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  [Pure Innocence] It's a state of Mind... V.4 Immortal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
William the Bloody or "Spike" (as dubbed for his propensity for torturing victims with railroad spikes) was originally a pure villain introduced on Buffy with paramour, Drusilla.
Spike returned to Sunnydale where he was essentially rendered harmless at the hands of the secret, government demon hunting operation known as The Initiative.
Spike then sought out to become what he once was and through a series of hellish trials in Africa, he earned a soul.
www.redrival.com /pureinnocence/SpikeBio.html   (627 words)

  
 spike   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
An upswing in activity, shown by a spike on a graph or chart:
The Spire of Dublin, a massive needle-like structure erected in Dublin in 2003, is widely known as The Spike
Spike TV is the new name of The National Network, originally The Nashville Network (TNN).
www.yourencyclopedia.net /Spike.html   (290 words)

  
 Spike's Trunk > The Character
Spike, also known as William the Bloody, was changed into a vampire in the late 1700s by Drusilla, the convent-oriented vampire.
Spike was all set to kill the present Slayer, Buffy Summers, in order to get in good with Colin, the Anointed One (aka the Annoying One), but failed.
Then, just when we think our Spike will be in the doghouse for a while, he turns around and proves himself golden in the eyes of the Slayer by enduring torture at the hands of Glory for the sake of the Slayer's kid sister.
mandry.net /spike/spike.html   (1054 words)

  
 Untitled
Spike and Dru remained devoted to one another for over a century, when Drusilla was gravely wounded and weakened after they were attacked by a mob in Prague.
Spike believed that the mystical energies from the Hellmouth would restore her, and so they set off for California in his fl 1959 DeSoto.
However, Spike was then shunted off to Xander's basement where he is once again tied up, and actually tried to commit suicide when he realised that he was no longer frightening in the least and he lost the core of who he was.
www.loony-archivist.com /rhymes/spike.htm   (1352 words)

  
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He died in 1997 when his brain was removed by a member of the Brotherhood of Seven.
The nickname, Spike, was taken because he tortured victims with railroad spikes.
Spike is "barely 200." (Or 126?) Spike left Sunnydale with Drusilla in 1998.
www.freewebs.com /booklearning/s.html   (2167 words)

  
 Spike   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Spike and Wings, were born at Turpentine Creek.
Spike and Wings had their claws removed at the very young age of 3 weeks.
Spike received his name because when he was very young, the hair on his head came to a point and looked as if it had been "spiked".
www.turpentinecreek.org /spike.htm   (210 words)

  
 spike
William the Bloody or "Spike" (as dubbed for his propensity for torturing victims with railroad spikes) was originally a pure villain introduced on Buffrialth paramour, Drusilla.
Soon after appearing, Spike confides to Fred that he is slipping into hell and seeks her help in stopping the accelerating process.
Spike is the first to volunteer to fight with Angel against the Partners, again accepting the mantle of hero in the battle against evil.
www.cityofangel.com /characters/spike.html   (1135 words)

  
 Spike Mason
Spike - The three of us had been having discussions about the lack of oppotunities for totally improvised and spontaneous performance.
Spike - To play, to listen, to heal, to experiment, to grow, to strive, to sleep, to learn, to laugh, to feel, to purge, to teach, to cry, to find beauty.
Spike - In my opinion it is about externalising the unknown from inside you.
www.spikemason.com   (2229 words)

  
 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Episode Table-current
Spike is back, searching for a gem that will make him invincible and a daywalker; Buffy is distracted by her first attempt at getting back into the dating pool.
Meanwhile, Spike and his new soul (and nice new hair-style) are seeking solace in the maze-like basement of the new school, and Willow begins her redemption with Giles and witch's coven in England.
Spike is held captive in the Summers home while the Scoobies ponder their options in the aftermath of his murder spree; a squeamish Andrew tries to master killing; Buffy contacts the Watchers' Council for advice.
members.fortunecity.com /akasha77/buffytable.html   (3942 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Directors - Spike Lee (1997): DVD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Spike won a prize for a film he produced in graduate school and thought Hollywood would come knocking at his door because of his brilliance.
Spike exudes an aura of confidence (some would say arrogance), takes risks, and is at the top of his game in his craft.
Spike is determined for African-American film makers to have a voice in how they are portrayed in the media.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004STBY?v=glance   (1015 words)

  
 Decoding Neural Spike Trains: Calculating the Probability That a Spike Train and an External Signal Are Related -- ...
The correlation between signal B and spike train B using 1-ms time bins is 0.32, but the correlation between signal B and spike train A is 0.43.
The vertical axis gives the number of continuous signals that are correctly matched to the appropriate spike train, with a maximum of 50 possible correct answers per trial.
The dark horizontal bar is the mean number of correct categorizations over 50 trials, the vertical limits of the gray bars specify the 25th and 75th percentile, and the whiskers specify the extreme values.
jn.physiology.org /cgi/content/full/87/3/1659   (3228 words)

