2 Marsham Street, History
The towers were considered by some to be a blot on London's landscape, and were subsequently nicknamed "the three ugly sisters" and "the toast rack". Michael Heseltine, the Secretary of State for the Environment in the late 1970s and early 1980s, allegedly said that the building offered the best view of London – because one could not see the towers from his north-facing 16th-floor office in the North tower. Chris Patten called the complex "a building that deeply depresses the spirit".


2 Marsham Street, History
The last government staff occupied the building in the late 1990s. The building was declared unfit for future use and the towers were demolished in 2003 to make way for the new building into which the Home Office moved in 2005. Prior to the 'ugly sisters' epoch, from about 1818, the site housed the Chartered Gas Works of the Westminster Gas Light and Coke Company, as well as a laundry yard.


2 Marsham Street, History
Soon after the building opened in 2005, agencies of the Home Office like Her Majesty's Passport Office and the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs began moving to new offices. From August 2014 to autumn 2018, the building was also home to the Department for Communities and Local Government, the Homes and Communities Agency and the Building Regulations Advisory Committee. In 2018, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) relocated to 2 Marsham Street; Defra is itself a successor to the DoE that originally occupied the Marsham Towers site.


2 Marsham Street, History
In 2018, Homes England (the reorganized Homes and Communities Agency) moved to Windsor House.


2 Marsham Street, Design
Designed by Terry Farrell, the new building was financed through the private finance initiative (PFI) model with French construction firm Bouygues as contractor. It was completed within 24 months. The cost of £311 million is to be spread over 29 years, and will be partially met by the issue of bonds. The site is made up of three buildings, designated Seacole, Peel and Fry. They are named after Mary Seacole, Robert Peel and Elizabeth Fry, figures who had significant impacts in areas within the Home Office's responsibility.


2 Marsham Street, Design
The buildings are connected by a bridge from the first to the fourth floors, forming part of a corridor that runs the whole length of the building. Staff call this corridor 'The Street'. During design, the emphasis was on creating a building with a community feel. To that end, the open-plan offices are well lit, situated around three central atria and overlooking turfed 'pocket parks'. The building has also been constructed to be energy efficient and to fall well within government energy-expenditure targets. The approachable effect of the building is enhanced by art-work by Liam Gillick who used coloured glass to change the feel of the building depending on the light conditions.


2 Marsham Street, Design
The site contains 800,000 sq ft (74,000 m2) of office space. Part of the old Marsham Towers site was also turned over to blocks of residential flats, shops and restaurants behind the new Home Office building.


2 Marsham Street, Critical reception
Since its completion in early 2005, 2 Marsham Street has been well received by the architectural community, winning a RIBA Award for Architecture, a Leading European Architects Forum and MIPIM 2006 Awards. Giles Worsley, architecture critic of The Daily Telegraph, called the building "a triumph of urban repair". The contractor's provision of the building within the time-frame required has also been praised.


2 Marsham Street, Critical reception
The Home Secretary at the time of the building's completion, Charles Clarke, stated "By moving to a newer, more efficient headquarters, the Home Office will save taxpayers around £95m. This will contribute to the Home Office's programme to save £1.97bn so that we can target more money at front line services like policing and border control."


2 Medium Regiment (India)
2 Medium Regiment (Self Propelled) (Letse & Point 171) is part of the Regiment of Artillery of the Indian Army.


2 Medium Regiment (India), Formation
The regiment was raised on 15 May 1940 as ‘B’ Field Brigade, Indian Artillery at Bangalore by Lieutenant Colonel (later Brigadier) Guy Horsfield. It consisted of Headquarters (H.Q. ), 3rd Indian and 4th Indian Field Batteries. It was subsequently redesignated as the 2 Indian Field Regiment. During its deployment in the Persia and Iraq Command (PAIC), 7th Indian Field Battery joined the regiment.


2 Medium Regiment (India), Composition
In the early years, there was one battery each of South Indian Class (SIC), Marathas and Sikhs. In May 1946, the regiment was converted to a single class regiment with Sikh soldiers.


2 Medium Regiment (India), Name changes
The regiment has underwent the following changes in its designation -


2 Medium Regiment (India), Operations
In May 1942, the Regiment joined 6 Indian Division in the PAIC. It moved to Basra, Iraq and later to Syria and Iran. The regiment was deployed in the Western desert in February 1942 as part of the 3rd Indian Motor Brigade, which formed part of the Gazala-Bir Hakeim defences. It was equipped with 25-pounder guns and fought against the German Afrika Korps under Rommel in the Battle of Bir Hakeim.


2 Medium Regiment (India), Operations
On 26 May 1942, the Brigade Group with 2 Field Regiment and 1 Indian Anti-Tank Regiment as its artillery component, moved to Point 171, south of Bir Hakeim in Libya. Late in the evening of 26 May, 2 Field Regiment was warned of an impending attack by Rommel’s forces early next morning. Rommel’s forces had 15 Panzer Division, 21 Panzer Division, the Italian Ariete Division and 90 Light Infantry Division. The defenders were hopelessly outnumbered, but determined to give a fight, which ended up creating history. Throughout the night, the Regiment made preparations to face an impending armour attack on its gun positions. The defences at Point 171 were incomplete, without mines, uncoordinated and without any tanks deployed in the Brigade Box area, but were ready to face the might of the Germans.


2 Medium Regiment (India), Operations
Early morning of 27 May saw Rommel’s forces moving out of their harbour hardly 2 miles away. The Battle at Point 171 was so swift and bloody, that in about two hours’ time Rommel’s forces had over-run the defences of the Brigade, but not before facing the wrath of the Indian Gunners who kept firing till their positions were over-run. In the battle, despite being surrounded from all sides by German Panzers, the gunners showed indomitable spirit and courage and destroyed many tanks (estimated 52-64).


2 Medium Regiment (India), Operations
The ferocity of the battle can be gauged from the numbers of enemy tanks destroyed as also from the fact that the losses suffered by 2 Field Regiment included six officers and many men killed, and many wounded or taken prisoners of war. For its gallant action, the regiment was honoured with the title Point 171, the first Indian Artillery regiment to be awarded a honour title.


2 Medium Regiment (India), Operations
After proving its mettle in North Africa, the regiment was inducted into the Burma campaign in 1944. After a short three weeks rest at Kalemyo, the regiment joined 7th Indian Infantry Division, IV Corps at Pokokku. It was then part of the Fourteenth Army and subsequently the 20th Indian Division. In 1945, it was part of the 255th Indian Tank Brigade, which was temporarily under 17th Indian Division.


2 Medium Regiment (India), Operations
On 23 February 1945, the Regiment was positioned in defence near Letse (east of Arakan), Burma; when the Japanese launched a Brigade attack. The gunners of the regiment killed around 300 Japanese soldiers in a deadly artillery attack. The regiment thus got its second honour title – Letse and the following gallantry awards –


2 Medium Regiment (India), Operations
In May 1946, the regiment was converted to a single class regiment with Sikh soldiers and into a self-propelled artillery regiment.


2 Medium Regiment (India), Operations
Participation of Indian Artillery in Jammu and Kashmir operations during 1947-48 commenced with the first flights of civil and Royal Indian Air Force Dakotas, which transported 1 Sikh Battalion to Srinagar on the morning of 27 October 1947. Personnel of 2 Field Regiment (SP) and 13 Field Regiment donned uniforms of 1 Sikh and proceeded as a composite company of the battalion under Captain RL Chauhan of 13 Field Regiment. It operated as infantry till the first week of November1947, when four 3.7 inch howitzers reached the area. Thereafter, they took over the guns and assisted the infantry to drive out the infiltrators along Srinagar - Baramula road.


2 Medium Regiment (India), Operations
The regiment equipped with 25 pounder self propelled Sextons was part of the of 1 Artillery Brigade under 1 Armoured Division. It along with 101 Field Regiment (SP) and 71 Medium Regiment were allotted to provide timely and accurate fire support to 1 Armoured Brigade during the Battle of Phillora.


2 Medium Regiment (India), Operations
The performance of the gunners was summarised by Brigadier KK Singh, MVC, Commander 1 Armoured Brigade in the ‘Report’ sent by him after the operations. This reads as under:-


2 Medium Regiment (India), Operations
During the operations our gunners supported us to the hilt-a truly magnificent performance. The success of the armoured units was in great measure facilitated by the promptitude, accuracy and intensity of our artillery fire through the Commanding Officer 2 Field Regiment (SP) and his battery commanders and forward observation officers. Without this support we could not have done half as well as we did.


2 Medium Regiment (India), Operations
In the Battle of Phillora, the bulk of the tanks of the Pakistani 1 Corps were destroyed. ‘C’ Squadron of Poona Horse with 5/9 Gorkha Rifles battalion duly supported by massive artillery fires captured Phillora. The intensity of artillery fire can be appreciated from the fact that just one regiment, 2 Field Regiment (SP), fired 10,436 rounds during the operations!


2 Medium Regiment (India), Equipment
The regiment has been equipped with the following artillery guns -


2 Medium Regiment (India), War Cry
The war cry of the regiment is 'Har Maidan Fateh' (हर मैदान फ़तेह), which translates to Victory in every field.


2 Mics & the Truth
2 Mics & the Truth is the fifth live album by American rock band Violent Femmes. The album was released on July 7, 2017, by Add It Up Productions and PIAS Recordings. It was recorded at various radio stations and Paste Magazine. It was released on CD, 2-LP and digital download/streaming with differing track listings on each format.


2 Mics & the Truth, Track listings
All tracks are written by Gordon Gano, unless otherwise indicated.


2 Mics & the Truth, Track listings
The 2-LP release track listing is the same as the digital release, except for omitting the track "Issues".


2 Military Police Regiment
2 Military Police Regiment (2 MP Regt) is a unit of the Canadian Forces. It provides support to the Canadian Army within the Province of Ontario. It does not provide support to Canadian Forces Bases Borden, Trenton and North Bay and Canadian Forces Support Unit (Ottawa). The unit was initially created in the summer of 2006. Since then, the unit was officially established by a ministerial organization order (MOO) and a Canadian Forces organization order (CFOO) dated September 24, 2007. It is a "total force" unit of the Canadian Army Military Police Group (CA MP Gp).


2 Military Police Regiment
The term "total force" describes a unit which includes both Regular Force and Reserve Force members. 2 MP Regt is responsible for police, security and detention operations as well as police support in field operations. The unit headquarters is located at The George Taylor Denison III Armoury, more commonly known as Denison Armoury, in Toronto, Ontario. The strength of 2 MP Regt totals just under 300 personnel.


