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"Vallée du Bandama Region is a defunct region of Ivory Coast. From 1997 to 2011, it was a first-level subdivision region. The region's capital was Bouaké and its area was 28,518 km². Since 2011, the area formerly encompassed by the region is co-extensive with Vallée du Bandama District.Décret n° 2011-263 du 28 septembre 2011 portant organisation du territoire national en Districts et en Régions. Administrative divisions At the time of its dissolution, Vallée du Bandama Region was divided into five departments: Béoumi, Bouaké, Dabakala, Katiola, and Sakassou. Abolition Vallée du Bandama Region was abolished as part of the 2011 administrative reorganisation of the subdivisions of Ivory Coast. The area formerly encompassed by the region is now Vallée du Bandama District. References Category:Former regions of Ivory Coast Category:States and territories disestablished in 2011 Category:2011 disestablishments in Ivory Coast Category:1997 establishments in Ivory Coast Category:States and territories established in 1997 "
"EastEnders is a long-running British soap opera that has aired on BBC One since 19 February 1985. Since its inception, several spin-offs have been produced, including books, television documentaries, videos, music singles and an album. During the run up to the first episode of EastEnders, interest with the public was already high, something which continued afterwards. EastEnders proved as successful as was hoped for by the BBC in its first years, so they capitalised on it with a number of products. Books Many novels relating to EastEnders have been produced. Between 1985 and 1988, Hugh Miller wrote a series of 12 books focussing on several characters in the show. The books told the characters' backstories from before the show's inception in February 1985. Miller also wrote a series of four books called Teen EastEnders. Similar to the original 12 books, they focussed on teenage characters in the show. A further four novels were written by Kate Lock between 1998 and 2001. Two of these explored the backstories of the characters Grant Mitchell and Steve Owen, with the other two being "secret diaries" of characters Bianca Jackson and Tiffany Mitchell, giving an insight into the characters lives during storylines that were airing at the time. Several non-fiction books have been produced, including EastEnders: The Inside Story in 1987, which was written by the show's creators, Tony Holland and Julia Smith. =Non-fiction books= { class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" - ! scope="col" Title ! scope="col" Author ! scope="col" Year ! scope="col" Publisher ! scope="col" ISBN - ! scope="row" EastEnders Special (1987 Annual) Barraclough, John 1986 Grandreams - ! scope="row" ' and Holland, Tony 1987 BBC Books - ! scope="row" Public Secrets: EastEnders and its Audience Buckingham, David 1987 - ! scope="row" Albert Square Miller, Hugh and Harris, Keith 1987 David & Charles - ! scope="row" EastEnders Special (1988 Annual) Barraclough, John 1987 Grandreams - ! scope="row" EastEnders Special (1989 Annual) Lynch, Tony and Bain, Morag 1988 Grandreams - ! scope="row" How to Speak EastEnders : A Brief Glossary of Cockney Expressions 1988 Lionheart Television - ! scope="row" ' Daniels, Therese and Gerson, Jane (eds.) 1989 - ! scope="row" ' Kingsley, Hilary 1991 BBC Books - ! scope="row" ' Dawson, Susanna 1993 Red Fox Books - ! scope="row" ' Monroe, Josephine 1994 Virgin Publishing - ! scope="row" ' An update version of this book was released 2 November 1995, in a paperback format, . Brake, Colin 1994 BBC Books - ! scope="row" EastEnders: Real Soap Sinotok, Karen 1999 Generation Publications - ! scope="row" Who's Who in EastEnders Lock, Kate 2000 BBC Books - ! scope="row" Essential "Eastenders" Scripts: Models for Writing (Student Book) Gould, Mike 2003 Folens Publishers UK - ! scope="row" Essential "Eastenders" Scripts: Models for Writing (Teacher Book) Midghall, Diane 2003 Folens Publishers UK - ! scope="row" EastEnders: 20 years in Albert Square Smith, Rupert 2005 BBC Books - ! scope="row" EastEnders Annual 2009 Randall, Tim 2008 BBC Books - ! scope="row" Albert Square & Me: The Actors of EastEnders Jaffee, Larry (ed.) 2009 iUniverse - ! scope="row" 1001 Reasons Why Eastenders is Pony! Bushell, Garry 2009 Pennant Books - ! scope="row" Celebrating 25 Years of EastEnders Mirror Series 2010 The Mirror - ! scope="row" The Ultimate Unofficial EastEnders Quiz Book Cobham, Ed 2010 Summersdale Publishers - ! scope="row" Walford State of Mind: EastEnders as Reported by the Walford Gazette Jaffee, Larry 2011 East End Company } =Novels= { class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" - ! scope="col" Title ! scope="col" Author ! scope="col" Year ! scope="col" Publisher ! scope="col" Central character(s) ! scope="col" ISBN - ! scope="row" ' 1986 Inner Circle Books - ! scope="row" ' Miller, Hugh 1986 Inner Circle Books Beale family - ! scope="row" ' Miller, Hugh 1986 Inner Circle Books and Andy O'Brien - ! scope="row" ' Miller, Hugh 1986 Inner Circle Books - ! scope="row" ' Miller, Hugh 1986 Inner Circle Books and Angie Watts - ! scope="row" ' Miller, Hugh 1986 Inner Circle Books - ! scope="row" Teen EastEnders - Solid Ground Miller, Hugh 1986 André Deutsch - ! scope="row" Teen EastEnders - Growing Pains Miller Hugh 1986 André Deutsch - ! scope="row" ' Miller, Hugh 1987 Inner Circle Books - ! scope="row" ' Miller, Hugh 1987 Inner Circle Books - ! scope="row" ' Miller, Hugh 1987 Inner Circle Books - ! scope="row" ' Miller, Hugh 1987 Inner Circle Books - ! scope="row" ' Miller, Hugh 1987 Inner Circle Books - ! scope="row" ' Miller, Hugh 1988 Inner Circle Books - ! scope="row" Teen EastEnders - Heroes Miller, Hugh 1988 Lions - ! scope="row" Teen EastEnders - An Eye for Business Miller, Hugh 1988 Lions - ! scope="row" EastEnders - Blood Ties: The Life and Loves of Grant Mitchell Lock, Kate 1998 BBC Books - ! scope="row" EastEnders - Tiffany's Secret Diary Lock, Kate 1998 BBC Books - ! scope="row" EastEnders - Bianca's Secret Diary Lock, Kate 1999 BBC Books - ! scope="row" EastEnders - Steve Owen: Still Waters Lock, Kate 2001 BBC Books } Television Several EastEnders spin-off episodes have been produced, which look at the history of some of the characters using flashbacks. They are also often used as a lead up for a character's return to the show or follow characters who have departed from the show in another setting outside the usual location of Albert Square. The first of these was CivvyStreet, which aired in December 1988. It was set in Albert Square during World War II and featured younger versions of some of the soap's characters. Other episodes include Dot's Story, Perfectly Frank, Ricky & Bianca, Pat and Mo and Return of Nick Cotton. Documentaries have also been produced, particularly for the 10th, 15th and 20th anniversaries of the show looking back at the history of the show's inception, its characters and storylines. A behind-the-scenes documentary, EastEnders Revealed, aired regularly on BBC Choice and continued on BBC Three after the closure of BBC Choice. The first episode was in October 1999 and the show continued regularly until October 2005, with a few episodes still being made after this. A series of documentary shows, similar to EastEnders Revealed aired from 2006. EastEnders Xtra was an interactive series available between February and May 2005 via BBCi. The soap has also produced a number of charity specials for Children in Need. Some notable episodes include: Dimensions in Time, a crossover with the science fiction series Doctor Who; "Pudding Lane", which relocates the characters to 1666 during the Great Fire of London; and "East Street", a crossover with the ITV soap Coronation Street). The charity specials are not considered canon. On 4 April 2015, EastEnders bosses announced plans of a new six-part BBC drama series featuring iconic couple Kat (Jessie Wallace) and Alfie Moon (Shane Richie). The series, Redwater, will follow the characters as they move to Ireland. Speaking at the time, executive producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins commented: "In the next few weeks on EastEnders, viewers will witness several huge twists for Kat and Alfie Moon that will change their lives forever. Now is the perfect time to take two of EastEnders’ most beloved and enduring characters out of their comfort zone as they head to Ireland to search for answers to some very big questions... My team here are very excited about creating a whole new drama that stands apart from EastEnders while taking our style of storytelling to a place of stories, myth, secrets and immeasurable beauty." Internet and BBC Red Button EastEnders official website is located on the BBC Programmes website at www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006m86d and is part of BBC Online, the official website of the BBC. It was previously located at www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders. The website formerly contained information on the cast and characters, games, news and interviews but only the character information and interviews are now available, but are no longer updated and are in the "archive" section of the site. The website was redesigned in 2007, with the new version going live on 20 April 2007. Another updated website went live in December 2009, to tie in with the show's 25th anniversary in February 2010. The site contained new features and was based on feedback from users of the website. Occasionally, a character in the show sets up their own website and these are sometimes created in reality, such as rudemasood.co.uk, godlypodly.co.uk, watchagrownmanrot.com and desperaterussianhousewives.co.uk. In October 2009, a spin-off series entitled EastEnders: E20 was announced. Conceived by executive producer Diederick Santer, it was developed "as a way of nurturing new, young talent, both on- and off-screen, and exploring the stories of the soaps' anonymous bystanders." EastEnders: E20 characters are a group of sixth form students and it