  
 Spike   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
To spike a gun is to render it unusable.
To "spike" a drink is a term meaning to add something to it, usually adding to the effect of an alcoholic drink, and often unknown to the person drinking it.
Spike the Bulldog, in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/S/Spike.htm   (427 words)

  
 Willow's Room - BTVS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Spike is back, searching for a gem that will make him invincible; Buffy is distracted by her first attempt at getting back into the dating pool.
Spike is imprisoned in an underground demon-research facility; Riley realizes he has a crush on Buffy.
Buffy is appalled by Spike's admission of love for her, but Drusilla is waiting in the wings, intent on returning Spike to his killer ways.
www.aly-sium.com /episodes.html   (4023 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Video / Categories / Art House & International / Directors / Lee, Spike   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
As a filmmaker and passionate fan of basketball, Spike Lee was the perfect director for He Got Game, an ambitious and heartfelt sports drama, which brought out the best in both Lee and his well-chosen cast.
Spike Lee's incendiary look at race relations in America, circa 1989, is so colourful and exuberant for its first three-quarters that you can almost forget the terrible confrontation that the movie inexorably builds toward.
It's important to note that Spike Lee's drama is not titled Son of Sam.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/284913/douglascarpenter   (805 words)

  
 The Spike - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Spike (1980) - novel by Arnaud de Borchgrave and Robert Moss
It is also the name of an essay The Spike (essay) by George Orwell.
This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Spike   (110 words)

  
 Golden Spike Trail
The first major Golden Spike obstacle is the Launching Pad, an incredibly steep slick rock climb with a bump near the top.
The Golden Spike begins on the Poison Spider trail which is an interesting trail with some challenging obstacles of its own.
The Wedgie is an optional obstacle on Poison Spider that is used as part of the Golden Spike trail.
www.4x4now.com /31jsgs.htm   (1011 words)

  
 Double Spiked: Part Eighteen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Buffy promptly took past Spike under her wing and enjoyed the glories of threesome sex with two Spikes as her partners.
“Spike…” His name was a mere whisper on her lips as a soul-satisfying climax surged through her.
In the meantime, Spike had lathered up her body with a bar of soap that was obviously stolen from a motel room.
www33.brinkster.com /reddwarfette/Fiction/KantayraDSXVIII.htm   (2313 words)

  
 dOc DVD Review: The Directors: Spike Lee (1997)
Spike's persona, because of this, has grown larger and more frightening to a segment of white America, readily made nervous when a fl man steps outside their acceptable, perceived boundaries.
Rather than shy away from the issue, Spike pursued racism and broke the Hollywood mode by not backing down in language or tone—in creating a frighteningly realistic look at racism by a holding a mirror to a society not overly desirous to look itself in the eye.
Spike claims that his exploration of biracial relationships was actually secondary to his intended point: that crack cocaine was ruining the African American family.
www.digitallyobsessed.com /showreview.php3?ID=179   (1443 words)

  
 Business Wire: SPIKE/DDB announces charter client. @ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
SPIKE/DDB, a unique advertising and marketing resource, which opened its doors on Jan. 1, 1997, will premiere a full communications program including television, radio and print advertising for the exciting multi-fight event to be aired live on pay per view from the MGM Grand Hotel/Casino.
Don King said, "Spike Lee has distinguished himself in the film and advertising industry with his innovative creative vision.
Spike Lee said, "Basketball is not my only love.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:19096834&refid=ink_tptd_np   (373 words)

  
 Spike Milligan @ Catharton Authors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Spike was very exact about the final soundscape that the script produced, experimenting with different noises and musical arrangements until he got what he wanted.
Spike was eventually knighted in the 2000/2001 New Year Honours list, and although technically his foreign citizenship forbade him from using the title, everyone called him Sir Spike Milligan regardless.
Spike quipped that it was different for Charles because he had to pledge allegiance to his mum as she provides him bed and board.
www.catharton.com /authors/812.htm   (1439 words)

  
 Discovering Spike Patterns in Neuronal Responses -- Fellous et al. 24 (12): 2989 -- Journal of Neuroscience
For each panel: a, the input to the clustering algorithm; b, the corresponding distance matrix; c, the result of the clustering on the distance matrix; and d, the corresponding reordering of the rastergram are shown.
The results are plotted as a function of jitter for different numbers of extra spikes (left), and replotted as a function of the number of extra spikes for different amounts of jitter (right).
C, Actual fuzziness factor used as a function of the amount of jitter (a) and extra spikes (b) present in the surrogate data set (initial fuzziness factor was three in all cases).
www.jneurosci.org /cgi/content/full/24/12/2989   (8830 words)

  
 ThePoop.com - Memory Bridge
Spike was the most beautiful and sweetest furbaby any one could ever see.
I got spike as an abused animal at the age of 2 1/2 years of age.
He also would not go out in the rain he was afraid to mess up his hair.
www.thepoop.com /tributes/crossed/spike.asp   (155 words)

