Alpha 7 is the third Alpha robot presented in the television series Power Rangers. To date he has only appeared in one episode - the Power Rangers: Wild Force episode "Forever Red". He is seen helping Tommy Oliver and Andros working on the Astro Megaship, Mark 2. He has Alpha 5's voice and demeanor, but his appearance is made up of pieces of both Alpha 6, and Alpha 5.
Although it is not stated in the episode, it can be assumed that Alpha 7, like Alpha 5, was built by the Edenites. Also not stated is Alpha 7's mission; again, presumably it is similar to Alpha 6's - to protect the Power Rangers.
Alpha 7 was voiced by Richard Steven Horvitz, who also voiced Alpha 5.
Although it is not stated in the episode, it can be assumed that Alpha 7, like Alpha 5, was built by the Edenites. Also not stated is Alpha 7's mission; again, presumably it is similar to Alpha 6's - to protect the Power Rangers.
Alpha 7 was voiced by Richard Steven Horvitz, who also voiced Alpha 5.
The Spirit of the Sword Youth Initiative was a non-profit youth movement originating in New Zealand during the late 1970s. The movement sought to marry New Age values of dynamic peace, self-improvement and environmentalism with physical training practices drawn from various martial arts and dance disciplines.
Origin
The Spirit of the Sword was originally a dramatic dance devised and performed by Dance Theater exponents Liong Xi and Faye Tohbyn . The dance told the story of a young Warrior who was tempted by the Spirit of the Sword, portrayed by another dancer, to take violent revenge for a fallen comrade. At the climax of the dance, the Warrior mastered his desire for revenge and was able to re-sheath his sword.
Xi and Tohbyn extended the philosophy expressed in this dance into a five-point "Code of Awareness" which was offered to hundreds of thousands of school children and their teachers during a series of annual Theatre in Education tours throughout New Zealand, between 1978-1985. The Code was a pledge to try to uphold the ideals of fitness, honesty, sincerity, respect for nature and peace, amongst other values.
Xi and Tohbyn also designed an insignia for the nascent youth initiative, featuring the Warrior and the Spirit in silhouette against a red background.
Non-aggressive self defence training
In 1987, martial artist Tony Wolf learned the Spirit of the Sword dance and performed it at a charity event in Wellington's Memorial Theatre.
Taking the theme of "dynamic peace" as inspiration, Wolf proposed to develop a new system of non-aggressive self defence and physical training, designed particularly for children and teenagers as a defence against school bullies. This "non-martial art" was to became the central practice of the Spirit of the Sword youth initiative.
The Spirit of the Sword self defence system, occasionally referred to as Kenshindo (Japanese, "Way of the Spirit of the Sword") and as Kenshin Taijutsu ("Physical techniques of the Sword Spirit") was devised as a non-violent means of self-protection. It consisted entirely of evasive and defensive techniques drawn from boxing, wrestling and other sports as well as various Asian martial arts, geared towards avoiding and if necessary controlling an aggressor without injuring them.
The self defence method was taught through a series of games and drills and was augmented by a series of calisthenics and tumbling exercises derived from martial arts, gymnastics, dance and yoga. The training emphasized sparring contests, with increasing levels of speed and resistance as the students became more proficient in the various defensive techniques.
Students of the Spirit of the Sword self defence method wore training uniforms consisting of a black uwagi (Japanese martial arts jacket) emblazoned with a patch displaying the red and black Spirit of the Sword insignia, and black tracksuit pants. Training was conducted according to the protocols of Asian martial arts, including symbolic salutes between training partners.
The Rainbow Warrior programme
Inspired by the purported Native American prophecy of the "Warriors of the Rainbow" who would dedicate their strength and skill to the cause of peace, Wolf developed an achievement-based award system called the Rainbow Warrior programme. Spirit of the Sword members were awarded a series of points based on achievements including A and B grades on school report cards, proficiency in non-aggressive self defence skills, community services, completion of a series of projects relating to nature and peace and achievements in sports and hobby activities.
Upon accumulating 150 points, members could undertake a special test; if they passed, they would be acknowledged as Rainbow Warriors within the initiative and were eligible for more advanced training and to assist in teaching classes. The programme was designed to be achievable within approximately one and a half years.
Training groups
The original Spirit of the Sword training groups were established in various suburbs of Wellington, New Zealand between 1987-1990, at locations including the Raynor Greek Memorial Hall in Kilbirnie and the Wellington Boys and Girls Institute gymnasium in Mount Cook. They were open to children and teenagers between the ages of seven and eighteen.
Circa 1990, a Kenshin Taijutsu self-defence training group for adults was established at the Community and Cultural Centre in Newtown.