2 Military Police Regiment
Since the transfer of command authority (TOCA) on 1 April 2011, 2 MP Regt is under the full command of the Canadian Forces Military Police Group (CF MP Gp) through the CA MP Gp, and attached operational command (OPCOM) to the 4th Canadian Division (4 Cdn Div). The unit is commanded by a major as the commanding officer (CO) and the unit has a master warrant officer who is the regimental sergeant major (RSM). The CO of 2 MP Regt reports directly to the commander of the CA MP Gp, as well as the commander of 4 Cdn Div. The CO has a dual function as commanding officer and division provost marshal.


2 Military Police Regiment, Unit background, Recent history
Prior to the existence of 2 MP Regt, members of the Army Reserve Military Police of Ontario were part of 2 Military Police Company (2 MP Coy) formed summer 2003 until April 2006. With Platoons located in London, Toronto and Ottawa, the unit boasted strength around 125 all ranks. During this time, Regular Force members of the Military Police were under command of their local Canadian Forces Base (CFB) or Area Support Unit (ASU). As noted above, Regular Force and Reserve Force members amalgamated into one unit known as 2 MPU 8 April 2006.


2 Military Police Regiment, Unit background, Recent history
The Regt was renamed 2 Military Police Regiment on 1 April 2011 during the reorganization of the Canadian Forces Military Police. In the early 2000s and earlier, Regimental Police (RP) were assigned police duties within their respective Battalion. Although not specially appointed as peace officers, members of the RP were instrumental in dealing with police related matters. They wore brassards denoting "RP".


2 Military Police Regiment, Unit background, Sub-Unit composition
Until about the mid-2000s, 2 MP Regt had representation at Canadian Forces Base Petawawa within 2 Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, The Royal Canadian Dragoons and the Royal Canadian Regiment. The same held true in London at Wolseley Barracks when the 1st Battalion - The Royal Canadian Regiment was stationed there. These MP were normally referred to as Battalion Sheriffs, a term used in a somewhat official manner. In each of these locations, the Battalion Sheriffs normally had several Regimental Police (RP) working for them. RP were not peace officers and did not have special powers of arrest. Instead, they were members of their respective unit. They would assist MP in their day-to-day work. Similar to MP, RP would wear an RP brassard to identify themselves accordingly.


2 Military Police Regiment, Unit background, Sub-Unit composition
2 MP Regt has working relations with MP units at CFB Trenton, CFB North Bay, CFB Borden and Canadian Forces Support Unit (Ottawa). They also partner with municipal, regional, provincial and federal police agencies on a routine basis throughout Ontario.


2 Military Police Regiment, Unit background, Commanding Officers
The following Officers have commanded 2 MP Regt (most recent to least recent):


2 Military Police Regiment, Unit background, Regimental Sergeant Majors
The following personnel have served as Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM) of 2 MP Regt (most recent to least recent):


2 Military Police Regiment, Expeditionary operations
2 MP Regt is one of four Regiments within the CA MP Gp primarily responsible for force generation of Military Police personnel for Expeditionary Operations, which includes the War on Terror in Afghanistan. When deployed, members of 2 MP Regt are tasked to the Joint Task Force Afghanistan Military Police Company (JTF-Afg MP Coy). Military Police (MP) tasks have varied greatly over successive rotations. Canadian Forces members who serve in Afghanistan are awarded the General Campaign Star (GCS). 2 MP Regt was the main force generator for TF 3-08 which deployed in the fall of 2008. 2 MP Regt was the main force generator for Task Force 1-10 which deployed in 2010.


2 Military Police Regiment, Expeditionary operations
In the summer of 2014, 2 MP Regt will be designated operational ready for Task Force 1-14 (major international operation for an extended period) and Task Force 2-14 (response to crises elsewhere in the world for shorter periods). Both are unnamed missions and may or may not deploy. Deployment is dependent on decision by the Government of Canada.


2 Military Police Regiment, Expeditionary operations
In the spring of 2015, members of the regiment were involved in five separate missions throughout the world, OP CALUMET (Sinai Peninsula), OP ADDENDA (Afghanistan), OP REASSURANCE (Central and Eastern Europe), OP IMPACT (operations against ISIS in Iraq), and OP RENAISSANCE (Disaster relief in Nepal after major earthquakes in April 2015). This concurrent contribution to international operations is quite unprecedented within the Canadian Forces Military Police Group.


2 Military Police Regiment, Humanitarian assistance
Members of 2 MP Regt contribute to humanitarian assistance in Canada and abroad through the Immediate Reaction Unit (IRU) and Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART). The IRU responds to domestic situations in Canada such as floods, forest fires and ice storms, whereas DART responds to disastrous situations throughout the world such as Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. Most recently, one member of 2 MP Regt was deployed to Nepal to assist with disaster relief as a result of major earthquakes in April 2015 that killed thousands.


2 Military Police Regiment, Clothing and equipment, Uniforms
Members of 2 MP Regt normally wear one of two uniforms; Operational Patrol Dress (OPD) or Canadian Disruptive Pattern (CADPAT). Members of the unit involved in policing duties wear OPD and all others wear CADPAT. During formal events such as parades, members of the unit will wear their Distinct Environmental Uniform (DEU). Therefore, even as a member of an Army unit, members will wear the uniform corresponding to their particular environment; Army, Navy or Air Force. In OPD and CADPAT, unit members who are trained as Military Police wear a scarlet beret. In DEU, the head dress of each element is worn instead of the scarlet beret. Introduced in the late 1980s, the scarlet beret is same colour as berets worn by members of the Royal Military Police.


2 Military Police Regiment, Clothing and equipment, Uniforms
On international operations in Afghanistan, MP wear Arid CADPAT uniforms with the following protective equipment: combat helmet, ballistic eyewear, tactical vest, fragmentation protective vest with bullet resistant plates and beige combat boots. A bayonet (Bayonet System 2005 by Eickhorn Solingen) mounts to the front of the tactical vest. Optional equipment includes a CamelBak drinking system and the small pack system. The wide brimmed combat hat can be worn within the camp.


2 Military Police Regiment, Clothing and equipment, Personal weapons
Members of 2 MP Regt mainly use the following personal long and short barrel weapons:


2 Military Police Regiment, Clothing and equipment, Personal weapons
Those involved in garrison policing duties also carry the following for use in the Use of Force continuum:


2 Military Police Regiment, Clothing and equipment, Personal weapons
In Field Platoons, as well as on combat operations, MP carry/use the same weapons as any other member of the Canadian Forces. This includes all the weapons above, as well as, but is not limited to:


2 Military Police Regiment, Clothing and equipment, Personal weapons
For those MP involved in domestic garrison policing, the use of force model governs how much force is used and when. During combat operations, use of force is based on the Rules of Engagement (ROE) that apply to all other members of the Canadian Forces. ROE complies with the Geneva Conventions.


2 Military Police Regiment, Recruiting and training, Recruiting
There are two streams for recruiting. The local Canadian Forces Recruiting Centre (CFRC) will process applicants for the Regular Force (full-time). They will also provide referrals to the local Reserve Force Platoons (part-time), in London, Toronto and Ottawa. Interested persons can join as MP (non-commissioned member) or an MPO (commissioned officer).


2 Military Police Regiment, Recruiting and training, Training
Regular Force and Reserve Force members of 2 MP Regt receive initial Military Police training at the Canadian Forces Military Police Academy at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Borden, Ontario. Non -Commissioned Members (NCM's) attend the Qualification Level 3 (QL 3) Military Police course, and Officers attend the Military Police Officers Course (MPOC). There are separate Regular Force and Reserve Force courses. Members attending the Reserve Force courses are not awarded credentials (MP badge) upon course completion. It is possible in some instances for Reserve Force members to take training at the Regular Force level.


2 Military Police Regiment, Internet and intranet sites
2 MP Regt does not have an internet web-site, Facebook or Twitter. Internally, 2 MP Regt maintains a SharePoint site under both 4 Cdn Div and LF MP Gp.


2 Military Police Regiment, Combat casualties
On April 22, 2006, Corporal Matthew Dinning of 2 MP Platoon and Corporal Randy Payne of the Military Police Detachment, Wainwright, Alberta, were killed in action, along with three other members of the CAF, when their G-Wagen struck an improvised explosive device (IED) north of Kandahar, Afghanistan. The Silvia Pecota print "Fallen Comrades (Task Force Afghanistan)" has the date 22-04-06 inscribed on the helmet band. In September 2006, Corporals Dinning and Payne were added to the Honour Roll at the Canadian Police and Peace Officers' Memorial at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario.


2 Military Police Regiment, Combat casualties
Dinning's name and date of death are inscribed on panel 25. In 2014, a bridge on Highway 21 spanning Clark Creek in Huron County, Ontario, was dedicated to Corporal Dinning and is marked with signs at each end of a bridge. In 2015, Corporal Dinning's name was inscribed on the Ontario Police Memorial in Toronto, Ontario. Corporal Payne's name was inscribed on the Alberta Police Memorial in Edmonton, Alberta. Both MPs had Ontario bridges dedicated in their names.


2 Military Police Regiment, Combat casualties
On the Highway of Heroes from CFB Trenton to the Coroner's Office in Toronto, Ontario, 2 MP Regt provides escort duties to the motorcade of dead CAF personnel, ordinarily occupying the second vehicle in the order of march. The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is the lead vehicle, with Trenton MP being the second last vehicle, with the OPP being the last vehicle.


2 Military Police Regiment, Notable Toronto area events
Members of 2 MP Regt have been involved in the following high-profile events in Toronto and surrounding areas:


2 Military Police Regiment, Community involvement
Members of 2 MP Regt raise funds for the Military Police Fund for Blind Children, a registered charity in Canada. Annually in December, members from London and Toronto visit the W. Ross MacDonald School in Brantford (school for students who are visually impaired, blind and deafblind), delivering presents to children. 2 MP Regt participates annually in the Canadian Police and Peace Officer Memorial on the last Sunday of September. As 2 MP Regt is dispersed throughout Ontario, Remembrance Day services are attended in the local area. Members have attended services in Wingham, Gananoque and Haliburton Ontario.


2 Military Police Regiment, Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel and senate
The following have served as the Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel of 2 MP Regt:


2 Military Police Regiment, Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel and senate
Members of the Senate are mostly retired police and/or military members. The Senate meets on a regular basis, normally in the Toronto area. Members are staunch advocates of members of the regiment. Senate members are eager to attend 2 MP Regt training and other events throughout the year, where they have opportunity to speak to regimental members one on one.


2 Million Bikers to DC
2 Million Bikers to DC was a protest/motorcycle ride which brought thousands of riders from various parts of the United States to Washington, D.C. on September 11, 2013.


2 Million Bikers to DC, Background
Bill Williamson had a "Pipe Dream" but was not part of any organizing. Belinda Bee and a team from across the country organized the event. It was originally to protest the American Muslim Political Action Committee to rally on the National Mall on that date. . While the bikers stated that it was inappropriate for the group to have a rally on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks, they also stated that their plan was not to confront the Muslim group.


