A.J. Styles Return to the independent circuit (2003-2005) When did he return to the independent circuit? On March 14, Styles returned to International Wrestling Cartel (IWC) Did he leave it again in 2005? On April 1, 2005, Styles returned to PWG, What is PWG? I don't know. What was a major event for him during this return? On July 20, at CZW: Deja Vu II, Styles successfully defended the NWA World Heavyweight Championship against Rave. Did he have a major rivalry with Rave during this time? Styles teamed with Jason Cross to face Jay Briscoe and Jimmy Rave, in a losing effort.
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On March 14, Styles returned to International Wrestling Cartel (IWC) and successfully challenged IWC Super Indy Champion Super Hentai for the title. On April 13, Styles defended the title in a rematch against Hentai, but the match ended in a no contest, meaning Styles retained the title. On May 10, Styles vacated the title. On August 23, Styles unsuccessfully challenged new Super Indy Champion Colt Cabana after the match ended at a twenty-minute time limit draw, meaning Cabana retained the title. On December 12 at IWC: Call to Arms, Styles would once again challenge Cabana for the title, but again was unsuccessful. On April 12, Styles debuted in Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), competing at the promotions 3rd Best of the Best event. Styles teamed with Jason Cross to face Jay Briscoe and Jimmy Rave, in a losing effort. On July 20, at CZW: Deja Vu II, Styles successfully defended the NWA World Heavyweight Championship against Rave.  On September 12, Styles debuted in Maximum Pro Wrestling (MXPW), successfully challenging MXPW Television Champion Chris Sabin and Christopher Daniels in a three-way match for the title. On October 4, Styles debuted in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), unsuccessfully challenging PWG Champion Frankie Kazarian and Christopher Daniels for the title. On November 7, Styles returned to IWA: Mid-South to take part in the promotions annual Ted Petty Invitational, which saw Styles defeating Todd Sexton is his first round match. The following night, he defeated Jerry Lynn in the quarter-finals, but later that night would be eliminated by Danny Daniels in the semi-finals. On March 20, 2004, Styles returned to IWC, entering the promotions Super Indy Survivor Showdown tournament. Styles' first match in the tournament was in the semi-finals due to unknown reasons, in which he defeated CM Punk. Later that night, Styles faced IWC Super Indy Champion Colt Cabana in the final in a winning effort, capturing the title. On April 17, Styles successfully defended the title against Homicide, and on May 8 he did so again against Christopher Daniels.  On September 17, Styles returned to IWA: Mid-South, entering the promotions 2004 Ted Petty Invitational. Styles defeated Jimmy Rave in his first round match. The following night, Styles defeated Matt Sydal in the quarter finals. Later that night, Styles defeated Arik Cannon in the semi-finals, as well as defeating Bryan Danielson and Samoa Joe in the final to win the 2004 Ted Petty Invitational. On October 21, Styles won the vacant IWA: Mid-South Heavyweight Championship, defeating Chris Sabin, Christopher Daniels and Petey Williams in a four-way dance match. Two days later on October 23, Styles lost the title to CM Punk.  On April 1, 2005, Styles returned to PWG, defeating Samoa Joe in a PWG Championship number one contender match at the promotion's All-Star Weekend - Day 1. The following night on Day 2 of All-Star Weekend, Styles successfully challenged Super Dragon for the title. Styles defended the title until August 6 at Zombies Shouldn't Run, where he lost it to Kevin Steen. On September 3, Styles entered the 2005 Battle of Los Angeles tournament, but was defeated in the finals by Chris Bosh. CANNOTANSWER
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Else Gabriel (b. 1962) is a German performance artist and educator.

Biography
Else Gabriel was born in Halberstadt, East Germany in 1962. She studied at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts. Else was a key artist in the alternative arts scene that formed by late 1980s. Along with Micha Brendel, Rainer Gorb, and Via Lewandowsky. She was a member of Autoperforatsionsartisten (Auto perforation artists). The Autoperforatsionsartisten, an East German performance art group, combined fluxus and neodada with body art and installations in a multimedia spectacle. In addition to performance art, Else is known for her photographs, in which she combined personal text with images. Though this format did not appear to be logically tied, her intent behind this is to produce an associative, sensual frame of reference.

Since 1991, she has been a part of the group (e.) Twin Gabriel with her partner Ulf Wrede. Gabriel was included in the 1991 exhibition Berlin Divided: Sissel Tolas, Milovan Markovic, Else Gabriel, Rolf Julius at MoMA. In 2019 she was included in the exhibit The Medea Insurrection: Radical Women Artists Behind the Iron Curtain at Wende Museum in Culver City, California.