targets the "Hollyoaks demographic". It was written by a team of young writers and was shown on the EastEnders website in January 2010. A second series was commissioned for later in 2010, and a third series for 2011. An internet mini-series, Lauren's Diaries, began in 2010, featuring Lauren Branning (Jacqueline Jossa) and giving an insight into her thoughts and feelings. A second series started in April 2011. The episodes feature on the EastEnders website. Another mini-series on the internet, called The B&B;, started in 2012. The four-episode spin-off takes on the style of a fly-on-the- wall documentary, featuring Kim Fox (Tameka Empson), working at her bed and breakfast. Tamwar Tales – The Life of an Assistant Market Inspector is a four- episode spin-off starting in 2013, featuring the character of Tamwar Masood (Himesh Patel). Various other mini-episodes have appeared online and on the Red Button, showing extra scenes. These have included the two-part "Amira's Secret" from 2011, 2012's "Phil on Remand" and "Billy's Olympic Nightmare". Poppy Meadow (Rachel Bright) and Fatboy (Ricky Norwood) were also at the centre of a Red Button episode, showing how they spent their Christmas together, entitled "All I Want for Christmas". EastEnders first audio drama, EastEnders: The Podcast, started on 28 November 2018, consisting of four episodes. Videos and DVDs The first EastEnders video, released on 22 September 1986, was EastEnders – The Queen Vic, which looked at the major events in the lives of Angie Watts, Den Watts, Jan Hammond and Michelle Fowler, such as the birth of Michelle's baby, Vicki. The next video EastEnders – The Den and Angie Years, released in 1994. It included all of Den and Angie's moments such as their second honeymoon. In 1998, EastEnders – The Mitchells – Naked Truths was released, which was put together by writers such as Simon Ashdown, Tony Jordan and Christopher Reason. This video looked back at some of the most memorable storylines of Phil, Grant and Peggy Mitchell. This was essentially a two-hander between Phil and Grant, set in The Queen Victoria public house, intercut with flashbacks. A 40 minutes VHS was released in 1993, entitled The Gill and Mark Story. The VHS was only available to education institutions and followed that story of Gill and Mark's HIV storyline. To celebrate 15 years of EastEnders, a special video, 15 Years of EastEnders, was released. The video included some of the highlights of the show, including Den serving Angie with divorce papers, Grant discovering his wife Sharon and his brother Phil's affair, Tiffany Mitchell's death and funeral, and Carol Jackson confronting her daughter Bianca over her relationship with Dan Sullivan. The first EastEnders DVD was Slaters in Detention, released in November 2003 and also available on VHS. It contained a special comedic episode of EastEnders starring the Slater family. It was written by Tony Jordan, who helped devise the characters. It began with the female members of the Slater family dressed up in school uniform for a local disco, and they end up in a police cell where they reflect on the events of their lives, such as Kat revealing that Zoe was her daughter and Little Mo's marriage to Trevor Morgan. It also includes outtakes and an alternative ending to Little Mo's trial. An interactive DVD game was released in October 2005, entitled "An A-Z Tour of Albert Square" exclusively through BBC's Reading and Writing (RaW) campaign on BBC Online. The DVD is hosted by Adam Woodyatt as he challenges viewers to answer questions to unlock classic clips from the shows history. A DVD entitled EastEnders: Last Tango in Walford was released on 8 February 2010 to coincide with the show's 25th anniversary. It focuses on the characters Tiffany Dean (Maisie Smith) and Liam Butcher (James Forde) in the run up to their mother Bianca Jackson's (Patsy Palmer) wedding to their father Ricky Butcher (Sid Owen). Cast interviews and archive footage also feature. A DVD, The Best of EastEnders, was released in November 2018, featuring some of the show's most iconic moments from the last 34 years. Music releases The EastEnders theme tune was released on record in 1986 featuring the orchestra of the themes creator, Simon May. The tune was later turned into a song, titled "Anyone Can Fall in Love". The lyrics were created by Don Black, and it was recorded in 1986 by EastEnders star Anita Dobson, known as Angie Watts in the show. It reached number four in the UK Singles Chart, and Dobson appeared on shows such as Top Of The Pops and Wogan, to promote the song. A one-off album entitled The EastEnders' Sing-A-Long Album was released in 1986 on BBC Records. It featured most of the original cast and was an album of medleys containing well known cockney knees-up songs such as "Knees Up Mother Brown" and "Roll Out the Barrel". The record is notable for containing a Doctor Legg solo effort, performed by the actor who portrayed the character, Leonard Fenton. The album reached number 54 in the UK Albums Chart. Two songs from the