2 Million Bikers to DC, Background
However, as planning went on, the ride became a demonstration of patriotism, with many of the riders being veterans. A Facebook page  was set up for planning and documentation. Participants also tweeted photos of their journey to Washington, using the hashtag #2MBikers, which show rest stops and other locations overflowing with bikers. Many other drivers pulled over for them on the highway to wave and take pictures.


2 Million Bikers to DC, Background
2 Million Bikers to DC initially asked for a permit to demonstrate around the National Mall, but the National Park Service denied the request stating that such a large gathering of motorcycles would cause “a severe disruption of traffic” and that the D.C. police would not be able to accommodate it. However, D.C. law states that it is not an offense to assemble or parade on a public thoroughfare in the District without having provided notice or obtained an approved assembly plan. For this reason the event commenced anyway and was legal without the permit. But because the permit was denied the riders did not have a police escort through the traffic — a sore spot with organizers who thought the denial was for political purposes.


2 Million Bikers to DC, The event
On the day of the event, there were not two million bikers; estimates of participants ranged from 10,000 to 75,000. Several dozen gathered for the “Million Muslim March” (later renamed the Million American March Against Fear). Some participants gathered at the Harley Davidson dealership in Fort Washington, Maryland, just outside Washington, DC and at about 10:30 am, began departing side by side with anywhere between 2 and 5 bikes entering the highway at once. It took over an hour to get all bikers on the road, extending for about a third of a mile.


2 Million Bikers to DC, The event
Roads around the National Mall were reportedly closed that day according to mainstream media, saying it kept the bikers away from the Muslim event. Traffic was a nightmare and deterred many bikers from actually making it to the National Mall area, but thousands upon thousands prevailed and rode around the monuments and parked anywhere they could find to let their bikes cool off. Their motors could be clearly heard there, with one of the organizers of the Muslim event complaining that noise from one group of bikers disturbed a moment of silence for 9/11 victims. The event passed without incident with the exception of a couple of minor accidents. By 5 pm some bikers were still circling the National Mall.


2 Million Bikers to DC, Future plans
Bee and other organizers state the event will be repeated each year on September 11.


2 Million Man March
The 2 Million Man March was the culmination of efforts by the group Youth Earnestly Ask for Abacha under the direction of Daniel Kanu. The march took place in Abuja, Nigeria, during 3–4 March 1998.


2 Million Man March
The support of the former military leader Sani Abacha culminated in 1998 with what is now remembered as the two-million-man march, the largest gathering in history of Nigeria. It was coordinated by YEAA and NACYAN. Africa Research Bulletin reported that YEAA had distributed free exercise books to schools, that it had plans to distribute subsidized imported "Abacha Rice" and that it had bought two new buses, equipped with speakers and modern communications equipment in honor of the event (20 Mar. 1998 13002). Many prominent politicians and other famous Nigerians attended, supported, and spoke at the rally


2 Million Man March
According to an interview with Daniel Kanu the costs of the rally, estimated at 400-500 million Naira, were paid for by "patriotic individuals" (NTA TV 5 Mar. 1998; Voice of Nigeria 3 Mar. 1998) As alleged in the book Regime Change and Succession Politics in Africa: Five Decades of Misrule, the march was likely government-backed and nearly 2.5 billion Naira was spent on the march. (PG 115 Repressive State and Resurgent Media Under Nigeria’s Military Dictatorship)


2 Million Minutes
2 Million Minutes is a series of documentary films exploring how students in the United States, India, and the People’s Republic of China spend the nominal 2,000,000 minutes of their high school years. The film has been supported by Newt Gingrich and Al Sharpton.


2 Million Minutes, Chapters, Chapter 1: 2 Million Minutes: A Global Examination
Chapter 1 describes the different emphasis students, parents, and teachers put on socialization, academic rigor, and discipline in the three countries. This chapter of the film compares high school students from three countries, India, China and the United States. The film seems to focus on stereotypes of the study habits and social behaviors of students from these different countries. For example, the story looks at how American students natural proclivity to extra-curricular activities like student government and sports teams versus Chinese and Indian students' dedication to additional prep work and hobbies like playing instruments.


2 Million Minutes, Chapters, Chapter 2: 2 Million Minutes: In India
Chapter 2 describes the Indian K-12 education system. Filmed one year after Chapter 1, it rejoins the two American students and the two Indian students for a discussion. The film also features an interview with the principal of St. Paul's English school, Sundari Rao.


2 Million Minutes, Chapters, Chapter 3: 2 Million Minutes: In China
Chapter 3 describes the Chinese K-12 education system. Filmed one year after Chapter 1, it rejoins the two American students and the two Chinese students for a discussion. The film also features an interview with the headmaster of Xiwai International School, Dr. Lin.


2 Million Minutes, Chapters, Chapter 4: 2 Million Minutes: The 21st Century Solution
Chapter 4 advocates some solutions for the United States to become competitive in education.


2 Mini: Ikiru to Iu Chikara
2 Mini Ikiru to Iu Chikara (②mini〜生きるという力〜, Tsū Mini Ikiru to Iu Chikara, 2 Mini: The Power That You Live) is the second album from the Japanese pop idol group Cute, released on April 18, 2007 on the Zetima label. Although it is actually a mini-album, containing only five tracks, it is considered their second album.


2 Mini: Ikiru to Iu Chikara
The album was  released in two versions: Regular Edition and Limited Edition, the latter containing also a DVD with videos.


2 Mini: Ikiru to Iu Chikara
The album debuted at number 21 in the Oricon Weekly Albums Chart, remaining in the chart for 2 weeks.


2 Minute Drill (game show)
2 Minute Drill is an ESPN game show based on the general knowledge UK game show Mastermind. The program aired from September 11, 2000, to December 28, 2001. ESPN Classic currently airs reruns of the series daily at 11:30 am Eastern.


2 Minute Drill (game show)
Kenny Mayne hosted the show, and began each player's turn at the front game by telling them, "Your 2-minute drill begins now! ".


2 Minute Drill (game show), Format, Round 1, Season 1
Three players competed. The show featured a four athlete/celebrity panel. The scoreboard was an eggcrate display. Sometimes it malfunctioned, such as a transition from a number. (e.g. when a player gets a question correct sometimes a blank digit would show before going to the next number.)


2 Minute Drill (game show), Format, Round 1, Season 1
For contestants' turns, they would be given 2:00 to answer sports trivia questions and would have a choice of four categories, each represented by a member of the panel, each pertaining to that panelist's area of expertise, and each containing five questions. When contestants got a question right in any category, they could continue to play it or pick another category, but an incorrect answer or a pass forced them to pick another category (although they could go back to it at any time, provided  questions were left in it). Each correct answer was worth one point, and one bonus point was awarded if the contestant swept a category (got all five right), for a maximum of 24 first-round points.


2 Minute Drill (game show), Format, Round 1, Season 1
The lowest scorer at the end of the first round was eliminated. Prior to the show, the contestants are also asked a numerical question and asked to give an answer. If a tie for low score exists at the end of this round, the answers are compared, and the player whose answer is closest to the correct answer moves on.


2 Minute Drill (game show), Format, Round 1, Seasons 2 and 3
Two players competed as opposed to three. This time, the scoreboard was computerized to match the on-screen graphics, and the current question and answer would be shown to the home viewers who were playing along. To accommodate this, players could no longer interrupt during the question, and must wait for the question to be read completely before answering.


2 Minute Drill (game show), Format, Round 1, Seasons 2 and 3
For each  turn, again, contestants would be given 2:00 to answer sports trivia questions from four categories. This time, however, contestants would pick an athlete/celebrity, and they would read all of their questions (in their entirety), regardless of whether or not the contestant missed or passed one along the way. The contestant could only select another celebrity after the current celebrity's questions were completed. In addition, each category had only four questions, but bonuses were still awarded for sweeping a category; 20 points were the maximum possible first-round score.


2 Minute Drill (game show), Format, Round 1, Seasons 2 and 3
Because only two players were competing, neither is eliminated at the end of the round.


2 Minute Drill (game show), Format, Round 2
In the second round, the contestants faced a  series of rapid-fire, general-knowledge, sports trivia questions from the panel for two minutes, with no categories or panelist selections before each question. One at a time, each panelist asked a question and the contestant had to wait for a question to be completed before they could answer. In season one, the panel included host Kenny Mayne, who sat in the center position at the panel desk. When the show made aesthetic changes for season two, Mayne got his own desk and sat to one side of the panel; he thus ceased to be an active part of the front game (as in, he no longer asked any of the questions).


2 Minute Drill (game show), Format, Round 2
Whoever had the highest score after this round won $5,000 in cash and  an "ESPN Experience", and advanced to the bonus round for a chance to double their money to $10,000. If a tie existed after the end of round two, the tiebreaker rules from the previous round were used.


2 Minute Drill (game show), Format, Bonus round
The winners would get a question (usually with more than one part) in a category that they chose as their area of expertise (usually a specific sports team of the past or single athlete). In the second and third seasons, Mayne called it the "Question of Great Significance." Answering it correctly doubled what they won in the front game.


2 Minute Drill (game show), Format, Bonus round
Also in the second and third seasons, to heighten the dramatic effect for the question, every light in the studio was turned out except for those focused on Mayne and the contestant, and the panel's table was moved off to the back of the set so the contestant would only be focused on the host.


2 Minute Drill (game show), Tournament
Each player in 2 Minute Drill was part of a tournament. After all the first-round matches were played, the winners plus the highest-scoring nonwinner advanced to the quarterfinals, with $15,000 and another ESPN Experience going to the winner, and a chance to double it to $30,000 in the bonus round. The six winners of the quarterfinals advanced to the semifinals, with another Experience and $30,000 with a chance to double it to $60,000 given to the winners. The finals involved the two semifinal winners and the contestant who had the highest score among nonwinners (i.e. a wild card).


2 Minute Drill (game show), Tournament
The winner received another ESPN Experience and $50,000, with a final shot to double their earnings to $100,000 in the bonus round, thus making total winnings a possible $200,000 in the event players get all their specialty category questions correct. Regardless of the outcome, the grand champion also receives a trophy.


2 Minute Drill (game show), Tournament
In seasons two and three, the tournament was shortened to 13 episodes and was changed to a two-player game; the rules involving wild cards were eliminated as a result.


2 Minute Drill (game show), Tournament
As long as a player kept winning matches, he/she could continue to play— meaning that, if a contestant was a good enough player, they could potentially win more than one tournament. In fact, Willy Gibson from Columbus, Ohio, did exactly that; he won the first and second 2 Minute Drill season championships, and was eliminated on a tiebreaker after winning two games during the third season. All in all, he won 9 ESPN Experiences and $220,000 in cash. Nearly all of Gibson's winnings were from match victories, as he tended to struggle with his Questions of Great Significance (Gibson chose individual subjects, Deion Sanders and Eddie George, instead of past teams, thus was given questions with more obscure information). Gibson's second tournament championship aired on September 11, 2001.


