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Greg Palast is an American investigative journalist and author. He currently writes for the U.K.'s weekly nespaper, The Observer. His work often focuses on corporate or government corruption, and often both working in tandem. His first book, a New York Times best seller, "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: The Truth About Corporate Cons, Globalization and High-Finance Fraudsters" argues that the 2000 US presidential election was rigged, among other claims. .
Dirk Schilling is a musician and photographer who lives in Cologne and makes work using the name 'Filmpalast'. His official website is here: http://www.filmpalast.co.uk/ .
Franz Xaver Gruber (November 25, 1787 – June 7, 1863), was an Austrian primary school teacher and church organist in the village of Arnsdorf. At the same time he was organist and choirmaster at St. Nicholas Church in the neighboring village of Oberndorf bei Salzburg and then in later years moved on to Hallein, Salzburg. Together with Josef Mohr (original German lyrics), a Catholic priest, Gruber composed the Christmas carol Silent Night. On December 24, 1818, Mohr, an assistant pastor at St. Nicholas, showed Gruber a six-stanza poem he had written in 1816. He asked Gruber to write a melody...