show were released as singles. "Every Loser Wins" by Nick Berry (Simon Wicks) reached number one in the UK Singles Chart. "Something Outa Nothing" by Letitia Dean (Sharon Watts) and Paul Medford (Kelvin Carpenter) reached number 12. Both songs were featured in a storyline where the characters formed a band called The Banned. In 1999, BBC Music in association with Telstar released a single with performances by Barbara Windsor (Peggy Mitchell) and Mike Reid (Frank Butcher). They came together to release the song "The More I See You", based on their characters' wedding. A version of the theme tune, called "Peggy's Theme", features on the album The Simon May Collection and was also released as an EP along with other EastEnders songs including "Anyone Can Fall in Love". Other merchandise One of the first products was a BBC EastEnders Knitting Collection pattern book which was released exclusively to high street store Woolworths in 1986. It contains many of EastEnders' characters at the time wearing the patterns shown in the book. In 1988, a board game titled EastEnders the Game was released based on the characters and setting of the show. This game has since been reproduced. Since then there have also been items such as an EastEnders fridge magnet featuring The Queen Victoria pub and a hand-painted ceramic teapot based on The Queen Victoria, which was designed by Anne Rowe. There has also been EastEnders the Arcade Game, which was published by Macsen Software in 1987. The game was available for the ZX Spectrum 48K. In the Xleague TV series, Wez and Larry's Top Tens, it was voted the third worst video game based on a TV license of all-time. In November 2006, a wall calendar for 2007 was released, featuring pictures of the cast dressed as characters from William Shakespeare's plays, in aid of Children in Need. A range of EastEnders T-shirts were released through Topshop in 2010. In 2014 a wall calendar was commissioned to be sold in aid of Children in Need which shows some of the cast semi nude to link in with a storyline in the show itself. Footnotes References EastEnders "
"Paul K. Tanaka is an American former politician and a former law-enforcement officer with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. He was convicted April 4, 2016, in Federal Court of conspiracy to obstruct justice and obstruction of justice. Tanaka served as Undersheriff of Los Angeles County from 2011 to 2013. He was also mayor of the City of Gardena, California. His tenure has provoked controversy due to allegations of violence, corruption, and alleged membership in the white supremacist police gang Lynwood Vikings. Personal life Tanaka was born at the Queen of Angels Hospital in Los Angeles. At the age of 7, he and his family moved to Gardena, where he lived for 47 years. Tanaka received an accounting degree from Loyola Marymount University and was also a Certified Public Accountant. He served as Chief Financial Officer for the Go For Broke Foundation and the East West Players, and served on the board of the Harriet Buhai Center for Family Law. Tanaka was married to Valerie Tanaka, with whom he has 2 children. Elected official Tanaka was active in local government since his election to the Gardena city council in March 1999. In March 2005, he was elected mayor with 62% of the vote. He was re-elected to a second term in 2009. Law enforcement A career law enforcement officer, Tanaka initially joined the El Segundo police department in 1980. Transferring to the LA County Sheriff's Department (LASD) two years later, he rose through the ranks, earning his stripes in 1987, and making Lieutenant in 1991. Tanaka then rose from Lieutenant to Captain in 1999, Commander in 2001 and Chief in 2002."County Facing Cuts to Budget; After forecasting a shortfall of $205 million in the general fund, the top official today will introduce a plan for a leaner 2003-04", Los Angeles Times, April 14, 2003 From January 7, 2005, to June 2011, he was an Assistant Sheriff. He is the first Japanese American in the position. He has been criticized for his affiliation with the Lynwood Vikings, a secret police organization and white supremacist gang brought to light amidst police misconduct litigation in 1990. Sheriff Lee Baca acknowledged Tanaka still has a tattoo related to the group, which a federal judge described as a "neo-Nazi, white supremacist gang." Tanaka was tattooed as a member of the Vikings deputy gang in 1987, while serving as a Sergeant at the Lynwood station. On March 7, 1988, Tanaka was involved in a controversial killing of a Korean American in Long Beach, sparking outrage among Korean American community leaders. Hong Pyo Lee was shot and killed by Tanaka and four other deputies following a car chase. The deputies said Lee tried to run them over. The deputies were later found to have been justified in shooting by the district attorney’s office. Los Angeles County Undersheriff (2011-2013) Tanaka was appointed Undersheriff, the second-in-command at the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department