2 Minute Drill (game show), Tournament
The third season premiered on September 18, 2001, in its normal primetime slot, but was moved to late nights later on in the run. The final tournament was won by Syracuse University student and ESPN The Magazine writer Adesina Koiki.


2 Minute Medicine
2 Minute Medicine, Inc. is a peer-reviewed and physician-led medical publishing and original news syndication company. It was founded in 2012 by Marc D. Succi MD, a physician at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School. 2 Minute Medicine is a content licensing group, licensing their content to industry companies, libraries, and higher-education institutions including Harvard University. They license their content through a system known as the 2 Minute Medicine Syndication Engine. Their textbook arm, the 2 Minute Medicine Physician Press, publishes various education textbooks including the Classics in Medicine and The Classics in Radiology.


2 Minutes of Fame
2 Minutes of Fame is a 2020 American comedy film directed by Leslie Small and starring Jay Pharoah and Katt Williams.


2 Minutes to Midnight
"2 Minutes to Midnight" is a song by the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden, featured on their fifth studio album, Powerslave (1984). It was released as the band's tenth single, and first from the album on 6 August 1984. It rose to number 11 on the UK Singles Chart and number 25 on Billboard Top Album Tracks. The band's first single to exceed five minutes in length, it remained their longest until the release of "Infinite Dreams" in November 1989.


2 Minutes to Midnight, Synopsis
A protest song about nuclear war, "2 Minutes to Midnight" was written by Adrian Smith and Bruce Dickinson.


2 Minutes to Midnight, Synopsis
The song attacks the commercialisation of war and how it is used to fuel the global economy (“The golden goose is on the loose and never out of season”), how rich politicians profit directly from it (“as the reasons for the carnage cut their meat and lick the gravy”) and how after a war concludes, the world is left in a far worse condition than before the war began, resulting in future wars (“to the tune of starving millions to make a better kind of gun”).


2 Minutes to Midnight, Synopsis
The song title references the Doomsday Clock, the symbolic clock used by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which represents a countdown to potential global catastrophe. In September 1953 the clock reached two minutes to midnight, the closest it ever got to midnight in the 20th Century, when the United States and Soviet Union tested H-bombs within nine months of one another.


2 Minutes to Midnight, Synopsis
The atomic clock, set at 12 minutes to midnight in 1972, regressed thereafter among US–Soviet tensions, reaching three minutes to midnight in 1984 – the year this track was released – and at that time the most dangerous clock reading since 1953. According to Dickinson, the song critically addresses "the romance of war" in general rather than the Cold War in particular.


2 Minutes to Midnight, Synopsis, "Rainbow's Gold"
The first B-side is a cover of British progressive rock band Beckett's "Rainbow's Gold", which was featured on their self-titled album released in 1974. The song was written by Terry Slesser and Kenny Mountain, respectively the band's vocalist and guitarist. On the original release, it is titled "A Rainbow's Gold".


2 Minutes to Midnight, Synopsis, "Rainbow's Gold"
According to Nicko McBrain, commenting on the single in "Listen With Nicko Part VI" (as part of The First Ten Years series), the members of Iron Maiden were friends with members of Beckett.


2 Minutes to Midnight, Synopsis, "Rainbow's Gold"
The band's manager, Rod Smallwood, commented this version: "This was originally done by a band called Beckett who the band liked a lot. Adrian used to do a cover of another of their songs 'Rainclouds' in his band 'Evil Ways'. Beckett were from Newcastle and had a great singer called Terry Wilson Slesser (incidentally I was Beckett's agent prior to meeting Maiden)."


2 Minutes to Midnight, Synopsis, "Mission From 'Arry"
Another B-side, entitled "Mission from 'Arry", is a recording of an argument between bassist Steve Harris and drummer Nicko McBrain, which took place after a show in Allentown, Pennsylvania, during the band's World Piece Tour. During the concert, Harris' bass gear broke down, so he asked the nearest roadie to tell McBrain to extend his drum solo. The crew member was unable to communicate the message effectively, which unfortunately distracted McBrain and had a negative impact on his solo, causing him to yell at the roadie afterwards. Vocalist Bruce Dickinson states that he found the ensuing argument so amusing that he decided to record it with a concealed tape recorder.


2 Minutes to Midnight, Personnel
Production credits are adapted from the 7-inch vinyl, and 12-inch vinyl covers.


2 Minutos
2 Minutos or Dos Minutos are a punk rock band from Valentín Alsina, Buenos Aires, Argentina. They have released ten albums since first receiving a contract by Phonogram in 1994. The band have toured mostly around Latin America.


2 Minutos, Biography
Singer Walter Velásquez first met bass player Aidnajan and guitarist Pedrozo at a Casanovas concert in 1987. The group they formed largely played the local circuit in the early 1990s. In 1992, the band participated in a collective album produced by an independent label called Mentes Abiertas, with the songs "Ya No Sos Igual" and "Arrebato". It caught the attention of the local Polygram A&R men who would sign the band soon after.


2 Minutos, Biography
1994 would be the studio album debut for 2 Minutos. Valentín Alsina was named in honor of their hometown, and it turned into a bigger hit than even the band or the label had expected on the back of the hit single "Ya no sos Igual" ("You're not the same anymore"), about a corner store clerk whom they found out was also a Federal Police officer. A controversy erupted however between the band and "Pil Trafa", a member of Los Violadores, with Pil Trafa accusing 2 Minutos of having "un-punk" lyrics about beer, football, and street fighting, which he considered those of bored, middle-class 1990s suburban kids.


2 Minutos, Biography
Nonetheless, 2 Minutos became a mid-1990s darling of the Argentine punk world, and they also gained large followings by simple word-of-mouth across Latin America, specially after the release of their Valentín Alsina follow-up, Volvió la Alegría, Vieja!. They also gained notoriety in the American punk scene, to the point they became the 1st Argentine punk band to dedicate a tour of the United States in 1995. A highlight of that tour was their performance at the CBGB club, which they sold out. Back home, they shared the stage with The Ramones during their 1996 farewell tour.


2 Minutos, Biography
The third studio album was released in mid-1997. Postal 97 featured the hit singles "Gatillo fácil", "Qué yeta", and "Recuerdos en la arena". International success lead Polygram to renew and improve the contract for the band that year. They kept issuing albums every year or two. With the mid-2000s seeing the band as now weathered veterans of the punk movement, 2 Minutos released the studio album Un Mundo de Sensaciones, featuring the song "Aeropuerto" and including guest artists like Sebastián Teysera (La Vela Puerca), and Claudio O'Connor. In 2010, they released the album Vamos a la granja/Directo al infierno, which included covers of songs by The Clash, Sandro, Joaquín Sabina and Daniel Melero.


2 Months 2 Million
2 Months $2 Million (abbreviated as 2M2MM) is an American reality show that debuted on G4TV on August 16, 2009. The show follows four online poker players who are sharing a house in Las Vegas, Nevada. Their goal is to collectively earn $2 million in two months using their own money. The show was canceled after one season, however, archived episodes returned to G4's TV schedule on September 1, 2014 as a replacement to syndicated programming that was pulled after rights were expired at the end of August 2014 until the network's closure on December 31, 2014.


2 Months 2 Million, Cast
The participating cast members were Dani "Ansky" Stern, Jay "KRANTZ" Rosenkrantz, Brian "flawless_victory" Roberts, and Emil "whitelime" Patel. Stern, Rosenkrantz and Patel are also instructors at the poker training site DeucesCracked, which was featured prominently during Episode 7, in which the cast organized a charity fund-raising event. The Connect Four charity event raised $20,000. Executive Chef Robert Owens CEC MCFE was also featured in this series.


2 Months 2 Million, Cast
There were 10 episodes shot. The goal was 2 million, but their winnings totaled only $676,700. G4TV decided not to renew the show for another season.


2 More Loves
2 More Loves is an album released by 2moro. The album remains first, only and final full-length album through Rock Records.


2 More Loves
The album features previously debut self-titled (or 雙胞胎的初回盤) EP, it contains five songs, as well as nine new songs.


2 Much Drama
2 Much Drama is the debut album by NBA star, Chris Webber, released under his nickname C. Webb. Released on March 16, 1999, for independent label, Lightyear Records, the single "Gangsta, Gangsta (How U Do)" did well, making it to #10 on the Hot Rap Singles Chart. Guests include, Redman and Kurupt.


2 New York Plaza
125 Broad Street (formerly known as 2 New York Plaza) is an office building in the Financial District of Manhattan in New York City, at the intersection of Broad Street and South Street near South Ferry. The building, standing 504 feet (154 m) tall with 40 floors, is one of the southernmost skyscrapers in Lower Manhattan. The building was designed by the Kahn & Jacobs architecture firm, and developed by Sol Atlas and John P. McGrath.


2 New York Plaza
Construction took place from 1970 to 1971. The building is to the east of 1 New York Plaza, and to the south of 55 Water Street. It has a modern structural design, and is one of a series of modern-style buildings built in the Financial District during the 1960s and 1970s.


2 New York Plaza
Starting in 2007 the managers began incorporating energy saving renovations to meet LEED Silver standards. Building amenities include on-site management, day care, a coffee shop, shoe shine and a 50-car garage.


2 Nice Girls
2 Nice Girls was the self-titled debut album of Two Nice Girls, released on Rough Trade Records in 1989. This album contains the track "I Spent My Last $10 (On Birth Control & Beer)" which gained the group some commercial success. The album also features a track that combines The Velvet Underground's "Sweet Jane" with Joan Armatrading's "Love and Affection".


2 Nice Girls
The album was re-released in 2007 and received a 4-star review from the Austin Chronicle.


2 Nice Girls, Track listing
"The Holland Song" was omitted from initial vinyl and cassette releases save for the UK release; all CD releases of the album reinstate it as the closing track.


2 Nights Live!
2 Nights Live! is a live compilation album of a two-night concert released by Barry Manilow in 2004. It was recorded on August 3–4, 2002 at PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, NJ; during the last two dates of the Barry Manilow Live 2002! tour.


2 November 2010 Baghdad bombings
The 2 November 2010 Baghdad attacks were a series of bomb attacks in Baghdad, Iraq that killed more than 110 people.


2 November 2010 Baghdad bombings
At least 17 explosions occurred in the attacks, 48 hours after the 2010 Baghdad church massacre where 58 people were killed by a suicide bomber in a Baghdad church. Al-Qaeda has been suggested to be behind the violence. It is estimated that seventeen coordinated car bombs exploded. More than 250 people have been killed in Iraq in the last six days.


2 November 2010 Baghdad bombings
The political background is the race between Prime Minister Nouri Maliki, a Shia Islamist, and former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, a secular Shia supported by Iraq's Sunnis. Iyad Allawi's political group won two more parliamentary seats than the Prime Minister's.


