the miniseries.^[11] The latter earned him an Emmy^[12] nomination and a Golden Globe win.^[13] He has starred in the CBC/Showtime co-production The Tudors (2007) as Henry VIII. He was nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Television Drama in 2007 for the role.^[14]

His film roles range from a David Bowie-inspired glam rock star in Velvet Goldmine (1998) to a dedicated girls' football coach in Bend It Like Beckham (2002). He appeared in Vanity Fair (2004) opposite Reese Witherspoon. He co-starred opposite Colin Farrell and Angelina Jolie in Oliver Stone's epic Alexander (2004). In 2005, Rhys Meyers starred in Woody Allen's film Match Point, for which he received a Chopard Trophy at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2006, he appeared in Mission: Impossible III. Subsequent projects included August Rush (2007) and The Children of Huang Shi (2008), Shelter, co-starring Julianne Moore, and From Paris with Love (2010), co-starring John Travolta.^[15]

Rhys Meyers, a self-taught singer and guitarist, has appeared in a number of musical roles. His first such role was that of rock star Brian Slade in Velvet Goldmine; two of the songs he sang ("Baby's On Fire" and "Tumbling Down") are on the film's soundtrack. He sang briefly in the TV miniseries version of The Magnificent Ambersons, performed in studio scenes of the miniseries Elvis and played the flute in Gormenghast. In the 2007 music drama August Rush, Rhys Meyers performed on-screen as singer-songwriter Louis Connelly and is credited for four songs on the soundtrack – "Break", "Moondance", "Something Inside", and "This Time". Of the four, "This Time" and "Break" were considered in the Best Original Song category of the 80th Academy Awards.^[16] "This Time" was not released as a single but peaked at #84 of the Canadian Hot 100.^[17]

Rhys Meyers was chosen as the face for the Versace men's collection of Autumn/Winter 2006 and Spring 2007,^{[citation needed]} and he has also been the face of the Hugo Boss men's fragrance range since 2005.^{[citation needed]} He is signed to Independent Models in London.^{[citation needed]}

In February 2008, he became a celebrity ambassador for the Cork-based charitable organization The Hope Foundation.^[18]

On 5 October 2008, Rhys Meyers received an Honourary Patronage from the Trinity College Philosophical Society in Dublin, Ireland.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life[link]

In May 2005, Rhys Meyers checked into a rehabilitation facility, Promises in Malibu, California, seeking treatment for alcohol abuse. On 24 April 2007, the Associated Press reported that Rhys Meyers returned to treatment. The actor's representative Meredith O'Sullivan confirmed the news to People magazine citing his need to take a break from his busy schedule in order to maintain sobriety.^[19][20]

On 27 February 2009, the actor checked into rehab a third time, seeking help for alcohol addiction; and checked out on 15 March 2009.^[21]

In May 2010, it was reported that Rhys Meyers was banned for life from flying on United Airlines due to "belligerent" and "disruptive" behaviour including reported use of a racial slur in an incident involving alcohol^[22][23] at John F. Kennedy airport.^[24]

In November 2011, Meyers was ordered by a French court to pay a restitution of €1,000 and was given a judgement of a suspended sentence for public intoxication 24 months earlier.^[25]

Filmography[link]

Awards

• Nominated: London Film Critics Circle Awards, British Newcomer of the Year (1998), Velvet Goldmine, The Disappearance of Finbar, The Governess
• Won: Venice International Television Festival, Canal Grande Award for the Best Young Promising Actor (2002), The Magnificent Ambersons
• Won: Chopard Trophy, Outstanding Newcomer (2005), Match Point
• Won: GQ UK Men of the Year Awards, Lab Series Man of the Year (2006)
• Won: Monte Carlo Television Festival Golden Nymph Awards, Best Performance by an Actor — Drama (2008), The Tudors^[26]

References[link]

External links[link]

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• Jonathan Rhys Meyers at the Internet Movie Database
• Jonathan Rhys Meyers at Emmys.com