in June 2011 by Sheriff Lee Baca. During his 2-year term as Undersheriff, the Department was dogged with several controversies. He announced his resignation on March 6, 2013. =Controversies= On October 18, 2011, at a Board meeting, Supervisors Zev Yaroslavsky and Mark Ridley-Thomas held a motion to create a Citizens’ Commission on Jail Violence with the mandate of reviewing the nature, depth and cause of Sheriff’s deputies’ inappropriate use of excessive force in County jails and to recommend corrective actions. In early 2011, the FBI launched an undercover probe at the Men's Central Jail, to investigate allegations of corruption and abuse. The U.S. Department of Justice's civil rights division also launched a wide-scale pattern and practice investigation into allegations that Antelope Valley deputies discriminated against minority residents who receive government housing assistance. During Tanaka's tenure as Undersheriff, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal class-action lawsuit against Sheriff Lee Baca and top commanders, including Tanaka, for perpetuating a long-standing, widespread pattern of violence by deputies against inmates in the county jails. In September 2012, the Citizens’ Commission on Jail Violence issued a final report that is very critical of the Sheriff Department’s management, including Baca, Tanaka and other executive- level staff, accusing them of fostering a culture in which deputies beat and humiliated inmates, covered up misconduct and formed aggressive deputy cliques in the county jails. Tanaka was in charge of the Department's Patrol Division and its budget. The report also called for the removal of Tanaka from the chain of command supervising the jail system, for statements that Tanaka had delivered, indicating that deputies could use excessive force against prisoners and that aggressive behavior would not result in discipline. The report also noted that Tanaka had accepted campaign contributions from many department employees, furthering perceptions of patronage and favoritism in promotion and assignment decisions. On March 6, 2013, Tanaka announced that he would retire as the Undersheriff, effective August 1, 2013, during an ongoing federal probe conducted by the FBI into widespread allegations of abuse, misconduct and mismanagement in County jails. Although his decision to resign was portrayed as being under his volition, Baca told Tanaka to step down because Tanaka had become a political liability. =Plot to hide informant= The plot to derail the federal investigation of the LASD supposedly began in August 2011, when Sheriff deputies retrieved a mobile phone from an inmate at Men’s Central Jail and were able to connect the phone to the FBI. Discovering that the inmate-turned-FBI informant was Anthony Brown, deputies had purposely hidden Brown from his FBI handlers, by moving him around different jails and changing Brown's name. =Criminal charges= On May 13, 2015, Tanaka was indicted on federal conspiracy and obstruction charges in the ongoing Los Angeles County Men's Jail corruptions investigation. Tanaka was the eighth LASD official to be criminal charged based on actions taken in the summer of 2011. =Conviction= On April 6, 2016, Tanaka was convicted on conspiracy and obstruction of justice charges by a federal jury in a case presided over by U.S. District Judge Percy Anderson. "The criminal charges centered on allegations that in 2011 Tanaka orchestrated a scheme to derail the FBI's jail investigation by intimidating the lead agent in the case, pressuring deputies not to cooperate and concealing the whereabouts of an inmate who was working as a federal informant." As a result, Councilman Mark E. Henderson was appointed Mayor Pro Tem and served as acting Mayor of Gardena until the March 2017 election.http://www.cityofgardena.org/elected-officials-coucilmember- henderson/ =Sentencing= On June 27, 2016, Tanaka was sentenced to five years in prison, for civil rights abuses inside the nation's largest urban jail system. He was also sentenced to serve two years of supervised release after he is discharged from prison and pay a $7,500 fine. He faced a maximum of 15 years in federal prison. Tanaka planned to file a motion to sidestep his Aug. 1 jail surrender deadline and remain out on bail while he appeals his conviction. He surrendered Monday, January 16, 2017, to federal authorities in Colorado to begin serving the prison sentence at a minimum-security camp in Englewood, Colorado.https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-tanaka- surrenders-20170116-story.html 2014 Sheriff's campaign On August 15, 2013, Tanaka announced his candidacy to unseat his former boss, Lee Baca, as the Sheriff in the 2014 election. Tanaka lost the election to Jim McDonnell, McDonnell received 49.4 percent of the vote and Tanaka received 15.1 percent to come in second. See also *Lee Baca, Sheriff over Tanaka, also convicted in relation to abuses in the jail system. 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