She has taught at the ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, California and lectured at the University of Hamburg, the University of Kassel, the University of Kiel and Saarland University. Since 2009 she has taught in Berlin at Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee, in the Sculpture Department.

References

External links
(e.) Twin Gabriel website
2016 radio interview with Gabriel on KCRW Berlin
https://www.are.na/block/10839375   JHU “East German Art and the Permeability of the Berlin Wall”
https://www.are.na/block/10839551. Aperture x Princeton “Another Country (mention)
https://performingtheeast.com/else-gabriel/

1962 births
20th-century German women artists
21st-century German women artists
German performance artists
People from Halberstadt
Living people Strip the willow is a country or barn dance. It has variations depending upon whether it is being performed as a movement in a larger dance or a complete dance in itself.

The form described here is that commonly used as part of a Scottish country dance.

The dancers form a longways set (a row of gentlemen facing their partners, a row of ladies) of four couples. The 'objective' is to move the top couple to the bottom of the set, and the other couples move up one position. A brief description of the dance would be: The top couple link arms and spin each other for a count of 16, at which point the lady 'strips' down the line of men alternating left-handed anti-clockwise swings with someone else's partner  right-handed clockwise half-turn swings with their partner working steadily down the set, the gentleman at this point swinging only with his partner. At the bottom, the couple join again and spin for a count of 8, then the gentleman 'strips' up the line of ladies the same as his partner just did, while the lady swings only with the man. At the top of the set, the couple join together and swing for a count of 8 then together they 'strip' down to the bottom, alternately swinging the other partners down the line and meeting to swing each other  between people. At the bottom they meet one last time to swing for 8 beats, while the next top couple meet and swing for 16 and follow the steps above.

Thus if the set is (lower case ladies, upper case gentlemen):

the movements are:
(down)
 Clockwise whole turn A with a for 16 beats.
 Anticlockwise half turn a with B.
 Clockwise half turn A with a.
 Anticlockwise half turn a with C.
 Clockwise half turn A with a.
 Anticlockwise half turn a with D.
 Clockwise whole turn A with a for 8 beats.
(up)
 Anticlockwise half turn A with d.
 Clockwise half turn A with a.
 Anticlockwise half turn A with c.
 Clockwise half turn A with a.
 Anticlockwise half turn A with b.
 Clockwise whole turn A with a for 8 beats.
(down)
 Anticlockwise half turn A with b and a with B.
 Clockwise half turn A with a.
 Anticlockwise half turn A with c and a with C.
 Clockwise half turn A with a.
 Anticlockwise half turn A with d and a with D.
 Clockwise whole turn A with a for 8 beats.

The sets can be as long as the music allows.

Variations include:
 Multiple willow stripping, best done in long sets, with every fourth or fifth couple stripping downwards and everyone else constantly moving upwards. Once a couple reach the top, they wait for the appropriate bar and start another movement. This is called 'Orcadian Strip The Willow'.

See also
 List of Scottish country dances

References
http://www.ceilidhmor.com/dances/stwfr.html
http://www.scottishdance.net/ceilidh/dances.html#StripTheWillow
https://www.webfeet.org/eceilidh/dances/drops-of-brandy.html : Annotated description of the Drops of Brandy dance
https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Midfield/3705/StriptheWillow.htm&date=2009-10-25+07:16:41

English folk dance
Scottish country dance Peter Emil Steen (1829 – 1884) was a Norwegian ship-owner and businessperson.

He was a son of merchant Daniel Steen in Laurvig. He is best known as the founder of Steen & Strøm in 1856 together with Samuel Strøm, Jr., as a continuation of Strøm's business which had roots back to 1797. Steen has worked in this company since 1847. When Samuel Strøm died in 1876, Emil Steen brought the widow Augusta Strøm on board as partner. The company was also involved in shipping during this period.

Together with Ovidia Laurenze Jebe (1829–1905) Emil Steen had the son Johan Steen, Christian Steen and Emil Steen. The next generation took over Steen & Strøm in 1884, with Johan Steen, Christian Steen and Christian Strøm, Jr. as the three partners. In turn, Johan had the son Erling who became a partner in 1914.

References

1829 births
1884 deaths
Norwegian businesspeople in shipping
Norwegian businesspeople in retailing