2 November 2010 Baghdad bombings
There were explosions near east Baghdad Sadr City, where 15 people died and 23 wounded. In west Baghdad 54 people died. There were twenty one blasts in all, eleven of them were car blasts.


2 November 2010 Baghdad bombings
In western Baghdad the casualties and injured people took to the Yarmuk Hospital. Al-Qaeda's Iraqi affiliate said on Friday it was behind car bombings against Shias in Baghdad this week that killed 64 people, saying they were revenge for "insults" and threatening more attacks. In a statement on the Al-Hanein jihadi website, the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) said Tuesday's attacks were to avenge "insults" against Aisha, the wife of Islam's Prophet Mohammed.


2 Nuts and a Richard!
2 Nuts and a Richard! (original French-language title: Les Grandes Gueules s'animent!) is a Canadian adult animated sitcom based on the radio show hosted by Quebecois comedy group Les Grandes Gueules. It premiered in French on Télétoon la nuit on September 2, 2015, with an English premiere on Adult Swim following on October 16, 2015.


2 Nuts and a Richard!, Development
Production on the series was first announced in May 2014, with the show's concept described as adapting popular sketches from the long running Les Grandes Gueules radio show. Cast members Mario Tessier, José Gaudet and host Richard Turcotte were confirmed to return. In the English version, they're voiced by Carlo Mestroni, Shawn Baichoo and Thor Bishopric, respectively. To support the first season's launch, a game was released for browsers and mobile platforms.


2 Nuts and a Richard!, Development
A second season, consisting of 12 half-hours, began airing on Télétoon la nuit on September 4, 2017. It was not released in English.


2 Nuts and a Richard!, Home Video
The first 13 episodes were released in French on DVD in Canada by DEP Distribution on December 16, 2016.


2 Oceans FM
2 Oceans FM (also known as Augusta Community Radio) is a community radio station based in Augusta, Western Australia, 45 kilometres (28 mi) south of Margaret River in the state's southwest. Transmitting from the Augusta Community Resource Centre in Allnutt Terrace, the station is run by volunteers from the Augusta community. Broadcasting on 97.1 FM and sponsored by local businesses around the Augusta region, the station offers a variety of music, including songs from the 1940s and 1950s up to the current Top 40. On the station's website there is also an option to listen online through streaming over the internet.


2 Oceans FM, History
The idea for the station came about due to frustration with the lack of local content on the very few radio stations broadcasting to the Augusta region. Attempts to acquire a frequency for the station to operate on began in 2002, but the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) specified that all the frequencies were being used by other local TV broadcasters. The founders of the station pushed on with support of local communities and, after initially requesting the frequency 99.9 MHz in 20007, the ACMA allocated 97.1 MHz for a community radio station in Augusta in April 2008. With the help of donations from Lotterywest, a local couple, and the South West Development Commission, 2 Oceans FM started broadcast in 2009.


2 October (film)
2 October is a Hindi action thriller movie of Bollywood directed and produced by Sunil Tiwary. This movie was released on 5 September 2003 under the banner of Sarthak Movies.


2 October (film), Plot
One day police commissioner comes to know that Interpol wanted criminal Bhau is staying in Bombay. He informs the matter to Chief Minister. C.M instructs him to secretly finish Bhau because he is politically influenced. Hence the commissioner gives a charge to Karan Abhayankar. Karan is a fearless and honest police officer trying to clean the city from the gangster. Karan targets Bhau to wipe out in 2 October because this is the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, father of the nation. To fulfill his mission, Karan faced many obstacles from the influentials.


2 On
"2 On" is a song by American singer-songwriter Tinashe for her debut studio album Aquarius (2014). The song, which features a rap verse from American rapper SchoolBoy Q, was written by Tinashe, Schoolboy Q, Bobby Brackins, DJ Mustard, Jon Redwine, and Marley Waters. It features a sample from the 2005 single "We Be Burnin'" by Jamaican recording artist Sean Paul, resulting in writing credits for Cezar Cunningham, Sean Paul, Steven Marsden, Delano Thomas, Michael Jarrett, and Craig Serani Marsh. "2 On" was released as Tinashe's commercial debut single from Aquarius on January 21, 2014 and was sent to US rhythmic contemporary and urban contemporary radio on March 18, 2014.


2 On
"2 On" is an electro-R&B song that contains elements of trap production. Lyrically, the song is a party song about living life to the fullest. Music critics mostly praised the song for its sound and carefree lyrics, and "2 On" was also noted by critics as a departure from Tinashe's murky alternative R&B that was part of her previous songs. The single peaked at number 24 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number one on US rhymthic radio, was the second-most played song of 2014 on the format, and was certified platinum by the RIAA. The song also reached the top forty in Australia and Flanders (Belgium).


2 On
The accompanying music video for the track was directed by Hannah Lux Davis and was released on March 24, 2014, with Tinashe dancing in several different scenes. To further promote the song, Tinashe made various live performances, including the SXSW Festival, the Power 106 LA concert, Capital Xtra, Rinse FM, V100.7/Milwaukee's Family Affair and  The Wendy Williams Show. Canadian rapper Drake released an unofficial rework of the song to his SoundCloud account; the song consisted of two parts, the new version of "2 On" and "Thotful". An official Spanish remix featuring reggaeton singer Randy was released on November 18, 2014, and later included on his mixtape Under Doxis.


2 On, Background
"2 On" was written by Tinashe, Schoolboy Q and Bobby Brackins and produced by DJ Mustard, Jon Redwine and DJ Marley Waters. It is nightclub-oriented, which contrasts with Tinashe's previous work such as her 2013 mixtape Black Water. She stated: "I wanted '2 On' to be transitional, so people get used to the idea of, 'She can make songs that can play on the radio, and she can still make songs that I can vibe out to in my car.'" "2 On" was released worldwide as a music download by RCA Records on January 21, 2014. It impacted US rhythmic contemporary and urban contemporary radio on March 18, 2014.


2 On, Composition
"2 On" is an electronic R&B song, marking a slight departure from the murky alternative R&B from her mixtapes. The song features "effervescent keys", "synth-string accents", finger snaps, trap hi-hats, electro beats and distant chilly sighs, the latter which Bradley Stern of MuuMuse described as more reminiscent of her mixtape releases. The song features a sample of Sean Paul's 2005 single "We Be Burnin'", with the line "Just give me the trees and we can smoke it ya/Just give me the drink and we can pour it ya" featured in the middle eight. As a result, the song's writers (Cezar Cunningham, Sean Paul Henriques, Steven Marsden, Delano Thomas, Michael Jarrett, and Craig Serani Marsh) are credited.


2 On, Composition
Lyrically, the song is a carpe-diem anthem about being "super hyped up, super extra out on whatever emotion that it is." Although the song became her first hit and got a lot of people buzzing about the song, some listeners didn't really understand the concept of the meaning of "2 On." She spoke with VladTV to address this by saying "2 On is basically a new way of saying turn up. Being super hyped up with your friends when going out. I just wanted to come up with a fresh phrase that people can catch on to."


2 On, Reception
J. Leeds of the online publication Idolator praised the song's production calling it a "club thumper" and comparing the music video choreography to Britney Spears and Janet Jackson Tom Breihan of Stereogum commented on the throwback feel from the track saying "2 On recreates some of the tropes of the late-’90s/early-’00s teenpop/R&B crossover era, but it does it within quotes" and also comparing the video having an Aaliyah vibe on it. Gotty, a writer for The Smoking Section, commented that "made me want to rollerskate.


2 On, Reception
Maybe not as rhythmic and polished as Tip and them did in ATL but I could definitely hit the rink, do a little bop once I get some speed and cut the corners." Gotty also commended DJ Mustard's production, writing "it’s not necessarily what we’ve come to expect as his signature sound and that’s a good thing here."


2 On, Reception
Bradley Stern of MuuMuse classified the song as a "female version of Tyga‘s “Rack City" and 2 Chainz‘ "I’m Different" (both also produced by Mustard) mixed with the icy flow of Cassie's "Me & U," blending #TurnUp club culture (TURN DOWN FOR WHAT?!) with hypnotic minimal beats – it's all sorts of sexy." Jon Ali, in his blog, appraised the song as "a hot slow-burning R&B number packed with an icy electro beat and a infectious chorus loaded with plenty of memorable sexual come-ons.


2 On, Reception
The song works so well in its simplicity" and the sample used as "all sorts of perfect." A writer for Fact Magazine opined that "Tinashe and Mustard are a surprisingly potent pairing, but we hoped rappers would leave the “beat the pussy up" schtick in the bin." John Kennedy of Billboard noted that "ScHoolboy Q's rambunctious bars give this feel-good smash just the right amount of scruffiness." "2 On" was labeled an album highlight by several critics.


2 On, Reception
Pitchfork named "2 On" as one of the 200 best songs of the decade, praising the track as "widescreen and intricately sculpted: its curling, high-toned bassline seems to whir and chime, and its descending roll of pizzicato synth-drums are so ear-catching that they compete with the gorgeous vocal melody. [ ...] Tinashe’s sensuous, slurred lingering over the chorus “I luuuuu to get 2 on" is joyous and life-affirming, a million miles from the deadened hedonism of so much trap. Dissolution has never sounded so delicious".


2 On, Reception
Following its release the song has peaked at number 24 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 53 on the UK Singles Chart and stayed at number one for four weeks on the Billboard Rhythmic Charts. As of August 8, 2014, "2 On" has sold 473,000 downloads in the US. On November 24, 2014 the song was certified Platinum by RIAA for selling 1,000,000 copies.


2 On, Promotion
The song's official music video, directed by Hannah Lux Davis, was released on March 24, 2014. One of the songwriters, Bobby Brackins, makes a cameo. Speaking about the choreography, handled by JaQuel Knight, in the video, Tinashe listed Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson and Britney Spears as her inspirations, "I was always super frustrated when people stopped dancing in their videos because I thought that was such a great part of it. I really want to bring that back."


2 On, Promotion
Tinashe first performed the song at SXSW Festival 2014. Also, at the Power 106 LA concert, Capital Xtra, Rinse FM, V100.7/Milwaukee's Family Affair, The Vipor Room and Hot 97's Who's Next. Drake also invited her on stage to perform the remix to the song in Houston. Tinashe performed the song on The Wendy Williams Show on July 21, 2014.


2 On, Cover versions
On May 12, 2014, OB O'Brien posted an unofficial rework of the song to his SoundCloud account, featuring vocals from Drake. The song consists of two parts, the new version of "2 On" and "Thotful". The song begins with O'Brien singing a verse before Drake takes over. The cover transitions into "Thotful", the second part of the song which according to a writer for Rap-Up magazine "toasts to the thots."