Post-1990 history
Since 1990 Tony Wolf has occasionally revived aspects of the self-defence training method at martial arts and performance conferences in New Zealand, Australia and the USA, but the the Spirit of the Sword youth initiative has been largely inactive.
Origin
The Spirit of the Sword was originally a dramatic dance devised and performed by Dance Theater exponents Liong Xi and Faye Tohbyn . The dance told the story of a young Warrior who was tempted by the Spirit of the Sword, portrayed by another dancer, to take violent revenge for a fallen comrade. At the climax of the dance, the Warrior mastered his desire for revenge and was able to re-sheath his sword.
Xi and Tohbyn extended the philosophy expressed in this dance into a five-point "Code of Awareness" which was offered to hundreds of thousands of school children and their teachers during a series of annual Theatre in Education tours throughout New Zealand, between 1978-1985. The Code was a pledge to try to uphold the ideals of fitness, honesty, sincerity, respect for nature and peace, amongst other values.
Xi and Tohbyn also designed an insignia for the nascent youth initiative, featuring the Warrior and the Spirit in silhouette against a red background.
Non-aggressive self defence training
In 1987, martial artist Tony Wolf learned the Spirit of the Sword dance and performed it at a charity event in Wellington's Memorial Theatre.
Taking the theme of "dynamic peace" as inspiration, Wolf proposed to develop a new system of non-aggressive self defence and physical training, designed particularly for children and teenagers as a defence against school bullies. This "non-martial art" was to became the central practice of the Spirit of the Sword youth initiative.
The Spirit of the Sword self defence system, occasionally referred to as Kenshindo (Japanese, "Way of the Spirit of the Sword") and as Kenshin Taijutsu ("Physical techniques of the Sword Spirit") was devised as a non-violent means of self-protection. It consisted entirely of evasive and defensive techniques drawn from boxing, wrestling and other sports as well as various Asian martial arts, geared towards avoiding and if necessary controlling an aggressor without injuring them.
The self defence method was taught through a series of games and drills and was augmented by a series of calisthenics and tumbling exercises derived from martial arts, gymnastics, dance and yoga. The training emphasized sparring contests, with increasing levels of speed and resistance as the students became more proficient in the various defensive techniques.
Students of the Spirit of the Sword self defence method wore training uniforms consisting of a black uwagi (Japanese martial arts jacket) emblazoned with a patch displaying the red and black Spirit of the Sword insignia, and black tracksuit pants. Training was conducted according to the protocols of Asian martial arts, including symbolic salutes between training partners.
The Rainbow Warrior programme
Inspired by the purported Native American prophecy of the "Warriors of the Rainbow" who would dedicate their strength and skill to the cause of peace, Wolf developed an achievement-based award system called the Rainbow Warrior programme. Spirit of the Sword members were awarded a series of points based on achievements including A and B grades on school report cards, proficiency in non-aggressive self defence skills, community services, completion of a series of projects relating to nature and peace and achievements in sports and hobby activities.
Upon accumulating 150 points, members could undertake a special test; if they passed, they would be acknowledged as Rainbow Warriors within the initiative and were eligible for more advanced training and to assist in teaching classes. The programme was designed to be achievable within approximately one and a half years.
Training groups
The original Spirit of the Sword training groups were established in various suburbs of Wellington, New Zealand between 1987-1990, at locations including the Raynor Greek Memorial Hall in Kilbirnie and the Wellington Boys and Girls Institute gymnasium in Mount Cook. They were open to children and teenagers between the ages of seven and eighteen.
Circa 1990, a Kenshin Taijutsu self-defence training group for adults was established at the Community and Cultural Centre in Newtown.
Post-1990 history
Since 1990 Tony Wolf has occasionally revived aspects of the self-defence training method at martial arts and performance conferences in New Zealand, Australia and the USA, but the the Spirit of the Sword youth initiative has been largely inactive.
John R. A. Moulton was a 2006 Brampton, Ontario mayorial candidate, losing to Susan Fennell (and coming in third after Raj Sharda).
Moulton left no contact information for the voting public on the City's election website, and little to no information is available on him online.
Moulton previously lost to incumbent Grant Gibson in 2003, when aiming to be elected as Regional Council member 1 & 5. Little press, if any, was given to Moulton at that time.
He is ranked 167th out of 172 in the Canadian Classic Table Hockey Federation's 2006 Championship, last place within Brampton.
Moulton left no contact information for the voting public on the City's election website, and little to no information is available on him online.
Moulton previously lost to incumbent Grant Gibson in 2003, when aiming to be elected as Regional Council member 1 & 5. Little press, if any, was given to Moulton at that time.
He is ranked 167th out of 172 in the Canadian Classic Table Hockey Federation's 2006 Championship, last place within Brampton.