  
 Temporal Coding Reading
We will examine two applications: one study looks at the temporal patterns of discharges generated by electric fish (a study done by Bruce Carlson); the second is a study of a motion-sensing circuit in the fly visual system (a modeling study by Egelhaaf's group in Bielefeldl).
Spike timing dependent synaptic plasticity in biological systems.
Ratliff F, Knight BW, Jr., Dodge FA, Jr., Hartline HK (1974) Fourier analysis of dynamics of excitation and inhibition in the eye of Limulus: amplitude, phase and distance.
www.nbb.cornell.edu /neurobio/bionb720_Hopkins/reading.htm   (997 words)

  
 Children's Literature: Meet Authors & Illustrators   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In Spike Lee (1997, Walker, Ages 12 up, $15.95.), according to our reviewer, Kathleen Karr, Haskins has written an in-your-face sort of book about an equally aggressive, in-your-face individual.
It would have been nice to put the names of the countries on the map for number one, and I would like to know when the eight volumes on porcelain making were written.
Spike Lee is an interesting, innovative fl filmmaker.
www.childrenslit.com /f_haskins.html   (2084 words)

  
 John Benjamins: Contributions by Spike Gildea
Spike Gildea is author/editor of the following titles.
Spike Gildea is editor/board member of the following series.
Spike Gildea has contributed to the following volumes.
www.benjamins.com /cgi-bin/t_authorview.cgi?author=4439   (155 words)

  
 Buffy the Vampire Slayer
He returned in season 4, was chipped by the government so that he could not hurt humans, fell in love with Buffy in season 5, and went on a quest to regain his soul at the end of season 6.
Spike and Drusilla have been gathering pieces of the demon known as the Judge to reconstruct him.
Warren finishes the "Buffy-bot" that Spike had him build, and as Buffy is away, the robot is mistaken for her.
grove.ufl.edu /~cwarner/ent/buffy.html   (2395 words)

  
 Spike Tournament 1997
The commissioner of the 1997 Blood Bowl Tournament is Dan Becker who can be reached at beckerdo@io.com, (512) 335-5563.
Disputes during a game shall be resolved by dice rolls and addressed by all coaches at a later date.
The tournament is in effect from December 1st, 1997 until January 4th, 1998.
www.io.com /~beckerdo/games/bloodbowl/bbs97rul.html   (1481 words)

  
 ASIFA San Francisco, Newsletter April 1997
SPIKE and MIKE'S 1997 FESTIVAL OF ANIMATION IS AN EXCELLENT SHOW If you want to see a rich variety of works that demonstrate the many things animation can be, this show should not be missed.
Spike and his staff have done a fine job putting together an excellent program.
People have asked me why Spike was claiming the show was all new when the flyer for it mentioned old stuff.
www.awn.com /asifa-sf/0497/news.html   (3392 words)

  
 Spike Milligan Book Page
Summary: Exactly what it sounds like - Spike's first book is a collection of silly poems for kids.
Summary: Volume Two of Spike's war autobiography, this one covers his march into the deserts of Tunisia during WWII.
The Hound of the Baskervilles According to Spike Milligan, 1998
www.angelfire.com /ok2/bookstore/milligan.html   (608 words)

  
 Rugrats Episode Guide (1996-97)
Houts, who died on February 26, 1997, was a long-time member of the Rugrats behind-the-scenes staff; he was the Production Coordinator for most of the "original 65"; he also did voices in Spike The Wonder Dog (Oodles), Game Show Didi (various, including Wuggles), and Party Animals (Didi's cousin, Bucky).
But when they wanted some of the dimes that she earned, she refused to pay them by telling a story that Spike ate all her family's money (he was chewing on a chew toy) and her father was forced to go digging for pennies (actually, Drew was digging for weeds).
But after noticing that Spike is using the tree to "do his business", Chuckie decides to follow suit, but Didi insisted that Chuckie uses the toilet.
www.rugratonline.com /rrep1997.htm   (8423 words)

  
 Waldorf Critics Archive 9708 Part 2 (August, 1997)
I am sure I am not the only reader who is beginning to draw his own conclusions from the evident lack of eagerness of PLANS personnel to ignore (in the case of the secretary) or attempt to sidestep (in the case of the president) the substance of the questions which are being asked.
Date: Sat, 9 Aug 1997 14:12:34 -0700 BestServHost: lists.best.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: waldorf-critics-errors@lists.best.com Errors-To: waldorf-critics-errors@lists.best.com Reply-To: waldorf-critics@lists.best.com To: waldorf-critics@lists.best.com List Members, I am going to be out of town for approximately a week and will not have access to a computer.
On Wed, 6 Aug 1997 spike@netshel.net wrote:) Levy posted:) Studying a subject, making a hypothesis, conducting a series of controlled) experiments to test the hypothesis, collecting quantified data from these) experiments, analyzing and comparing the data, and then drawing conclusions) based on this data is science.
www.waldorfcritics.com /active/archives/WCA9708.2.html   (9530 words)

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