2 On, Cover versions
The remix also features references to Wu-Tang and Flipmode and in regards to its production, J. Tinsley of The Smoking Section called it "an updated version of what a So Far Gone 2 would sound like." Reviews were positive towards Drake's take on the song. Chris DeVille of Stereogum called the track "an entertainingly moody passive-aggressive R&B/hip-hop mash the likes of which Drake patented sometime around late 2009." Jesse James of StupidDOPE lauded it as "dope showcasing of depth and lyrical prowess," adding that it "shall be heard in a number of rides, clubs, and much more very soon."


2 On, Cover versions
Samantha Nelson of Examiner.com called his verse "classic Drake", deeming it a "smart take on the title of the song but makes it more dramatic" and that it "will please all of his fans." Recording artist and rapper Brooke Candy released an unofficial remix on her SoundCloud on June 17, 2015. It reached more than 8 million plays in the platform.


2 Ozs of Plastic with a Hole in the Middle
2 Ozs of Plastic with a Hole in the Middle is the second studio album by the Welsh psychedelic/progressive rock band Man and was released in September 1969.


2 Ozs of Plastic with a Hole in the Middle, Re-releases
2 Ozs of Plastic with a Hole in the Middle was re-released on CD in May 2009 (Esoteric Eclec 2128) including 3 bonus tracks:-


2 Ozs of Plastic with a Hole in the Middle, Re-releases
The original album has also been re-released on two CD compilations:-


2 Ozs of Plastic with a Hole in the Middle, Re-releases
Both these compilations also include Man's previous album Revelation and bonus singles.


2 Pallas
Pallas (minor-planet designation: 2 Pallas) is the second asteroid to have been discovered, after 1 Ceres. Like Ceres, it is believed to have a mineral composition similar to carbonaceous chondrite meteorites, though significantly less hydrated than Ceres. It is the third-largest asteroid in the Solar System by both volume and mass, and is a likely remnant protoplanet. It is 79% the mass of 4 Vesta and 22% the mass of Ceres, constituting an estimated 7% of the mass of the asteroid belt. Its estimated volume is equivalent to a sphere 505 to 520 kilometers (314 to 323 mi) in diameter, 90–96% the volume of Vesta.


2 Pallas
During the planetary formation era of the Solar System, objects grew in size through an accretion process to approximately the size of Pallas. Most of these 'protoplanets' were incorporated into the growth of larger bodies, which became the planets, whereas others were ejected by the planets or destroyed in collisions with each other. Pallas, Vesta and Ceres appear to be the only intact bodies from this early stage of planetary formation to survive within the orbit of Neptune.


2 Pallas
When Pallas was discovered by the German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers on 28 March 1802, it was counted as a planet, as were other asteroids in the early 19th century. The discovery of many more asteroids after 1845 eventually led to the separate listing of 'minor' planets from 'major' planets, and the realization in the 1950s that such small bodies did not form in the same way as (other) planets led to the gradual abandonment of the term 'minor planet' in favor of 'asteroid' (or, for larger bodies such as Pallas, 'planetoid').


2 Pallas
With an orbital inclination of 34.8°, Pallas's orbit is unusually highly inclined to the plane of the asteroid belt, making Pallas relatively inaccessible to spacecraft, and its orbital eccentricity is nearly as large as that of Pluto.


2 Pallas, History, Discovery
On the night of 5 April 1779, Charles Messier recorded Pallas on a star chart he used to track the path of a comet (now known as C/1779 A1 (Bode)) that he observed in the spring of 1779, but apparently assumed it was nothing more than a star.


2 Pallas, History, Discovery
In 1801, the astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi discovered an object which he initially believed to be a comet. Shortly thereafter he announced his observations of this object, noting that the slow, uniform motion was uncharacteristic of a comet, suggesting it was a different type of object. This was lost from sight for several months, but was recovered later that year by the Baron von Zach and Heinrich W. M. Olbers after a preliminary orbit was computed by Carl Friedrich Gauss. This object came to be named Ceres, and was the first asteroid to be discovered.


2 Pallas, History, Discovery
A few months later, Olbers was again attempting to locate Ceres when he noticed another moving object in the vicinity. This was the asteroid Pallas, coincidentally passing near Ceres at the time. The discovery of this object created interest in the astronomy community. Before this point it had been speculated by astronomers that there should be a planet in the gap between Mars and Jupiter. Now, unexpectedly, a second such body had been found. When Pallas was discovered, some estimates of its size were as high as 3,380 km in diameter. Even as recently as 1979, Pallas was estimated to be 673 km in diameter, 26% greater than the currently accepted value.


2 Pallas, History, Discovery
The orbit of Pallas was determined by Gauss, who found the period of 4.6 years was similar to the period for Ceres. Pallas has a relatively high orbital inclination to the plane of the ecliptic.


2 Pallas, History, Later observations
In 1917, the Japanese astronomer Kiyotsugu Hirayama began to study asteroid motions. By plotting the mean orbital motion, inclination, and eccentricity of a set of asteroids, he discovered several distinct groupings. In a later paper he reported a group of three asteroids associated with Pallas, which became named the Pallas family, after the largest member of the group. Since 1994 more than 10 members of this family have been identified, with semi-major axes between 2.50 and 2.82  AU and inclinations of 33–38°. The validity of the family was confirmed in 2002 by a comparison of their spectra.


2 Pallas, History, Later observations
Pallas has been observed occulting stars several times, including the best-observed of all asteroid occultation events, by 140 observers on 29 May 1983. These measurements resulted in the first accurate calculation of its diameter. After an occultation on 29 May 1979, the discovery of a possible tiny satellite with a diameter of about 1  km was reported, which was never confirmed.


2 Pallas, History, Later observations
Radio signals from spacecraft in orbit around Mars and/or on its surface have been used to estimate the mass of Pallas from the tiny perturbations induced by it onto the motion of Mars.


2 Pallas, History, Later observations
The Dawn team was granted viewing time on the Hubble Space Telescope in September 2007 for a once-in-twenty-year opportunity to view Pallas at closest approach, to obtain comparative data for Ceres and Vesta.


2 Pallas, History, Name and symbol
2 Pallas is named after Pallas Athena (Ancient Greek: Παλλάς Ἀθηνᾶ), an alternate name for the goddess Athena. In some versions of the myth, Athena killed Pallas, then adopted her friend's name out of mourning.


2 Pallas, History, Name and symbol
The adjectival form of the name is Palladian. The d is part of the oblique stem of the Greek name, which appears before a vowel but disappears before the nominative ending -s. The oblique form is seen in the Italian and Russian names for the asteroid, Pallade and Паллада Pallada.


2 Pallas, History, Name and symbol
(There are several male characters with a similar same name in Greek mythology, Pállas rather than Pallás, but the first asteroids were invariably given female names. Because the oblique stem is different, the male name would have been Pallante in Italian and Паллант Pallant in Russian.)


2 Pallas, History, Name and symbol
The stony-iron Pallasite meteorites are not Palladian, being named instead after the German naturalist Peter Simon Pallas. The chemical element palladium, on the other hand, was named after the asteroid, which had been discovered just before the element.


2 Pallas, History, Name and symbol
As with other asteroids, the astronomical symbol for Pallas is a disk with its discovery number, ②. It also has an older, more iconic symbol, ⚴ () or sometimes 🜍 (10px|Variant of Pallas symbol), the alchemical symbol for sulfur.


2 Pallas, Orbit and rotation
Pallas has unusual dynamic parameters for such a large body. Its orbit is highly inclined and moderately eccentric, despite being at the same distance from the Sun as the central part of the asteroid belt. Furthermore, Pallas has a very high axial tilt of 84°, with its north pole pointing towards ecliptic coordinates (β, λ) = (30°, −16°) with a 5° uncertainty in the Ecliptic J2000.0 reference frame. This means that every Palladian summer and winter, large parts of the surface are in constant sunlight or constant darkness for a time on the order of an Earth year, with areas near the poles experiencing continuous sunlight for as long as two years.


2 Pallas, Orbit and rotation, Near resonances
Pallas is in a, likely coincidental, near-1:1 orbital resonance with Ceres. Pallas also has a near-18:7 resonance (91,000-year period) and an approximate 5:2 resonance (83-year period) with Jupiter.


2 Pallas, Orbit and rotation, Near resonances
Animation of the Palladian orbit in the inner Solar system ·   Pallas ·   Ceres ·   Jupiter ·   Mars ·   Earth ·   Sun


2 Pallas, Orbit and rotation, Near resonances
An animation of Pallas's near-18:7 resonance with Jupiter. The orbit of Pallas is green when above the ecliptic and red when below. It only marches clockwise: it never halts or reverses course (i.e. no libration). The motion of Pallas is shown in a reference frame that rotates about the Sun (the center dot) with a period equal to Jupiter's orbital period. Accordingly, Jupiter's orbit appears almost stationary as the pink ellipse at top left. Mars's motion is orange, and the Earth–Moon system is blue and white.


2 Pallas, Orbit and rotation, Transits of planets from Pallas
From Pallas, the planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Earth can occasionally appear to transit, or pass in front of, the Sun. Earth last did so in 1968 and 1998, and will next transit in 2224. Mercury did in October 2009. The last and next by Venus are in 1677 and 2123, and for Mars they are in 1597 and 2759.


2 Pallas, Physical characteristics
Both Vesta and Pallas have assumed the title of second-largest asteroid from time to time. At 513±3 km in diameter, Pallas is slightly smaller than Vesta (525.4±0.2 km). The mass of Pallas is 79%±1% that of Vesta, 22% that of Ceres, and a quarter of one percent that of the Moon.


2 Pallas, Physical characteristics
Pallas is farther from Earth and has a much lower albedo than Vesta, and hence is dimmer as seen from Earth. Indeed, the much smaller asteroid 7 Iris marginally exceeds Pallas in mean opposition magnitude. Pallas's mean opposition magnitude is +8.0, which is well within the range of 10×50 binoculars, but, unlike Ceres and Vesta, it will require more-powerful optical aid to view at small elongations, when its magnitude can drop as low as +10.6. During rare perihelic oppositions, Pallas can reach a magnitude of +6.4, right on the edge of naked-eye visibility. During late February 2014 Pallas shone with magnitude 6.96.


2 Pallas, Physical characteristics
Pallas is a B-type asteroid. Based on spectroscopic observations, the primary component of the material on Pallas's surface is a silicate containing little iron and water. Minerals of this type include olivine and pyroxene, which are found in CM chondrules. The surface composition of Pallas is very similar to the Renazzo carbonaceous chondrite (CR) meteorites, which are even lower in hydrous minerals than the CM type. The Renazzo meteorite was discovered in Italy in 1824 and is one of the most primitive meteorites known. [ update—Marsset 2020 finds it closer to CM meteorites] Pallas's visible and near-infrared spectrum is almost flat, being slightly brighter in towards the blue. There is only one clear absorption band in the 3-micron part, which suggests an anhydrous component mixed with hydrated CM-like silicates.