Robert Max Ross (August 5, 1933 - September 15, 2009) was a retired businessman from Mangham, in Richland Parish in northeast Louisiana, who has been a perennial Republican candidate for public office even though he has never made a significant showing in an election.
Ross grew up in Mangham and graduated from Mangham High School in 1951. Thereafter, he obtained a bachelor of science degree, with a major in agriculture, from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War. After his military service, he returned to Mangham, where he engaged in a number of businesses, including the ownership of a mobile home park.
Ross first ran for office in December 1971 in the only Republican gubernatorial closed primary ever held in the history of Louisiana. He was soundly defeated for the GOP nomination by the Metairie attorney David Conner Treen, who had also run unsuccessfully for the United States House of Representatives from suburban New Orleans in 1962, 1964, and 1968. Treen had the support of the party leadership, including chairman Charles C. de Gravelles of Lafayette. Ross was the "outsider" in the party, whose leaders and voters preferred the "insider" Treen.
Ross also filed as a candidate for the Louisiana State Senate in the February 1, 1972, general election but was easily defeated, 78-22 percent, by incumbent Democrat Charles M. Brown of Tallulah, the seat of Madison Parish in northeastern Louisiana. While Ross was running for the state Senate, his stepfather, Terry Clingan (born 1918), the Manham town barber, waged an unsuccessful campaign against Democratic State Representative Lantz Womack of Winnsboro, the seat of neighboring Franklin Parish. Clingan, a widower, was married to Ross' mother, Ruby Ross Clingan (1911-2002). Ross' father was killed in an accident in a shipyard in Galveston, Texas, when Ross was a small boy.
After the 1971-1972 campaigns, little was heard of Ross again for a decade. In 1983, he filed for the jungle primary for governor and polled a minuscule 7,625 ballots. The other Republican candidate was David Treen, by then the embattled incumbent governor, who failed in his bid for a second term. Treen received 588,508 ballots, but the easy winner was the Democratic choice, former Governor Edwin Washington Edwards, with 1,006,561 votes.
Ross surfaced again in 1984, when the Louisiana GOP leadership declined to offer a challenge to entrenched incumbent U.S. Senator John Bennett Johnston, Jr., of Shreveport. Several minor candidates filed against Johnston in the jungle primary but none made a showing. Some Republicans had encouraged Treen to make the race, but he demurred after his lopsided loss the previous year for governor. Ross therefore ran as the best-known of the Republican candidates against Johnston. The tally was 838,181 votes (85.7 percent) for Johnston and 86,546 votes (8.9 percent) for Ross.
When U.S. Senator Russell B. Long retired, Ross entered the jungle primary in September 1986 to choose a successor. He finished far to the rear, as two members of the United States House of Representatives, Republican W. Henson Moore, III, of Baton Rouge and Democrat John B. Breaux of Crowley, the seat of Acadia Parish, secured general election berths. Breaux went on to defeat Moore and held the seat for eighteen years until he retired in January 2005.
In October 2002, Ross ran for mayor of Mangham, but he polled only ten votes, or 7 percent of the total against the incumbent Democrat, Robert Neal Harwell, who received 141 votes (93 percent). Ross had quarreled with Harwell and the town council over water-related issues when he made his mayoral bid. In 1990, a Republican, Royce V. Lowery, was elected to the Mangham Town Council, while the Republican Mayor Frellsen Reese was retiring. In addition to Lowery, the council then had two Democratic members and two no-party aldermen.
In 2007, Ross resurfaced with an advertisement in the Baton Rouge Morning Advocate which urged that a candidate, presumably a Republican, step forward to challenge the reelection of Democratic Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr., in the October 20], 2007, jungle primary. Ross listed a mailing address in the ad, but no telephone number or email address. Shortly after Ross' ad appeared, District Attorney James D. "Buddy" Caldwell, Jr., of Tallulah, a Democrat, announced that he would challenge Foti in part as a reaction to Foti's arrest of of a doctor and two nurses in connection with deaths in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Caldwell comes from the historically Democratic area of East Carroll, Madison, and Tensas parishes. In addition to Caldwell, Foti faced a Republican candidate, Shreveport attorney Royal Alexander, in the primary. Foti was narrowly eliminated in the primary. Caldwell and Alexander now meet in the November 17 general election, with Caldwell believed to be the presumptive favorite based on overall primary results.
Bennie Hixon of Monroe, Louisiana, a former principal at Mangham High School, said that Ross may have been the first Republican in Mangham. "He helped break ground for the growth of the Republican Party in Richland Parish," Hixon said. Hixon self-published The History of Mangham and the Big Creek-Boeuf River to 1940.
Ross and his wife, Bobbi (born 1939), have a son, Kenneth Ross of Slidell in St. Tammany Parish, and three daughters. Ross was a Baptist. Ross's late brother, J. Dale Ross, was a Republican leader in Jonesville in Catahoula Parish.