2 Pallas, Physical characteristics
Pallas's surface is most likely composed of a silicate material; its spectrum and calculated density (2.89±0.08 g/cm3) correspond to CM chondrite meteorites (2.90±0.08 g/cm3), suggesting a mineral composition similar to that of Ceres, but significantly less hydrated.


2 Pallas, Physical characteristics
To within observational limits, Pallas appears to be saturated with craters. Its high inclination and eccentricity means that average impacts are much more energetic than on Vesta or Ceres (with on average twice their velocity), meaning that smaller (and thus more common) impactors can create equivalently sized craters. Indeed, Pallas appears to have many more large craters than either Vesta or Ceres, with craters larger than 40 km covering at least 9% of its surface.


2 Pallas, Physical characteristics
Pallas' shape departs significantly from the dimensions of an equilibrium body at its current rotational period, indicating that it is not a dwarf planet. It's possible that a suspected large impact basin at the south pole, which ejected 6%±1% of the volume of Pallas (twice the volume of the Rhea Sylvia basin on Vesta), may have increased its inclination and slowed its rotation; the shape of Pallas without such a basin would be close to an equilibrium shape for a 6.2-hour rotational period. A smaller crater near the equator is associated with the Palladian family of asterods.


2 Pallas, Physical characteristics
Pallas probably has a quite homogeneous interior. The close match between Pallas and CM chondrites suggests that they formed in the same era and that the interior of Pallas never reached the temperature (≈820 K) needed to dehydrate silicates, which would be necessary to differentiate a dry silicate core beneath a hydrated mantle. Thus Pallas should be rather homogeneous in composition, though some upward flow of water could have occurred since. Such a migration of water to the surface would have left salt deposits, potentially explaining Pallas's relatively high albedo.


2 Pallas, Physical characteristics
Indeed, one bright spot is reminiscent of those found on Ceres. Although other explanations for the bright spot are possible (e.g. a recent ejecta blanket), if the near-Earth asteroid 3200 Phaethon is an ejected piece of Pallas, as some have theorized, then a Palladian surface enriched in salts would explain the sodium abundance in the Geminid meteor shower caused by Phaethon.


2 Pallas, Physical characteristics, Surface features
Besides one bright spot in the southern hemisphere, the only surface features identified on Pallas are craters. As of 2020, 36 craters have been identified, 34 of which are larger than 40 km in diameter. Provisional names have been provided for some of them. The craters are named after ancient weapons,


2 Pallas, Satellites
A small moon about 1 kilometer in diameter was suggested based on occultation data from 29 May 1978. In 1980, speckle interferometry suggested a much larger satellite, whose existence was later refuted a few years later with occultation data.


2 Pallas, Exploration
Pallas itself has never been visited by spacecraft. Proposals have been made in the past though none have come to fruition. A flyby of the Dawn probe's visits to 4 Vesta and 1 Ceres was discussed but was not possible due to the high orbital inclination of Pallas. The proposed Athena SmallSat mission would have been launched in 2022 as a secondary payload of the Psyche mission and travel on separate trajectory to a flyby encounter with 2 Pallas, though was not funded due to being outcompeted by other mission concepts such as the  Transorbital Trailblazer Lunar Orbiter. The authors of the proposal cited Pallas as the "largest unexplored" protoplanet with the main belt.


2 Pallas, Gallery
An ultraviolet image of Pallas showing its flattened shape, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2007


2 Pallas, Gallery
Objects considered for dwarf planet status under the IAU's 2006 draft proposal on the definition of a planet. Pallas is second from the right, bottom row.


2 Pegasi
2 Pegasi is a single star in the constellation Pegasus, located approximately 394 light years away from the Sun based on parallax. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, red-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.52. The object is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −19 km/s. It has a magnitude 12.7 visual companion, designated component B, at an angular separation of 30.4″.


2 Pegasi
This is an aging red giant star with a stellar classification of M1+III, currently on the asymptotic giant branch, having exhausted the hydrogen at its core and evolved away from the main sequence. The star has expanded to an estimated 55 times the radius of the Sun. It is radiating 653 times the luminosity of the Sun from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 3,919 K.


2 Penkuttikal
2 Penkuttikal ( English : Two Girls ) is a 2016 Indian Malayalam film directed by Jeo Baby. It stars Anna Fathima and Shambavi in the lead roles with cameo appearances from Amala Paul, Tovino Thomas, and Anju Kurian. Fathima won Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist for her role in the film.2 Penkuttikal was screened at the Odisha International Film Festival and Busan Kids and Youth International Film Festival.


2 Penkuttikal, Plot
The film discusses issues faced by young girls and women in today's society. Achu and Anagha are close friends, who decide to bunk their class to visit a mall in the city. Their visit to the city changes their life and what happens next forms the crux of the film.


2 Penkuttikal, Music
The music of the film was composed by Mathews Pulickan. Lyrics was penned by Jobi Moozhiyankan Joseph and Gilu Joseph and the songs are sung by Mrithul, Haritha Balakrishnan and Leah Anne Philip.


2 Penkuttikal, Release
The film was released on 22 January 2016 in theaters across Kerala


2 Penkuttikal, Release, Reception
The film was screened at the following film festivals & received accolades.


2 Persei
2 Persei is a binary star system in the northern constellation Perseus, located around 500 light years away from the Sun. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, blue-white hued star with an apparent visual magnitude is 5.70. The system is moving further away from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of 11 km/s.


2 Persei
In 1970 radial velocity measurements from spectrograms taken at David Dunlap Observatory indicated it was a single-lined spectroscopic binary. Follow up observations led to the determination that it had a nearly circular orbit with a period of 5.6 days. The visible component is a chemically peculiar mercury-manganese star with a stellar classification of B9pHgMn. Other analyses of its spectrum have assigned it the giant star spectral type of B9III.


2 Peter 1
2 Peter 1 is the first chapter of the Second Epistle of Peter in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The author identifies himself as "Simon Peter, a bondservant and apostle of Jesus Christ" and the epistle is traditionally attributed to Peter the Apostle, but there are charges that it is a work of Peter's followers between 60-90 CE.


2 Peter 1, Text
The original text was written in Koine Greek. This chapter is divided into 21 verses.


2 Peter 1, Text, Textual witnesses
Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are:


2 Peter 1, Text, Relationship with the Epistle of Jude
There is an obvious relationship between the texts of 2 Peter and the Epistle of Jude. The shared passages are:


2 Peter 1, A call to spiritual growth (1:3–11)
As Christians have obtained the "power" and "promise" for their resources, Peter urges that they "make every effort" (verse 5) to achieve the goal, that is "to grow to be like Jesus", following the steps towards it (verses 5–7):


2 Peter 1, Reasons for the emphasis (1:12–21), Verse 18
Reference to Transfiguration of Jesus (Matthew 17:1–12; Mark 9:2–13; Luke 9:28–36)


2 Peter 2
2 Peter 2 is the second chapter of the Second Epistle of Peter in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The author identifies himself as "Simon Peter, a bondservant and apostle of Jesus Christ" and the epistle is traditionally attributed to Peter the Apostle, but there are charges that it is a work of Peter's followers between 60-90 CE.


2 Peter 2, Text
The original text was written in Koine Greek. This chapter is divided into 22 verses.


2 Peter 2, Text, Relationship with the Epistle of Jude
There is an obvious relationship between the texts of 2 Peter and the Epistle of Jude. Comparing the Greek text portions of 2 Peter 2:1–3:3 (426 words) to Jude 4–18 (311 words) results in 80 words in common and 7 words of substituted synonyms.


2 Peter 2, The danger and condemnation of false prophets (2:1–10a), Verse 1
The activities of the "false prophets" (Ancient Greek: ψευδοπροφῆται, ) among the people in the Old Testament period are listed in Deuteronomy 13:1–15; 1 Kings 13:18; 22:5–23; Jeremiah 5:13, 31; 6:13.


2 Peter 2, The character of false prophets (2:10b–22)
The dangerous influence of the false prophets are emphasized by more fully describing their true nature: insolent (verses 10–12), licentious (verse 13), immoral (verse 14) and greedy (verses 14b–16). They ought to be condemned for the following three reasons:


2 Peter 2, The character of false prophets (2:10b–22), Verse 19
The false prophets/false teachers offer freedom from the obligation to serve Christ and to grow in Christ (cf. 2 Peter 1:3–11), yet, in doing so, bringing the people, and also themselves, into 'the bondage of sin all over again' (cf. John 8:31–36 and Romans 6).


2 Peter 3
2 Peter 3 is the third (and the last) chapter of the Second Epistle of Peter in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The author identifies himself as "Simon Peter, a bondservant and apostle of Jesus Christ" and the epistle is traditionally attributed to Peter the Apostle, but there are charges that it is a work of Peter's followers between 60-90 CE.


2 Peter 3, Text
The original text was written in Koine Greek. This chapter is divided into 18 verses.


2 Peter 3, Text, Textual witnesses
Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are:


2 Peter 3, Text, Relationship with the Epistle of Jude
There is an obvious relationship between the texts of 2 Peter and the Epistle of Jude. Comparing the Greek text portions of 2 Peter 2:1–3:3 (426 words) to Jude 4–18 (311 words) results in 80 words in common and 7 words of substituted synonyms.


2 Peter 3, A reminder of the coming of the Lord (3:1–13)
2 Peter 3:1-2 reminds the addressees about the writer to re-emphasize the epistle's authority before the exposition of the central issue in verses 3–13 about the timing of Jesus' second coming.


2 Peter 3, A reminder of the coming of the Lord (3:1–13), Verse 1
Peter emphasizes the unity of this epistle with the first one and the consistency of his teaching with those of the prophets and apostles (verse 2).


2 Peter 3, A reminder of the coming of the Lord (3:1–13), Verse 2
Here Peter emphasizes the unity of the writings by the prophets in the Old Testament with the apostolic teachings in 2 Peter 1:19–21 and 1 Peter 1:10–12.


2 Peter 3, Peroratio (3:14–18)
The final five verses of the epistle contain the concluding part (peroratio) of the discourse, starting with the phrase: "Therefore, beloved" (verse 14, and used again in verse 17) and continue with a tone similar to the opening in the first chapter, echoing the 2 Peter 1:1–2 ('grace, knowledge, and Jesus as Savior') with the final words ('day of eternity') as the last reminder of this epistle's major theme, that is, 'the judgment day will come'.


2 Phones
"2 Phones" is a song by American rapper Kevin Gates. It was released on November 5, 2015 as the third single from his debut studio album Islah. It peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it Gates' first top 20 song and his highest-charting single to date.


2 Phones, Music video
The song's accompanying music video premiered on January 1, 2016 on Kevin Gates's YouTube account. It was directed by Jon J, who previously directed the music videos for Gates' "Kno One" and "Really Really".


2 Phones, Chart performance
"2 Phones" debuted at number 93 on the US Billboard Hot 100 for the chart dated January 23, 2016. It eventually reached its peak position at number 17 for the chart dated April 23, 2016. On January 25, 2019, the single was certified quadruple platinum for combined sales and streaming data of over four million units in the United States.