Ross grew up in Mangham and graduated from Mangham High School in 1951. Thereafter, he obtained a bachelor of science degree, with a major in agriculture, from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War. After his military service, he returned to Mangham, where he engaged in a number of businesses, including the ownership of a mobile home park.
Ross first ran for office in December 1971 in the only Republican gubernatorial closed primary ever held in the history of Louisiana. He was soundly defeated for the GOP nomination by the Metairie attorney David Conner Treen, who had also run unsuccessfully for the United States House of Representatives from suburban New Orleans in 1962, 1964, and 1968. Treen had the support of the party leadership, including chairman Charles C. de Gravelles of Lafayette. Ross was the "outsider" in the party, whose leaders and voters preferred the "insider" Treen.
Ross also filed as a candidate for the Louisiana State Senate in the February 1, 1972, general election but was easily defeated, 78-22 percent, by incumbent Democrat Charles M. Brown of Tallulah, the seat of Madison Parish in northeastern Louisiana. While Ross was running for the state Senate, his stepfather, Terry Clingan (born 1918), the Manham town barber, waged an unsuccessful campaign against Democratic State Representative Lantz Womack of Winnsboro, the seat of neighboring Franklin Parish. Clingan, a widower, was married to Ross' mother, Ruby Ross Clingan (1911-2002). Ross' father was killed in an accident in a shipyard in Galveston, Texas, when Ross was a small boy.
After the 1971-1972 campaigns, little was heard of Ross again for a decade. In 1983, he filed for the jungle primary for governor and polled a minuscule 7,625 ballots. The other Republican candidate was David Treen, by then the embattled incumbent governor, who failed in his bid for a second term. Treen received 588,508 ballots, but the easy winner was the Democratic choice, former Governor Edwin Washington Edwards, with 1,006,561 votes.
Ross surfaced again in 1984, when the Louisiana GOP leadership declined to offer a challenge to entrenched incumbent U.S. Senator John Bennett Johnston, Jr., of Shreveport. Several minor candidates filed against Johnston in the jungle primary but none made a showing. Some Republicans had encouraged Treen to make the race, but he demurred after his lopsided loss the previous year for governor. Ross therefore ran as the best-known of the Republican candidates against Johnston. The tally was 838,181 votes (85.7 percent) for Johnston and 86,546 votes (8.9 percent) for Ross.
When U.S. Senator Russell B. Long retired, Ross entered the jungle primary in September 1986 to choose a successor. He finished far to the rear, as two members of the United States House of Representatives, Republican W. Henson Moore, III, of Baton Rouge and Democrat John B. Breaux of Crowley, the seat of Acadia Parish, secured general election berths. Breaux went on to defeat Moore and held the seat for eighteen years until he retired in January 2005.
In October 2002, Ross ran for mayor of Mangham, but he polled only ten votes, or 7 percent of the total against the incumbent Democrat, Robert Neal Harwell, who received 141 votes (93 percent). Ross had quarreled with Harwell and the town council over water-related issues when he made his mayoral bid. In 1990, a Republican, Royce V. Lowery, was elected to the Mangham Town Council, while the Republican Mayor Frellsen Reese was retiring. In addition to Lowery, the council then had two Democratic members and two no-party aldermen.
In 2007, Ross resurfaced with an advertisement in the Baton Rouge Morning Advocate which urged that a candidate, presumably a Republican, step forward to challenge the reelection of Democratic Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr., in the October 20], 2007, jungle primary. Ross listed a mailing address in the ad, but no telephone number or email address. Shortly after Ross' ad appeared, District Attorney James D. "Buddy" Caldwell, Jr., of Tallulah, a Democrat, announced that he would challenge Foti in part as a reaction to Foti's arrest of of a doctor and two nurses in connection with deaths in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Caldwell comes from the historically Democratic area of East Carroll, Madison, and Tensas parishes. In addition to Caldwell, Foti faced a Republican candidate, Shreveport attorney Royal Alexander, in the primary. Foti was narrowly eliminated in the primary. Caldwell and Alexander now meet in the November 17 general election, with Caldwell believed to be the presumptive favorite based on overall primary results.
Bennie Hixon of Monroe, Louisiana, a former principal at Mangham High School, said that Ross may have been the first Republican in Mangham. "He helped break ground for the growth of the Republican Party in Richland Parish," Hixon said. Hixon self-published The History of Mangham and the Big Creek-Boeuf River to 1940.
Ross and his wife, Bobbi (born 1939), have a son, Kenneth Ross of Slidell in St. Tammany Parish, and three daughters. Ross was a Baptist. Ross's late brother, J. Dale Ross, was a Republican leader in Jonesville in Catahoula Parish.