2 Piscis Austrini
2 Piscis Austrini, also known as HR 8076,  is a single star located approximately 351 light years away in the southern constellation of Microscopium, despite its Flamsteed designation. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, orange-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.2.


2 Piscis Austrini
This is an aging giant star with a stellar classification of K3 III. At the age of 2 billion years, it is a red clump giant, which indicates it is on the horizontal branch and is generating energy through helium fusion at its core. The star has 1.91 times the mass of the Sun and is radiating 107 times the Sun's luminosity from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,632 K.


2 Pistols
Jeremy Lemont Saunders (born June 11, 1983), better known by his stage name 2 Pistols (censored as 2P), is an American rapper from Tarpon Springs, Florida. After the local success of his independent single "Dirty Foot", he was offered a record deal with Universal Republic Records in 2007. His debut single, "She Got It" featuring T-Pain, was released in 2007 and peaked at number 7 on the Rhythmic Top 40 chart in 2008 and hit number 2 on the Billboard Hot Rap Tracks chart.


2 Pistols, Biography
From a broken home, Saunders grew up being looked after by his extended family. By his teens, he became involved in local crime and in 2005 was incarcerated for eight months. After this, he became involved in music promotion and formed a group called Blood Money Union, which consisted of other DJs, producers and rappers.


2 Pistols, Biography
Saunders' first success in rapping came with a self-released record called "Dirty Foot", which he wrote while still in high school and distributed in the Tarpon Springs area at the urging of his cousin. After hearing it played in a local dance club and then witnessing another rapper's performance, 2 Pistols had his first chance to perform on-stage. After taking the stage and performing his own single ("Dirty Foot"), 2 Pistols' confidence in his abilities grew to a point that he began to take his chances at making a career of music seriously.


2 Pistols, Biography
His debut album, Death Before Dishonor, was released on June 17, 2008 and featured production from the Grammy-winning J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, Da Honorable C.N.O.T.E, Bolo Da Producer, and others. Tracks from the album included "You Know Me" featuring Ray J & "Thats My Word" featuring Trey Songz, in addition to "She Got It". The album peaked at number 32 on the Billboard 200 chart, and rose to number 10 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip Hop album chart. 2 Pistols resides in Tampa, Florida and currently releases his music under his own label, Blood Money Union. In February 2014, the album Comin Back Hard appeared through Stage One Music.


2 Places at the Same Time
2 Places at the Same Time is a live album by the Washington, D.C.-based go-go band Experience Unlimited, released in 1986.


2 Player Productions
2 Player Productions, Limited is a video production company based in San Francisco, California. It was founded in 2005 by Paul Owens, Paul Levering, and Asif Siddiky. The company  produces content relating to video game culture and the process of game production. They produced the documentary Reformat the Planet in 2008, and have since worked with mainstream companies including MTV and Spike.


2 Player Productions, Projects, Reformat the Planet
Reformat the Planet is a documentary film, first shown in 2008 at the South by Southwest Film Festival film festival, about the chiptune music scene. The film depicts events in the culture such as Blip Festival.


2 Player Productions, Projects, Penny Arcade: The Series
Penny Arcade: The Series Is a 27-episodes web show about Penny Arcade and PAX. The first season was aired on GameTrailers and has a positive collective review of 9.1. Subsequent seasons were produced by Vantage Point Production.


2 Player Productions, Projects, Uncharted 3
In 2010 the company was hired by game developer Naughty Dog to produce behind-the-scenes content detailing development for their game Uncharted 3.


2 Player Productions, Projects, Minecraft: The Story of Mojang
In December 2012, the company released Minecraft: The Story of Mojang, a documentary about the development of the video game Minecraft and its developer, the Swedish game company Mojang. The idea was first shown on February 21, 2011 as a proof of concept video to attempt to raise money to finish the project using Kickstarter. The company's goal was to raise $150,000. This goal was met on March 26, 2011, however people continued to donate so that the final amount raised was $210,297. Depending on the amount donated contributors will have an opportunity to share their personal story in the documentary.


2 Player Productions, Projects, Double Fine Adventure!
In February 2012, Double Fine Productions became the first game company to fully fund a high-budget video-game via Kickstarter, a crowdfunding website. As part of their funding agreement, Double Fine pledged to hire 2 Player Productions to document the entire development process as a serial documentary, with roughly monthly episodes, made available to all backers of the project. Leading up to the release of the game's final act, Double Fine also began making the episodes freely available on YouTube in early March 2015. The 20 episode series concluded in July 2015, three months after the final act of the game was officially released.


2 Plus 1
2 Plus 1 was a Polish band performing pop and folk music, and in the later period of their activity also synthpop and rock. They were founded in 1971 by Janusz Kruk and Elżbieta Dmoch. The band have recorded ten studio albums, three of which have been certified Gold in Poland, and established such evergreen hits as "Chodź, pomaluj mój świat", "Windą do nieba" and "Iść w stronę słońca". They have won a number of local and international awards, and performed in countries around the world, such as Germany, the Soviet Union, the United States, Canada and Cuba.


2 Plus 1
2 Plus 1 enjoyed the biggest popularity in the 1970s, but remained successful into the mid-1980s. At the turn of the two decades the band achieved a notable success in Western Europe and Japan with songs "Easy Come, Easy Go" and "Singapore". The end of 2 Plus 1's activity was marked by the death of Janusz Kruk in 1992. A successful, but short lived reunion took place at the end of the 1990s. 2 Plus 1 remain one of the most successful bands in the history of Polish popular music, and their musical legacy still proves influential in Poland.


2 Plus 1, History, 1971-1975: Formation and early success
The band was founded in Warsaw in January 1971 by a guitarist Janusz Kruk and a flautist Elżbieta Dmoch, who both had been part of a short lived band Warszawskie Kuranty in the 1960s. The two were joined by another guitarist, Andrzej Rybiński, and played their first live shows in hotel Bristol in Warsaw. The band worked with Polish lyricist Katarzyna Gärtner and became the first artist to perform her songs live. Initially called Smak Miodu (Polish for "Taste of Honey"), the trio would soon rename to Dwa Plus Jeden (2 Plus 1).


2 Plus 1, History, 1971-1975: Formation and early success
In the summer of 1971, the group performed their first concert to a mass audience, at the National Festival of Polish Song in Opole, and were awarded for the song "Nie zmogła go kula". Andrzej Rybiński very soon left the group to work on his own project, Andrzej i Eliza, and was replaced by Andrzej Krzysztofik. The band performed "Już nie będę taki głupi" at the festival in Kołobrzeg and recorded their first EP, which featured four folk-flavoured songs. The band started to perform abroad, among others in West Berlin and the Soviet Union.


2 Plus 1, History, 1971-1975: Formation and early success
1972 saw 2 Plus 1 achieve mainstream popularity with hits "Czerwone słoneczko" and "Chodź, pomaluj mój świat". The band performed at Sopot International Song Festival and in November recorded for RCA Italiana. In December 1972, their debut LP Nowy wspaniały świat was released by Polskie Nagrania Muza. Beside two previously known hits, it included songs "Wstawaj, szkoda dnia" and "Hej, dogonię lato" which also became popular. The album sold very well and was later certified Gold. 2 Plus 1 were proclaimed the band of the year by several media outlets, and their acoustic pop-folk music proved especially popular with teenagers.


2 Plus 1, History, 1971-1975: Formation and early success
In March 1973, Janusz Kruk and Elżbieta Dmoch got married. The group then performed the song "Zjechaliśmy kapelą" at a German TV show Disco and were met with warm reception. In June, 2 Plus 1 performed for the third time at the Opole Festival and received an award for the song "Codzienność". In the same year, the band recorded a hit song "Gwiazda dnia" for the movie In Desert and Wilderness, based on Henryk Sienkiewicz's novel of the same name.


2 Plus 1, History, 1971-1975: Formation and early success
In the spring of 1974, 2 Plus 1 performed in the United States and Canada for the first time, followed by Scotland, France, Switzerland and West Germany. With the song "Kołysanka matki", they took the 3rd place at the festival in Sopot. The group made an appearance in an all-star TV special Piosenki z autografem, performing "Na luzie", alongside such artists as Anna Jantar and Danuta Rinn. British magazine Music Week proclaimed 2 Plus 1 the star of the year. The band continued performing frequently in 1975, among others in East Germany, Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union. Their second LP, Wyspa dzieci, was a concept album and turned out to be another success, including previously known hits "Gwiazda dnia", "Kołysanka matki" and "Na luzie" as well as the popular title song.


2 Plus 1, History, 1976-1979: Artistry development
The group scored another hit with the song "Odpłyniesz wielkim autem", which they recorded in English and released as a single in Germany. Their next project was a tribute suite to Zbigniew Cybulski, a famous Polish actor who had died in the late 1960s. The musical spectacle, showcasing more sophisticated sound than the group's previous efforts, was premiered in Opole in 1976 and received flattering feedback. Andrzej Krzysztofik left the group and was replaced by Cezary Szlązak, what gave shape to what would turn out the band's most successful line-up.


2 Plus 1, History, 1976-1979: Artistry development
In the early 1977, on the 10th anniversary of Cybulski's death, the band started to work on their third studio album, Aktor, based around the previously known musical spectacle. 2 Plus 1 toured with that repertoire not only in Poland, but also in East Germany and Czechoslovakia, where the album was released as Herec. In the same year, 2 Plus 1 released another single in West Germany, which featured songs "Ring Me Up" and "Free Me".


2 Plus 1, History, 1976-1979: Artistry development
In 1978, the band recorded Teatr na drodze, an album embracing their pre-Aktor, accessible pop-folk style. It is this album that features one of 2 Plus 1's biggest hits "Windą do nieba", which went on to become an evergreen. Other notable songs on the LP included "Ding-Dong", "Romanse za grosz" and "Ballada łomżyńska", the latter with a contribution from the legendary Polish musician Czesław Niemen. In the summer, 2 Plus 1 went to Cuba, where they performed "La Habana mi amour" and taped a TV special.


2 Plus 1, History, 1976-1979: Artistry development
At the Sopot Festival, the band won an award for "Windą do nieba" and "Ding-dong". In the same year, they released a new single "Taksówka nr 5", which turned out another success. In March 1979, 2 Plus 1 visited Cuba again, where they successfully toured for two weeks. Their double A-side single, featuring songs "Margarita" and "La Habana mi amour", was the first record by a Polish artist ever released in Cuba. Meanwhile, in Poland, 2 Plus 1 released their fifth studio album, Irlandzki tancerz. The LP was inspired by Irish folk music and contained Polish translations of thirteen old Irish ballads. The album received highly favourable reviews and was another major seller in 2 Plus 1's career. A promotional musical film of the same name was premiered on television in May 1979.